Magical Realism

Wildly comic, erotic, and perverse, Rikki Ducornet's dazzling novel, Phosphor in Dreamland, explores the relationship between power and madness, nature and its exploitation, pornography and art, innocence and depravity. Set on the imaginary Caribbean...

The Echo of Old Books meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. 'The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and...

'Spellbinding' JODI PICOULT'Bewitching' REBECCA ROSS'Exquisite' STEPHANIE GARBER'Captivating' SUE LYNN TANEmery Blackwood's life was forever changed on the eve of her high school graduation, when the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of...

An evocative and charming novel full of secrets and mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything... ...

'A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot: beautiful and devastating'Observer, Books of the Year'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it'Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters'A page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age...

INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS'It projects its fantastic story with a tangible realness . . . A wonderful and original novel'...

Discover the fantastical Sunday Times bestselling short story collection from the award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life.'Simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world' Gillian Flynn'As soon as you get to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060883287Author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

A brand new timeless romance with a sprinkling of magic from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author 'A complete joy to read, and once I'd started I genuinely couldn't stop. I was entranced and beguiled from...

'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday TimesDARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant...

**Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023** **Shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize** **Chosen as a book of the year 2023 by The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and New Statesman** 'An epic the north has long deserved' FINANCIAL TIMES ...

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951142995Author Kim FuFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 137mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553375404Author Daniel QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature.'An American masterpiece' AS ByattIt is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming...

'Haunting' Sara Sheridan 'Intriguing, atmospheric, thought-provoking' Alexandra Bell 'Beautifully crafted, thrilling and atmospheric' Rebecca Netley In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063348745Author Ruth HoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295g

Make a wish . . .'An unputdownable fairy tale' Kerri Maniscalco, New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of the WickedFrom the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series, the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the...

|| THE MAGICAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD ||In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams. Day and night, visitors both human and animal shuffle in to purchase their...

A dark and beguiling tour through the streets of a magical London by the Sunday Times bestselling master of modern fantasy, Alan Moore The year is 1949, the city London. Dennis Knuckleyard is a hapless eighteen-year-old who works and lives in a...

Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction A SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, 'one of our greatest living authors' NEW YORK MAGAZINE ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful, atmospheric . . . you must read this book' 5* reader reviewIn the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their...

The Ballad of Never After is the fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak.After Jacks, the Prince of...

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a...

THE TIKTOK SENSATIONRediscover the million-copy bestselling fantasy read with a different kind of magic, now in a stunning anniversary edition to mark 10 years since it's paperback debut.The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when...

The million-copy bestselling series about a small Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.Toshikazu Kawaguchi's moving Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old...

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down...

Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature.'An American masterpiece' AS ByattIt is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming...

For fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD, fairy tale and magic are weaved together in sparse language that belies a flooring emotional punch.'Strange and beautiful. Imagine the offspring of The Wind-up Bird Chronicle with The Virgin Suicides'...

THE TIKTOK SENSATIONDiscover the enchanting, magical bestseller from the author of The Night Circus, now in a stunning new edition.We are all stardust and stories...When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a mysterious book containing details from his own...

|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD ||It has been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of DallerGut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing . . . She is now an official employee of...

TIKTOK MADE ME BUY IT! The swoon-worthy second book in TikTok's favourite Victorian fantasy romance series'Incredible! Sensational! Fantastic! So charming your inner Lizzie Bennet will swoon' 5***** Reader Review'OBSESSED. If you love playful dialogue...

When a young man's girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own.When he finally makes it to the walled...

For fans of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS and SHE AND HER CAT, discover the award-winning bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming celebration of the healing power of cats.A...

Toru Okada's cat has disappeared.His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679746690Author Michael OndaatjeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

The million-copy bestselling seriesIn the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo cafe where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:- The father who...

Rival ornithologists hunt through Europe for dangerous magical birds in this historical fantasy romance. If Indiana Jones featured manners, tea, and helicopter parasols - this would be it!-Professor Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing...

THE MODERN CLASSIC: OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLDA Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy book club pick'The real deal: one gorgeous read' Stephen King'This book will change your life. An instant classic' Daily Telegraph'A book lover's dream' The...

The million-copy bestselling series.Now as a beautiful, collectible hardback - the perfect gift.Toshikazu Kawaguchi's moving Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if...