Fiction

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by Susie Boyt
A dark, amusing, wry and quirky tale of a woman who opens a utopian nursery school.
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by Julie Myerson
A peak into the life of the journalist and novelist, and the generations who have preceded her in her London Victorian terrace.
by A.L. Kennedy
A bleak and haunting account of the life of an alcoholic
by Joyce Carol Oates
A death causes a community to reflect on the past.
by Lilly Miles
A funny, raw and gripping account of divorce and life on a national newspaper. Bridget Jones 10 years on?
by Sarah Ridgard
The village of Worlingworth in the 1980s - a bleak, dark, disturbing account of the secrets of village life.
by Rachel Joyce
Harold Fry goes out to post a letter and doesn't stop walking. This is a wonderful, uplifting and life-affirming story everyone should read!
by Adriana Trigiani
A feel-good saga of family, friendship and love set in Italy and America in the 1920s.
by Roma Tearne
A story exploring the power of art, love, obsession and loss.
by Timeri Murari
An uplifting account of life in the menacing and repressive regime of Afghanistan.
by Jessica Francis Kane
What caused 173 people to be crushed to death as they sought refuge in the Bethnal Green air raid shelter in 1943? Thirty years after the original investigation, the magistrate is asked to look again at his report into the tragedy.
by S J Watson
Each morning a woman wakes up remembering nothing of the day before. Her past and her identity are revealed to her, day after day, by the one person she can trust. But is she being told the whole story?
by Austin Wright
Susan has been sent the manuscript of a book written by her ex-husband. As she reads the gripping and terrifying story we learn more and more about her life, her present husband, her former marriage, and her thoughts about this book and her response to it.
by Ann Hood
A group of women share stories about their life as they meet to knit together.
by Salley Vickers
Mr Golightly has retreated to a quaint Devon village to cure his writer's block. As he immerses himself in the lives of his neighbours, we learn more about him, community and life itself.
by Liz Jensen
An apocalyptic thriller covering environmental disaster, psychotherapy and evangelical Christianity. Packed with issues, and a gripping read.
by Kathleen Tessaro
Life isn't turning out how she expected, so when 30-something Louise discovers a fascinating treatise on fashion in a second-hand bookshop, she decides to put the principles into action.
by Robert Harris
A thriller based in the world of high finance and artificial intelligence.

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