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American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic novel
sees him on the road to the heart of America.
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The Circle
Dave Eggers
A dystopian view of our very near future, Eggers uses his novel to
make some clear and prescient points about how we live now. This
really is a Marmite book...
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Break in Case of Emergency
Jessica Winter
A wryly amusing, observational story, brushing compassionately
against the pitfalls of modern life. Jen is in her early
30’s, she lives with her husband in New York, she dreams
of...
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 The Friend
Dorothy Koomson
Oh what a thrilling and gloriously dramatic tale this is! A violent
attack on a parent takes place within the grounds of a private
school in Brighton, just days later,...
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The Dark Tower
Stephen King
Stephen King's epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower, is being made
into a major motion picture starring Idris Elba and Matthew
McConaughey. Due in cinemas August 18, 2017.
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The Power
Naomi Alderman
Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
2017. What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?
Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - teenage girls find...
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Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
Helena Kelly
In her first, brilliantly original book, Austen expert Helena Kelly
introduces the reader to a passionate woman living in an age of
revolution; to a writer who used what was...
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The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry
A gorgeously eloquent and powerfully expressive novel, ‘The
Essex Serpent’ explores an unusual relationship in the
1890’s. This isn't exactly a love story, it is rather, a tale
about love,...
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The Sellout
Paul Beatty
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2016. A biting
satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial
that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout...
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The Durrells of Corfu
Michael Haag
Michael Haag's book covers the background to the Durrell family's
years in Corfu, including their time in India, where all the
children were born, and where their father, a brilliant...
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Shepherds and Butchers
Chris Marnewick
South Africa, 1987. Apartheid. When Leon, a white 19-year-old
prison guard working on death row commits an inexplicable act of
violence, killing seven black men in a hail of bullets,...
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Under a Sardinian Sky
Sara Alexander
An expressive and heartfelt relationship tale set in a gloriously
evocative 1950’s Sardinia. Carmela is engaged to the son of
the town’s wealthiest family, however finds herself
questioning his overbearing...
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The Shape of Things to Come
H. G. Wells
This fictional 'account of the future' (similar to Last and First
Men by Olaf Stapledon) proved prescient in many ways, as Wells
predicts events such as the Second World...
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Five Forget Mother's Day
Bruno Vincent
A brand new Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, especially for Mother's Day!
Join Julian, George, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog as they try to
celebrate Mother's Day with Aunt Fanny....
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Hidden Killers
Lynda La Plante
Prime Suspect lovers are in for a treat for this once again gives
us a large slice in the development of Jane Tennison. In the
eponymous book published last year...
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Dead to Me
Lesley Pearse
Another dramatic and engagingly expressive historical novel by
Lesley Pearse. Set before and during the Second World War, we
follow Ruby and Verity during the ups and downs of their...
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Hunting the Hangman
Howard Linskey
A truly fascinating and totally engrossing read about the
assassination plot against one of the most feared and hideous Nazi
leaders of the Second World War. This may be classed...
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A Talent for Murder
Andrew Wilson
June 2017 Book of the Month. A fascinating foray into the past, and
the intriguing missing period of time so well documented,...
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Ginny Moon
Benjamin Ludwig
June 2017 Debut of the Month. A dazzling debut about a fostered
autistic girl’s poignant search for her Forever Home, and her
acute need to be...
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Lyrebird
Cecelia Ahern
Just so, so gorgeous! Laura lives on her own in the woodland wilds
of South West Ireland, a film crew discover she has a special gift,
will she be exploited...
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Beren and Luthien
J. R. R. Tolkien
Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for
the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic
tale of Beren and Luthien will reunite fans of
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The White Road
Sarah Lotz
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. South Africa author Lotz has a
devious talent for claustrophobic tales that balance precariously
between thriller and sheer horror and her...
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Flora's War
Audrey Reimann
When the orphaned Flora MacDonald escapes from a harsh reform
school she falls - literally - into the arms of Andrew Stewart, a
handsome sailor on shore leave. But their...
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One Quiet Woman
Anna Jacobs
The first book in beloved and bestselling Anna Jacobs' new
Lancashire-based saga. 1930, Lancashire: Leah Turner's father has
been killed in an accident at the laundry, and since her mother...
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The One
John Marrs
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. An ingenious and quite gripping
psychological thriller based on the use of DNA matching for a new
style of dating, this...
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Believe
Nicola Adams
Growing up in Leeds, Nicola stumbled into boxing in her local
sports centre while her mum was at aerobics. Age 13 she decided
that she would win an Olympic Gold:...
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The Battle
Paul O'Connell
As the heartbeat of Munster, British and Irish Lions captain in
2009, and captain of the first Ireland team to defend a Six Nations
championship, O'Connell has emerged as perhaps...
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Burning Angels
Bear Grylls
Fresh from fighting death in Ghost Flight, Will Jaeger - The Hunter
- returns for his second high-octane adventure.1942, and SS
Lieutenant Herman Wirth uncovers an ancient...
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This Must be the Place
Maggie O'Farrell
Award-winning novelist Maggie O’Farrell returns with her
latest breathtaking novel. This Must Be The Place is a story about
journeys, it’s about discovering who you are and where
you’re meant...
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Island of Secrets
Patricia Wilson
June 2017 Debut of the Month. Right from the start we realise this
is a Montague/Capulet situation; a feud between families, in...
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Exquisite
Sarah Stovell
June 2017 Book of the Month. Wow! This is a cracking psychological
thriller. Told in first person from two different viewpoints it...
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The Best of Sisters
Dilly Court
Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold,
comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle's chandlery
she has grown accustomed to a life of penury...
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed.
If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall
or sent out to die slowly of...
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After the Fire
Will Hill
June 2017 NewGen Book of the Month. In a nutshell: tense,
super-suspenseful novel based on harrowing real life
events After the Fire...
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Contagion
Teri Terry
In a Nutshell: Flame-hot dystopian thriller This
dynamo of dystopian YA, the first in the Dark Matter trilogy,
sizzles with sinister science and supernatural intrigue. 12
year-old Callie has survived...
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Wishbones
Virginia Macgregor
In a Nutshell: Big secrets, big issues, the biggest
love This splendidly life-affirming, read-in-one-sitting
novel sees a huge-hearted teenager battling to fix her mum’s
life-threatening eating disorder. Feather’s mum has...
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Fierce Kingdom
Gin Phillips
June 2017 Book of the Month. We are in America. Joan takes her four
year old son Lincoln to the zoo regularly....
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Crazy House
James Patterson
June 2017 NewGen Book of the Month. In a Nutshell: Twins
fight for freedom under an authoritarian system This
slickly plotted dystopian...
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Defectors
Joseph Kanon
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Ex-American publisher Joe Kanon
is a much underrated master of the classic espionage tale, best
known for The Good German...
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A New Map of Love
Abi Oliver
An entertaining and charmingly poignant portrait of a provincial
widower’s burgeoning new life following the death of his
wife. It’s 1964, and 57 year-old antiques dealer George has
lost his...
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Lord of Shadows
Cassandra Clare
In a Nutshell: Epic fantasy packed with passion and
paranormal intrigue There are dark dangers and dilemmas
aplenty in this glamorous, gripping sequel to Lady Midnight, second
in The Dark...
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The Weight of Him
Ethel Rohan
June 2017 Debut of the Month. There was a family of six, three boys
aged 17, 15 and 9, and one girl, 12, with a hard-working,...
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The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
June 2017 Debut of the Month. A thought-provoking and wittily
pointed debut, about the life and loves of the Plumb family. There
are four siblings at...
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Holiday in the Hamptons
Sarah Morgan
Just one huge loving hug from start to finish. Felicity flees as
fast as her heart and mind will let her when she realises her
ex-husband is back in town....
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Marked for Life
Emelie Schepp
A dramatic, sinister and deeply tense tale set in Sweden.
Prosecutor Jana Berzelius works with police investigators after a
man is found murdered in his home. He is the head...
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The Honeymoon
Tina Seskis
Oh my, this is intense, shocking, and an absolute winner. Jemma is
on an island in the Maldives, her husband of just one week is
missing, is he alive, or...
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Himself
Jess Kidd
June 2017 Debut of the Month. Longlisted for the CWA John
Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Dublin-wise, orphaned
young man goes in search of his birth...
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The Dark Flood Rises
Margaret Drabble
If you are a Margaret Drabble fan then you will know her strength
is in characterisation. Here she concentrates on a family and
elderly friends with the narrative switching between...
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Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew
Susan Fletcher
This soulful portrait of a woman’s friendship with Van Gogh,
imagined from letters exchanged between the artist and his brother,
is a richly-rewarding reverie about longing, loneliness and
renewing life....
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Jane Austen at Home A Biography
Lucy Worsley
Historian Lucy Worsley visits Jane Austen at home, exploring the
author's life through the places which meant the most to her. Jane
famously lived a 'life without incident', but with...
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The Dry
Jane Harper
Amid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn't
rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in
the community become unbearable when three members...
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The Lying Game
Ruth Ware
Four friends. One promise. But someone isn't telling the truth. The
twisting new mystery from bestselling phenomenon Ruth Ware. The
text message arrives in the small hours of the night....
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The Never King
James Abbott
A new legend begins ...Xavir Argentum is rotting in gaol. Sentenced
to life in the squalor of Hell's Keep, punishment for an atrocity
he didn't commit, the once legendary commander...
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Heart of Granite
James Barclay
Fantasy readers will likely be familiar with Barclay’s
engaging bunch of bickering heroes The Raven. Rightly praised by
David Gemmell, The Raven novels brought a welcome humour to the...
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Flame in the Mist
Renee Ahdieh
A sweeping, action-packed tale of murder, betrayal and one girl's
courage set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan from the author of
The Wrath and the Dawn.
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Deja Food
Mary-Anne Boermans
The author believes passionately that traditional British food,
refined over centuries, can be tastier, healthier, more exciting
and easier to prepare than anything mass-produced. This collection
includes recipes for meat,...
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Passchendaele Requiem for Doomed Youth
Paul Ham
Through an examination of the culpability of governments and
military commanders in a catastrophe that destroyed the best part
of a generation, the author argues that Battle of Passchendaele,
far...
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Hot Milk
Deborah Levy
Through the opposing figures of mother and daughter, Deborah Levy
explores the strange and monstrous nature of womanhood. Dreamlike
and utterly compulsive, Hot Milk is a delirious fairy tale of...
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The Postman's Fiancee
Denis Theriault
The Postman's Fiancee reunites readers with the touching and
much-loved characters first found in The Peculiar Life of a Lonely
Postman, charming readers once again with his deft touch...
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All the Good Things
Clare Fisher
All the Good Things is a story about redemption and hope for fans
of Nathan Filer, Stephen Kelman and Emma Healey. What if you did a
very...
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The Switch
Justina Robson
This groundbreaking new novel from one of the genre's most
respected authors is a thrilling mix of science, magic and
politics.
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Revenger
Alastair Reynolds
Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of
our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space
pirates, buried treasure and phantom...
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Best British Short Stories
Nicholas Royle
This series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the
previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK
or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide...
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Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld
Can a retelling of ‘Pride and Prejudice' possibly work? Well,
this novel proves it can. The Austen Project consists of six
contemporary authors, each retelling one of Jane Austen’s
novels....
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Barkskins
Annie Proulx
For the Wolf Hall readership, this is a huge historical novel to
immerse yourself in. A dramatic, violent, absorbing, long read for
which you need to put aside serious...
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Two by Two
Nicholas Sparks
Russell rises swiftly into a high-powered job until it all comes
crashing round him and he now has to spend time at home so there is
a slight role reversal...
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The New Mrs Clifton
Elizabeth Buchan
At the end of WWII Gus brings back an emotionally damaged German
wife, Krista, to his family home on Clapham Common, London. In a
bombed terrace his house remains unscathed...
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The Floating Theatre
Martha Conway
June 2017 Book of the Month. Brimming with stunning writing and
historical illuminations, this captivates the heart and enlightens
the mind. It’s...
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Raven Stratagem
Yoon Ha Lee
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. A follow-up to the
Korean-American author's noted SF debut Ninefox Gambit which has
since been shortlisted for various awards and...
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Forever and a Death
Donald E. Westlake
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Sadly missed US crime legend
Westlake's books were often the object of many classic Hollywood
adaptations, but he is also remembered...
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The Burning World
Isaac Marion
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. The much-anticipated sequel to
young adult zombie love story Warm Bodies (which was the object of
a fairly decent adaptation...
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Obsession
Amanda Robson
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Two seemingly happy couples: Rob
and Carly, Jenni and Craig. But one fateful day, one happens to ask
her husband who...
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Phantom Limbs
Paula Garner
June 2017 NewGen Debut of the Month. In a nutshell:
sensitive depiction of loss and survival Three young
people, each marked by terrible loss are at...
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Nutshell
Ian McEwan
Possibly the most unusual crime book of the year insofar as it
follows the story of a crime from the point of view of an unborn
child, isolated inside his...
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Song of the Current
Sarah Tolcser
June 2017 NewGen Debut of the Month. A thoroughly enthralling
fantasy that brims with swashbuckling adventure and enchantment.
Seventeen-year-old Caro Oresteia is inextricably bound to the...
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The Names They Gave Us
Emery Lord
In a nutshell: moving story of a teenage girl coping when
her world turns upside down Lucy’s life seems pretty
sorted: she’s got a lovely boyfriend, a good relationship
with...
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Order of Darkness
Philippa Gregory
A Review for Changeling, the first in the Order of Darkness
series: Best-selling Philippa Gregory’s first book
for teenagers is a thrilling story of malice and betrayal, courage
and passion....
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Beck
Meg Rosoff, Mal Peet
*** Suitable for ages 16+ Shortlisted for
the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | In turns brutal and
passionate, Beck is an utterly compelling story of survival and
romance which will...
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Bullseye
James Patterson
As the most powerful men on earth gather in New York for a meeting
of the UN, Detective Michael Bennett receives intelligence warning
that there will be an assassination attempt...
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One of Us is Lying
Karen McManus
In a Nutshell: Hyper-tense high school whodunit * Everyone
has secrets… Five teens in detention are hit by a
storm when one of them of dies. Outsider Simon, creator of...
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Home
Harlan Coben
'ANOTHER INSTANT COBEN BOLITAR CLASSIC' Michael J Fox For ten long
years two boys have been missing. Now you think you've seen one of
them. He's a young man. And...
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