Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

Kip Norvald wächst in den späten 1980ern in Venice, Florida, bei seiner Oma auf.

If we're suffering from stress, have a headache or simply feel listless, most of us tend to reach for the aspirin.

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

«Eine Komödie in ihrer klassischsten Form, mit einigen der schärfsten und stärksten Dialoge, die Sie in Ihrem Leben zu lesen bekommen werden.

Das Neonlicht flackert in den Clubs von San Francisco, und draußen wartet ein neues Leben auf die Barbary Lane 28.

Es sind die Siebziger, die Sonne scheint, und das Abenteuer wartet in den hügeligen Straßen von San Francisco.

»Ich vertraue diesem Buch meine Erlebnisse an, die so aberwitzig sind, dass kein Mensch mir Glauben schenken möchte.

Clever and ingenious, I was gripped' SAM HOLLAND ';One of the best detective novels I've read in a long time .

An ambitious gut-punch of a novel Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg' So nuanced, assured, and utterly devastating ' Layne Fargo, author of The Favourites Will have you hooked until the last page Cecile Pin, author of Wandering SoulsShe did everything right.

The major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy'One of the most important, politically vital and morally bracing writers of his generation Keiran Goddard, Guardian Change fills me with admiration and inspiration, as well as renewed faith in writing itself Maggie Nelson One of the major writers of our time' Garth Greenwell'I read everything he writes' Esi Edugyan A mesmeric novel Daily Mail douard Louis longs for a life beyond the poverty, discrimination and violence in his working-class hometown - so he sets out to study in Amiens, and, later, at university in Paris.

**WINNER OF AN ERIC GREGORY AWARD***SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 FORWARD PRIZE - FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION*This searingly powerful first collection about Ukrainian identity is a howl of anguish and an elegant counter-song against totalitarianism'A beautiful, necessary book'ILYA KAMINSKY, author of Deaf Republic'Every poem is a masterpiece'OLIA HERCULES, author of MamushkaWith this searingly powerful first collection, Charlotte Shevchenko Knight gives the current war in Ukraine some much-needed human focus, while examining its brutal aggression within a wider and more accurate historical context.

In one night, Nayan lost everything.

Here are fifteen pitch-perfect stories about women trying to make their own way: featuring daughters, divorcees, fox demons, a praying mantis, and .

Der Roman "Zwischenschritte" erzählt die Geschichte einer schicksalhaften Begegnung.

*THE #2 BESTSELLING SCOTTISH CRIME EBOOK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2024**LONGLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024*Midwinter in Orkney.

FROM THE BELOVED AUTHOR OF DOG DAYS, THE FUNNY, UPLIFTING NOVEL ABOUT FINDING THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

'The overlooked American writer who blows apart modern thinking on race' TelegraphBorn to a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself as a mixed-race woman in the Deep South of 1920 s America.

THE DARKEST DEBUT OF THE YEAR.

Ein Junge, ausgebildet zum Spion und Dieb .

MORNING, AFTERNOON, NIGHT.

The perfect holiday read for summer 2025, from the bestselling author of The Authenticity Project and The People on Platform 5!

Der finnische Journalist Markus Siltanen zieht Anfang der 1980er Jahre mit seiner Familie von Helsinki nach Ostberlin, um dort für seine linksgerichtete Zeitung als Auslandskorrespondent zu arbeiten.

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller'The words awaken the magic of life by celebrating the ordinary' - Giovanna Fletcher'Beautifully heartfelt, inspiringly poignant and therapeutically validating' - Anna Mathur Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling.

Wir leben mitten in einer Zeitenwende, die nach neuen Formen des menschlichen Zusammenlebens geradezu schreit, und begegnen sechs Männern, alle gefesselt von Macht, Gier und unsäglichem Reichtum, verkleidet hinter bürgerlichen Berufen und skurriler Lebensart.

COSY UP WITH KRISTINA FOREST'S NEW HEART-MELTING ROMANCE THE PARTNER PLOT .

From the author of Confidence and The Comedown comes a wildly imaginative story collection about queerness, neurodivergence, sexuality, and self-discovery.

Fünf Jahre war Moll Gladney verschwunden.

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Ein virtuos erzählter Roadtrip zu den eigenen Wurzeln 1908 wird in Chicago der junge osteuropäische Einwanderer Lazarus Averbuch, ein vermeintlicher Anarchist, vom Polizeipräsidenten aus nächster Nähe erschossen.

Es geht um die Erfahrung einer Frau - die sich auf dem Autismus-Spektrum bei 300 befindet - einen IQ von 120 hat, aber von der Welt nicht wahrgenommen wird.

'As stunning as it is unsettling.

'Chukwuebuka Ibeh's writing has a certain delicacy to it, so wonderfully observant, and so beautiful' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'A sublime coming-of-age tale.

'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY'Enthralling .

A suspenseful, wildly engaging novel following a musician spiraling in self-doubt and self-searching after a night and a relationship gone wrong.

What does it mean to remember?

Saraaya, eine Stadt im umkämpften Zentrum des Sudans.

'A white-knuckle descent from champagne and caviar to blood and murder.

The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the internationally bestselling dark academic phenomenon, The Atlas Six.

Ist jede Adoption, früher oder später, ein Drama?

TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, HE MUST SACRIFICE EVERYTHING .

1989/90 markiert den Beginn einer neuen politischen, geschichtlichen und gesellschaftlichen Ära in Europa.

»Queeres entdecken 2023« ist der dritte Sammelband des Litfests homochrom in Köln und bietet ein buntes Panorama aktueller, ausgewählt guter queerer Literatur.

A TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE WEEKA BAD FORM REVIEW PAPERBACK BOOK OF THE MONTH'Sharp, swiftly moving, darkly funny .

'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 .

Karine Hansen ist Deutsch-Armenierin, aufgewachsen in einer Familie, in der die armenische Tradition liebevoll gelebt wird.

From bestselling author and TikTok sensation A.

Auch über hundert Jahre nach dem Genozid an den Armenier*innen ist dies immer noch ein dunkles Kapitel der türkischen Geschichte, das weiterhin tabuisiert und geleugnet wird.

'Glorious' - Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Rivers of London seriesSet in the world of BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way.

'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.