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Queer pirates will discover if enemies actually can become lovers in this heart-warming sequel to Can't Spell Treason Without Tea. For fans of Bookshops & Bonedust and Our Flag Means Death.Kianthe and Reyna are hunting for dragon eggs to save their...

A charming extraordinary early 20th century novel about family relationships.When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children. But Lady Slane surprises...

'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on SundaySet in Cornwall, the bestselling novel of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind. 'This book is complete perfection' Stephen FryCelebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024 Chloe enters the local talent show, seeking fame, fortune and a ticket out of town. Meanwhile, her mother, Angie, wakes up hungover on the morning of her fourth wedding day. William ponders his impending...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941147122Author Rodney GarlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Valancourt BooksPublisher Valancourt BooksWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

** Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2015 **From the writer of BBC TV's MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT comes Sunday Times Top Ten hardback and paperback bestseller, A PLACE CALLED WINTER - picked for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club and the Waterstones...

Andrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early 90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation.'One of the most exciting - and one of the most fun - novels of the decade.' - Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to...

Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World** As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose...

**Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize** A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month The truth must come out. In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has...

A haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story, The Confessions of Frannie Langton leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night alleys, into the heart of Georgian London.'Deep-diving and elegant' Margaret Atwood'Takes the...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 'You will sob little tears of joy' Nell Zink'I recommend it with my whole heart' Ann Patchett'This book is basically perfect' Dolly Alderton'Charming, languid and incredibly funny, I absolutely adored Arthur'...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity#SmallAngryPlanetWhen Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't...

'Genuinely powerful' - John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies'This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled' - Matt Berninger of The National'An overwhelmingly beautiful love story. This book will make...

'Thrilling, heartfelt, and hugely evocative, Redemption manages to be both intensely exciting and deeply moving. A brilliant achievement' Alex Michaelides 'Tense, dark, emotional, and beautifully written, this action-packed gut-punch of a novel is...

Pre-order the new sharp, hilarious Justin Myers novel, LEADING MAN, now!'If you liked Bridget Jones's Diary, try this' BBC News*****James is 34 and fed up. His six-year relationship with Adam has imploded, he hates his job making up celebrity gossip, and...

* Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 ** One of Barack Obama's "Favourite Books of the Year" ** A New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2019 *'A superb book' Max Porter, author of Lanny____________________________________Stories of a young man finding...

Does what you see change who you are?Kayleigh is broke. Out of options, she takes a job as a content moderator, reviewing horrors and hate online and deciding which posts needs to be removed. Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a...

Flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge and steadfast, cautious Roger Sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. At crucial moments in their personal histories their...

The Seers follows the first years of a homeless Eritrean refugee in London. Set around a foster home in Kilburn and in the squares of Bloomsbury, where its protagonist Hannah sleeps, the novel grapples with how agency is given to the sexual lives of...

Detective Scott Jericho returns in Jericho's Dead, the second gripping crime thriller by William Hussey________________Former CID detective Scott Jericho is done with murder. Done with puzzles. Done with the dark rage that seems to haunt him.That is...

Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow...Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the...

Two women are reunited twenty years after the love affair that changed both their worlds. Sylvia Brownrigg's Pages for Her is a novel about love, memory and what it is to be a woman, a wife, and a mother.'A complex portrait of two women's sexuality . . ...

In this danmei/Boys' Love novel series originally released in Chinese-and coming to the English language for the first time-a man is transported into the historical world of a webnovel to win over a tyrant...as his pet fish?!When Li Yu falls asleep...

For fans of Tess Gerritsen and Kathy Reichs comes a gripping debut thriller introducing Camden's most exciting new forensic investigator.**DON'T MISS CASSIE RAVEN'S NEWEST MYSTERY, DEAD FALL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!**'SPELLBINDING STORYTELLING' VAL...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738417902Author Emily RennieFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Emily RenniePublisher Emily RennieWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 22mm

The astonishing, inventive debut novel, for readers of Daisy Johnson and Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed toe on the doorstep. A boy...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 'A rollercoaster of a read with serious intent' The Times A moving and masterful novel about sex, death, passion and prejudice in a sleepy village in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250890313Author Tj KluneFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 48mm

'A brilliant contemporary novel' COLM TOIBIN'So witty, observant and wise' MARIAN KEYES'I am fully in awe of Dolan's talent' DOUGLAS STUART'A dazzling follow-up to Exciting Times' KATHERINE HEINY'Beautiful' PANDORA SYKESMeet the wedding party:THE BRIDE...

For whatever we lose, it is our self we find in the sea.'The best swashbuckler of the year ... There are echoes of Horatio Hornblower in Nightingale's introspection and doubts. The gay love story is beautifully written and the evocation of life on board...

ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIn rural Georgia, sisters Celie and Nettie share the pain and struggle of growing up as African American women. Forced into an abusive marriage, at...

In this novel series originally released in Chinese-and which inspired a number of multimedia adaptations-two disaffected young men stuck in a run-down city discover that everything changes once they find each other.Unwanted by his adoptive parents,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912019434Author Clare LydonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Custard BooksPublisher Custard BooksWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 17mm

FEATURED ON THE SUNDAY TIMES' CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR LIST - 'SUPERB' JOAN SMITH, SUNDAY TIMES**DON'T MISS CASSIE RAVEN'S NEWEST MYSTERY, DEAD FALL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!**'I LOVE THIS SERIES!' ELLY GRIFFITHS'ENGROSSING, SHARP, UTTERLY ORIGINAL'...

THE RIVETING FOLLOW-UP TO THE BESTSELLING FIREWATCHING 'Hard-hitting' SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Comparable with the best of Michael Connelly's Bosch books and James Lee Burke's Robicheaux novels, and - naturally - Ian Rankin' AJ...

The sensational debut novel about love, friendship and finding happiness in the most unexpected places. PAPERBACK EDITION CONTAINS EXCLUSIVE BONUS CHAPTER, 'MUDDY DOES THE FULL MONTY'. 'It's as fun as it is thoughtful: a tender and generous novel about...

INSPIRED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY... 'A novel I long to live in' Kate Quinn, author of The Alice NetworkPARIS, 1920. On the bohemian Left Bank, Sylvia runs a little bookshop called Shakespeare and Company. Here she welcomes the greatest writers of...

SELECTED FOR STYLIST'S FICTION YOU CAN'T MISS IN 2022 - 'AN ESSENTIAL READ' NAMED AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY ESQUIRE, STYLIST, SHEERLUXE AND FOYLES 'A stone-cold masterpiece by a shocking new talent' OLIVIA LAING It's four in the morning, and our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464339215Author Harper BlissFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Ladylit PublishingPublisher Ladylit PublishingWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The number one Sunday Times bestseller'A touching, tender tale of boy meets boy in the bleak tenements of Glasgow . . . Superb' - The Times 'Best Summer Reading''Love and hope across the religious divide in a fervent, gritty and emotionally engrossing...