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The Wilding - Maria McCann

A novel of secrets and revenge within a seventeenth-century English family. Longlisted for the Orange Prize1672. A generation after the Civil War, Jonathan Dymond, a cider maker,…

Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway - Sara Gran

When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt''s musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco''s Mission District, the police are convinced it''s a simple robbery.…

Vendetta - Michael Dibdin

WINNDER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER‘Wonderfully intricate.’ LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS‘Heart-pounding . . . a terrifying tale of revenge.’ MYSTERY NEWSAN AURELIO ZEN…

Silent House - Orhan Pamuk

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature‘One of the greatest and most prophetic of political novelists.’ Guardian Books of the Year‘Inspired and impassioned’ New York…

My Fathers' Ghost is Climbing in the Rain - Patricio Pron

This is a daring, deeply affecting novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Argentine family; a story of fathers and sons, corruption and responsibility, memory and…

Dawn of the Dumb - Charlie Brooker

Polite, pensive, mature, reserved ... Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Picking up where his hilarious Screen Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of…

1914: Poetry Remembers - Duffy Carol Ann

The First World War holds a unique place in the nation''s history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation''s hearts. To mark the centenary of the First World War in…

Maps for Lost Lovers - Nadeem Aslam

Winner of the Kiriyama Prize and the Encore Award, and shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize.In an unnamed English town, Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in…

I Saw A Man - Owen Sheers

After the sudden loss of his wife, Michael Turner moves to London to start again. Living on a quiet street in Hampstead, he develops a close bond with the Nelson family next door:…

Time for Jas - Farrant Natasha

Bluebell and her siblings are beginning a new school year. Suddenly everyone is freaking out. Twig has taken up violent team sports, poor Jas is being bullied by the ghastly…

Would I Lie To You? Presents The 100 Most Popular Lies of All Time - Ben Caudell, Would I Lie To You?, Saul Wordsworth, Peter Holmes

The cheque''s in the post. I''m still at the office. That looks great on you. Lies make the world go round. And in this book the Would I Lie To You? team celebrates the fine art…

A Little Princess - Frances Hodgsonová-Burnettová

When Sara Crewe''s beloved father dies, her fortunes at strict Miss Minchin''s boarding school are reversed. Once, she had the finest toys and treasures - now, she is orphaned and…

Brian Friel: Collected Plays – Volume 3 - Brian Friel

This third collection of Brian Friel''s work contains:Three Sisters (Chekhov) (1981)The Communication Cord (1982) Fathers and Sons (Turgenev) (1987) Making History (1988) Dancing…

I like Bees, I don't like Honey! - Fiona Lumbers

I like bees . . . but I don''t like honey!I like my imaginary friend . . . but I don''t like it when people say he''s not real. A beautifully illustrated, funny and thought…

Blind Spot - Cole Teju

The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young stranger in the Congo. In Blind Spot, readers will follow Teju Cole''s inimitable artistic vision…