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Intermezzo*
Sally Rooney
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Fiction and series
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A Court of Splintered Harmony*
A return to the world of A Court of Thorns and Roses in the first movement of the Valkyrie Cycle.
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Threshing Day*
Thirteen stories follow cadets through the trial that decides who will bond with a dragon at Basgiath War College.
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The Correspondent*
The letters of Sybil Van Antwerp trace a lifetime of relationships, regrets and unexpected connections.
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The Wax Child*
A wax doll narrates this unsettling reimagining of a seventeenth-century Danish witch trial. Translated by Martin Aitken.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl*
Carl and his cat, Princess Donut, face a deadly dungeon where survival is part of the entertainment.
Children’s and family reads
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Gruffalo Granny*
Another trip into the deep dark wood from the author and illustrator of The Gruffalo.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Fight or Flight*
The twenty-first illustrated diary in Greg Heffley’s comic series.
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Bunny vs Monkey: Day of the Heroes!*
Bunny, Monkey and the woodland gang return for another comic adventure.
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Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas*
Twelve festive stories follow Lottie, her family and friends through Christmas mishaps.
More popular reads
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The Names*
One decision about a baby’s name sends a family’s story down three different paths.
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Land*
A historical novel about family, place and the stories that maps can leave out.
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Careless People*
A former Facebook executive recounts her years inside the company and the decisions she witnessed there.
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The Artist*
In rural Provence, a young journalist enters the household of a reclusive painter and his niece.
Coming soon
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Coming soon
Bastards
A fallen angel leads an unlikely company in an epic fantasy. The publisher lists 20 May 2027 as its release date.