Summer Reads

Fairy tales are just the beginning. The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him...except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger. With only the...

The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world!Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our...

After decades of hiding, the evil Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty is back with a vengeance.Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the...

The fifth book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories!Only at Barnes & Noble: This exclusive edition of The Land of Stories: An Author’s Odyssey contains an excerpt from The Mother Goose Survival Guide. In the...

The epic conclusion to Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories!In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Land of Stories series, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible. All of the Land of Stories fairy tale...

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.   “Tracy Crosswhite is one of the best protagonists in the realm of crime fiction today, and there is nothing cold about A Cold Trail.” —Associated Press In New York Times bestselling author Robert...

Speak now or forever rest in peace . . . ‘A pacy debut that ensnares’ -- ADELE PARKS THE PERFECT FIANCÉ. When Victoria’s best friend Gwen announces she is marrying the rich and handsome Michael, celebrations are strained. Victoria doesn’t trust Michael...

Step inside a beautiful winter wonderland where love, laughter and cosy nights by the fire will make this Christmas one to remember.Neve Whitaker loves managing the Stardust Lake hotel. She gets to work alongside her wonderful family and she’s spending...

Some love stories end before they even begin… ‘Romantic and gorgeous’ -- Milly Johnson ‘An emotional novel about the power of hope’ --  Holly Miller ‘Made my heart ache’ --  Liz Fenwick ‘An epic story of love and emotion. Wow!’ --  Jane Linfoot When Lili...

One broken marriage. One broken heart. One chance to meet someone new. Hannah leaves her unhappy marriage with her daughter Ava and moves to the village of Leadsham to start afresh. She plans to keep a low profile, focusing on Ava and making a new life...

Heartstopper meets The Haunting of Hill House in this brilliantly wrought mixture of queer romance and spooky shenanigans, as two very different boys find themselves drawn to each other against the background of a ghostly goings-on in a creepy old house...

Pregnant. Single. Dating. It's going to be... a bumpy year! Trish Kirkpatrick never expected to find herself unmarried, pregnant... and not entirely sure who the baby's father is. With her ex, Pete, and her colleague, Elliot, in line for daddy duty while...

Tomura is startled by the hypnotic sound of a piano being tuned in his school. It seeps into his soul and transports him to the forests, dark and gleaming, that surround his beloved mountain village. From that moment, he is determined to discover more...

You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of...

The ultimate Christmas read. Terry Pratchett's Hogswatch masterpiece that will leave you laughing out loud and help you understand what makes us uniquely human.'He is screamingly funny. He is wise. He has style' -- Daily TelegraphIT'S THE NIGHT BEFORE...

"Brilliant." —The New York TimesMapping the Interior is a horrifying, inward-looking novella from Stephen Graham Jones that Paul Tremblay calls "emotionally raw, disturbing, creepy, and brilliant."Blackfeet author Stephen Graham Jones brings readers a...

'A magnificent writer' -- KARIN SLAUGHTERA murdered woman. A missing child. And a father intent on revenge.On a cold day in Reykjavik, a baby goes missing from her pram. When the child's blanket washes up on the beach, and the mother is found dead,...

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious novel that explores fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan   In three interconnected scenes, Hiroko Oyamada revisits the same set of characters at...

Available in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's incandescent autobiographical novel paints an enthralling portrait of a formative female friendship in interwar Paris.   With an introduction from Deborah Levy 'Life without her would be...

From “one of the most distinguished writers of modern Italy” (New York Review of Books), a classic novel of society in the midst of a war.This powerful novel is set against the background of Italy from 1939 to 1944, from the anxious months...