David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.

On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.

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You Are Here

A highlight for 2024 for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, i, Observer, Grazia, GQ, Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Prima, Good Housekeeping 'A triumph, a real gift of a novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'A comforting antidote to the grimness of our grim world' GUARDIAN 'You'll love it as much as One Day . . . Probably his best yet' INDEPENDENT...

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You Are Here

A highlight for 2024 for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, i, Observer, Grazia, GQ, Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Prima, Good Housekeeping. 'Magnificent' — Marian Keyes 'A beautiful book' — Tracy Chevalier 'Genius . . . another classic and funny love story' — Matt Haig 'I don't know how he does it, but he's the only person who can'...

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A New English Style

Step into the enchanting world of Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham, two visionary designers known for their English country house style, who are celebrated for their 'future heritage' approach to interiors. In this, their debut book, A New English Style, Salvesen and Graham invite you to explore the art of creating classically beautiful and thoughtfully curated living spaces that transcend...

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One Day

'A wonderful, wonderful book' THE TIMES 'Perfect' NEW YORK TIMES 'A modern classic' DAILY MIRROR 'You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedy' INDEPENDENT 'Big, absorbing, smart, fantastically readable' NICK HORNBY Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY. 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must...

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Sweet Sorrow

The Sunday Times Bestseller 'That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.' Observer 'Triumph ... the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending.' The Sunday Times 'Pitch perfect ... Exquisite ... Terrific ... Very funny ... Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb readers...

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One Day

THE SENSATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER | NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES 'A wonderful, wonderful book' THE TIMES 'Perfect' NEW YORK TIMES 'A modern classic' DAILY MIRROR 'You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedy' INDEPENDENT Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY. You can live your whole life not realising that what you're looking for is right in...

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Starter For Ten

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Painfully funny' ELLE 'Hugely entertaining' DAILY MAIL 'Wincingly good' TIME OUT It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on the challenge than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful...

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Sweet Sorrow

'A beautiful paean to young love' OBSERVER 'Fizzing' GUARDIAN 'A glorious escape to the sunlit uplands of the 1990s' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Exquisite' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'The sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending' SUNDAY TIMES Everyone has that one summer. It's 1997 and Charlie Lewis is stuck. School is over, his family is breaking up, his father is falling...

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The Understudy

'Wonderfully chaotic' THE TIMES 'A funky, less-fluffy-than-funny rom com' METRO 'Brilliant' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'It could hold its own against a Richard Curtis script' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A zippy comedy . . . irresistible' DAILY MAIL For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted: money, fame, a beautiful wife and a lead role on the London stage. For...

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Us

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER | LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Perfect INDEPENDENT A literary tour de force SUNDAY TIMES Compulsively readable THE TIMES Us by David Nicholls is a story about Douglas and Connie: scientist and artist, husband and wife - until, suddenly, after more than twenty years, their marriage seems to be over. But Douglas is determined to...

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The Understudy

Irresistible DAILY MAIL Wonderfully chaotic THE TIMES Delightful OBSERVER Brilliant GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Funniest book of the year MARIE CLAIRE For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted: money, fame, a beautiful wife and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means being stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent and a...

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Us

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. 'I was looking forward to us growing old together. Me and you, growing old and dying together.' 'Douglas, who in their right...

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