Fiction: narrative themes

The charming and hilarious tonic we've all been waiting for.

'Atmospheric, thrilling, sexy and so clever' - Laura Pearson, bestselling author of The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke UpWhat happens when truth and lies collide?

Winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary FictionShortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and the Arthur C.

'Companionable, exotic, witty and glamorously suggestive' ObserverOne more journey to the literary universe of Roberto Bolano, an essential voice of contemporary Latin American literatureRoberto Bolano's boundless imagination and seemingly inexhaustible gift for shaping the chaos of his reality into enduring fiction is unmistakable in these three exhilarating novellas.

'There's an elegance to Drake's writing that marks her out as a writer to be reckoned with and she shows fearlessness as she explores the mind of that most troublesome of creatures, the teenage boy .

'Hugely enjoyable, a unique love story that's both witty and poignant.

A beloved classic and undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre explores class, society, love and religion through the eyes of one of fiction's most unique and memorable female protagonists.

Now a major motion picture starring Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Meryl Streep.

Les Miserables is a magnificent, sweeping story of revolution, love and the will to survive amidst the poverty-stricken streets of nineteeth-century Paris.

**THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER** SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR****ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2025 AS SELECTED BY THE OBSERVER, THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.

The unstoppable Ruby Darke returns as old enemies threaten her family in The Edge, a gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane.

Warm and witty, no one writes about love, family and friendship like Lucy Diamond, the Sunday Times bestelling author of The Secrets of Happiness and On a Beautiful Day.

'A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar' Katie FfordeIt's a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch.

A high-octane space opera adventure about the battle for humanity's future.

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021'Excellent, lucid, intelligent and gripping' - Scotsman'An utterly riveting read' - Guardian, Thriller of the Month6 December 1993.

Set in LA against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash, this is the story of Rudy Reyes (a.

'This is fantasy at its finest' - Leigh Bardugo, No.

From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest.

From the author of the bestselling Luckiest Girl Alive comes Jessica Knoll's thriller, The Favourite Sister, which follows a pair of competitive and uber-successful sisters whose secrets and lies result in murder.

A stunning debut thriller, The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana is a gripping novel full of twists and turns, and a desperate hunt to solve a decades-old mystery.

From the author of The Missing Girl, Jenny Quintana's gripping novel, Our Dark Secret, tells the story of two girls, two deaths and two decades of silence .

Now a major film starring Killing Eve's Jodie Comer.

'Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence .

In this remarkable novel of menace and mystery, Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all.

Set on a lush Greek island, The Greek Escape by Karen Swan is a Sunday Times bestseller, and the perfect getaway for fans of Victoria Hislop and Santa Montefiore.

Indulge in the perfect winter's day treat and escape to the snow-fringed fjords of Norway with The Christmas Lights, a delicious tale full of drama and mystery, heartache and hope by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan.

Set on the beautiful Scottish island of Islay, The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with emotion from Karen Swan, bestselling author of Christmas Under the Stars.

The glamorous capital city of Italy is brought to startling life in The Rome Affair, a compelling novel by bestselling author Karen Swan.

'An incredible read.

**A Prima magazine pick of the year**Haunting, beautiful and uplifting, Katy Regan's How to Find Your Way Home is about sibling love, the restorative power of nature and how home is found within us.

**Previously published in hardback as Little Big Man**'Katy Regan broke my heart and put it back together again with Little Big Love' - Lucy DiamondLiam Jones is the love of Juliet's life.

Tender, funny, bittersweet and moving, Kristin Hannah's Between Sisters skilfully explores the profound joys and sorrows shared in a close relationship, the mistakes made in the name of love, and the promise of redemption.

From the international number one bestselling author of The Women, Kristin Hannah.

Now a major feature film starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, A Simple Favour is a twisting free-fall ride filled with betrayal, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty .

The Death of Her is a haunting psychological thriller from Debbie Howells, author of the bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club success The Bones of You.

Set in a universe devastated by a deadly virus, The Space between the Stars by Anne Corlett is an enthralling novel of love, the choices we make, and what it means to be human.

The Sonnets explore many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy.

In The Great Gatsby F.

In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood to his successful career as a novelist.

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, from the author of Notes on an Execution.

A Winter Love Song is a heartwarming and moving story of survival and love from bestselling author Rita Bradshaw.

'This is a wonderful book, its different strands weaving around each other and coming together in the most fantastic conclusion.

Sanditon, Lady Susan, & The History of England: The Juvenilia and Shorter Works of Jane Austen is a rare collection and a must for all Jane-ites.

With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split loyalties in Mansfield Park.

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a comedic and brilliantly postmodern lampoon of gothic romance novels.

Jane Austen's wickedly satirical final novel, and the inspiration for a major motion picture starring Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding and Richard E.

Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners.

Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.

As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced.