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Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction'An instant classic' - The GuardianI've never eaten a person but today I might . . .A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign,...

Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends Ila and Hannah. Since then, things have not been going well. Alice is living a haunted existence, selling videos of herself cleaning for money, drinking herself to sleep. She...

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...

A literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time: 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell'Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new' Two people, until...

Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the planet Gethen, a world perpetually in winter. The people there are androgynous, normally neuter, but they can become male ot female at the peak of their sexual cycle. They seem to Genly Ai alien,...

By the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe had toppled the world's governments. In the 2050s, the insurrections reached the nerve center of global capitalism-New York City. This book, a collection...

Shizuka Satomi is a brilliant, cursed violinist who must win her soul back from damnation. To do this, she must take seven prodigies as students, then entice each to trade their soul for fame. She has already delivered six. However, rather than the...

Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate. Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736716847Author Emily ZhouFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint LittlePuss PressPublisher LittlePuss Press

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGSLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE 2018THE...

Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, Trumpet by Jackie Kay is a starkly beautiful modern classic about the lengths to which people will go for love. It is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, of loving deception and lasting...

A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POSTAnniversary edition with a new afterword from the author.A worldwide bestseller since...

'Such a good read' Val McDermid 'Absorbing, moving, and alarmingly believable' Carole Johnstone, author of Mirrorland 'Home is a white-hot gem of a book; brilliantly researched, so gripping and propulsive you'll want to consume it in one go'...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2023'Incendiary . . . A uniquely trans story' Dazed'Gutting and glittery' Nylon'Eliot Duncan's melancholic transboy swagger sparkles . . . An astonishing first novel' ANDREA LAWLORIn the first of three...

The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick'Every once in a while, I read a book that opens my eyes in a way I never expected' Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)'It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think'...

LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Since the dawn of literature, queer people have turned to writing to document their existence: to share great triumphs and deep despairs; to praise the...

Valentin and Molina seemingly share little other than a cell in this queer classic ahead of its time.'Dazzling... a triumph' ObserverSometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their Buenos Aires prison cell, Molina re-weaves the...

An Observer Best Debut of the Year A Granta Best of Young British Novelists 'Oozes with erotic tension from the start' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life 'Sublime... I loved this...

* 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...

LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Since the dawn of literature, queer people have turned to writing to document their existence: to share great triumphs and deep despairs; to praise the...

Maria, a trans woman in her thirties, is going nowhere. She spends her aimless days working in a New York bookstore, trying to remain true to a punk ethos while drinking herself into a stupor and having a variety of listless and confusing sexual...

Darryl Cook is a man who seems to have everything: a quiet home in Western Oregon, a beautiful wife, and a lot of friends to fuck her while he watches. But as he explores the cuckolding lifestyle, he finds himself tugging at threads that threaten to...

Set in the valleys of South Wales at the tail end of Thatcher's Britain, The Green Indian Problem is the story of Green, a seven year-old with intelligence beyond his years - an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem: everyone thinks he's a girl...

'An instant classic' - THE GUARDIAN'A bloody masterpiece.' - MELISSA BRODER, author of THE PISCES'Witty, emotional and gripping, Open Throat is a short but savage thrill ride' - THE INDEPENDENT'Open Throat is Bret Easton Ellis meets mountain lion in the...

David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas meets Octavia Butler's Earthseed series, as acclaimed author Monica Byrne (The Girl in the Road) crafts an unforgettable piece of speculative fiction about where humanity came from, where we are now, and where we're going-and...

The humorous and heart-wrenching story of a woman's re-entry into life on the outside after twenty years in incarceration, told over one whirlwind Fourth of July weekend. "There's no one quite like Carlotta Mercedes, the transgender Black Colombian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538753767Author Alexis HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint ForeverPublisher ForeverWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 107mm * 36mm

'Sunlit and dark, painful and joyous' David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasIn 1931, Gregory Hemingway's life begins in Kansas City, Missouri. The third and favourite child of an overbearing father, Greg is a paragon: a star athlete, a crack shot, bright...

Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and Oscar-winning Alicia Vikander'An enthralling read' THE TIMES'Heartbreaking and unforgettable, it is a complete triumph' BOSTON GLOBE'Beautifully written. It is absolutely engrossing' SUNDAY...

The erotic novel that Hemingway suppressed during his own lifetime is set in the Cote d'Azur in the 1920s and tells the story of David Bourne, his glamorous wife, and the dangerous sexual games they play. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.Book...

The number one bestselling author Claudia Carroll returns! Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Joanna Trollope.Frank Woods at number seventy-nine Primrose Square is about to turn fifty, and nobody seems to care. His friends are all busy; his wife and...

The number one bestselling author Claudia Carroll returns! Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Joanna Trollope.Frank Woods at number seventy-nine Primrose Square is about to turn fifty, and nobody seems to care. His friends are all busy; his wife and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 1998 and Guardian First Book Award 1998.Book InformationISBN 9780060931582Author Patrick McCabeFormat PaperbackPage Count...

'Soula is the most exciting new voice in Irish writing' Barry Pierce, i-D'One of my favourite books so far this year' Shahed Ezaydi, Stylist'Soula Emmanuel is a phenomenal talent' Laura Kay'Searingly sharp, deliciously funny, profound' Danielle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999058876Author Callum AngusFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Metonymy PressPublisher Metonymy PressWeight(grams) 133g

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 9780802157706Author Bernardine EvaristoFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

'Effortlessly cool, funny yet sad, breezy but thoughtful - this is an edgy and unputdownable work of modern literature' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'Crimson is written with immense courage - there's no faking the feeling of honesty on each page. It is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994047199Author Hazel Jane PlanteFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Metonymy PressPublisher Metonymy Press

Why people love This Child of Ours...'Excellent... An important and moving story'CLARE MACKINTOSH'This book broke my heart and gently pieced it back together'CATHY BRAMLEY'Thought-provoking, moving and incredibly insightful' AMANDA BROOKE'Will have you...