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Sophie has never really thought about money, and she certainly hasn’t thought about football, hasn’t so much as uttered a word about it – save for the few times she sees her uncle Keith at family gatherings, asking in mock politeness how his favourite team – Leicester City FC – might...

Pre-order this outrageously fun, laugh-out-loud rom-com now! 'A proper rom-com with a hugely appealing heroine; warm, funny, romantic and very, very, charming' ANNA JAMES Emma Bennett isn’t scared of anything. She’s scared of everything. Ordering sandwiches. Dogs that might bite. People...

Millie is old enough to know better. Just don’t tell her that. At forty-nine, Millie's life is in freefall. Everyone around her seems to have it all figured out—meanwhile, she’s stuck in a job she hates and back living with her mum. Avoiding reality is practically a full-time job. With the...

CAUTION! All employees must correctly dispose of otherworldly biohazards found on Dark Enterprises property. Failure to comply may result in one hell of a mess... "If a door is closed, you leave it alone." That's the one rule janitor, Sam, is given when he starts cleaning the infamous thirteenth...

The Wild Boys is a futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states. Making full use of his inimitable humor, wild imagination, and style, Burroughs creates a world that is as terrifying as it is...

An “intimate and epic” (Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was) family drama wrapped in a missing-persons case, set during the historic Buffalo blizzard of ‘77 It’s 1977 and in the town of Oneira, New York, a blizzard is gathering force… Harmon Pond, editor-in-chief of the local...

An offbeat, funny and moving coming-of-age campus novel by a Yale professor and film actor (One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme) in the tradition of John Williams’s Stoner, Michael Chabon’s Wonder Boys and Elif Batuman’s The Idiot. It’s the start of another fall semester at a...

“Mateo Askaripour is a writer of deep talent, great range, great skill, and very funny! What a pleasure to read his work.”—James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck: a dazzling, inspiring...

An irresistibly warm, witty and hilarious novel about one woman's pursuit of happiness—and the cost of her comfort over her fulfillment. Perfect for readers of Good Material by Dolly Alderton and The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue. Life is short . . . but does that mean you should...

Brought to you by Penguin. When Davis Kennedy interviews at a mysterious new startup called Paradox Inc., he’s startled to find the venue is in the past. Silicon Valley’s emerging “temporal engineering” sector has just cracked time travel, and companies are racing to exploit it for...

Lights Out meets Butcher & Blackbird in Dead Lift, a serial killer romcom from beloved author Clio Evans. Murdering a man isn't hard. Getting away with it? That's another story. Forensic scientist Shelby knows how to get away with murder. While she never intended to actually use her knowledge...

Silicon Valley just invented time travel. Now, three reluctant heroes race to save the timeline before the resulting tech bubble bursts—and takes all of reality with it—in this satirical, hilariously plausible oral history. "Funny and distressingly realistic...propelled by awesome characters...

The plan was simple. Everything else was not. Six-year-old Adalia Wright has an unusual way of processing grief. She buries dolls in the backyard. She reads National Geographic for tips on Aboriginal and Aztec death rituals instead of reaching for storybooks. And she has recently attempted to...

Le retour de votre auteur new-yorkais préféré. Orloff Trenchant, dit Or, est artiste peintre dans l'East Village. Après une rupture, il se retrouve à dormir dans son van, à vendre des livres dans la rue, et à tenter de finir le tableau qui peut-être, un jour, lui apportera le succès...

Share a cup, share a story… The truth is in the tea leaves… Mabel Grey is no stranger to secrets. She has never told her daughter Nora who her father is. Nor has she betrayed any of those who visit the delightful Teacup Cottage – her beloved ceramic shop on Puffin Island where the windows...

The stakes are higher than ever as the Demon Overlord must once again confront forces that threaten to trample his town and his turnips in the third installment of this funny, cozy fantasy –– a follow-up to the USA Today bestselling The Demon Overlord’s Retirement Plan. Galornus Prime...

When Annie Meyers wakes up in a made-for-TV Christmas movie starring her ex-situationship and a now not-so-dorky childhood neighbor, her plans to swear off love—and Christmas—begin to unravel. Perfect for fans of A Merry Little Meet Cute, this holiday rom-com will enchant listeners who have...

Holly Hart has been married for 15 blissful years to hubby Alex. Well... if you don't count last Christmas, when she accidentally found a load of sexy texts on Alex's phone. But every marriage has its ups and downs, and Alex had a perfectly reasonable explanation... so why can't Holly forget...

When Hattie Green pops to the shop one afternoon, she never expects her life to flash before her eyes between the tins of baked beans and a special offer on sliced white. One minute she’s loading her trolley and thinking about what to give her son for dinner, and the next she’s speaking to a...

A hilarious journey with Tom Sharpe's characteristic wit, adventure, and outrageous humour. Timothy Brights doesn't exactly live up to his name. Brought up to regard copious flows of money as his birthright, he can't understand why the funds have been cut off, nor why friends he recruited as Lloyds' Names no longer want to talk to him.