Summer Reads

(Available after 3-20 days) A stunning graphic novel memoir from the singular cartoonist behind The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth is a masterly work of self-examination and the urge to create when everything...

There is something delightfully wicked about a dark romance based on Captain Hook. Emily McIntire’s Hooked is a modern take on Peter Pan’s iconic villain. With a steamy plot and memorable characters, McIntire’s book will have you hooked. From BookTok...

'One of the best books I've ever read' -- Richard Osman'Tender and elegant' -- Guardian'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' -- D.J. Taylor, SpectatorA damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village...

Genuinely unsettling and dripping with otherworldly atmosphere, the first instalment of the Lockwood and Co. series sees a motley collection of ghost-hunters on a terrifying mission to save their reputation in one of the scariest haunted houses in...

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history.It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and...

'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, the passing of time, how to relate to...

If you enjoyed 2016’s The Kind Worth Killing then Saving is your next read. From Eight Perfect Murders to Every Vow You Break and Nine Lives, Peter Swanson’s novels are contemporary tributes to classic thrillers. He’s not only a writer’s writer – but...

The conclusion to Scarlett St Clair’s Hades & Persephone series is the perfect reason to start all over again with Book 1 (A Touch of Darkness). Isn’t that what such spicy romance classics are all about? The world will burn in the final installment...

All’s fair in love and chemistry. It’s 1960s California and there are certain things that women just don’t do. When scientist Elizabeth Zott finds herself the host of a television cooking show, she kicks off a revolution that does more...

A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the...

'Women so empowered are dangerous'Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female strength and solidarity, and a cry to speak out against those...

(Available after 3-20 days)Book Two of The Prince of Nothing series finds the Holy War continuing its inexorable march southward. But the suspicion begins to dawn that the real threat comes not from the infidel but from within.... Steering souls through...

Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. In a mystery taking...

The third installment of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.Tally thought they were a rumor, but now she’s one of them. A Special. A super-amped fighting...

From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes.Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane...

Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to...

The second novel in the awe-inspiring Malazan Book of the Fallen series. "Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark, with a masterful and unapologetic brutality reminiscent of George R. R. Martin." — Elizabeth HaydonIn the vast dominion of Seven Cities,...

Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' -- ObserverSøren Kierkegaard, one of the most...

“I do not know how to love you and be a good king to my people.”Romeria has fled Cirilea as a traitor. Zander has sacrificed his crown to save her life but dreads what her existence means for the future of his realm. They both know that no...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying—her most powerful collection yet. Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring...