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Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for FictionLonglisted for the Booker PrizeOne of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of the YearThe Sunday Times BestsellerTrust is a sweeping puzzle of a novel about power, greed, love and a search for the truth that begins...

SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe ... ...

**The spellbinding new retelling of the story of Troy drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all.**'The story and its characters swept me up and engulfed me, I could not put this one down' REAL READER REVIEW'I was...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2023 ...

The second book in the globally bestselling Bridgerton Family series, the inspiration behind the Netflix series Bridgerton. Welcome to Anthony's story . . . About the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing university...

"Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre" New York Times"A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished writer . . . A fascinating read in the...

Adapted by the Coen Brothers into an Academy Award winning film, No Country For Old Men is a dark and suspenseful novel from Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road. Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone...

The story of a life. The story of the year.'Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers. He has written his masterpiece' Daily TelegraphWhen the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young...

Colm Toibin's Brooklyn is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. The book that inspired the major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan.It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as...

Escape into the world of Val Wood's historical saga this winter and cosy up with this utterly gripping fireside read!Holderness, Yorkshire, 1988.Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about the local community.....

'A wonderfully satisfying read: love, passion, drama, violence, menace and peril, and characters you fall in love with' - Santa MontefioreAn Island full of secrets . . .Summer, 1929. Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354402173Author Oscar WildeFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Fingerprint! PublishingPublisher Prakash Books

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!' A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian...

The second of Julia Quinn's bestselling and beloved Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Anthony Bridgerton's story . . .________________________________________1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTIONA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, NEW YORKER AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEARWillie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest...

New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.'An extraordinary, vivid, and skilful re-imagining of a modern...

______________ **A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** ***A BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE QUEEN CONSORT'S READING ROOM*** ______________ 'Stunning' - Lisa Taddeo, author of THREE WOMEN 'Warm and wise' - Stephanie Merritt, Observer 'Glamorous, sexy,...

Perfect for fans of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER and PHILOMENA, this gripping, heartbreaking novel based on a true story will grab hold of your heart and never let go.1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure and sheltered in the...

Loch Ewe, 1940. When gamekeeper's daughter Flora's remote highland village finds itself the base for the Royal Navy's Arctic convoys, life in her close-knit community changes forever. In defiance of his disapproving father, the laird's son falls in love...

The seventh novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Hyacinth's story: she's all grown up and ready to cause havoc . . . About the...

'An epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world' The TimesA young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. Many years later she tells her story from a hotel in New York, opening a window into an...

The unputdownable multi-million copy bestseller charting the rags to riches story of Emma Harte With new Foreword from Fern Britton. A WOMAN'S AMBITION...In the brooding moors above a humble...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERA REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKThe spellbinding story of love, community and the power of reading from the bestselling author of Me Before You______THE GREATEST LOVE STORY IS THE ONE YOU LEAST EXPECT . . .Alice Wright...

The heroic story of the only female Argonaut, told by Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ATALANTA (UK, Sunday Times, April 2023) ELEKTRA (UK, Sunday Times, May 2022) and ARIADNE (UK, Sunday Times, April 2021).'Brilliantly evocative' Women & Home |...

'An epic follow-up to the bestselling Shipyard Girls series' Peterborough Telegraph______________________1949, County Durham.From the Shipyards of Sunderland to Lady of the Manor . . .When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford...

SOON A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES - from director Shawn Levy, starring Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger and Marion Bailey, with Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo, and introducing Aria Mia Loberti. WINNER OF THE 2015...

The fifth novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Eloise's story . . . About the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her first book...

The sixth novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Francesca's story . . . About the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her first...

*Pre-order THE FIGURINE, the brand-new novel from Victoria Hislop. Coming September 2023.****A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.***'A moving and...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Opportunities multiply as they are seized.' Written in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that is still...

AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERSMontgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.But when her first...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A veritable treat' Daily MailThe first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A veritable treat' Daily MailThe first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the...

Now a major Disney+ original series'C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday TimesDissolution is the first novel in C. J. Sansom's phenomenal bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Phillipa...

**The mesmerising retelling from the woman at the heart of one of Ancient Greece's most famous myths.**'I absolutely adored this book and am encouraging everyone I know to buy a copy.' READER REVIEW'The last few pages will easily become tear...

If you love Dilly Court, you'll love Sunday Times Bestseller Rosie Goodwin. ALL SHE WANTS IS SOMEONE TO CALL HER OWN 1884, Nuneaton. Fourteen-year-old Sunday Small has never lived outside the Nuneaton workhouse. The regime is cruel, and if it weren't...

*Pre-order THE FIGURINE, the brand-new novel from Victoria Hislop. Coming September 2023.*'Aims to open the eyes and tug the heartstrings' Independent An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain from...

Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supported the Protectorate are being hunted down as traitors. 'S. G. MacLean can make any historical period sing with life' Antonia HodgsonBy the summer of 1660...

Read the most captivating historical debut of the year! '[A] scintillating, swash-buckling debut... terrifically fun' SUNDAY TIMES 'Sharp, modern and absolutely delicious' TAYLOR JENKINS REID ...

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...