The Light of Day
By: Graham Swift
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the anniversary of a life-shattering event, George Webb, a former policeman turned private detec…
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1. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
By: Mick Herron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more
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- british literature
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
2. Lanark
By: Alasdair Gray , Janice Galloway
4.10
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
This work, originally published in 1981, has been hailed as the most influential Scottish novel of … read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- british literature
"Glasgow is a magnificent city,"-Alasdair Gray, Lanark
"The body of the last Flealouse contained the flesh of everything that had ever lived. It was content."-Alasdair Gray, Lanark
"Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses."-Alasdair Gray, Lanark
"You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes."-Alasdair Gray, Lanark
3. The Master
By: Colm Tóibín
3.84
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
“Colm Tóibín’s beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James’s inner life” (The New York Times) cap… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"It is terrible to be an unprotected being."-Colm Tóibín, The Master
"For the first time in years, he felt the deep sadness of exile, knowing that he was alone here, an outsider, and too alert to the ironies, the niceties, the manners, and indeed, the morals to be able…"-Colm Tóibín, The Master
"His consolation was that at least he had known her as the world had not, and the pain of living without her was no more than a penalty he paid for the privilege of having been young with her. What on…"-Colm Tóibín, The Master
"He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best a dull contentment. Sometimes the dullness came to the fore with a strange and insistent ache whic…"-Colm Tóibín, The Master
4. De stille kracht
By: Louis Couperus , F.L. Bastet
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 9789025306601 In Laboewangi op het eiland Java vindt een aantal o… read more
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- fiction
5. The Light of Day
By: Graham Swift
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the anniversary of a life-shattering event, George Webb, a former policeman turned private detec… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
6. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
By: Roddy Doyle
3.50
Format: 0 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Irish Paddy rampages throu… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Animals
By: Emma Jane Unsworth
3.68
Format: 200 pages, ebook
Laura and Tyler are two young women who have been tearing up the city streets for ten years, leavin… read more
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8. Before She Met Me
By: Julian Barnes
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
Graham was an historian: he was meant to be an expert on the past. But there were aspects of it, th… read more
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9. Lijmen / Het Been
By: Willem Elsschot
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
'Nu ja, lijmen. De mensen bepraten en dan doen tekenen. En als zij getekend hebben, krijgen zij het… read more
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10. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
By: Karen Joy Fowler
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American f… read more
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11. Grace
By: Paul Lynch
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Audio
A sweeping, Dickensian story of a young girl and her brother on a great journey across nineteenth-c… read more
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12. Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
By: Multatuli , Eduard Douwes Dekker , None , None
4.06
Format: 255 pages,
Max Havelaar - a Dutch civil servant in Java - burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treat… read more
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13. Old God's Time
By: Sebastian Barry
3.85
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- crime
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
14. The List of Suspicious Things
By: Jennie Godfrey
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- fiction
15. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
16. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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- british literature
17. Cuddy
By: Benjamin Myers
4.33
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- british literature
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy
18. Wild Houses
By: Colin Barrett
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A darkly funny and deeply moving debut novel about crimes of desperation, dreams abandoned, and sma… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- crime
"What you are in, Dev, is a holding pattern, only you're not holding out for anything."-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"All boys, all children, are capable of cruelty at the right juncture of opportunity and circumstance, but only a few become committed prodigies of sadism..."-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"In the dream, exactly as he had in real life, he sensed the slow, inexorable approach of the shapeless, prospectless days to come, days when there would be no need to get out of bed or brush his teet…"-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"He looked around the empty kitchen. A part of him wanted this of course. A part of him had always wanted this, to be alone, away from even the prospect of any demand upon him to talk, to interact, to…"-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
19. Absolutely and Forever
By: Rose Tremain
3.90
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- british literature
20. The Seventh Son
By: Sebastian Faulks
3.60
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
21. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou
By: Eleni Kyriacou
4.18
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- fiction
22. The Coast Road
By: Alan Murrin
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and heartbreaking debut novel set in the 1990s in a claustrophobic coast town. With divo… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
23. After the Funeral and Other Stories
By: Tessa Hadley
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tid… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- british literature
24. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
25. The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life
By: Theresa May
3.47
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
As Prime Minister for three years and Home Secretary for six years, Theresa May confronted a series… read more
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26. The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1)
By: Jill Johnson
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
I've always been better with plants than people . . . Eustacia Rose is a Professor of Botanical … read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
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- crime
27. Remember, Mr Sharma: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick
By: A.P. Firdaus
4.03
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
Delhi, 1997: It is India's fiftieth year of independence, the year of Hindu nationalists and atomic… read more
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28. Falling Animals
By: Sheila Armstrong
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the las… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
29. brother. do. you. love. me.
By: Manni Coe
4.39
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
brother. do. you. love. me. is the story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilie… read more
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30. 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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