Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
By: Rosemary Goring
3.89
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve as a d…
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1. The Hand That First Held Mine
By: Maggie O'Farrell
4.04
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, an… read more
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"There on the landing sits the typewriter. It is clogged with dust, the ribbon dried and flimsy. Looking at it gives Felix a feeling close to vertigo. He realises he can replicate in his head the exac…"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
"The women we become after children, she typed, then stopped to adjust the angle of the paper....We change shape, she continued, we buy low-heeled shoes, we cut off our long hair, We begin to carry in…"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
2. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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3. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more
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4. And the Land Lay Still
By: James Robertson
4.17
Format: 427 pages, Hardcover
Michael Pendreich is curating an exhibition of photographs by his late, celebrated father Angus for… read more
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5. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
By: Naomi Alderman
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more
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6. The Dead of Winter
By: Stuart MacBride
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
It was supposed to be an easy job.All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dyi… read more
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7. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
8. Mr Salary
By: Sally Rooney
3.78
Format: 33 pages, Paperback
My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him cl… read more
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"My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all."-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
"He watched me at first but then looked away. "Would it be a major bereavement for you if I died?" I said. "The most major one I can think of, yeah." "Nobody else would grieve."-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
"Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river, ignoring the real living bodies all around m…"-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
"Nothing inside my body was trying to kill me. Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river…"-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary
9. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
By: Dan Jones
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more
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"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
10. Slough House (Slough House, #7)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more
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"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
11. 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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12. Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
By: Alistair Moffat
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
While Scotland’s history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there… read more
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13. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
By: Mick Herron
4.37
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more
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"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
14. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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15. Blood, Fire and Gold
By: Estelle Paranque
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biogr… read more
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16. The Tower
By: Flora Carr
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more
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17. Hunted
By: Abir Mukherjee
3.90
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more
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18. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
By: Tracy Borman
4.26
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more
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19. Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2)
By: André Aciman
3.26
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Elio believes he has left behind his first love - but as an affair with an older man intensifies, h… read more
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"It belongs to the past,"-André Aciman, Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2)
"If I could, I would kiss your voice."-André Aciman, Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2)
"Oh, but we do age. We don’t grow up."-André Aciman, Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2)
"It's not death I refuse, but extinction."-André Aciman, Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2)
20. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore
By: Emma Southon
4.22
Format: 285 pages, None
They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more
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21. Three Fires
By: Denise Mina
3.73
Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning master of crime fiction, Denise Mina re-imagines the "Bonfire of the Vanitie… read more
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22. Rizzio
By: Denise Mina
3.87
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the… read more
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23. The King's Painter: The Life of Hans Holbein
By: Franny Moyle
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From a distinguished art historian, a dramatic reappraisal of Renaissance master Hans Holbein, whos… read more
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24. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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25. The Ghost Cat
By: Alex Howard
3.61
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time , following a cat thr… read more
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26. The King’s Mother
By: Annie Garthwaite
4.49
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more
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27. Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
By: Mick Herron
4.30
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. In Slough House, the … read more
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"it’d be like choosing between Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan in a bare-knuckle death match. There ought to be a way both could lose."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
28. Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
By: Rosemary Goring
3.89
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve as a d… read more
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29. Festive Coffee Shop Drinks: 60 holiday-inspired recipes for coffees, hot chocolates and more
By: Hannah Miles
3.90
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
Recipes for an array of coffee-shop style drinks that will bring that festive feeling into your own… read more
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30. Honey: Recipes From a Beekeeper's Kitchen
By: Amy Newsome
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"Amy's beautiful recipes are an ode to the pleasures of cooking with honey and the importance of it… read more
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31. Puffins: Life on the Atlantic Edge
By: Kevin Morgans
4.67
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
In this new book, internationally renowned photographer Kevin Morgans celebrates the iconic Atlanti… read more
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