Summer Reads

Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a colleague, another a chance encounter; one is the girlfriend of a classmate, another the best friend of Nishino's latest conquest. Some are entranced by...

Danielle Steel proves she is the world's favourite storyteller with Against All Odds, a powerful story of a mother's unconditional love.Style. Success. Secrets.Kate Madison's stylish boutique has been a big success in New York, supporting her and her...

'If you're thinking about trying mindfulness, this is the perfect introduction....I'm grateful to Andy for helping me on this journey.' - Bill Gates Feeling stressed about Christmas/Brexit/everything? Try this... Demystifying meditation for the modern...

Confrontational and, at times, harrowing, Feldman’s unflinching memoir of her youth in an ultra-strict Haisidic sect is thoroughly compelling from start to finish. Now an acclaimed Netflix series, Unorthodox conveys the suffocating conformism of...

A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut and now a Netflix Mandarin original drama premiering January 2020! Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the...

A pulsating thriller from the award-winning author of A Loyal Spy, The Stranger thrusts the reader deep into a world of international espionage, dark diplomacy, terrorism, and evil at its most ingenious. The new novel from the CWA Ian Fleming Steel...

Anything is possible. From We Need Diverse Books fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to...

'The modern master of the hook and twist' -- DAN BROWN Adam Price has a lot to lose: a beautiful family, a big house, a good job - a perfect life.But then he meets a stranger in a bar and learns a devastating secret about his wife.With the mirage of...

(Available after 3-20 days)A Netflix Original Series Read the book that started it all! 13 Million Copies Sold Sometimes all you need is a fresh start When recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees an advert for a midwife in the remote town of Virgin River,...

1. The untold, official origin story of Jareth, the Goblin King from Jim Henson's Labyrinth developed in collaboration with the Jim Henson Company.2. Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation is an official prequel to the cult-classic film that rewards long...

*Now a Netflix Original Series*In the satirical tradition of the New York Timesbestseller Stuff White People Like comes this witty companion book to the "incredibly entertaining" (Indiewire) film of the same name, which "heralds a fresh and funny new...

Brain on Fire is the stunning debut from journalist and author Susannah Cahalan, recounting the real-life horror story of how a sudden and mysterious illness put her on descent into a madness for which there seemed to be no cure. 'My first serious...

Soon to be a Netflix film-featuring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton! The  New York Times bestseller and feel-good YA novel of the year-about Willowdean Dixon, the fearless, funny, and...

WINNER OF THE U.S. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2017 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE!'Sometimes, family hurts each other. But after that's done you bandage each other up, and you move on. Together. So you can go and think that you're some lone wolf, but you're not...

Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's a Fractional Persian - half, his mum's side - and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. Darius has never really fit in...

The Beauty in Breaking is the poignant true story of Harper’s journey toward self-healing. Each of the patients Harper writes about taught her something important about recuperation and recovery. How to let go of fear even when the future is murky. How...

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived in the New Land to begin a New Life. Everything is scary and different. Their ever-changing house is confusing and she finds it hard to understand the other children at school. Yet in her magical glasshouse, with a...

Richardson recounts one of the most thrilling stories in archaeological history in bravura style, as a working-class boy-turned-scholar discovers a vanished city, dabbles in espionage and takes tea with all-powerful rulers. For centuries the city of...

this is the recipe of lifesaid my motheras she held me in her arms as i weptthink of those flowers you plantin the garden each yearthey will teach youthat people toomust wiltfallrootrisein order to bloomFrom Rupi Kaur, the top ten Sunday Times...

Amsterdam 1654: a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life. Following the sudden death of her husband, twenty-five year old Catrin leaves her small village and takes a job as housekeeper to the successful Van Nulandt merchant family...