THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR'Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of racial fissures, fury and friendship' David Lammy, MP and author of Tribes'A powerful story about friendship, race, love, forgiveness, and justice - and the stunning ways they intersect.
An outstanding debut novel - an original and engaging black comedy about an angst-ridden twenty-something Londoner whose main achievement in life seems to be that he can prove that he's a loser.
*WINNER OF THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2025*From the award-winning author of November Road comes a masterful thriller where an unlikely hero goes up against a deadly crime boss'Thrilling and heartbreaking but ultimately life affirming.
Black Mirror meets David Nicholls in this dark and funny novel about love in dystopian timesLONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR FICTIONKarl has let his debts get wildly out of control and, in desperation, has sort of semi-accidentally committed credit-card fraud.
A powerful, compelling, topical novel about a relationship between a radio DJ and a teenage girl from the author of DYING YOUNG and DANIEL ISN'T TALKINGRadio DJ Craig Kirtz took a shine to Bobbie when she was only thirteen years old, embroiling her in a secret life of sex and drugs.
The 'bonkers' book that 'it is impossible not to be moved by' DAILY MAILA joyful and hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else.
A riveting novel about the aftermath of a brutal murder of three teenage girls, written in incantatory prose 'that's as fine as any being written by an American author today' (Ben Fountain)One late autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time.
The first novel from the brilliantly unconventional Nicola Barker is a tale of gambling, allergies, music and dogs, set in some of London's less scenic locations.
The fourth book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's 'Children of Violence' series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.
An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London'Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war.
'One of Britain's most consistently excellent crime novelists' The Times '[Reginald Hill] keeps one on the edge of one's wits throughout a bitterly enthralling detection thriller' Sunday TimesWhere better for a hitman to retire than in the Lake District, where the air is healthy and the scenery spectacular?
From the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Offshore', 'The Blue Flower' and 'Innocence' comes this Booker Prize-shortlisted story of books and busybodies in East Anglia.
'Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters - every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.
From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light, a prescient and haunting novel of life in Saudi Arabia.
From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies' comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge.
'Londonstani', Gautam Malkani's electrifying debut, reveals a Britain that has never before been explored in the novel: a country of young Asians and white boys (desis and goras) trying to work out a place for themselves in the shadow of the divergent cultures of their parents' generation.
'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily MailThe girl reminded me of my favourite chocolates, whipped hazelnut creams, and I knew just from looking at her that I wanted her for my best friend.
