Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Open a door and enter a magical world. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia – a world enslaved by the power of the White Witch. When almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great...

The last battle is the greatest of all battles. During the last days of Narnia, the land faces its fiercest challenge – not an invader from without but an enemy from within. Lies and treachery have taken root, and only the king and a small band of...

A voyage to the very ends of the world. A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage that will take them beyond all known lands. As they sail farther and farther from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than anything they...

The HILARIOUS new novel and the year’s most perfect festive gift – from million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel   It used to be the most WONDERFUL time of the year, but for years Christmas has been taken over by Winterzone...

Shif is just an ordinary boy who likes chess, maths and racing his best friend home from school. But one day, soldiers with guns come to his door - and he knows that he is no longer safe. Shif is forced to leave his mother and little sister,and embark on...

The iconic, multi-million bestselling novel, in a 25th anniversary edition with exclusive new material inside. An unmissable modern classic. Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake...

First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space...whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when...

Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreign-born samurai and the only samurai of African descent—for...

A gripping manga based on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China video game, featuring iconic Assassin Shao Jun. Unveil a tale that will engulf the world.Shao Jun, the last Assassin in China, has returned to her homeland...

Love blooms between a tough delinquent boy and a spunky girl with a vision impairment!Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind. The whole city...

A new fantasy masterpiece from Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Old Kingdom series.   More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical...

When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a...

When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a...

When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a...

“Will fire imaginations and elicit the heart-pumping, wide-eyed response that has kept this tale alive and vigorous through the ages.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)Long ago a Scandinavian...

The definitive collection of Tolkien’s classic “fairie” tales, in the vein of The Hobbit, illustrated by Oscar winner Alan Lee.The book is the perfect opportunity for fans of Middle-earth to enjoy some of Tolkien’s often...

Murder, She Wrote meets The Odd Couple in award-winning author Laurien Berenson’s brand-new series spun off from her much-loved Melanie Travis Canine Mysteries and featuring Melanie’s elderly aunts—cantankerous Peg and...

Agatha Christie meets Karen M. McManus in this whip-smart and stylish whodunit, which finds a group of high school friends embroiled in a murder mystery during a 1920s themed party in an island's stately home. Everyone has a secret. Everyone has a...

Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times best-selling fable about trusting the unexpected and making the extraordinary come true. Now a Netflix filmWhen a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter...

Perfect reading for fans of Emma Carroll and Natasha Farrant, the rollicking first instalment of Howell's maritime adventure series finds young Alice enmeshed in sabotage, espionage and dangerous secrets aboard the Queen Mary. A twisty and...