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'Moving, smart and, in the end, life-affirming, it's a wonderful novel about family, hope and the obligations that make us human.' Observer (Fiction to look out for in '25) What's left when your kids grow up and leave home? When Tom Layward's wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as...

‘Absorbing' Telegraph ‘Gentle, empathetic, committed to righting undeniable wrongs’ Sunday Times, Book of the Week 'Illuminating and affectionate… an intimate and perceptive portrait' Publishers Weekly An intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono from bestselling author of Beautiful Boy D...

"Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be... Kurt Cobain!"   Robbie Neville's big break on Stars in Their Eyes was supposed to launch him into rock stardom. Instead, it launched him into the afterlife. Rob is dead. But his body didn't get the memo. Now he's spending Saturday night trying to stop hi...

*A William C. Morris Award Finalist*  It’s Black Friday—and the apocalypse is on sale! Ever since the world filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons started popping out on the reg, Jasper’s life has gotten worse and worse. A teenage nobody with no friends or family, he is plagued by ...

A deeply unsettling and engrossing mystery horror, perfect for fans of The Secret History and Ninth House When Addie Velde receives an invitation to attend an early orientation program at the University of the Arches, she eagerly accepts. After all, the Arches—with its idyllic beachside campus—i...

Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty is peaceful and prosperous under the joint rule of the pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV—until the younger pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams. Ptah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life in a hut on the Nile ...

Set against the backdrop of developing modern China, this mesmerizing literary debut is part coming-of-age tale, part family and social drama, as it follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world—perfect for readers of Behold the Dreamers, White Ivy, a...

"A missing father, a bizarre cult and two poisoned shop assistants keep a Melbourne baker on her toes in the latest from Greenwood...like-minded readers will find themselves charmed by the oddball characters and obligatory recipes." —Kirkus Reviews If there's one thing that Corinna Chapman, bake...

Magic, mystery, and the macabre collide in Pick Your Potion, a mesmerising collection of genre-blending fantasy, science-fiction, and horror stories from award-winning Australian author Ephiny Gale. The 26 weird tales in Pick Your Potion are female-centric, mostly queer, and always intriguing. ...

Nat Jacobs finds herself alone and far from home in a mirror world, where she is herself . . .  and not. She can remember being nightmarishly wrenched away from her child, unbearable pain, and then nothing. Traumatized and visibly scarred, dismissed as hysterical, irrational even—she finds others...