Summer Reads

(Available after 3-20 days)A Paris Review Staff Pick and an Amazon Editors' Pick.Bold, witty, ominous and vulnerable . . . How to Wrestle a Girl shines in its propensity to magnify small moments, challenge our presumptions and dissect the beauty, danger...

Having brilliantly reconstructed the final years of Henry James in The Master, Toibin turns his attention to Thomas Mann in this lyrical evocation of the life of a twentieth-century literary titan.   From one of our greatest living writers comes a...

'A total joy to read' -- Torrey Peters, author of Detransition BabyA rebellious young musician reconnects with the matriarchs in her family as three generations of women strive for real freedom in this brilliant novel of family, sexuality, and feminism...

A personal story of the lifelong impact of rape and a call to action in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp.Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault.Now,...

'This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met' -- J K Rowling'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink' is the first line of this timeless, witty and enchanting novel about growing up. Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and...

(Available after 3-20 days) Life, loss, love and art explode in a kaleidoscope of emotions as one girl must learn the truth about her family's past in order to bring peace to the present.  Leigh Chen Sanders is sixteen when her mother dies by suicide,...

Soon to be an original film on Disney+ streaming service!Before ELEANOR AND PARK, there was STARGIRL. The seminal life-affirming YA novel celebrating first love and self-acceptance - now in a beautiful new edition for the next generation of readers.She's...

"A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story." --Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires EverywhereFirst-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white...

Filled with warmth, wit and cosy magic, Bob is a whimsical and inspiring story of camaraderie and trust. Delightfully depicting the friendship between a girl and a mystical creature in search of a way back home, Bob explores the timeless questions of...

The blueprint for all the awkward, likeable teenage heroines who came after, Georgia Nicholson is a fabulous comic creation and Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging sings with Rennison’s impeccable timing and warm-hearted, laugh-out-loud set-pieces...

Do you remember the first time?Forever is still the bravest, freshest, fruitiest and most honest account of first love, first sex and first heartbreak ever written for teens. It was a book ahead of its time - and remains, after forty years in print, a...

How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg...

'You're not Mia Thermopolis any more, honey,' Dad said. 'You're Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo. Princess of Genovia.'A PRINCESS?? ME??? Yeah. Right.One minute Mia's a totally normal Manhattan fourteen-year-old. Next minute she's heir to...

Previously published as Take Two, A Royal Disaster is the second book in Meg Cabot's fantastically funny series, The Princess Diaries. Fourteen-year-old Mia Thermopolis is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that she's a princess - and heir...

Mia Thermopolis has got everything a girl could possibly want. She's a princess - and she's got a boyfriend! But that's where it all goes wrong. Because Kenny is just not the guy she really wants. Michael's the one she's loved forever - but he's going...

Princess Mia Thermopolis has hit an all-time low. Lilly isn't speaking to her. Someone is posting horrible things about her on ihatemiathermopolis.com. Grandmere is forcing her to give a speech to two thousand of the most powerful businesswomen in...

Mia and Michael are finally an item, but her totally out-of-control Grandmere seems to have other plans . . . Just before the happy couple's first hot date, an unmissable royal engagement turns up. Could it be that Michael doesn't measure up - and that...

The Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted millions of readers over the last fifty years and the magical events described in C.S. Lewis's immortal prose have left many a lasting memory for adults and children alike. All seven Chronicles are bound together...

Winnie Foster is in the woods, thinking of running away from home, when she sees a boy drinking from a spring. Winnie wants a drink too, but before she can take a sip, she is kidnapped by the boy, Jesse Tuck, and his family. She learns that the Tuck...

A deeply personal meditation on love, loss, stars and the solace of connection, The Smallest Light in the Universe is a deeply moving memoir from world-leading astrophysicist Sara Seager.   Sara Seager has made it her life's work to peer into the...