Narrative theme: Coming of age

NOW A MAJOR FILM'With air in its lungs and love in its heart' Guardian *****An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breath-taking Italian Alps, about two boys who meet in the same village every summer, and the men they grow up to become.

'An exquisite tale of intrigue and dark secrets' LISA JEWELL'A gripping atmospheric read' RUTH WAREA GRIPPING HISTORICAL WHODUNNIT ON THE SEAS DRIPPING WTH HIGHSMITH-ESQUE GLAMOUR, INTRIGUE AND MURDER**********England, September 1939Former chambermaid Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends.

Ten years ago, two girls lives changed forever.

'A book to be treasured and returned to again and again' The Independent'Funny, moving and utterly life-enhancing' Daily Mail___SHORTLISTED FOR HWA Crown Awards 2021It's late 1944.

John Boyne's acclaimed quartet, THE ELEMENTS, is available now.

THE TIKTOK SENSATION!

'A sweet, charming, funny story about finding friendship, finding yourself, and love' Netgalley Reviewer'I was waiting for a book like this!

Picaresque, properly funny, unpredictable and altogether irrepressible.

A powerful novel about family secrets spanning a generation, from war-torn Somerset to modern-day London - perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Rachel Hore 'Full of intrigue, fascinating historical detail and brilliant characterisation .

Their kisses write headlines and their fights break the internet.

THE NEW MILLY JOHNSON NOVEL, LET THE BELLS RING OUT, IS OUT NOW!

Award-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigonetogether known as The Oedipus Cycle.

The #1 New York Times BestsellerNow featuring a sneak peek at Christina's forthcoming novelThe Exiles, coming August 2020.

Theauthor of The Average American Male and The Lie returns with ashocking, salacious, and surprisingly subtle new novel of the average Americanfamily.

Beloved bestselling author Beverly Jenkins introduced readers to the delightful town of Henry Adams and its unforgettable residents in Bring on the Blessings and returned for another visit in A Second Helping.

OMFG, I nearly up and died from laughter when I read Flatscreen.

From one of Australias most celebrated authors comes a powerful mother-daughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and control, pairing the claustrophobic intensity of Room and My Year of Rest and Relaxation with the youthful angst of Freshwater.

A wonderful coming-of-age novel from Zoe Fishman, author of Balancing Acts, Saving Ruth tells the story of a fish-out-of-water young Jewish woman, returning to her Alabama hometown after a semester at a Yankee college, only to discover that lifeand she, herselfhavent really changed in the ways shed hoped.

A mystery novel of profound depth.

Discover Haruki Murakami's first two novels.

A gripping and heart-warming saga set in Lancashire from the Sunday Times bestseller Ruth Hamilton, perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson.

A powerful tale of love, the loss of innocence and the importance of family in difficult times by the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees, winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize 2013.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE **Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country.

Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Josephine Cox will love this wonderfully evocative and enchanting saga set in London's Docklands from much loved author, Patricia Burns.

Let much loved author Patricia Burns transport you to the East End of yesteryear in this saga of one woman's search for love amidst the perils of war.

Lose yourself in this heart-warming and captivating saga of love and heartache set in London's East End from much loved author, Patricia Burns.

Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern and discover not only its flora, fauna, population and cultural hierarchy, but the history of an entire civilization.

Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern.

The ninth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin s best-selling San Francisco saga.

This thought-provoking, compulsive novel shows how a simple story has the power to move you in the most extraordinary ways.

The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin s best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from the seventies.

Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, this is an emotional and powerful saga by multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes.

Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, this is timely novel of one woman's quest to establish herself in a man's world by multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes.

'A work of genius' Independent'So extraordinary, so original, and so enriching' Stephen King'May justly join the classic American list' Anthony Burgess'Marvellously funny .

The Daffodils of Newent continues the story of the Rising Girls, begun in A Scattering of Daisies.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis comes a wonderfully evocative novel, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher.

The wonderful and heart-warming story of the Rising Family starts here in A Scattering of Daisies.

This light-hearted but engrossing, irresistible novel is the perfect read for a holiday or a cosy night in!

The award-winning and New York Times bestselling novel: a dark and witty story of the rise of a young orphan in the surreal and tyrannical regime of North Korea.

The brilliantly imagined coming-of-age fantasy series, Witchlands, continues with Bloodwitch.

The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love, loss and the remarkable and enduring strength of women from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women, The Four Winds and The Nightingale.

Filled with magic, heart-wrenching romance and high-stakes adventure.

The first in the New York Times bestselling Witchlands series, Truthwitch by Susan Dennard is a brilliantly imagined coming-of-age story.

Seven months, three weeks, two days -- that's exactly how long Alexa has to establish herself in an exciting career.

A modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize.

By the Sunday Times bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDY and PREP'Honest, wonderful and smart as hell' Guardian'Curtis Sittenfeld is in a league of her own' ObserverAll I did is marry him.

*Companion edition to the major film written by Rachel Joyce, award-winning author of the internationally bestselling book, directed by Hettie Macdonald (Normal People) and starring Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton*Contains exclusive new behind-the-scenes insights and colour photographsHarold is an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day.

Fans of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed by this warm and compelling story where secrets from the past threaten the happiness of a small West Country community by multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis.

A gripping and heart-warming saga set in Lancashire from The Sunday Times bestseller Ruth Hamilton, perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson.

An emotional and heart-warming saga set in the Lancashire cotton mills from The Sunday Times bestseller Ruth Hamilton, perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson.