Narrative theme: Social issues

Don't miss the brand-new installment in the fantastic Stamford Mysteries series!

**WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025** I ll be thinking about it for ever Barbara Kingsolver A gorgeously written story a must-read Jennie Godfrey'Both readable and intelligent.

Three couples.

'A beautiful, hopeful book when the world needs hope most.

In the late 1990s, a group of young drifters from various parts of Britain find themselves washed up together in a small town on the west coast of Wales, fixed between mountains and sea.

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now.

'Terrific and hugely thought-provoking' Ian Rankin'One of my ten best reads of the year.

A literary tour-de-force of power, guilt and obsession - two people stalk each other through the shadowy, tangled web of the past - man and woman caught in a dangerous game of confession, each partly predator and partly prey.

The summer psychological domestic suspense thriller you won't want to put down!

'A gripping legal thriller that will leave you reeling.

The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

One little word.

The highly acclaimed, thought-provoking debut novel that has everyone talking.

CHOSEN AS A 2026 MUST-READ BOOK BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, NEW ARAB AND BBC CULTURE

EVERYONE THINKS THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED . . .

The Sharaf family is the picture of success. They arrived in America as refugees with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. And now, after years of hard work, they live in the most exclusive neighbourhood, their growing family attending the most prestigious schools. Zorah, the eldest daughter, is the apple of her father's eye.

But when Zorah dies in an unthinkable tragedy, the family is thrust into the court of public opinion. There is talk that the Sharafs' happy household was anything but, and soon the veneer of the model immigrant family starts to crumble.

Those who knew her best - and those who never met her - all have an opinion on who Zorah really was, and what really happened to her . . .

Told through the chorus of voices surrounding the Sharafs, Good People is a riveting, provocative and unforgettable story of community, family and identity.

'Smart, funny, and driven by unforgettable characters .

A short, blistering gut punch of a novel, Jackson Alone is at turns satirical and deadpan, angry and tender - a frank exploration of identity, race, and queerness in contemporary Japan.

Taut, lyrical and utterly gripping - the internationally award-winning and bestselling debutA fizzing headrush of a novel about four boys coming of age on the deprived outskirts of Oslo'A gut punch of a debut [in] hurricane prose' Times Literary Supplement'Raw and unfiltered, I was hooked from the very first page' Service95Last night i got woke up by marco ringing, and he was crying, he said, he died ivor, he died, and i didnt need to hear who to know, i just hung up.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TS ELIOT PRIZE 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026' Codex' SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST SINGLE POEMLONGLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE 2026'Profound, sheer originality.

Lia fled her home after a brutal crime decades ago, but family, and the truth, will never let you go.

'Entertaining, twisty read, steeped in authenticity' Amy JordanA gripping Devon mystery for fans of forensics and police procedurals and LJ Ross, Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths.

The gripping and emotional novel from the million-copy bestselling author of PS, I Love You.

'Written in big, beautiful prose that expands throughout the novel and leaves the reader full and satisfied Leila Mottley s grasp of human nature is unmatched' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS-From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling.

Renting is a nightmare.

WINNER OF THE 2025 ARTHUR C.

'A lean, careening thrill .

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023'A hugely impressive debut' SARAH WATERS'[A] haunting and moving story' SUNDAY TIMES'A powerful and inspired achievement.

The seventh heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls saga series, perfect for fans of Ginny Bell and Elaine EverestThe war is over and now the healing can begin.

As Saddam Hussein prepares to invade Kuwait, his most terrifying weapon must be destroyed before it can decimate the Allied forces in this unstoppable thriller from Frederick Forsyth, the writer that changed the genre for good.

Meet Akhilandeswari, Akhila for short: forty-five and single, an income-tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider.

We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets.

Critically acclaimed author of The Mourning Hours and The Fragile World, Paula Treick DeBoard returns with a tale of dark secrets, shocking lies and a dangerous obsession that will change one neighbourhood forever Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms.

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For eight years, big game hunter and war hero Harold Ryan has been presumed dead, lost in the Amazon rainforest while hunting for diamonds.

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.

A year after the death of her husband, Blythe Wyndham moves with her four-year-old daughter, Maddie, back to the small town where she grew up.

When two ambitious families occupy the same patch of English soil, rivalry is sure to take root and flourish.

So Carlotta Wren's life hasn't turned out as she'd planned.

YOUR LITTLE GIRL HAS BEEN STOLEN.

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.

A standalone mystery from the author of the Kelsey and Lambert series.

A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrelsSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016Can squirrels speak?

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.

IT IS THE FUTURE - AND THE DEAD WALK THE STREETS.

From the award-winning Jon Cleary, a novel featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.

From the award-winning Jon Cleary, a novel featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.

'The best kind of book: the one you didn't know you were craving until it appeared .