Narrative theme: Coming of age

Discover these fabulous stories by the bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDY, AMERICAN WIFE and YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT.

When Andr e joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe choir from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School for Girls is being bussed to the national finals in the big, big city.

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES OF CIVILITY AND A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW'Deserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre' OBSERVER'An absolute beauty of a book.

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'I adore this book!

'If you enjoy magical realism and moving tales of self-discovery, you won't be able to put this down.

The gripping Sunday Times bestseller, chosen as Book of the Month by the Guardian, Grazia and Observer, longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year'Anna Bailey's debut is irresistible, a compelling and nuanced psychological thriller suffused with small town prejudice and dark family secrets.

An emotional friends-to-lovers romance, perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Colleen HooverReaders have fallen for Emily Houghton's brilliant romances:'I'm an absolute sucker for a good friends-to-lovers trope and this book definitely delivers that'An absolute joy and a love story about falling in love and allowing yourself to be loved'A funny, heart-wrenching and beautiful love story.

The inspiration for The Boy & The Heron, the major new Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli film and Golden Globe Award winner 2024A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'In How Do You Live?

A story of hope, forgiveness and kindness, Lost Property reminds us to keep our loved ones (along with our bags and umbrellas) close.

'A perfectly paced and beautifully observed story of betrayal, guilt and regret' Emma Curtis, author of Keep Her Quiet'A heady, glamorous tale with a dark side - another compulsively readable thriller from Rebecca Reid' Emma Rowley, author of You Can Trust Me---------------------How far would you go to correct your worst mistake?

The Sunday Times bestseller!

The dreamlike story of a young woman in contemporary Beijing forging a different life for herself, from one of our brightest new literary stars.

'A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality' John BoyneOne summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant.

**Featured on BBC Radio 4 A Good Read**'Written with such love and heart.

'Hilarious, heart-warming and real .

The inspiring, feel-good Richard & Judy Book Club pick about a small boy with a big heart - and even bigger dreams.

For fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD, fairy tale and magic are weaved together in sparse language that belies a flooring emotional punch.

Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this blazing debut of one family's queer desires, violent impulses and buried secrets.

A powerful story about the bond of sisterhood and how it can triumph against any adversity, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

THE MUST-READ RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK.

Encapsulates the highs and lows of friendship in your twenties.

With all the wit, knowledge and wisdom of one of the UK's foremost cultural commentators, Stephen Bayley takes the reader on a satirical roller-coaster ride through the world of art and design in the late 20th century.

'De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice' Mail on SundayFrom the master of historical fiction, this book follows war hero Daniel Pitt and his unforgettable family after the Second World War.

Some stories are universal.

Willa Cather s best-loved novel, and the final book in the Great Plains trilogy, is a beautiful portrayal of friendship, longing and growing up in frontier Nebraska.

The second novel in Willa Cather s Great Plains trilogy, is a lyrical coming-of-age story charting the struggles of an artists life.

Willa Cather's first Great Plains novel, is at once a love letter to Nebraska and the tale of a remarkable heroine who remains resilient in the face of tragedy.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM APPLE TV+ STARRING TOM HOLLAND Cleveland, Ohio, 2003.

'A complex tale of revolution, displacement, delusional love' GuardianIn Damascus, Suleima and Naseem's relationship is torn apart by the outbreak of civil war.

**As read on BBC Radio Four**Uplifting, joyous, hopeful - a novel about late love and second chances, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and winner of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize'A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again' RACHEL JOYCE, author of Miss Benson's Beetle'Full of grace and humanity' Sunday Times________________________This story begins with a letterFrom a housewifeto the gentle curatorOf an extraordinary museumWhere lies peacefullyAn ancient exhibitThat holds the keyTo EverythingWe are.

**LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018**An elegiac novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz.

A dazzling, smart and razor-sharp story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham and American Wife.

An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war.

Winner of the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award'A mesmerizing, revelatory novel, smart and funny and laced with a strangeness.

'The kind of book that changes readers for the better' GuardianWhen a family tragedy means Mick is sent to the outback to live with his Granpa, it looks as if he has a lonely life ahead of him.

'Life affirming, triumphant and tragic .

BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK AT BEDTIME' PICK Those who love Little Fires Everywhere and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine will love this My WeeklyMolly has lived on the streets for nearly a decade.

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***Get ready to fall in love with the funny, feel-good novel and instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Love Untold and co-creator of Gavin & Stacey.

From the Booker longlisted author, and an Irish Times No.

'A staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy and the emotional necessities that make life worth living.

THE LANDMARK SECOND NOVEL FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST WRITERS'A pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event' GUARDIAN'Beguiling and distinctive' INDEPENDENT'Warm, sardonic .

The Israeli master s exceptional final novelSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017 Shmuel a young, idealistic student has abandoned his studies in Jerusalem, taking a live-in job as a companion to a cantankerous old man.

A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family.

Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be.

Fifty years after its first publication, discover the classic coming-of-age novel that confronts prejudice and injustice with power and humanity.

Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle.

'Superb' Independent'Exact and unflinching' GuardianCatching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she's impatient for more.