Summer Reads

Introduction by Amal Clooney   From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account.  Maria Ressa is one of the most renowned international journalists of our time. For decades,...

The explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black, about two top women gladiators fighting for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own. • “A new and...

The author of the Booker Prize finalist Real Life and the bestselling Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a...

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for readers along the way.What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in...

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...

From Boyfriend Material to Husband Material, Alexis Hall knows how to put two people together in a room and let them fall in love. Do opposites attract? We think you know. And with Hall as the author, you’ll have a grand time being...

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...

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science.Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with...

Witness what the gods do after dark in the fourth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe. “I don’t...

"A gritty, heart-pounding tale of betrayal and bloody vengeance. I loved every single word." —John GwynneThe Pariah begins a new epic fantasy series of action, intrigue and magic from Anthony Ryan, a master storyteller who has taken the fantasy world by...

A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing.Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college...

Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making...

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 paperback edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on the lands, inhabitants, and metaphysics of Middle-earth, perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth,...

In the crowded greenroom of a porn-movie production, hundreds of men mill around in their boxers, awaiting their turn with the legendary Cassie Wright. An aging adult film star, Cassie Wright intends to cap her career by breaking the world record for...

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...

(Available after 3-20 days)“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New Yorker   The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (Wall St...

'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...

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...