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She can’t change the world, so she’s changed herself. Goodbye Sandeep. Hello, Emily. Sandeep Dhaliwal spent her childhood dreaming she was a straight, white girl, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a ‘normal’ name. But she’s a broke, brown Londoner who’s attracted to other women. When...

From Irish Book Award winner and Booker finalist Donal Ryan, a funny, tender novel about a young boy who comes of age amid the fallout from his mother’s death Jack is just eleven years old when he bikes furiously down the hill after his mother’s car, desperate to reach her before she reaches...

'FRESH, CLEVER, AND OFTEN WICKEDLY FUNNY' - Miranda Cowley Heller 'FULL OF SURPRISES' - Patrick Ryan 'A PURE DELIGHT' - Claire Lombardo 'INCREDIBLE' - Nathan Hill It’s 1977 and in a backwater town in upstate New York, a blizzard is gathering force. As the storm closes in, a family begins to...

Cheekie: A Child Out of the Desire is a tale of hope as it chronicles one boy's journey through the Desire Project, a violent community in the 9th Ward section of New Orleans where he was born and raised. Endorsed by the late Dr. Maya Angelou, Cheekie brings it all to life: the abuse and the...

In this exhilarating and lyrical historical novel inspired by true events, a girl develops a profound bond with a freedom-loving horse marooned on Alaska’s remote Katmai Coast. In 1956, a foundering barge caught in a violent storm strands a quarter-horse stallion named Takli on Alaska’s...

A vibrant, bighearted coming-of-age story about a young woman caught between loving and leaving Oakland—the whiplash between trauma, dreams, and all the things that shape us below the surface. Anastasia Ān Xiá Huang is the third generation of her family to live in Oakland, but now, in her...

'An astonishing debut' HUW LEMMEY 'A completely gorgeous, sticky-floored portrait of desire, friendship and growing up on the Internet' HANNAH BEER 'It made me blush on the overground!' AVERY CURRAN 'I was fourteen. Small for my age. Dishwater blonde, asthmatic, aroused.' Meg is 24. She’s left...

Ever wondered if one choice, one weekend and one person can change everything? Writer Tess has always been accused of being overly romantic by her best friend Carys. And when they meet cheerful stranger Spencer and his more reserved wingman Ryan on the sleeper train to a wedding, Carys is all-in...

A haunting portrait of a young man's obsession with idealized beauty and his destructive quest to possess it fully—and the book that "established Mishima's claim as one of the outstanding writers of the world" (The New York Times). Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love...

A lyrical and richly meditative novel with gothic undertones about a young woman searching for meaning in a sleepy seaside town, from the Giller-nominated author of Frying Plantain. Twenty-four-year-old Simone longs to fall in love with the kind of man she’s only ever read about and travel the...

The story that inspired the bestselling classic A Separate Peace and two other coming-of-age tales exploring themes of disillusionment, self-discovery, and friendship, originally published in the 1950s. John Knowles’s A Separate Peace is an American classic; a timeless portrayal of adolescence...

A powerful story of siblings, love, and the legacy of loss. In this unforgettable novel, Melanie Rae Thon fuses family myth with the cross currents of American history, exposing the violence that shapes individuals across generations. At sixteen, Flint Zimmer has already spent eight years in...

„Wir haben drei Aufgaben über das ganze Schuljahr verteilt, die das Können der Champions auf unterschiedliche Weise auf die Probe stellen … ihr magisches Können – ihre Kühnheit – ihre Fähigkeit zum logischen Denken – und natürlich ihre Gewandtheit im Umgang mit Gefahren.“ Hogwarts richtet das Trimagische Turnier aus: einen Wettkampf der drei größten Zauberschulen. Bewerben dürfen sich nur Hexen und Zauberer über siebzehn – was den vierzehnjährigen Harry Potter nicht davon abhält, von der Teilnahme und einem Sieg zu träumen.

From the breakout award-winning author of Malas, a series of linked stories following the members of a big Mexican American family exploring the pressure points of familial obligations and the complexities of love. From the author of Malas comes a linked short story collection that centers the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the enchanting speculative romance novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Samantha Sotto Yambao, about love, magic, and time, published for the first time in the UK! Andrea Louviere is seven years old the first time he appears. While she’s alone in her...

From the bestselling author of the Murray McBride series comes a heartwarming ode to books, music, and love that brims with hope, heartbreak, and the transformative power of stories. Thirteen-year-old Simon Branch is an only child in a close-knit family of musical storytellers, living in a...

Sisterhood is stronger than secrets. The breakout novel from "formidable talent" (Ann Patchett) Monica West, a heart-wrenching coming-of-age novel about a young woman who follows her missing older sister into a cult in a courageous attempt to set them both free. One ordinary night, Ramona...

A stunning debut chronicling a Japanese family’s life on the windswept coast of central California and the tragedy of their forced removal and incarceration during World War II A young woman walks down a snowy sidewalk in a Midwestern city. It is 1944, the country is at war, and this is not...

“Leah Abrams grapples with how to live, work, and fall in love morally in a time of global upheaval. Moving, smart, and completely winning.”—Erin Somers, author of The Ten Year Affair "A modern comic Jewish voice. Dated is a rollicking literary sitcom and generous family saga, beautiful...

Four mighty Houses. One gate of entry. They told us the House Trials were our salvation. A lie that spelled our doom. Trapped since the Fate War, a terrible foe has risen. Now he seeks to reclaim what was taken, four epic fates of untold power. Across past and present, a trio from the slums hold...