The Bass Rock
By: Evie Wyld
3.70
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its …
Want to Read $ 12.99"Joseph recalls his mother who was “mad and screaming like birds were sewn under her skin"-Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
"Joseph recalls his mother who was “mad and screaming like birds were sewn under her skin"-Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
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1. Borderland
By: None
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Borderland- a coming-of-age, YA eco-thriller about Indigenous land rights, with sci-fi elements. St… read more
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2. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
3. The Wren, the Wren
By: Anne Enright
3.55
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
4. Elolliset
By: Iida Turpeinen
4.38
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
5. 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
6. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- historical
- feminism
- womens
- audiobook
7. Stone Yard Devotional
By: Charlotte Wood
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
8. The Maiden
By: Kate Foster
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more
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- gothic
- literary fiction
- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
9. Soldier Sailor
By: Claire Kilroy
4.10
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us… read more
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- literary fiction
- feminism
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I laughed and then we were doing that thing again, our thing: laughing into one another's eyes. All that time I had thought I was jollying you along when all that time you were jollying along me."-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
"I tell my husband about my childhood and he tells me about his but it isn't the same. We can never know each other as we were then. But I know you. I will see the child you were in the man you will b…"-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
"Hated cling film. Hated it more than I hated kinetic sand. Defeated by something that lacked a third dimension. While I'd been off tinkering on the cerebral plane, the smart money has been mastering …"-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
"I knelt down to pick up the hatchling to . . . . what? Give it back to its mother? Here is your dying chick? Just before I made contact with it, she dive-bombed me. The mother actually dive-bombed me…"-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
10. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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
11. Kala
By: Colin Walsh
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for t… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"I just want to switch myself off. Disconnect from everything."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"So much of the night's vague. A film strip with half the frames missing."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"Who drinks a decaf cappuccino? Be honest with yourself and get a cup of warm milk."-Colin Walsh, Kala
12. Restless Dolly Maunder
By: Kate Grenville
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- feminism
- fiction
- historical fiction
- womens
- audiobook
13. The Bass Rock
By: Evie Wyld
3.70
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its … read more
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- gothic
- audiobook
- literary fiction
- historical
- feminism
- scotland
- fiction
- contemporary
- womens
- historical fiction
"Joseph recalls his mother who was “mad and screaming like birds were sewn under her skin"-Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
14. Columba's Bones
By: David Greig
4.30
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
In a bloody, brutal raid, Abbot Blathmac is slain on the steps of his monastery for refusing to giv… read more
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- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. Hagstone
By: Sinéad Gleeson
3.63
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
16. Thunderhead
By: Miranda Darling
3.62
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A black comedy, set in suburbia, about one woman’s struggle to be free. When Winona Dalloway beg… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Night Alphabet
By: Joelle Taylor
4.21
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
'Joelle Taylor has a Midas touch with words' Diana Souhami The tattoo was a reclamation, a flag… read more
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- womens
- fiction
18. The River Within
By: Karen Powell
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
It is the summer of 1955. Alexander, Tom and his sister Lennie, discover the body of their childhoo… read more
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- gothic
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
20. With Winter Comes Darkness
By: Robbi Neal
4.26
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
A terrible accident burns down a family's life on the same day a murder is committed. From the ashe… read more
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- historical fiction
21. Mrs Hopkins
By: Shirley Barrett
3.37
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
A witty and poignant final novel from acclaimed author and filmmaker Shirley Barrett about what des… read more
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- historical fiction
