Summer Reads

Three magical gowns. Two kingdoms on the brink of war. One chance to save them all.Maia Tamarin proved her skill as a tailor when she wove the dresses of the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it will take more than a beautiful gown to hide the darkness...

'Maggie Nelson is one of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' - Olivia Laing Bluets winds its way through depression, divinity, alcohol, and desire, visiting along the way...

A haunting novella of fame and disillusionment by a Japanese literary icon.All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention. They would kill for a moment alone with...

Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster.In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many...

A collection of science fiction stories for people who don’t like science fiction, Chiang’s work abounds in philosophical enquiry and nuanced approaches to the human condition. Fantastically rich and varied, the pieces gathered...

A new piece in the puzzle of Harkness’s enveloping All Souls world, Time’s Convertreturns to the de Clermont family and Marcus Whitmore’s past to question what it really takes to become a vampire. From the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author...

(Available after 3-20 days)Perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike--a beautiful premium mass market boxed set of the first three novels in Frank Herbert's Dune Saga.DUNE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring...

Curated with care and intelligence, the fourteen essays within In the Garden ask profound questions about the nature of gardening and the connections and resonances of horticulture in both cultural and environmental life.    ‘Gardening, then, is a...

Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the...

The thrilling final instalment in the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy sees sinister attention turn to Pip herself as she races to find a criminal before the past catches up with her in a truly page-turning finale. The third and final thrilling...

Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.Who will inherit this new Earth? The...

Available together in one volume for the first time, the three novels of Cormac McCarthy's award-winning and bestselling Border Trilogy constitute a genuine American epic.Beginning with All the Pretty Horses and continuing through The Crossing and Cities...

"A sequel that builds in both thrills and enchantment." - Kirkus ReviewsIn The Bone Witch, Tea mastered resurrection-now she's after revenge...No one knows death like Tea. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life...and...

An ordinary house on an ordinary street becomes a pit of unimaginable darkness in this truly nerve-shattering psychological thriller from the author of Little Eve. This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an...

Robert Jordan’s vast Wheel of Time sequence is one of the most astounding achievements in fantasy literature. Spanning 14 volumes, this is world-building on an unprecedented scale as well as a kaleidoscopic fusion of myth, religion, folklore and Eastern...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR AMAZON PRIME TV SERIESThe second novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their...

NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES Leviathan Wakes is the first book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series - over 4 million copies sold worldwide.'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be' -- George R. R. MartinHumanity...

The haunting and poignant story of a how a young Japanese girl's understanding of the historic and tragic bombing of Hiroshima is transformed by a memorial lantern-floating ceremony.Twelve-year-old Nozomi lives in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. She...

For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with spirituality. The Book of...

The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos.The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread...