Fiction: narrative themes

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA powerful, thought-provoking novel about two sisters who must reclaim themselves after their lives are dramatically upended from one of our finest authorsAlison Donnelly has suffered for love.

'Perfect summer read, true escapism.

There are some people you can't imagine life without.

From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this is the novel Lionel Shriver wrote directly afterwards.

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607.

From bestselling author and TikTok sensation A.

'Rosalind Stopps is a born storyteller with a gift of balancing the gritty and dark with humour .

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** The #1 eBook bestseller!

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell, read by Adjoa Andoh, Richard E.

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'A sparkling Christmas read.

Bluff Superintendent Dalziel falls for the recently bereaved Mrs Fielding's ample charms, and has to be rescued from a litter of fresh corpses by Inspector Pascoe.

*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH*Paris, 1891 Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born.

Deliciously escapist fiction from the bestselling author of the Cornish Cream Tea series.

After the success of The Northern Clemency, shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Philip Hensher brings us another slice of contemporary life, this time the peaceful civility and spiralling paranoia of a small English town.

'Gorgeous.

DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half Italian, all maverick, returns in the CWA shortlisted series blowing fresh life into crime fictionDS Glyn Capaldi, exiled to the big empty middle of Wales to atone for past sins in Cardiff, is called in to investigate a human skeleton that has been uncovered during the excavations for a wind farm in a remote valley.

TELL ME YOUR SECRETS.

As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.

Following the success of We Need to Talk About Kevin this is a stunning examination of inheritance, literal and psychological: what we take from our parents, what we discard, and what we are stuck with, like it or not.

*Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year*A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented authorJasmine loves two things: her sister and her work.

Elizabeth Barber is crossing the Atlantic by liner with her perfectly adequate boyfriend, Derek, who might be planning to propose.

Speak now or forever rest in peace .

Tender, magical and captivating - a story of family, friends, and the unlikeliest of romances .

'A lean, careening thrill … one of my favourite books of the year' Megan Nolan‘Riveting reading' The Times'Irresistible … A page-turning story of sex, power, and money' Vogue, Best Books of 2024 So FarA razor-sharp novel that skewers the life of the uber-rich in the vein of The White Lotus, with shades of The Talented Mr Ripley and The GraduateConor is a recent graduate from a law school no one has heard of.

'Brilliantly funny and sweet, so heartwarming and relatable.

'A gripping page-turner about nightmare neighbours' Platinum'A small act of malice between suburban neighbours snowballs, bringing tension and terror.

The International No.

Brought to you by PenguinIt is summer, 1956, when fifteen-year-old Bridget first meets Isabella.

Newly elected Prime Minister Francis Urquhart takes on the new King, in the controversial No 1 bestselling second volume in the Francis Urquhart trilogy - now reissued in audio.

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LET THE HUNT BEGIN.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and .

When she moved to her family's ancestral ranch, single mom Sierra McKettrick was disconcerted by the Triple M's handsome caretaker, Travis Reid.

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'Unsparing and tender' Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn'A brilliant novel from our most brilliant of writers' Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon'A quietly stunning achievement' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousAs the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious - and learning to go on.

The warm, engrossing new novel from the No.

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The emotional and intriguing story of life, love and loss from the No.

The new summer romance for 2023Finding happiness at The Cafe at Beach End.

'Haunting' Telegraph'Brilliant' Daily Mail'Profoundly moving' Marie Claire'Fresh and daring'KATE SAWYER'One of the best books I've read in a while .

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*Don't miss The Lost Wife - the brand new jaw-dropping thriller from Georgina Lees*'Compelling, heartbreaking and beautifully written.

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A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses - a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke.

The most scandalous Royal book of the yearIn a rapidly changing world the Royal Family own swathes of the country, most of the seabed and more money than anyone could ever spend.

Could the guy she loves to hate turn out to be her perfect pairing?

Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with another Anglesey-set gripping, crime thriller full of twists that will keep you guessing until the last page.