23 May
Henrik Ibsen died in 1906. Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. Read more Ibsen plays
Read the opening extract of the brand new Giovanna Fletcher book before its publication on 23/05/2013
The Humans Matt Haig
May 2013 Book of the Month.
A funny and touching exploration into what it is to be human. After solving the world’s greatest mathematical riddle Professor Andrew Martin is found naked walking on... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/05/2013
Flight Behaviour Barbara Kingsolver
May 2013 Book of the Month.
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010 and on the shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013.
A topical, engrossing and thought-provoking read exploring how... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/04/2013
The Dinner Herman Koch
May 2013 Book of the Month.
This is one of those books like The Slap and We Need to Talk About Kevin where no one is likeable and the outcome difficult... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
Tigers in Red Weather Liza Klaussmann
May 2013 Book of the Month.
Eight publishers were fighting over this debut novel from London-based New Yorker Klaussmann and all you need to do is read the Opening Extract to see why.... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Round House Louise Erdrich
May 2013 Book of the Month.
Hailed in the US as a Native American To Kill A Mockingbird and winner of the 2012 US National Book Award, this is a masterclass in... Format: Hardback - Released: 08/05/2013
Other Featured Books this Month
The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This stunning debut has a fascinating premise that 'the earth is slowing down' and it provides a unique framework... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Sketcher Roland Watson Grant
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This atmospheric, uplifting and deeply moving debut, set in the 1980s in an impoverished area of Louisiana, is a... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Big Brother Lionel Shriver
May 2013 eBook of the Month.
Once again Shriver takes on a contentious topic head-on. In the case of Big Brother it is the effects on a family of a morbidly obese ‘big... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/05/2013
Going Back Rachael English
A warm and appealing debut about family, friendships and love, of difficult decisions and lifelong consequences from one of Ireland’s best known radio presenters. Going Back follows Elizabeth Kelly and her friends, young economic migrants from Dublin, as they escape... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
Winner of the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
The Poisonwood Bible was a very special book, this one, her first in ten years, is a very worthy book. You need stamina and time to tackle it and you do... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
The Light Between Oceans M. L. Stedman
Isolated at the tip of Australia as a lighthouse keeper, emotionally traumatised World War I veteran Tom fears for his wife's sanity after her third miscarriage. Then a boat turns up carrying a dead man and a newborn baby. They... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
A Thousand Pardons Jonathan Dee
Described by Pulitzer Prize Winning author Jennifer Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) as ‘a rare thing a genuine literary thriller - suspenseful and packed with dramatic events’ - and we can only agree that this page-turner is... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
One of Susan Fletcher's favourite books.
A fascinating story told from the perspective of a mother and her four daughters who have been taken to the Congo, by the father of the family, on a mission to bring God to... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
The Universe Versus Alex Woods Gavin Extence
We meet a 17-year old Alex as he is stopped by customs at Dover with a glove compartment full of marijuana and Mr Peterson's urn of ashes on the passenger seat beside him. I'm hooked. [We then go back to... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Deception Artist Fayette Fox
In this sharp and funny literary debut set in Northern California during the 1980s recession, Fayette Fox delves deep into the dark heart of an ordinary American family - and finds out that make-believe isn't just for kids.
A Piece of... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2013
The Child Thief Dan Smith
A page-turning, atmospheric and taut historical thriller, set in 1930s Russia. Perfect for any fan of snowy-scened Scandinavian crime. A stranger appears in a village and soon after a girl vanishes. Only her uncle, an ex-soldier, has the necessary skills... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Wife 22 Melanie Gideon
A witty and wise story about a woman amidst a midlife crisis who agrees to anonymously participate in a survey about marital happiness, only to experience a reawakening through the power of confession. Satirising our obsession with the internet the... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams Jenny Colgan
Winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year 2013.
Winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2013.
Full of warmth, humour and fun, and a homage to Refreshers, Spangles and Star Bars. Rosie leaves a busy... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
A Cornish Affair Liz Fenwick
Following on from her bestselling debut, The Cornish House, Liz Fenwick's A Cornish Affair is touched with intrigue and romance, a bewitching, escapist read that is certain to delight readers. Jude runs out of church, before her marriage and... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Fisher of Men Pam Rhodes
A heart-warming comedy of manners with real spiritual resonance and depth. Who would have thought a sleepy country village could hold so many colourful characters, thorny issues and be such a social minefield? Kind, earnest and shy Revd Neil Fisher... Format: Paperback - Released: 22/03/2013
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver
Pigs in Heaven travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind. It is a spellbinding novel... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
The Woman Who Dived into the Heart of the World Sabina Berman
In the wake of her sister's death, Isabelle moves from her home in California to her birthplace in Mexico to take over the running of the family tuna company. There, she discovers a wild child - a thing with no... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Secret Keeper Kate Morton
1961: On a sweltering summer's day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright future... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Dog Stars Peter Heller
Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Maya's Notebook Isabel Allende
Abandoned by her parents as a baby, Maya has been brought up by her tough grandmother Nini and her gentle grandfather Popo. At school though, teenage Maya finds herself drawn towards the wrong crowd. Before she knows what's happened, Maya's... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2013
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and... Format: Hardback - Released: 21/05/2013
The Red House Mark Haddon
Two families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
This is How it Ends Kathleen MacMahon
This is when it begins Autumn, 2008. This is where it begins The coast of Dublin. This is why it begins Bruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Summer House Santa Montefiore
Antoinette's world has fallen apart: her husband, the man she has loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and support, the man... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
Goodbye for Now Laurie Frankel
Imagine a world in which you never have to say goodbye. A world in which you can talk to your loved ones after they've gone - About the trivial things you used to share About the things you wish you'd... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
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The Boy Who Fell to Earth Kathy Lette
Meet Merlin. He's Lucy's bright, beautiful son - who just happens to be autistic. Since Merlin's father left them in the lurch, Lucy has made Merlin the centre of her...
The Paradise Guest House Ellen Sussman
April 2013 Book of the Month.
Romance, mystery and self-discovery are all in this poignant novel of one woman’s journey to Bali in...
Absolution Patrick Flanery
Shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize.
A sharp, clever, violent novel spanning the transition of South Africa from apartheid through Truth and Reconciliation to the present as seen by three...
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul Deborah Rodriguez
In a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on earth, five very different women come together. SUNNY, the proud proprietor, who needs an ingenious plan -...
The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro
April 2013 Book of the Month.
In 1955 Grace finds she is the sole beneficiary of the estate of an unknown French relative...
The Cornish House Liz Fenwick
A gorgeously sprawling, emotional debut, about starting a new life in a beautiful, crumbling old house in Cornwall. Perfect for fans of Rosamunde Pilcher. Artist Maddie loses her husband...
The Scent of Lemon Leaves Clara Sanchez
Having left her job and boyfriend, thirty-year-old Sandra decides to stay in a village on the Costa Brava in order to take stock of her life and find a new...
Ancient Light John Banville
'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.' In a small town in 1950s Ireland a fifteen-year-old boy has illicit meetings with a thirty-five-year-old...
Lifesaving for Beginners Ciara Geraghty
Kat Kavanagh is not in love. She has lots of friends, an ordinary job, and she never ever thinks about her past. This is Kat's story. None of it is...
Dearest Rose Rowan Coleman
Winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association Epic Romantic Novel Award 2013.
When Rose Pritchard turns up on the doorstep of a Cumbrian B&B it is her last resort. She and her...
The Storyteller Jodi Picoult
Once again Jodi Picoult doesn’t shy away from controversial subject matter, this time the Holocaust, using it as the emotional backbone to a compelling, arresting story of the cruelty and...
When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man Nick Dybek
Loyalty Island is a small fishing community dependent on the Gaunt family fleet for survival. Each winter, Cal's father - a captain of the fleet - sets sail for Alaska...
The Month Before's Featured Books
Forgive Me Lesley Pearse
February 2013 Book of the Month.
Another compelling, evocative and heartfelt story from Lesley Pearse, the No. 1 UK bestselling author of
Schroder Amity Gaige
How can such a simple thing like changing your surname end up with a good and likeable person and father ending up in prison? Amity Gaige has written two previous...
With All My Love Patricia Scanlan
Patricia Scanlan is the queen of contemporary Irish fiction with her keenly observed family dramas and her latest, With All My Love, is right on the money. Secrets, lies, betrayals...
The Fine Colour of Rust P. A. O'Reilly
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
With humour, vivid writing and wry observations about the very different approach and pace of life in...
The Adoption Anne Berry
Growing up as the only child of strict, God-fearing parents, Lucilla has always felt her difference. But it is not till adulthood that she discovers the real reasons behind her...
The Chemistry of Tears Peter Carey
London 2011, Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her lover of thirteen years. As the mistress of a married man she has to...
Various Pets Alive and Dead Marina Lewycka
March 2013 Book of the Month.
A wonderful book full of political and social comment along with some brilliant characters and an impressive...
Lost and Found Tom Winter
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
A charming and poignant debut that draws you into...
Jellybird Lezanne Clannachan
March 2013 eBook of the Month.
This intriguing mystery, come romance, come ghost story will have you hooked and trying to guess what...
Gone Again Doug Johnstone
March 2013 eBook of the Month.
This 'edge of the seat' psychological thriller is very hard to put down once you start -...
Instructions for a Heatwave Maggie O'Farrell
It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going...
The Accidental Husband Jane Green
Jane Green's The Accidental Husband is a powerful story about two women connected by an earth-shattering secret. Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different...
Eloise Judy Finnigan
With a history of depression, Cathy is only just recovering from a nervous breakdown and her husband Chris, a psychiatrist, is acutely aware of his wife's mental frailty. When Cathy...
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