Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

'Fast-paced and enthralling' Sun'A slick new series of romance and intrigue'Observer'Everything you want from a vampire novel'United by PopIN DARKNESS WE SHINEWelcome to VAMPS, an elite academy in theSwiss Alps for the children of the wealthiest and most powerful vampire families.

Winner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the YearTHE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND THE OTHER PASSENGERWrong time.

WINNER OF 2026 AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel' NGUY N PHAN QU MAI'Gorgeous and expansive' STYLISTHong Kong, 1941.

A beautifully written, spirited and deeply moving novel about a young man finding the courage to expand the limits of who he might become, from the acclaimed author of Hold.

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller!

'Totally original, entirely compelling and astonishingly well crafted, The Catch solidifies Yrsa Daley-Ward as one of Britain's best and boldest voices.

»Nicole Wellemins Texte sind so klar wie ein Bergsee und so präzise wie ein Scherenschnitt.

AS RECOMMENDED BY LYN ANDREWSWill her secret past threaten her dreams?

EMILIA HART'S STUNNING NEW BOOK THE SIRENS IS OUT NOWTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEROVER 700,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEAs seen on BBC's BETWEEN THE COVERS'A bewitching debut.

'Part ghost story, part Jewish family epic, and part romance, RULES FOR GHOSTING is a meditation on life, death, and healing that is at turns bitingly funny and deeply moving' - Anita Kelly Rule #1: They can't speak.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025'Spellbinding' THE TIMES'An exquisite, languorous novel' OBSERVER'Heartstoppingly vivid' OISIN MCKENNAA radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer - about family, desire, and what we inherit - from celebrated author Tash Aw.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Masters of Death is a queer, page-turning fantasy bursting with Olivie Blake's signature sharp wit, stunning prose and unforgettable characters.

The Instant New York Times Bestseller and TikTok Sensation!

'The sci-fi romance adventure you never knew you needed'- Jennifer L.

Set in the dreamy backwoods of Oregon, Brothersong is a queer, paranormal romance of burning passion and pack loyalty, and is the fourth book in the Green Creek series.

Set in the dreamy backwoods of Oregon, Heartsong is a queer, paranormal romance of burning passion and pack loyalty, and is the third book in the Green Creek series.

Set in the dreamy backwoods of Oregon, Ravensong is a queer, paranormal romance of burning passion and pack loyalty.

Wolfsong is a heartfelt story of queer love, loyalty, and found family from TJ Klune, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea.

The funny, propulsive new novel about hating your friends, hating what they bring out in you, hating how you pander to them, the perfect satirical summer read for fans of Emma Cline, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Ottessa Moshfegh.

Dreams can come true - it could happen to you For the past two years, Evie Taylor has lived an invisible existence in London, a city she hoped would bring sparkle to her life.

Discover the perfect recipe for friendship this Christmas.

A beautiful gift for Christmas, this superb selection of writing, by celebrated Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, opens with his enchanting story A Child's Christmas in Wales.

A zoo worker, cautiously washing down Marysue the elephant, considers the strange, grim fragments he's heard of his co-workers' lives.

To the neighbours who helped raise her, Madeline was a handful: opinionated, disruptive, verbose.

When Roz's silent, compulsive husband refused to discuss his problem, when her children seemed embroiled in their own lives, Roz did the unthinkable - she walked out.

Rowan has always cherished an ambition to travel.

When Megs became a cleaner, she didn't realise that if people looked at her a cleaner would be all they saw.

In the Scottish fishing village of Mareth, everyone knows everything about each other - and what they don't know they assume; the villagers live against a constantly changing backdrop of elaborate scheming and sexual innuendo.

Best friends Kate and Betty had once been inseparable as they grew up together in the rough beauty of the North Yorkshire countryside.

When James McElroy saw the ad for a lodger with 'Bibi Sanders' in a smart Edinburgh street, he pictured a glamorous young landlady with whom he would form a meaningful and deep relationship.

As a child Nora waged war on her mother, Maisie.

Opening at the Hay Festival, and ending with the prospect of a spring wedding, Sue Gee's novel is a lively story of tangled relationships and the sustaining powers of good books, loyal friends and conversation.

In the bestselling tradition of Douglas Kennedy.

When I was little, my mother disappeared.

Point-to-point jockey Jess Haddon has maintained a resolute silence about the identity of the father of her little daughter, Izzy.

This is the story of Mina, a girl at a Sheffield call centre whose next customer in the queue is Peter, a Cambridge geography don who has crashed his car into a tree stump when swerving to avoid a cat.

A warm and uplifting story of how a woman falls in love with a place and its people: a landscape, a community and a fragile way of life.

Some bonds can never be broken.

Reality can never quite compare with the online world of Demon Streets for Verity.

Orphan Kate Fox is determined to make her mark in the world, and with her gorgeous looks, what better way to secure her future than to marry money?

THE ORACLE OF STAMBOUL is a magical historical novel about an astonishing eight-year-old girl in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.

'Wow, this book was fantastic, it gripped me from start to finish!

Why would a mother abandon her children?

It was supposed to be the perfect summer.

Half term may be over but the chaos has just begun.

A Sunday Times Book of the YearA Press Association Book of the Year'Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil'- Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens'Haunting and beautiful .

If you love books like THE HOUSEMAID, you will LOVE this .

The iconic science fiction vampire novel, adapted into the film starring Will Smith.

Pratchett's perceptive and laugh-out-loud Discworld series is a literary phenomenon.

The stunning conclusion to the duology that began with the internationally bestselling Sun of Blood and Ruin, this gender-flipped Zorro reimagining weaves Mesoamerican mythology and sixteenth-century Mexican history into a swashbuckling historical fantasy filled with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance.