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Malavika Kannan establishes herself as an inimitable voice of Gen Z in this piercing coming-of-age debut novel. Which comes first: experience or narrative? Rishi thinks she knows the answer as she arrives on campus for her first year at Stanford. A burnt-out youth climate activist, she used to...

'The perfect escape!' Jessica Redland Every book in the Brambleton series can be read as a standalone. Lauren Hope likes her life perfectly measured and ‘just so’. Running her cosy café in the idyllic Somerset village of Lower Brambleton provides all the fun and friendship she needs - from...

For fans of L. M. Montgomery’s The Blue Castle, a contemporary retelling of the beloved romance that follows a sheltered young woman’s quest for love in New York City—and her search for a rare and elusive bird in the deep Arkansas forest. What if the life you were meant to live was waiting just outside your door? New York City, 2013. Emma Jablonski’s life is as dry as the day-old bread at her family’s bakery. Living with her parents and grandmother, she clings to the only escape she knows: a recurring dream that feels more real than her waking world.

Filippo percorre una strada difficile fra il desiderio e la sottomissione, l'istinto di sopravvivenza e l’artificio che lo conduce ad annullare il suo vero io dietro una maschera indossata ogni giorno per essere accettato. Figlio distratto di una borghesia disfunzionale, cerca il senso attraverso corpi e travestimenti, dietro porte chiuse dove l’amore diventa prestazione e i confini dell’umiliazione sfumano. Ma nel vuoto che lo avvolge, si fa strada una domanda più grande della vergogna...

In un tempo che corre veloce e non conosce redenzione, si apre il varco dell’età adulta. La maturità di Isabella diventa il rito collettivo di un’intera comunità di ragazzi che, ognuno a modo suo, cerca un equilibrio tra una realtà difficile e l’ambizione di una vita migliore. Edoardo accenna un sorriso, seduto davanti a una torta, ricevendo forse per la prima volta regali scelti con affetto, parole sincere, attenzioni disinteressate. Ma ai confini incerti di un mondo instabile, la sua festa, come ogni momento felice, ha un prezzo...

In Tonio Kröger erzählt Thomas Mann von einem jungen Schriftsteller zwischen zwei Welten: der bürgerlich-nordischen Herkunft und der leidenschaftlich-künstlerischen Natur. Tonio fühlt sich weder ganz dem Leben noch ganz der Kunst zugehörig und bleibt ein Suchender. Seine Reise wird zu einer leisen, melancholischen Selbstbefragung über Identität, Einsamkeit und die Sehnsucht nach Zugehörigkeit.

'Bhavika Govil uses imagination, insight and humour to craft a tender but unsettling family tale. A charming and confident debut that I enjoyed tremendously.' -Amrita Mahale 'Moving and gentle in the way it's told, the voices in Hot Water orbit one another precariously, revealing a tender mess...

When burnt-out human rights barrister Alisha Harding is forced to take a sabbatical, she heads for the one place she’s dreamt of since childhood: a small, sun-drenched island in Greece. In her new home by the sea, the volcanic landscape, the warmth of island life and the unhurried pace slowly begin to do what London couldn’t. She’s here to heal—not to be distracted by her brooding next-door neighbour, Helios, who seems determined to keep the world at arm’s length.

Ten-year-old Ellie always lived life in the shadows. Everything always seemed bigger, more powerful, than she. But she never felt small and insignificant around her grandfather. Rather, he made her feel anything was possible. Yet as shadows gather around her again, something extraordinary happens that no one else seems to notice. Through a marvelous series of events, Ellie encounters a silver cord that escorts her that evening to another world. Can she bring the supernatural goodness she cherished in her grandfather to that world before it is too late to return safely home?

Was passiert, wenn du von deinem ärgsten Feind, der zudem hetero ist, Sex als Wettschuld einforderst? Es könnte im Desaster enden … oder auch nicht. Im Sport läuft es hervorragend, in der Liebe dafür umso weniger. Erst lässt Jair mich abblitzen, dann vergucke ich mich ausgerechnet in Hayes, der nicht nur hetero ist, sondern mich ständig reizt. Obwohl ich mich dagegen wehre, kann ich seiner faszinierenden Anziehungskraft nicht entkommen. Je mehr er mich gegen sich aufbringt, desto besessener bin ich davon, ihn in meinem Bett zu haben.

FROM THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF ONLY HERE, ONLY NOW WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 'A beautiful novel, written with grace, clarity and tenderness' Scotsman 'Newlands writes beautifully about the small, easily missed moments through which life and love are revealed' Nathan...

Winner of the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award. From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Getting It Right is a touching comedy about a young man trying desperately to come of age. Gavin – a sensitive, shy, hairdresser in the West End – is, at...

'Exquisite … gloriously Dickensian. The writing is breathtaking. Absolutely stunning' Veronica Henry ‘A sweeping story of self-discovery' Anita Frank 'Elegant and exacting, beautifully cataloguing Lucie's moods and feelings as her fractured family history takes its toll' Daily Mail 'A...

A mother forced to leave her family. A daughter forced to reckon with what is left behind. Lipa, Philippines, 2001. Neneng is 11 when her mother, Rosa, leaves to work as a nurse overseas: abandoning Neneng to care for a distant father, unsettled relatives and rebellious siblings. Their home...

Three women. One bachelorette weekend. Zero chance of everything going to plan... Adelaide Sinclair is weeks away from her dream wedding to the love of her life... or so everyone believes. Her bachelorette in Vegas is meant to be the ultimate send-off, until her fiancé crashes the party with...

Tender, moving, full of warmth and crackling with humour and the love of family, the exquisite new novel from the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year... Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him...

Step into a gritty military drama of fierce combat brotherhood and the haunting psychological weight of returning home. From a Midwestern town to the dust-choked valleys of Afghanistan, one soldier’s quest for purpose brings him into tense firefights and devastating moral gray zones. It is an...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships." —Raven Leilani, bestselling author of Luster "Sexy, infuriating, and unbelievably fun to read . . . This is a writer who can read someone to filth in just one line." —Katie...

When Olive Stone and her Italian chef father fell out fourteen years ago, Leo Ricci slipped right in as his surrogate son and sous-chef. So now, after her father's death, no one is more surprised than Olive that he left her his beloved (but failing) restaurant. Or that his dying wish was for Olive and Leo to run the business and complete his cookbook... together. As they (begrudgingly) embark on a four-week research trip across Italy, they'll test each other as often as the recipes.

Peace came too late—and the land has already begun to burn. In the fragile calm after a kingdom-breaking war, Tomi has finally found something worth keeping: a quiet life in Elkswood, among friends who feel like family. But the land he loves has other plans. Fires bloom across the countryside...