Narrative theme: Coming of age

For fifteen-year-old Martin, growing up in Slough, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, reggae music, disco girls, stolen cars, social-club lager, cut-throat Teds and a job picking cherries with the gypsies.

Told from Gretel Samuelson's sly and knowing perspective, Local Girls charts her progress as she navigates from childhood to the brink of womanhood, picking her way though the tragedies and absurdities of everyday life in a family which is rocked by divorce and disaster, bad judgement and fierce attachments.

Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London.

Antietam (Andy) Brown - named for the great-great-grandfather who died on that Civil War battleground - was ten years old when he killed his abusive foster father.

The gift of tongues, prophecy exorcism.

A young girl's search for her identity and for a love that can overcome her past.

Fans of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin will love this vivid and compelling saga, set around Tiger Bay and Cardiff.

Scarborough, 1880Jeannie spends her days in the town's teeming fishing port, waiting for Ethan Wharton to return on his father's trawler.

Read Pulitzer Prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Anne Tyler's raw exploration of the power of youth and fate.

William Grove is a nervous teenager trying to fit in at his new boarding school.

'A masterpiece, a perfect book' David NichollsDiscover this unmissable modern classic where the fragile friendship between two teenage boys has devastating consequences that echo throughout the years.

From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong.

It's 1989, and in the dying years of the Apartheid regime, eleven-year-old Jack Viljee considers life to be simple.

Charles Highway is every mother's worst nightmare.

The ethical way to perform healing spells, love spells, weather spells, sex magic, and more-from the authors of A Witches' Bible.

An eyewitness account of a modern coven and an overview of Wiccan history in a book that "e;sweep[s] clean the 'old image of witchcraft'"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

"e;A great reference that explains the ins and outs of one of the oldest recognized traditions in Wicca .

A gripping psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J.

Chaperoned at every turn in her Dublin home, Kate O'Barry's horizons have been limited.

Forster's classic novel, with a new introduction by Sarah Winman, bestselling author of Still Life'One of the most beautiful, poignant and poetic love stories, as relevant today as it was then'SARAH WINMAN'My first intimation of the possibilities of fiction'ZADIE SMITH'Brimming with yearning and desire .

'A social comedy, often delightful .

'Swift, witty and satirical, with a fine eye for English manners and English snobbery'JULIAN BARNESImpulsive Lilia Herriton is a vulgar source of embarrassment to her late husband's family, so her decision to embark on a year abroad in Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott is welcomed by all.

A love letter to Jane Austen and to the power of reading by an icon of British literature'Wise and wonderfully funny' The Times'Splendid'Guardian'It should be required reading'New York Times Book ReviewA special new edition of a modern classic, celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday: blending truth and fiction, the delightful collection of letters Fay Weldon sent her 'niece' about reading Jane Austen, the act of creation and the joys of writingIn this charming sequence of fictional letters - inspired by those Jane Austen sent to her own niece - 'Aunt Fay' writes to her niece Alice, an eighteen-year-old student and aspiring writer with green hair and zero interest in reading Austen for her college English class.

Now in ebook and paperback: David Nicholls's new novel You Are Here Sweet Sorrow: a novel of first love, set during a long, hot summer where life changes forever.

The unforgettable debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow, The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two'Irresistible'Daily Telegraph'Impossibly glamorous'The Times'Fabulous'ObserverOn the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate New York City jazz bar trying to stretch three dollars as far as it will go.

Escape to the Lakes with MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland.

A breathtaking novel about the ties that bind mothers and daughters together and the secrets that tear them apart.

From the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road comes a captivating historical novel in which a convoy of student refugees travel across China, fleeing the hostilities of a brutal war with Japan Myths are the darkest and brightest incarnations of who we are .

Fresh and distinctive writing from an exciting new voice in fiction,Elmetis an unforgettable novel about family.

Based on the groundbreaking #1 national bestseller, The Bully, the Bullied and the Not-So-Innocent Bystander, this book from author Barbara Coloroso arms parents and teachers with the information they need to understand and combat online bullying-an increasingly prevalent among children and teens.

Natalie Waite may have had a fairly normal upbringing, but her deteriorating relationship with her parents and general unhappiness leave her with an eagerness to escape her childhood when it comes time for her to leave for college at the age of seventeen.

Filled with enchantment and intrigue (Toronto Star) and a great choice for a book club (The Huffington Post), Dragon Springs Road takes readers on an evocative journey a century in the past and half a world away.

A finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeA dazzling historical-fiction debut perfect for readers of Amy Tan and Lisa SeeCivil war China is fractured by social and political change.

A young father with a drinking problem and no job is prevented from seeing his daughter by a restraining order.

Filled with the lyrical genius that has earned Winton international acclaim and a loyal readership worldwide, Breath is the coming-of-age story of two thrill-seeking boys who surf for danger of all kinds on the untamed coast of Western Australia.

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETwo childhood best friends.

FIREBRAND IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ALICIA VIKANDER AND JUDE LAWFor fans of Wolf Hall and the BBC's The White QueenDive into Elizabeth Fremantle's vivid Tudor England and meet the woman who survived Henry VIII---My name is Katherine Parr.

The perfect pick-me-up from bestseller Jane Lovering.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION

Written with the accomplished authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a loser's manifesto, Rejection radically redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society and oneself.

We see a tryhard male feminist's passionate allyship turn to a furious nihilism as he realises that his feminism isn’t getting him laid and a young woman’s unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession. As these characters pop up in each other’s dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways that our delusions can warp our desire for connection.

A Book of the Year in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New Yorker, NPR, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Electric Literature and more.

‘Blistering … takes a magnifying glass to the mind of the internet age’ VOGUE

‘An excruciating examination of modern losers in psychic distress’ THE TIMES

‘Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius’ CARMEN MARIA MACHADO, author of In the Dream House

‘Audacious and painful and addictive … I loved it’ RUFI THORPE, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles

‘The funniest, darkest thing – it’s like Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground meets Instagram’ ST. VINCENT

‘You will be crawling out of your skin from the very first words’ JIA TOLENTINO, author of Trick Mirror

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'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHTHE CHILLING NEW SUSPENSE THRILLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELSIn the dead of winter, even brothers become strangers.

One summer her sister never came home from the fair.

An uplifting, surprising family story with a devastating secret at its heart'It was original, beautiful, moving and insanely addictive - I wept and I laughed and I will be recommending it to everyone I know.

'A wonderful rites-of-passage novel' Mariella Frostrup'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father.

A captivating all-action tale of otherworldly magic, death, destruction and a fight for survival by the Sunday Times bestselling author David Gemmell, perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, Duncan M.

In the arid summer heat, four children Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom find themselves abruptly orphaned.

Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team.

Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.