Fiction: narrative themes

'Sestanovich's elegant prose takes seriously the quiet unrest that can ravage a life' - Raven Leilani, author of LusterA Best Book of the Summer in The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly,Vogue, Esquire and Refinery29A university student is flying home to visit her family when she strikes up an odd, ephemeral friendship with the couple next to her on the plane.

SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'Outrageous satire .

** From the bestselling author of Amazon Number One series THE GIRLFRIEND **He loves you.

In the seventh novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series, Date with Betrayal, betrayal is rife in the idyllic Yorkshire Dales as Samson O'Brien, owner of the Dales Detective Agency, is targeted by a hitman.

Julia Chapman's sixth Dales Detective Agency novel, Date with Deceit, sees Delilah going undercover at a shoot involving dangerous criminals.

'Profane, funny, and uncomfortably honest' - Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love.

'An engrossing and evocative read.

As dramatized on Radio 4 and seen on Netflix, Nella Larsen's Passing is a distinctive and revealing novel about racial identity, and a key text of the Harlem Renaissance.

'Two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland .

'Fast-moving and entertaining'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonEnter a world of magic and adventure in The Library of the Dead by T.

In a magical ancient Britain, bards sing a story of treachery, love and death.

In Eva Carter's How to Save a Life, saving a life is only the start of the story .

Complete and unabridged.

Lark Rise to Candleford captures a piece of social history in this ever popular fictional account of an English rural upbringing between the wars.

A powerful collection from the T.

With an introduction by Harvard professor and author Maya Jasanoff.

Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W.

A cult classic of Italian literature, published in English for the first time, with an afterword by Andre Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name.

In La Vita Nuova, Italy's greatest poet recounts the famous story of his passionate love for Beatrice.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's progressive views on feminism and mental health are powerfully showcased in her two most famous stories.

'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads SingFrom the multimillion copy number one bestselling author of The Women, The Nightingale and The Four Winds, Wild is a remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope and the promise of new beginnings.

Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books Winner of the National Book Award 1990 The Apocalypse would definitely put a crimp in my career plans.

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A stunning anthology of poetry to create calm and peacefulness.

Poems of the Sea is an anthology of classic poetry that celebrates the sea; from the power of a stormy ocean to ships and sailors and beaches strewn with shells.

The Rose Garden is a richly imagined historical novel full of intrigue and secrets, spanning the luxury and poverty of Victorian England.

George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion.

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue.

My Heart's In the Highlands: Classic Scottish Poems is a glorious celebration of poetry and verse by the greatest classic Scottish poets, and introduced by the acclaimed poet John Glenday.

The moving story of a little dog with a huge heart and of the unbreakable bond between an animal and his owner.

'A truly moving, uplifting story about love, connection and finding the courage to start over' - Rowan Coleman'The perfect holiday read' - Josie LloydWhat are you most afraid of .

In Burmese Days, George Orwell, one of the most famous writers in the English language, draws on his own experience of living and working in Burma to write an unflinching novel about the dark side of imperialism.

Animal Farm is George Orwell's brilliant political satire and allegorical fable about the corrupting effects of power.

George Orwell, perhaps one of the most perceptive writers of the twentieth century, wrote extensively about English life and politics.

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most famous and influential novels of the 20th century.

They say you can't choose your family .

Winner of the 2021 Highland Book PrizeJen Hadfield's new collection is an astonished beholding of the wild landscape of her Shetland home, a tale of hard-won speech, and the balm of the silence it rides upon.

Set deep in the Yorkshire Dales, Diane Allen's A Child of the Dales is a sweeping novel of family, deceit, separation and love.

Set between the wild fells of North Yorkshire, Canada and Liverpool, A Precious Daughter by Diane Allen is a sweeping saga novel following a family's struggles in the 19th century.

The Secrets of the Lake is a gripping wartime novel, by the author of The Silk Weaver, Liz Trenow.

'A brilliant, original read' - Daily Mail'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' - Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet SisterThe case is unexceptional, that is what I know.

In Kafka's powerful and disturbing novel, an innocent man is arrested and repeatedly interrogated for a crime that is never ever explained.

Candide, or the Optimist is Voltaire's hilarious and deeply scathing satire on the Age of Enlightenment.

A troubling murder investigation may see Montalbano find his answers on a theatre's stage in The Sicilian Method, Andrea Camilleri's twenty-sixth novel in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series.

Set on the coast of Sicily, The Safety Net is the twenty-fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.

'Stupendously engaging'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonOur Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.

'Reminiscent of Edna O'Brien, with shades too of Jean Rhys.

'Make sure of a happier holiday by packing a Maeve Haran novel in your suitcase' - Jilly Cooper, bestselling author of RivalsFor all those who imagine escaping to a chateau and living the dream .

The New York Times Bestseller'A novel with the broad embrace of a 1990s Richard Curtis film' - The Sunday Times'Witty and affecting, Writers & Lovers explores where grit can get you, even when everything appears to be falling apart' - i newspaper 'Captivating' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Funny and immensely clever' - Tessa Hadley, author of Free LoveCasey is lost.