Summer Reads

'A lovely novel, delicately drawn, with characters that really linger in the mind . . . I got really swept up in it.' --  Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of UsYou never forget the one that got away. Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a mix...

An irresistible new edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone created with ultra-talented designers MinaLima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. J.K. Rowling's complete...

Already a millennial icon thanks to her Waterstones Books of the Year-shortlisted memoir Everything I Know About Love, Dolly Alderton turns her scalpel-sharp pen to fiction, with this big-hearted debut about the unravelling of a seemingly...

A collection of the second half of the mega-popular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please!: Sticks and Scones is the last in Ngozi Ukazu's hilarious and stirring two-volume coming-of-age story about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself...

Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas...

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent...

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design...

Containing volumes 4, 5 and 6 of Naruto. In the Land of Waves, Naruto and his teammates Sakura and Sasuke, along with their sensei Kakashi, struggle to protect the bridge builder Tazuna and his family from Gato's hired thugs. When one of Naruto's friends...

FROSTBITE is the second book in the international Number 1 bestselling Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.Higher Learning. Higher Stakes.WINTER BREAK TURNS DEADLY.A massive vampire attack has put St. Vladimir's Academy...

A powerful YA romance about the forbidden love between a girl and a fallen angel. Perfect for fans of the Twilight series, eagerly awaiting Midnight Sun! Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for...

A powerful YA romance about the forbidden love between a girl and a fallen angel. Perfect for fans of the Twilight series, eagerly awaiting Midnight Sun! Nora should know better than to think her life can return to normal after falling in love with a...

A CLASSIC STORY OF ENDURING LOVE FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR.'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love'Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed...

On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favoured by fate, everyone develops a ‘current gift’ - a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their current gifts, Akos and Cyra have gifts make them...

*One of Amazon's 20 Best Books of 2017*Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Barnes & Noble, and Southern LivingIn his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of...

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives. In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms used...

A scalpel-sharp and suspenseful dissection of New York society snobbery perfect for readers of Shirley Jackson and Ottessa Moshfegh, Feito’s electrifying debut tracks the paranoid descent of a writer’s wife as she begins to sense that her...

A campus novel told from the perspective of a Black student, Taylor’s powerful tale embraces themes of grief, desire and alienation in rich, eloquent prose.  Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 Wallace has spent his summer in the lab breeding a...

'The perfect guide for a course correction in life' -- Deepak ChopraIf we open our eyes and see clearly it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant An insightful exploration into the origins and history of Zen Buddhism from...

In the still woods, the only movements were bars of sunlight glinting like green glass through the leafy canopy. He stretched higher. There was no sign of his boy. Pax was only a cub when his family was killed and he was rescued by 'his boy', Peter. Now...

The sequel to the acclaimed fantasy Raybearerfinds Tarisai, Empress Redemptor, assailed from all quarters as she struggles to keep control of her tempestuous reign in another stunningly realised West African-inspired epic. The hotly anticipated epic...