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The Spare Room by Helen Garner - 9781921520280
$23.95
The Spare Room
Helen Garner
'I see why people rave about her, I will now too.' Samantha Harvey Helen prepares...
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - 9781526648174
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD A 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY...
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - 9781408891384
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
MESTRA -THE NEW SHORT STORY BY MADELINE MILLER OUT 29 SEPTEMBER **OVER 3 MILLION COPIES...
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt - 9781847083197
$24.99
The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt
Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. Across 1000 miles of Oregon desert his assassins,...
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - 9781920885854
$22.99
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Barcelona 1945: young Daniel Sempere is taken to a fabulous secret library called the Cemetery...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 9781761102943
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The entrancing story of a reclusive Hollywood starlet as she reflects on her relentless rise...
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The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai - 9780811200325
$24.95
The Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai
Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the...
The Sellout by Paul Beatty - 9781786071460
$22.99
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
WINNER THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 Born in the 'agrarian ghetto' of Dickens - on...
The Secret River by Kate Grenville - 9781922147424
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The Secret River
Kate Grenville
After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill...
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - 9780747266839
$22.99
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - 9780140167771
$24.99
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
The dark academia bestseller that defined an age Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic,...
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt - 9780141037691
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The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt's The Secret History is the original American campus novel. When Richard Papen joins...
The Seamstress of Sardinia by Bianca Pitzorno - 9781922330536
$32.99
The Seamstress of Sardinia
Bianca Pitzorno
An immersive and vividly written historical novel for anyone who loved Ferrante's Neapolitan novels or...
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - 9780963270702
$24.99
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
One of the most controversial and infamous books of modern times Just before dawn one...
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - 9781922147844
$22.99
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
The international bestseller. Over three million copies sold worldwide. 'Charming and heartwarming...A delightful example of...
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 9781035003792
$21.99
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
The post-apocalyptic modern classic with an introduction by novelist John Banville. In a burned-out America,...
The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq - 9780753821183
$24.99
The Possibility of an Island
Michel Houellebecq
Who, among you, deserves eternal life? Daniel is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has...
The Pisces by Melissa Broder - 9781408890950
$22.99
The Pisces
Melissa Broder
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 'Of all the books that I read...
The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley - 9781509840076
$24.99
The Pearl Sister
Lucinda Riley
CeCe D'Apliese has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father,...
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson - 9780099598329
$24.99
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson
The best of Jeanette Winterson's remarkable, radical and genre-expanding novels, reissued in a bold new...
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller - 9780241990452
$24.99
The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller
A magnificent literary debut about the myriad loves that make up a life Before anyone...
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory - 9780006514008
$22.99
The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory
*Pre-order Royal Witch, Philippa Gregory's new novel now. Coming October 2026* Two sisters. One king....
The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson - 9781743317938
$24.99
The One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
Over two million copies sold internationally Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's...
The Offing by Benjamin Myers - 9781526611307
$22.99
The Offing
Benjamin Myers
FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL...
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - 9780349116754
$24.99
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no...
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 9780099554790
$24.99
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
A feast for the senses, a fantasia of magic, mischief and love, The Night Circus...
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - 9780708899427
$22.99
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
'RaMell Ross's transcendentally moving and frightening film' (Guardian, New York Film Festival) now a major...
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The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen - 9781804270202
$24.99
The Netanyahus
Joshua Cohen
Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian-but not an historian...