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Brave New World predicts - with eerie clarity - a terrifying vision of the future. Read the dystopian classic.EVERYONE BELONGS TO EVERYONE ELSEWelcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the...

From the New York Times number one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah, comes Wild, a remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope and the promise of new beginnings.In the rugged...

'The memory of a particular image is only regret for a particular moment...' The Swann Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. The work is a portal to...

'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesEnter the world of the hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical, enchanting and...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION An intimate, emotionally rich novel, in which two men - young and old - reckon with queer histories and their place within them, from the critically acclaimed author of We the Animals Juan Gay is on his...

'Intense, complex and unforgettable' James Patterson'Fast and furious' Sun'High-wire suspense that keeps you riveted' Lisa GardnerThe addictive new thriller in the San Diego Case Files series, from Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Rose.Homicide...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Finlay Donovan is irresistible!' JANET EVANOVICH'I adore everything about it . . . the perfect blend of mystery and romcom' ALI HAZELWOODFinlay Donovan is ready to bite the bullet. She's done with her accidental...

THE SEQUEL TO INSTINCT, A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDr Dylan Reinhart is no stranger to solving crimes.When an Ivy League professor is murdered, Reinhart reunites with his old partner Detective Elizabeth Needham. With his unrivalled mind for criminal...

'IF THERE WAS EVER A CRUCIAL BOOK FOR OUR CURRENT TIMES, IT'S PAUL LYNCH'S PROPHET SONG... BRILLIANTLY HAUNTING.' OBSERVER * THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides...

The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into...

'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing for certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.' Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915643568Author Holly RinglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Legend Press LtdPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g

The sixteenth Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's best crime novelist' DAILY EXPRESS and No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'Rankin just gets better. The topicality and eye for detail are awesome' Jilly Cooper'This is possibly the best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250252425Author Zoje StageFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 2023 THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS CHRISTMAS! EVERY GENERATION HAS ONE GREAT LOVE STORY.THIS IS OURS.'Beautifully written. Clever, lively, funny, compelling' NINA STIBBE'Marian's most moving, emotive and...

An epic adventure full of peril on the high seas.1782: Fresh from passing his Lieutenancy examination, Alan Lewrie is promoted to first officer aboard brig o'war Shrike.He is sent to the Caribbean, where the Royal Navy battles the French and Spanish...

THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE #1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER'I'M STILL SEEING STARS . . . KAY SCARPETTA IS THE SAME GRUMPY, WONDERFUL, RIVETING PERSONALITY SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN AND SHE'S ONLY GETTING BETTER WITH TIME' JAMES PATTERSONMurder and...

'A stunning novel.' Graham Norton** Pre-order Andrew O'Hagan's new novel Caledonian Road now ** Winner of the Christopher Isherwood PrizeShortlisted for the Portico PrizeA Guardian, Spectator, Sunday Times, Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of...

'So much fun to read' 'I couldn't put it down!' 'I can't describe how much I loved this book' 'I adore everything about it . . . the perfect blend of mystery and romcom' ALI HAZELWOOD Single mum and struggling crime writer...

What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for First Fiction 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780593312148Author Rachel YoderFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor...

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Magnificent' Mail on Sunday 'Gripping' New York Times 'A master storyteller' The Times 'Epic' Sunday Telegraph Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty...

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film.When Kitchen was first...

From the bestselling horror author of Within These Walls, a brand-new novel of terror that follows a teenager determined to break from his family's unconventional-and deeply disturbing-traditions. Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked...

Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black is the only story collection from the legendary writer, actress, ex-biker and columnist Cookie Mueller, published in the UK for the first time.Mueller chronicles her high-risk, high-reward life in...

'Wonderful on characterisation and family dynamics, and done very deftly, with that wry humour of hers. I was very entertained by her clever, tongue-in-cheek plotting.' Marian Keyes The uplifting new story of fresh starts and...

The second book in the gripping and heartwarming new Jubilee Lake series, from multi-million-copy bestselling author Anna JacobsLancashire, 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name, and a brave step towards a happier life. Suddenly widowed after an...

Julia Chapman's sixth Dales Detective Agency novel, Date with Deceit, sees Delilah going undercover at a shoot involving dangerous criminals. A page-turning cosy crime mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club and M.C. Beaton...

'Intensely readable and exciting' Sunday TelegraphSet in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a...

The truth was dead and buried . . . until now.When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine archaeological dig, a Black Country field suddenly becomes a complex crime scene for Detective Kim Stone.As the bones are sorted, it becomes...

'One of our finest living authors ... propulsively entertaining' New York Times 'Sly, profound ... Electrifying' Observer 'Wonderfully strange and alive' Jon McGregor A propulsive, seductive new novel about...

The second novel in the multimillion-copy, #1 New York Times bestselling RED QUEEN series by TikTok sensation Victoria Aveyard. 'All hail Victoria Aveyard - the new Queen of dystopian fiction' GUARDIAN I WAS BORN TO KILL A KING, TO END A REIGN OF TERROR...

'Mongrel is so beautiful that I became lost in it . . . Simply, it must be read' LISA TADDEO'A brilliant explosion of writing and storytelling . . . This feels like reading an Oscar-winning film' AISLING BEA'Heart-shatteringly visceral and precise . . ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780778311935Author Heather GudenkaufFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mira BooksPublisher Mira Books

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction and Notes by Agnes Cardinal, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in...

'An unmissable banger that you need to preorder immediately.' ALICE SLATER'You've never read anything like this.' JULIA ARMFIELD'A meta-meditation on the mysteries, malice, and minutiae of adolescence.' TOM BENN'One of the summer's most talked-about...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND SAM CLAFIN 'Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile' NEW YORK TIMES'Du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH' . . . one of her best novels, ingeniously contrived as to plot,...

Mysterious socialite Dorian Gray is at the centre of Sherlock Holmes' latest investigation in this astonishing, uncanny mash-up of Victorian mystery and horror. 1903 Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson have tickets to the newly arrived Egyptian...

In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms their life into a work of art. Suffused with alcohol, drugs, and sex; evocative in its depictions of the hardscrabble realities of a young queer artist's life; with raw,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915829030Author Yeeun ChoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Honford StarPublisher Honford Star