Wet Paint
By: Chloë Ashby
3.79
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
Since the death of her best friend Grace, twenty-six-year-old Eve has learned to keep everything an…
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1. Penance
By: Eliza Clark
3.90
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"-Eliza Clark, Penance
2. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Blue Sisters
By: Coco Mellors
4.21
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend? Yet this status is used a…"-Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters
4. Okay Days
By: Jenny Mustard
3.76
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
‘A perfect Millennial love story ... with its acidic dialogue and languid sex scenes. A charming an… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- mental health
"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. all she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"-Jenny Mustard, Okay Days
5. Ordinary Human Failings
By: Megan Nolan
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
6. Evenings and Weekends
By: Oisín McKenna
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Piglet
By: Lottie Hazell
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
8. What a Shame
By: Abigail Bergstrom
3.49
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
9. Sunburn
By: Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
"All I'm doing is trying to love people. All I need is the right kind of love back."-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
10. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way
By: Rebecca Wait
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
11. Milk Teeth
By: Jessica Andrews
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told love story set across Engla… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
12. Wet Paint
By: Chloë Ashby
3.79
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
Since the death of her best friend Grace, twenty-six-year-old Eve has learned to keep everything an… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- literature
- mental health
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
- audiobook
13. As Young as This
By: Roxy Dunn
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men M… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
14. Bellies
By: Nicola Dinan
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. The Mess We’re In
By: Annie Macmanus
3.40
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
I’m a Londoner now. I’m a voice in the noise. I’m ready. It’s the turn of the millennium and, la… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
16. Weirdo
By: Sara Pascoe
3.28
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
17. The Happy Couple
By: Naoise Dolan
3.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. All she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple
"Celine believed things for exactly as long as she wanted to. Being smart, being logical, didn't help her. It just enabled her baroque self-deceit. Phoebe took the simpler route of putting no consider…"-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple
18. Sugar, Baby
By: Celine Saintclare
3.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Luster and Queenie , an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of th… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"It's so deeply entrenched in me, the Fear of God, so much more strongly than the belief."-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
"The thought of having a relationship with my kids like the one I have with my mum, a scam on both sides, makes me want to vomit."-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
"It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as des…"-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
"You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and …"-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
19. Stargazer
By: Laurie Petrou
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Summer 1995. Diana and Aurelle are inseparable, living together in Diana's parents' cottage on the … read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
20. Berlin
By: Bea Setton
3.60
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
- audiobook
21. Saltwater
By: Jessica Andrews
3.79
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Lucy is lost. Growing up in the north east she wanted more. When others were thinking about the Nis… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I want it and I do not want it. I want to be visible and I want to be invisible, or perhaps I want to be visible to some people and not to others. It seems unfair that I can't choose."-Jessica Andrews, Saltwater
"I would like to have something to believe in, but it is difficult. Everything my generation was promised got blown away like clouds of smoke curling from the ends of cigarettes in the mouths of polit…"-Jessica Andrews, Saltwater
22. Common Decency
By: Susannah Dickey
3.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In an apartment building in Belfast, two women wrestle with the sorrows and spectres of love and lo… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
23. This Is How You Remember It
By: Catherine Prasifka
4.11
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
You're nine when you get your first computer. Your favourite thing is a virtual pet website; you sp… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
24. Tennis Lessons
By: Susannah Dickey
3.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
You know you're strange and wrong. You've known it from the beginning. This is the voice that r… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- mental health
25. Limelight
By: Daisy Buchanan
3.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Frankie has a love-hate relationship with the spotlight. She secretly craves attention, but she is … read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
26. Just for Today
By: Nell Hudson
3.83
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
'A yearning, tenderly bruising beauty of a book and a brilliant portrayal of friendship in the roar… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
27. Notes on Heartbreak
By: Annie Lord
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a b… read more
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- contemporary
- mental health
"Why suffer for something ordinary?"-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
"That's the thing about pain: we forget it."-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
"I'll try my best to forget, but I think I'll love you for all my life."-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
"Knowing Mary has gone through the same thing makes me feel less alone with my pain."-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
28. Careering
By: Daisy Buchanan
3.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Imogen has always dreamed of writing for a magazine. Infinite internships later, she dreams of any … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
29. Young Women
By: Jessica Moor
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Everyone's got that history, I guess. Everyone's got a story. When Emily meets the enigmatic and da… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
- audiobook
30. Girls
By: Kirsty Capes
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
GIRLS follows the story of two sisters - Mattie and Nora - and the thorny relationship with their f… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
31. Gold Rush
By: Olivia Petter
3.61
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
We give celebrities a power they don’t deserve. Power they haven’t earned. What happens when they e… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
