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Out of control  by Sally (Novelist) Jenkins

Out of control

Sally (Novelist) Jenkins

"Fiona Ormeroyd has always planned her life down to the last detail. But on the day of her retirement, her carefully organised world unravels when her boyfriend, Joe, arrives on her doorstep. Instead of being there for their weekly rendezvous, Joe announces...

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A Santorini secret  by Rose (Novelist) Alexander

A Santorini secret

Rose (Novelist) Alexander

"Santorini, Greece, 1944. A village nestled in the mountains where children play together beneath the endless blue sky. A cottage once full of the laughter of family and the joy of a new baby. But when the Nazis arrive on the island, a devastating tragedy and...

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The girl she left behind  by Jo Bartlett

The girl she left behind

Jo Bartlett

"A family in turmoil... Phoebe Spencer left home a long time ago, desperate to get away from her mother's emotional manipulation. She knows her life is better away from her family, but she can't help feeling she's simply running away from her problems... Then...

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Stay with me  by Ayobami Adebayo

Stay with me

Ayobami Adebayo

"'There are things even love can't do ... If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking and sometimes does break. But even when it's in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn't mean it's no longer love...

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Veronika decides to die  by Paulo Coelho

Veronika decides to die

Paulo Coelho

"Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything - youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting to never wake up....

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Americanah  by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. Ifemelu departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses...

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It started with Paris  by Cathy Kelly

It started with Paris

Cathy Kelly

"At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend, cheered on by delighted tourists. In that second, everything changes, not just for the happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their return in Bridgeport, Ireland ......

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Half of a yellow sun  by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a yellow sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university...

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Playing for keeps in Starr's Fall  by Kate Hewitt

Playing for keeps in Starr's Fall

Kate Hewitt

"Spring is in the air in Starr's Fall, and for two people, love may be just a roll of the dice away... As the frozen earth gives way to the first spring crocuses, pushing their way into the warmer air, Maggie arrives in Starr's Fall. She's looking for a new...

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Just the beginning  by Sarah (Romance fiction writer) Bennett

Just the beginning

Sarah (Romance fiction writer) Benn...

"Everyone in Halfmoon Quay, the picture-perfect village clinging to the edge of the Cornish coast, knows Rick Penrose is the person to turn to for help. Friendly and reliable, not to mention drop-dead gorgeous, he'll do anything for anyone. When his teenage...

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No regrets  by Bernard O'Keeffe

No regrets

Bernard O'Keeffe

"What would happen if you spent a year accepting every invitation that came your way? Rick is about to find out... He's had a bad year. Sarah, his wife of nearly twenty five years, has walked out on him to move in with Colin. Perhaps they simply grew apart,...

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The girl from Sicily  by Siobhan Daiko

The girl from Sicily

Siobhan Daiko

"Sicily, 1943: Lucia and her twin brother Dinu have always been inseparable, but their bond is threatened when Gero, the son of close family friends in America, arrives in their village. Although she finds herself developing feelings for him, Lucia worries...

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The sleeping land  by Ella Alexander

The sleeping land

Ella Alexander

"Less than three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, three archaeology grad students and their enigmatic adviser arrive at a remote cave in the heart of the Siberian wilderness to carry out the first extensive Western dig on Russian soil since the...

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The sun was electric light  by Rachel (Australian author) Morton

The sun was electric light

Rachel (Australian author) Morton

"Disillusioned with her life in New York, Ruth returns to a lake town in Guatemala where she had been happy a decade earlier. There, in Panajachel, she meets two very different women - the calm and practical Emilie, and the turbulent and intoxicating Carmen....

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The darling of Black Rock Desert  by Laura Newman

The darling of Black Rock Desert

Laura Newman

The darling of the Black Rock Desert: "Julia loves Howi, but never intends to marry him until she realizes she's pregnant with few options; it is, after all, 1960. Life becomes more complicated and yet richer when their darling daughter, Nia, is born with a...

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The Montegiallo school of swearing  by Andrew H. C. McDonald

The Montegiallo school of swearing

Andrew H. C. McDonald

"Accidentally buying a Sicilian villa for just one euro is not the great Eat, Pray, Love game changer that Brian Chapman hopes it would be. Instead, tumbledown buildings, a shortage of plumbers, and resentful locals make Brian's drunken whim look like the...

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The conditions of will  by Jessa Hastings

The conditions of will

Jessa Hastings

"London-based Georgia Carter, professional lie-detector and body-language savant, has long been estranged from her infuriating, close-minded, wealthy South Carolina family. After a falling-out years ago, the chasm runs deep between the black sheep - Georgia...

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Gichigami  by Lindsey Steffes

Gichigami

Lindsey Steffes

"Gichigami is an eerie coming-of-age novel, weaving between Marta and the person desperately trying to keep her apart from her mother. This poignant exploration of the lives of women and girls of the Midwest shines a light on the struggles of absent mothers,...

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The drownings  by Hazel Barkworth

The drownings

Hazel Barkworth

"Serena arrives on campus reeling from the injury that destroyed her champion swimming career. She is lost until she meets Jane, an enigmatic tutor obsessed with the historic witch trials that took place in Leysham's freezing waters. When several young women...

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Sea Change  by Jenny Pattrick

Sea Change

Jenny Pattrick

"A tsunami has devastated a small Kapiti Coast community. The government mandates managed retreat - a decision manipulated by Adrian Stokes, a powerful businessman with an agenda of his own. A resourceful and colourful collection of villagers defy the order to...

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Rooms for vanishing  by Stuart Nadler

Rooms for vanishing

Stuart Nadler

"In Rooms for Vanishing, the violence of war has fractured the universe for the Altermans, a Jewish family from Vienna. Moving across decades, and across the world, the novel finds the Altermans alone in their separate futures, haunted by the loss of their...

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Behind the waterline  by Kionna Walker LeMalle

Behind the waterline

Kionna Walker LeMalle

"Winner of the Lee Smith Novel Prize, Behind the Waterline takes readers to the home of a teenager and his grandmother in a New Orleans neighborhood on the eve of Katrina, where there are few resources and little warning of what is about to happen, in this...

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Elephant herd  by Guixing Zhang

Elephant herd

Guixing Zhang

"A structurally innovative, nonlinear account of a young protagonist's journey into the Sarawak rain forest in search of his uncle, who is a leader of an underground Chinese-Malaysian guerilla group. Through a focus on the protagonist, his extended family, and...

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Beach vibes  by Susan Mallery

Beach vibes

Susan Mallery

"While Beth is proud of her Malibu beach shop, Surf Sandwiches, she's even prouder of her charismatic brother Rick, who rose from foster care through surgical residency. She makes subs, he saves lives. Life takes a turn for the happy after she finds out Rick...

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Unlove story  by Sudipto Pal

Unlove story

Sudipto Pal

"A gay novel in which the rural landscapes of Bengal set the stage for a story that transcends the boundaries of tradition and love. Mallar, a shy and introspective sixteen-year-old, finds himself drawn to Srijan, his classmate's enigmatic elder cousin, during...

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Lyrebird  by Cecelia Ahern

Lyrebird

Cecelia Ahern

"In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which...

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Whirlwind  by James Clavell

Whirlwind

James Clavell

"Whirlwind is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered...

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The secret life of Beatrice Alright  by Brooke (Irish author) Harris

The secret life of Beatrice Alright

Brooke (Irish author) Harris

"Beatrice Alright is the queen of silver linings. She can find a spark of hope in any situation. Even when her partner delivers earth-shattering news that leaves Bea and their four-year-old, Ellie, without a home, she refuses to panic. Because Bea believes...

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Downriver  by Jennifer M. Lane

Downriver

Jennifer M. Lane

"It's 1900. In a Pennsylvania coal town tainted by corruption and pollution, Charlotte's world collapses when her parents meet a tragic end. Sent to a foster family in a Maryland fishing village, she's fueled by grief and embarks on a relentless quest for...

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The confidence woman  by Sophie Quick

The confidence woman

Sophie Quick

"I was active and agile. I was a champion. I was a witch. I was a winner. Christina is a single mother living in the Melbourne suburbs, but to her online clients she is the esteemed Dr Ruth Carlisle, an 'executive coach and mindset expert, specialising in...

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Hot air  by Marcy Dermansky

Hot air

Marcy Dermansky

"Joannie hasn't been on a date in seven years when Johnny invites her to dinner. His house is beautiful, his son is sweet, and their first kiss is, well, it's not the best, but Joannie could convince herself it was nice enough. But when Joannie's childhood...

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Who wants to live forever  by Hanna Thomas Uose

Who wants to live forever

Hanna Thomas Uose

"What happens to loving each other forever when your soulmate decides living forever is more important? Yuki and Sam are soulmates. They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together. They are supposed to love one another, forever. But when a miracle...

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The women on platform two  by Laura Anthony

The women on platform two

Laura Anthony

"In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this sweeping, timely novel inspired by a remarkable and little-known true story. Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married...

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A place to call home  by Linda Byler

A place to call home

Linda Byler

"Running her own bakery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania keeps Mary busy and her active mind engaged. But she continues to struggle with anxiety that is sometimes crushing, and though she has Aunt Lizzie and a few good friends, she often feels lonely and out of...

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Chloe  by Connie Briscoe

Chloe

Connie Briscoe

"Angel is a private chef for the Harrison's, one of the most powerful Black families on Martha's Vineyard. Impossibly supercilious Jillian Harrison often spends the entire summer on the island, while her husband Irvin and their twenty-nine-year-old daughter...

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Polo  by Jilly Cooper

Polo

Jilly Cooper

"Ricky France-Lynch has a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who's fair game for anyone with a check book. He also has the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita can't wait to leave her dreary school and...

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The peacemaker  by Wanda E. Brunstetter

The peacemaker

Wanda E. Brunstetter

"Rosa Petersheim's disappearance continues to cause suspicion and pain to swirl in the Big Valley. Ada's best friend, Rosa, disappeared a year ago and still has not been found. In their grief and confusion, Ada and Rosa's boyfriend, Ephraim, have grown very...

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The journey of Simon McKeever  by Albert Maltz

The journey of Simon McKeever

Albert Maltz

"Former oil worker, untutored philosopher, dreamer, man of laughter possessed with an indomitable spirit, seventy-three-year-old Simon McKeever runs away from a shabby state-run home for the elderly in Sacramento and hitch-hikes a ride to Los Angeles, in...

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Red dog farm  by Nathaniel Ian Miller

Red dog farm

Nathaniel Ian Miller

"Growing up on his family's cattle farm in western Iceland, young Orri has gained an appreciation for the beauty found in everyday things: the cavorting of a newborn calf, the return of birdsong after a long winter, the steadfast love of a good (or tolerably...

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Liquid  by Mariam Rahmani

Liquid

Mariam Rahmani

"The story of a young Muslim scholar stuck in the mire of adjunct professorship in Los Angeles who decides to give up her career in academia and marry rich, committing herself to one hundred dates in the course of a single summer."--

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The unbecoming of Margaret Wolf  by Isa Arsén

The unbecoming of Margaret Wolf

Isa Arsén

"Two Shakespearean actors in an unconventional marriage get caught up in a renowned director's scheme that will bring them closer than ever or rip them apart for good. Up-and-coming stage actress Margaret Shoard has just taken a bow as Lady Macbeth, the role...

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The fortnight in September  by R. C. (Robert Cedric) Sherriff

The fortnight in September

R. C. (Robert Cedric) Sherriff

"Mr Stevens was a clerk. He lived in Dulwich in a house with a garden cut short by the railway line. With him lived his wife, three children, a cat and a canary. Every September the family went for a fortnights holiday to Bognor. They always stayed in the same...

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Memories of my melancholy whores  by Gabriel García Márquez

Memories of my melancholy whores

Gabriel García Márquez

"Memories of My Melancholy Whores is Gabriel García Márquez's first work of fiction in ten years, written at the height of his powers, the Spanish edition of which Ilan Stavans called, 'Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is disturbing' (Los Angeles...

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The dragon's treasure  by Mark Greenwood

The dragon's treasure

Mark Greenwood

"Join the History Hunter as he delves into an extraordinary story of shipwreck and treasure and investigates one of Australia's mysterious cold cases. On a summer morning in 1931, four children on a remote beach made a remarkable discovery. But this was only...

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I'll be home for Christmas  by Roisin Meaney

I'll be home for Christmas

Roisin Meaney

"It's days before Christmas and all is calm on the small island of Roone. The summer tourists are little more than a distant memory and everyone is looking forward to the peaceful festive season. But things rarely go according to plan on the island. As storm...

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The football factory  by John King

The football factory

John King

"Centres on Tom Johnson, a seasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. We are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, racism, casual violence, excessive drink and bad sex - and, perhaps...

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The outsider  by C. R. Howell

The outsider

C. R. Howell

"Megan's marriage is hanging on a knife-edge. The remote Welsh farm she loved so much when she and Noah were newlyweds has become a millstone around their necks. After thirteen years, Megan still feels like an outsider. People round here look at her strangely....

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No reservations  by Sheryl Lister

No reservations

Sheryl Lister

"Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwarming and heart-wrenching, Sheryl Lister invites readers to take a trip of a lifetime with her new women's fiction novel that reminds us all to live without...

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One station away  by author Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson

One station away

author Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson

"An overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elusive dancer whose fiancé is desperate to untangle her untimely death. A mysterious patient who is comatose after a violent accident. These are the three women...

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The oystercatcher of Southwark  by Erica Colahan

The oystercatcher of Southwark

Erica Colahan

"Philadelphia, 1897: On the shores of the Delaware River, Italian Catholic Mary Paragano dreams of a happily ever after. However, when she defies her family and runs away to marry Jakob, a Jewish boy, her fairy tale takes an unexpected turn. Disowned by her...

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My husband's child  by Alison Ragsdale

My husband's child

Alison Ragsdale

"Ever since her husband left her for another woman, Cora has been trying to put her life back together. But when she hears he started a family, her heart breaks all over again. And so, when the doorbell rings late one night, the last person Cora expects to...

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Mrs Forsythe  by Vivienne Lingard

Mrs Forsythe

Vivienne Lingard

"Marjorie Forsythe, reluctant wife and mother, has yearned for the time she can be on her own, and finally, the day has come. It is 1970s Wellington, and the city beckons her to explore a different life, where her options and choices are based on her talents...

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Once upon an empire  by Chuck Fleischmann

Once upon an empire

Chuck Fleischmann

"John A. Kinley is a forty-two-year-old disillusioned United States Congressman from Indiana. Following John's retirement, an old friend introduces John to a mysterious group of investors. Their proposal stuns him - they want to provide a trillion-dollar...

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The ghostwing's lie  by Rebecca Mix

The ghostwing's lie

Rebecca Mix

"Ary Mossheart has done the impossible: the terrarium is shattered, and her people are free. When the folk of Terra are welcomed in by the fairies of Stiltshore, an abundant treetop village filled with light, food and peace, Ary promises herself that her days...

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Soft core  by Brittany Newell

Soft core

Brittany Newell

"A stripper's madcap search for her missing ex-boyfriend takes her over the edge in this whip-smart, wildly funny novel about love, sex, work, and sex work"--

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Black list, section H  by Francis Stuart

Black list, section H

Francis Stuart

This astonishingly powerful novel follows H on a spiritual quest for revelation and redemption, from his disastrous marriage to Iseult Gonne, the Irish Civil War and internment, to his life as a writer, poultry farmer, racehorse owner and bohemian in 1930s...

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Promising young women  by Caroline O'Donoghue

Promising young women

Caroline O'Donoghue

"Jane Peters is an adrift twenty-something by day, and a world-weary agony aunt by night. But when an office party goes too far, Jane dissolves into the high-stakes world of being the Other Woman: a role she has the right advice for, but not the smarts to...

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The goldfinch  by Donna Tartt

The goldfinch

Donna Tartt

"A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he...

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An invisible tattoo  by Suellen Dainty

An invisible tattoo

Suellen Dainty

"When a last collection of songs by British musical icon, James Bennett, is discovered in an old Somerset house, rumours about his mysterious death during a wild midsummer party more than fifty years ago begin to swirl again. An accident? Suicide? Or murder?...

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The sex lives of married women  by Saman Shad

The sex lives of married women

Saman Shad

"A sexy, funny, surprising tale of female friendship, bedrooms and marriage. Escaping her 'model migrant' family life in Australia, Meena flourished in London. After falling pregnant, she and her boyfriend, Owen, fall in love with baby Sasha and bravely head...

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A trip towards the sunset  by T. (Tatiana) Goded

A trip towards the sunset

T. (Tatiana) Goded

"Cora is finally at peace. Living in beautiful Golden Bay (New Zealand) after years feeling torn between her birthplace, Spain, and New Zealand, she has found the courage to follow her dreams. But then life issues a final blow, threatening to steal her...

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Consider yourself kissed  by Jessica Stanley

Consider yourself kissed

Jessica Stanley

"Coralie grew up in Australia but needed to escape some ghosts. Adrift in London, she meets witty, sexy, generous Adam - and his charming four-year-old daughter. Falling in love is fun. And then? Coralie yearns for children of her own, and to become a writer....

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I leave it up to you  by Jinwoo Chong

I leave it up to you

Jinwoo Chong

"Jack Jr woke up from a two-year coma with a sore neck, a brand new ex-fiancee, and the distinct feeling he'd missed something big. Like, global pandemic big. Reluctantly returning to New Jersey, and a kitchen job at the sushi restaurant his family runs, he...

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Tonight, I bleed  by Katharine J. Adams

Tonight, I bleed

Katharine J. Adams

"A witch finds herself face to face with death as she stands at the centre of a magical rebellion and back to back with her enemies as she falls deeper into a seductive romance. Penny Albright has burned night after night to keep her soul free of Malin's...

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The little friend  by Donna Tartt

The little friend

Donna Tartt

Twelve-year-old Harriet is doing her best to grow up, which is not easy as her mother is permanently on medication, her father has silently moved to another city, and her serene sister rarely notices anything. All of them are still suffering from the shocking...

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The tiger's wife  by Téa Obreht

The tiger's wife

Téa Obreht

Remembering stories her grandfather told her, Natalia becomes convinced he spent his last days searching for 'the deathless man', a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As she struggles to understand why her grandfather would go on such a farfetched journey,...

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The house on Willow Street  by Cathy Kelly

The house on Willow Street

Cathy Kelly

"In the sleepy Irish coastal town of Avalon the big house on Willow Street has stood for generations. The big house is up for sale, and with its memories, especially for Cashel, who returns to the town with the ghosts of the distant past - and the woman he...

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One boat  by Jonathan Buckley

One boat

Jonathan Buckley

"On losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast - the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. She immerses herself again in the life of the town, observing the inhabitants going about their business, a quiet...

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A room above a shop  by Anthony Shapland

A room above a shop

Anthony Shapland

"When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business and B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up, but when M offers him a job and...

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The woman in the wood  by Lesley Pearse

The woman in the wood

Lesley Pearse

"Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an insane asylum one night in 1955. The twins are sent to their grandmother's country house, Nightingales. Cold and distant, she leaves them to their own devices, to explore and...

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Ex-wife  by Ursula Parrott

Ex-wife

Ursula Parrott

"New York, 1924. Patricia and Peter are a thoroughly modern married couple. Both drink. Both smoke. Both work. Both believe in 'Love-Outside-Marriage'. Until they don't. Or, really, until he doesn't. So when Peter pushes for divorce with increasing violence,...

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The help  by Kathryn Stockett

The help

Kathryn Stockett

"In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women - black and white, mothers and daughters -...

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Mallee sky  by Kerry McGinnis

Mallee sky

Kerry McGinnis

"Kate Gilmore hasn't been home in years, but with her marriage over and her job in jeopardy she doesn't know where else to turn. Desperate for comfort, Kate retreats to the Mallee, a place crawling with dark secrets and lingering childhood memories. When she's...

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Team work  by Pippa Funnell

Team work

Pippa Funnell

"Top eventer, Livvy James, asks Tilly to groom for her at Luhmuhlen where she is competing on her three-star horse, Seasonal Seer. Tilly's thrilled to be at an international event with so many famous horses and riders, but she's sad to be apart from Magic...

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Stop me if you've heard this one  by Kristen Arnett

Stop me if you've heard this one

Kristen Arnett

"Cherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she's a professional clown who creates raucous, zany fun at gigs all over Orlando. Between clowning and her shifts at an aquarium store for extra cash, she's...

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On the clock  by Claire Baglin

On the clock

Claire Baglin

"Claire Baglin's On the Clock packs a family saga, a penetrating picture of social inequality, and a coming-of-age story into a compact tale told in two alternating strands. The first follows the 20-year-old narrator's summer job at a fast food franchise and...

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The mysterious disappearance of the Marquise of Loria  by José Donoso

The mysterious disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

José Donoso

"All of a sudden, Blanca Arias has it all. The daughter of a middling Nicaraguan diplomat posted to Madrid, she marries, at the age of 19, the equally young and passionate Marquess of Loria, her darling Paquito, heir to one of the largest fortunes (and most...

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See friendship  by Jeremy Gordon

See friendship

Jeremy Gordon

"Ahead of looming layoffs within the ongoing decimation of media, Jacob Goldberg, a culture writer in New York, knows what will save him: a podcast. Not just any podcast, but something that will demonstrate his singular thoughtfulness in an oversaturated,...

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Stone angels  by Helena Rho

Stone angels

Helena Rho

"Angelina Lee feels like she doesn't belong. Newly divorced, and completely unmoored by the sudden and tragic death of her mother, she hopes studying Korean will reconnect her to her roots, but nothing about Seoul feels familiar. Further complicating matters...

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The unpredictable consequences of love  by Jill Mansell

The unpredictable consequences of love

Jill Mansell

"When Josh Strachan, newly returned to his home in north Cornwall from sunny California, first meets Sophie Wells, he's immediately smitten. Sophie's pretty, she's funny, she has lots of friends and she clearly loves her job as a photographer, despite the...

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The lover  by Marguerite Duras

The lover

Marguerite Duras

"A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances? coveted Prix Goncourt, ?The Lover? is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl?s family apart. Saigon, 1930s: a...

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What a carve up!  by Jonathan Coe

What a carve up!

Jonathan Coe

"Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film, 'What A Carve Up!' in which a mad knifeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepit stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably he is commissioned to write the family history of...

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So long, see you tomorrow  by William Maxwell

So long, see you tomorrow

William Maxwell

"On a winter morning in the 1920s, a shot rings out on a farm in rural Illinois. A man named Lloyd Wilson has been killed. And the tenuous friendship between two lonely teenagers - one privileged yet neglected, the other a troubled farm boy - has been...

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Far  by Rosa Ribas

Far

Rosa Ribas

"In a housing development in the middle of the nowhere, one of the many that were built in Spain, but never finished because of the crash, a small community of neighbours, trying to lead a normal life, despite living far from everything. Beyond the development...

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All you can kill  by Pasha Malla

All you can kill

Pasha Malla

"White Lotus meets Shaun of the Dead in this absurdist take on the wellness retreat. Our narrator and his accidental companion, K. Sohail, inadvertently find themselves on an island wellness retreat impersonating a couple, the Dhaliwals, who have probably been...

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Against the loveless world  by Susan Abulhawa

Against the loveless world

Susan Abulhawa

"As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the...

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When we were young  by Jaclyn Goldis

When we were young

Jaclyn Goldis

"Three generations of women... Corfu, 1942: To sixteen-year-old Sarah Batis, the Nazis are a distant danger - of far greater threat is the opposing needs of her heart and her people. Tradition demands that Sarah marry a Jewish man. Only Sarah has fallen in...

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The summer we got free  by Mia McKenzie

The summer we got free

Mia McKenzie

"At one time a wild young girl and a brilliant artist, Ava Delaney changes dramatically after a violent event that rocks her entire family. Once loved and respected in their community and in their church, the Delaneys are ostracized by their neighbors, led by...

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Sailor song  by Ken Kesey

Sailor song

Ken Kesey

"Set in the near future, the story takes us to the Alaskan village of Kuinak, a rundown fishing community of Deaps (Descendants of Early Aboriginal Peoples) and Lower Forty-eight refugees perched on the Western Edge of history. It's a scene rich with...

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Purge  by Sofi Oksanen

Purge

Sofi Oksanen

"Aliide Truu, an older woman guilty of crimes during the Soviet occupation of Estonia, takes in a young woman, Zara, who is trying to escape a sex-trafficking ring, and as they work through their suspicion, the two rediscover a tragic family history from the...

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One hundred Flowers  by Genki Kawamura

One hundred Flowers

Genki Kawamura

"Yuriko leads a quiet, orderly life as a piano teacher. It's New Year's Eve and her grown-up son Izumi comes to visit. Yuriko makes him his favourite meal: omelette and hayashi rice. Together, they look like a normal family. But Yuriko has a secret. Many years...

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A new life in the château  by Sarah Long

A new life in the château

Sarah Long

"Nicola and her friends are living the dream. No dull, tedious retirement for them - instead the nine friends have clubbed together to purchase a magnificent (if crumbling) chateau in Normandy. And after three years of shared dinners, fine wine and gorgeous...

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Ultramarine  by Mariette Navarro

Ultramarine

Mariette Navarro

"The metaphysically disorienting tale of a female captain who loses control of her thinking-and her crew-aboard a cargo ship in the Atlantic. Ultramarine begins when the female captain agrees to let her crew stop the engines and go for a swim. But when they...

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When you were mine  by Emma-Claire Wilson

When you were mine

Emma-Claire Wilson

"One mistake could change their lives forever... My life is a mess. My marriage is falling apart, and I'd hoped the arrival of our baby girl would bring us closer together. Yet, as she grows, I see less of a resemblance to my husband, stirring unsettling...

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The full nest  by Fiona Gibson

The full nest

Fiona Gibson

"Carly loves her family. She really does. It's just that now her three children are grown up, she thought it was her time. Everyone talks about the empty nest and how difficult that can be, but Carly and her husband Frank have often fantasised about it - meals...

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Same time next week  by Milly Johnson

Same time next week

Milly Johnson

"Welcome to Spring Hill, home to a parade of independent shops and cafes and a thriving local community. Amanda is primary carer to her elderly mother and one of the only women employed by a male-dominated company. Used to being second-best all her life, is...

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Murphy  by Samuel Beckett

Murphy

Samuel Beckett

"Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first published novel, is set in London and Dublin, during the first decades of the Irish Republic. The title character loves Celia in a 'striking case of love requited' but must first establish himself in London before his intended...

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The prince of tides  by Pat Conroy

The prince of tides

Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy's classic novel stings with honesty and resounds with drama. Spanning forty years, it's the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister, Savannah, and their struggle to triumph over the dark and tragic legacy of the...

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Coming home  by Annie Seaton

Coming home

Annie Seaton

"When Charlotte Johnson is called home to Duckinwilla Creek by her grandmother, before she goes to France to follow her teaching career, she must face the past drama and unresolved secrets that have split the family and kept her away from home for five years....

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Wished  by Jen Calonita

Wished

Jen Calonita

"With big-time villains Rumpelstiltskin and Alva still on the loose and the citizens of Enchantasia on high alert, things at Fairy Tale Reform School have been a little...stressed. So when Maxine finds an old lamp that turns out to house an overly-enthusiastic...

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The nonexistent knight  by Italo Calvino

The nonexistent knight

Italo Calvino

"An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood. Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a...

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The cloven viscount  by Italo Calvino

The cloven viscount

Italo Calvino

"In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures. In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of Terralba is bissected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half...

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Difficult loves  by Italo Calvino

Difficult loves

Italo Calvino

"Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them. In Difficult Loves, Italy's master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of...

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What you make of me  by Sophie Madeline Dess

What you make of me

Sophie Madeline Dess

"Demetri and his sister, Ava. Ava and her brother, Demetri. As fiercely competitive as they are co-dependent, the two have long been locked in an emotionally charged relationship. Ava, defiant and impassioned, grew up in the shadow of soft, charming, and...

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The novel adventures of Natalie Daughtry  by Susan L. Tuttle

The novel adventures of Natalie Daughtry

Susan L. Tuttle

"With a now empty nest and her twenty-plus-year marriage on the brink of collapse, Natalie Daughtry is wondering what comes next. When the mysterious Caspar tells her and her friends about their next mission, she's ready for this adventurous distraction....

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Welcome to the Honey B&B  by Melody Carlson

Welcome to the Honey B&B

Melody Carlson

"With a moody teenager in tow, Jewel Benedict returns to the family farm to help her aging parents. Turning the old farmhouse into a charming B&B seems like a fun solution to looming money problems, but juggling her dad's dementia, an old flame, and the...

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Just want you here  by Meredith Turits

Just want you here

Meredith Turits

"The only love Ari has known is Morgan. Engaged and planning a life with him in New York, Ari is shocked when Morgan sits her down one rainy afternoon and tells her their decade-long relationship is over. They've been over for a long time now, he says--and Ari...

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Counterattacks at thirty  by Wŏn-p'yŏng Son

Counterattacks at thirty

Wŏn-p'yŏng Son

"Jihye is an ordinary woman who has never been extraordinary. In her administrative job at the Academy, she silently tolerates office politics and the absurdities of Korean bureaucracy. Forever only one misplaced email away from career catastrophe, she...

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Kate & Frida  by Kim Fay

Kate & Frida

Kim Fay

"Twenty-something Frida Rodriguez comes to Paris in 1991, relishing the city's butter-soaked cuisine and seeking her future as a war correspondent. But when she writes to a bookshop in Seattle, she receives more than just the book she requests. A friendship...

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Goddess complex  by Sanjena Sathian

Goddess complex

Sanjena Sathian

"Sanjana Satyananda is trying to recover her life. It's been a year since she walked out on her husband, a struggling actor named Killian, at a commune in India, after a disagreement about whether to have children. Now, Sanjana is struggling to resurrect her...

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Jane and Dan at the end of the world  by Colleen Oakley

Jane and Dan at the end of the world

Colleen Oakley

"Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn't sure they're going to make it to twenty. The mother of two feels unneeded by her teenagers, and her writing career has screeched to an unsuccessful halt. Her one published novel sold under five...

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Death takes me  by Cristina Rivera Garza

Death takes me

Cristina Rivera Garza

"A city is always a cemetery. When a professor named Cristina Rivera Garza stumbles upon the corpse of a man in a dark alley, she finds a stark warning scrawled on the brick wall beside the body, written in coral nail polish: 'Beware of me, my love / beware of...

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Days running  by Shawn Stewart Ruff

Days running

Shawn Stewart Ruff

"It's a snowy winter in 1970s Cincinnati. Cliffy Douglas - gay, Black, and brainy - is trying to make it through his senior year, dodging his volatile father, half-raising his baby siblings, and running around with his secret boyfriend, whose dizzying physical...

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Living in your light  by Abdellah Ta{copy}{AF}a

Living in your light

Abdellah Ta{copy}{AF}a

"Three moments in the life of Malika, a Moroccan countrywoman. From 1954 to 1999. From French colonization to the death of King Hassan II. Malika's first husband was sent by the French to fight in Indochina. In the 1960s, in Rabat, she does everything possible...

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A house for Miss Pauline  by Diana McCaulay

A house for Miss Pauline

Diana McCaulay

"When the stones of her house begin to rattle and shift and call out mysterious messages to her in the middle of the night, Pauline Sinclair, age ninety-nine, knows she will not make it to her one-hundredth birthday. She has lived a modest life in Mason Hall,...

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Bitter & sweet  by Amal Awad

Bitter & sweet

Amal Awad

"The lake in the middle of her father's kitchen is only the first in a series of disasters in Zeina's life. Nassar's recent health crisis has seen his well-established community restaurant, Casablanca, losing ground and customers to trendier competition....

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Hunchback  by Saō Ichikawa

Hunchback

Saō Ichikawa

"Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived online: she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on...

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The theory of everything  by Yumna Kassab

The theory of everything

Yumna Kassab

"Good news: The worst has already happened. Bad news: Even worse is on the way... This is a fictional theory, a rant, a manifesto, an engagement or disengagement with the times, a record; it is bearing witness, a dramatisation of actual events, a horror-scape,...

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Stag dance  by Torrey Peters

Stag dance

Torrey Peters

"Deep in the forest, a group of restless lumberjacks plan a dance that some will volunteer to attend as women; the broadest, strongest axeman finds himself caught in a rivalry with a pretty jack that culminates in jealousy, betrayal and an astonishing...

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