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The Unsettled - Mathisová Ayana

From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia in 1985, Ava is already plotting a way out. Estranged…

As Young as This - Roxy Dunn

Girl meets boy. Girl meets another boy. And another boy.And another. But this is not their story, it’s Margot’s. **** Boyfriend. House. Marriage. Kids.This is how Margot pictured…

Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange

Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by an…

Free Therapy - Rebecca Ivory

Two teenage girls fixate on each other's bodies; a woman encounters an ex and reflects on the women's group that saved her; an older man's buried grief emerges in encounter with a…

Jaded - Ela Lee

She did everything right. So why did it go so wrong?Jade isn't even my real name. Jade began as my Starbucks name, because all children of immigrants have a Starbucks name.Jade is…

A Thousand Blues - Cheon Seon-Ran

It's only when we slow down that we can truly experience joy ... 2035: In the shadow of a race-course, two sisters grow up, helping their mother at the local cafe that serves…

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugová

FATE CAN BE CHANGED. CURSES CAN BE BROKEN. In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil.But when her…

The Golden Throne - Christopher de Bellaigue

'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire . . .History at its most gripping' Daily Telegraph on The Lion HouseA ground-breaking, present-tense reconstruction of the life and world of one…

Rain of Ruin - Richard Overy

A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. In the closing months of the…

The Power of Women - Mihaela Noroc

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Atlas of Beauty – showcases inspiring stories alongside a stunning new collection of photographs of women from around the world ‘True…

Dark Laboratory - Dr Tao Leigh Goffe

From award-winning writer and theorist Tao Leigh Goffe, an urgent investigation into the intertwined history of colonialism and the climate crisis – and the lessons we can learn…

Reading Lessons - Carol Atherton

An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny?…

A Beautiful Lack of Consequence - Monika Radojevic

Across thirty striking tales, Monika Radojevic weaves together the surreal with the everyday, confronting the experiences of contemporary womanhood with a tender ferocity shot…

The Immune Mind - Monty Lyman

**Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award** 'Superbly written with excellent insights... One of the best non-fiction books I've read!' Dr Rupy Aujla, author of The…

Pathless Forest - Chris Thorogood

The incredible story of one man's obsession to find and protect the world's largest flowers As a child, Chris Thorogood dreamed of seeing Rafflesia - the plant with the world's…