** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD: FICTIONA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKA 'BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR' IN THE NEW YORKER & OPRAH DAILY'Relentlessly gripping' ABIGAIL DEAN'Menace-dipped' THE TIMES'Thrilling and haunting' NEW YORK TIMESYou wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, with nine other women.
Hana Lee's gritty, queer Mad Maxinspired fantasy duology continues with more high-stakes political intrigue, monsters of all kinds, and a high-speed motorcycle adventure to find a refuge for humanity beyond the wasteland.
Einfühlsam und inspirierend: eine Hommage an Sehnsucht, Freundschaft und die Aussöhnungmit der VergangenheitEinst gefeiert als Stimme einer neuen Generation, lebt die Schriftstellerin Lilli Jansen heute zurückgezogen in ihrer Hamburger Villa – und findet keine Worte für ihren letzten Roman.
Die Menschen, von denen Simone Frieling erzählt, befinden sich alle in einer Umbruchphase, in der das alte Leben keine Gültigkeit mehr hat und das neue noch nicht fest umrissen ist.
As the sun starts slowly disappearing, the residents of a remote town in the desert find themselves undergoing shocking transformations in this dazzlingly eerie and bewitching novelLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE A supremely confident and gifted writer Katie KitamuraIn Five Poems Lake, a town surrounded by impenetrable deserts, the sun is slowly disappearing overhead.
'A wonderfully clever and howlingly funny thriller' The Spectator'Glitters with secret agendas, hidden lies and sun-soaked desires' Emma Stonex'Whip-smart and made me laugh out loud.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026****Winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature**A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America s best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso'Playful and devastating, tender and enraging' INTERNATIONAL BOOKER JUDGES, 2026'Luminous' SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN Bold and compassionate Financial TimesFrom deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl.
An important and deeply moving book Telegraph This gripping, inflaming book, itself an act of fury, shows how revenge can transmute into politics or be crushed by it Larissa MacFarquharBrittany Smith, a young woman from Stevenson, Alabama, killed a man she said raped her in her own home, but was denied the protection of a self-defense argument.
Since moving to a new city, once-adventurous Steph is doing her best to prove to her friends and family back home that her life is as fulfilling and envy-inducing as ever.
'There aren't enough words for how much I love it' MARIAN KEYESTHE SMASH-HIT ROMANTIC COMEDY THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH AND CRY - IF YOU'RE A FAN OF DERRY GIRLS YOU'LL LOVE THIS___________Meet Aisling.
Dave Willis, author, speaker, and father of four boys, talks biblically and practically about how to raise a generation of boys who are champions, encouragers, and respecters of women.
By the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, this is a beautiful and moving novel perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lucinda Riley and Rosamunde Pilcher.
'Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the fa ade of the magical city' The TimesImportant information is leaking from inside the Venetian Questura, and Commissario Guido Brunetti is tasked with uncovering the culprit.
Edgar Huntly, a young man who lives with his uncle and sisters on a farm outside Philadelphia, begins the novel determined to learn who murdered his friend Waldegrave.