Drawing euphoric reviews from both the national press and our booksellers, Sally Rooney's Intermezzo was widely hailed as her best novel yet - no mean feat considering she is the …

The acclaimed biographer and author of The Real Jane Austen and The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym offers a truly fresh perspective on Thomas Hardy, exploring the great Victorian …

As Richard Osman shifted gears with the first instalment of his new series and Janice Hallett crafted a head-spinning academic mystery, Bob Mortimer and Richard Coles returned with …

There is no bigger name in YA fantasy right now than Lauren Roberts and this year saw the hugely anticipated publication of the second chapter of the Powerless trilogy, as well as …

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If you're looking for a wonderful self-contained story, 2024 has served up some fantastic examples. Whether you're on a quest to find the Deer Mother in prehistoric Ireland with Eilish …

This was the year that Alice Loxton beguiled us with eighteen famous young lives frozen in time, Amy Jeffs reinvigorated medieval myth and Kate Summerscale explored the horror of the …

A luminous and haunting exploration of historical memory, trauma and the importance of not forgetting, this astounding novel from the International Booker Prize-winning author of The …

From the triumphant return of storytelling supremos Robert Harris and David Nicholls to world-builders par excellence Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo, and from titans of non-fiction like …

2025 is shaping up to be another truly incredible year for books. In fiction, Daisy Jones and the Six’s Taylor Jenkins Reid weaves a gripping new novel boasting a celestial backdrop, whilst …