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William Boyd
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain's greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and…
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Tim Minchin
Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin
Mark Haddon
From the bestselling author of The Porpoise come eight mesmerising stories moving between Greek myth and the near future to explore what, ultimately, makes us human
Craig Brown
From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen…
Alice Zaslavsky
Turn everyday veg into something extraordinary, with this collection of the tastiest and most satisfying salad recipes from the Queen of Veg, Alice Zaslavsky.
Amy McQuire
A searing indictment of the media's failures in reporting Indigenous affairs - and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice.
Jock Serong
From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.
Jane Sullivan
Inspired by real events and people, Murder in Punch Lane is a dark and gripping crime novel that maps the sins and secrets of nineteenth-century Melbourne
Roman Krznaric
One of Britain's most popular public philosophers presents unexpected, hopeful lessons from human history that could help us to overcome the global challenges facing humanity in the 21st century
Fien Veldman, Hester Velmans (trans.)
This is a story of girl meets printer.
Courtney Collins
A masterful and profoundly moving novel about a girl determined to live on her own terms, no matter the cost. Bird is an unforgettable story of hope, resilience, the power…
Meera Sodha
From the award-winning author of East, Made in India and Fresh India
Olga-Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (trans.)
The witty new novel from this internationally acclaimed Polish author blends horror, folklore and feminist parable.
Monika Kim
Boy Parts meets My Sister, the Serial Killer this feminist psychological horror is crawling under reader's skin...
Matt Parker
Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi
Norman Ohler
A brilliant and original investigation into the medical origins of LSD and how the Nazis and the CIA turned it into a weapon, by the author of Blitzed.
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Kate Atkinson
Jackson Brodie returns! From the Number One bestselling author, a brilliantly clever take on the classic country house murder mystery; a homage to writers such as Agatha Christie
Robert Fisk
The follow-up to Fisk’s authoritative and highly acclaimed ‘The Great War for Civilisation’, which charted his 30-year career as a reporter in the war zones of the Middle East.
Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (trans.)
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling author of 1Q84.
Mary McGlory, Sylvia Saunders
The little-known success story of four working class girls who formed 'the female Beatles' in 1960s Liverpool
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Willy Vlautin
For fans of A Star is Born and Crazy Heart, Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to…
Dylin Hardcastle
The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power…
Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne, Marcia Langton (eds)
Melbourne's oldest university confronts its long, complex and troubled relationship with the Indigenous people of Australia
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Julia Phillips
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor - a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in…
Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa (trans.)
They will want more when this concise tale ends' Booklist 'A familiar romance about books and bookstores, told with heart and humour' Kirkus Reviews 'A slender book, but one rich…
Robert Harris
A masterpiece from the bestselling author with our biggest and most ambitious campaign yet
Maggie Beer
With over 200 delicious recipes and the latest scientific research, bestselling author Maggie Beer and leading Alzheimer’s researcher Professor Ralph Martins show us how to eat and live well to…
Paolo Bacigalupi
Navola is a city built on trade.
Its palazzos and towers are conjured from its merchant wealth: barley and rice, flax and wool, iron and silver, arms, armies, lives and…
Jessica J. Lee
A poetic and intimate essay collection on the lives of plants and their entanglement with our human worlds
Zoe Foster Blake
Welcome to the hectic world of beauty and business in this highly relatable novel following a talented hair stylist turned entrepreneur juggling family dramas, workplace near-catastrophes and relationship crises. Things…
Gillian Anderson
What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you want, when you are anonymous?
When we talk about…
Alan Moore
When Dennis comes into possession of a book that shouldn't exist, a new chapter in his life begins and a different, alternate London reveals itself - and with it a…
Peter Godfrey-Smith
The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith’s three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in…
Olivia Laing
From one of our most original contemporary voices, The Garden Against Time is an inventive and deeply felt exploration of the long dream of a shared Eden, a common paradise.
Yuval Noah Harari
From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world
Pat Barker
The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls
Mariana Enriquez
A delicious, diabolical collection of short stories, from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Our Share of Night
Paul Ham
The Soul is a history of the human mind, from the earliest expression of self-consciousness to its unshakeable belief in the great religions and political systems.
George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison
How can you fight something if you don't know it exists?
Jazz Money
A dazzling and impressive follow-up to Money's highly acclaimed debut, how to make a basket.
TJ Klune
This is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, an international bestseller and one of the best loved fantasy novels of the past decade.
Halle Butler
The inimitable Halle Butler, author of The New Me, returns with a novel that is sadistically precise, completely singular and horribly funny
Rick Stein
Accompanying a major new BBC primetime series, Rick Stein celebrates the best of British food with over 100 diverse, exciting and easy new recipes.
Beatrice Salvioni, Elena Pala (trans.)
An unbreakable, life-changing friendship will lead two young girls from different worlds to rebel against the sexism, prejudice, and injustice they face living in 1930s Italy in this moving novel…
Roddy Doyle
Booker-Prize winner Roddy Doyle’s spectacular return to his iconic character, Paula Spencer, whom he originated in the groundbreaking The Woman Who Walked into Doors and its follow-up, Paula Spencer
David Day
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, Australia's iconic larrikin PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds new light on the…
Theodore Papakostas
An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a spectacularly iconoclastic take on the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology