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Every Bookshop Needs a Cat by Takuya Asakura - 9780008810344
$34.99
Every Bookshop Needs a Cat
Takuya Asakura
Curl up with a good cat... Amane Morikawa arrives at the bookshop she's inherited from...
Cul-de-Sac by Eleanor Limprecht - 9781761154447
$34.99
Cul-de-Sac
Eleanor Limprecht
'Profoundly moving.' -The Australian Women's Weekly 'a powerful and timely novel' -The Guardian 'a gripping...
Common Places by Gillian Hagenus - 9780702271267
$34.99
Common Places
Gillian Hagenus
An award-winning collection of fourteen unnerving stories of the Australian suburbs The Australian suburbs are...
Clutch by Emily Nemens - 9780008844875
$34.99
Clutch
Emily Nemens
'A truly great millennial novel' New York Times Book Review newsletter 'A big, beautiful novel...
Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory - 9781460767849
$24.99
Boleyn Traitor
Philippa Gregory
She rose as a favourite. Will she fall as a traitor? A thrilling story of...
Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper - 9781804544655
$24.99
Boudicca's Daughter
Elodie Harper
'Boudicca's Daughter is Elodie Harper's masterpiece.' Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia 'One of the best...
All Her Beautiful Deaths by A. Rushby - 9781038953742
$34.99
All Her Beautiful Deaths
A. Rushby
More than a century apart the lives of two artists intersect through a series of...
A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee - 9781398562950
$34.99
A Tender Age
Chang-rae Lee
From the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novelist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on...
Life Cycle of a Moth by Rowe Irvin - 9781837262489
$24.99
Life Cycle of a Moth
Rowe Irvin
LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2026 AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT OF...
Hafni Says by Helle Helle - 9781923106758
$29.95
Hafni Says
Helle Helle
Hafni says: I don't want to be me. I want to change who I am....
The Appointment by Herta Muller - 9781803513485
$24.99
The Appointment
Herta Muller
'I've been summoned, Thursday, ten sharp.' So begins one day in the life of a...
The Rouse
$39.99
The Rouse
China Mieville
From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in...
Group Chat by Zoe Foster Blake - 9781922928122
$34.99
Group Chat
Zoe Foster Blake
When Farah's husband has an affair (she f*cking knew it), her group chat doesn't offer...
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry - 9781803515274
$32.99
May We Feed the King
Rebecca Perry
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE She is a curator, who spends her time dressing...
Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller - 9780241757390
$34.99
Hunger and Thirst
Claire Fuller
The new novel from Women's Prize-shortlisted, Costa Award-winning author of Unsettled Ground - an addictively...
A Very Cold Winter by Fausta Cialente - 9798893380231
$34.99
A Very Cold Winter
Fausta Cialente
'Cause for celebration.' - Jhumpa Lahiri A novel of secrets and female solidarity set in...
Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst - 9781529954388
$24.99
Waist Deep
Linea Maja Ernst
A modern midsummer night's dream about friends, lovers and friends' lovers; about sex, hope and...
Uprising by Tahmima Anam - 9781837265817
$34.99
Uprising
Tahmima Anam
A 2026 BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN...
Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu - 9781838855734
$24.99
Borderline Fiction
Derek Owusu
FROM GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 'Glaringly...
A Cottage in the Country by Katie Fforde - 9781526690685
$32.99
A Cottage in the Country
Katie Fforde
'I loved it' Jill Mansell 'She should be on prescription' Phillipa Ashley She's found her...
Give Me Everything You've Got by Imogen Crimp - 9781526691804
$32.99
Give Me Everything You've Got
Imogen Crimp
**An Irish Independent book of the summer* 'Rebecca meets Brideshead Revisited meets Saltburn' STYLIST 'A...
The Good Eye by Jess Gibson - 9781787336148
$34.99
The Good Eye
Jess Gibson
In twelve exquisite stories set across the globe, Jess Gibson's characters betray, provoke and charm,...
The Given World by Melissa Harrison - 9781529154900
$34.99
The Given World
Melissa Harrison
Luminous and intimate, The Given World is a story of belonging, loss and the richly...
The End of Everything by M. John Harrison - 9781806493753
$32.99
The End of Everything
M. John Harrison
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE 'Dreamlike and baffling' GUARDIAN 'Extremely beautiful ... I don't...
The Barman of the Ritz by Philippe Collin - 9781529956405
$34.99
The Barman of the Ritz
Philippe Collin
Based on the true story of a Jewish barman-cum-spy who served the Nazis in the...
The Dog Meows, The Cat Barks by Eka Kurniawan - 9781805334897
$24.99
The Dog Meows, The Cat Barks
Eka Kurniawan
I had no idea that the day I lost my foreskin I stumbled into a...
Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord - 9781805220367
$24.99
Lush
Rochelle Dowden-Lord
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION * A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF...
A House in Sicily by Luisa Adorno - 9781405973908
$28.99
A House in Sicily
Luisa Adorno
A sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy - an incredibly exciting...