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  • Fingersmith
    From an award-winning author, Fingersmith is an extraordinary, ingenious tale of fraud, insanity and secrets. London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves—fingersmiths—under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'. But from the moment Sue draws breath, her fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion...
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  • Okiwi Brown
    The Burke and Hare 'anatomy murders' of 1828 terrify Edinburgh, until Burke is hanged and Hare disappears. Over a decade later, in the early days of New Zealand colonial settlement, a whaler washes up on the eastern shores of Port Nicholson. He calls himself Okiwi Brown, sets up a pub with a nasty reputation and finds himself a woman who...
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  • SAS Bravo Three Zero
    SAS Bravo Three Zero by Damien Lewis and Des Powell is a gripping, true-life military adventure that plunges readers deep into the daring and perilous missions undertaken by the Special Air Service (SAS) during the Gulf War. In the opening hours of January 1991, as the Gulf War erupted, three SAS patrols—Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero, and Bravo Three...
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  • The Devil and the Dark Water
    STUART TURTON'S INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD NOW IS OUT NOW ‘If you read one book this year, make sure it’s this one’ Daily Mail CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY EXPRESS AND i PAPER WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY...
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  • Titans of War
    Titans of War by Wilbur Smith and Mark Chadbourn is the riveting second book in the New Kingdom series, further cementing Smith’s legacy as a master of historical fiction. Set against the richly detailed backdrop of ancient Egypt, this thrilling saga continues to explore the era's epic struggles and bold heroes. For over fifty years, Egypt has been ravaged by...
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  • The New Life
    “We must live in the future we hope to make” - a magnificent and daring novel of forbidden love and new ways of living set in 1890s London. Discover Tom Crewe's magnificent debut novel about forbidden desire and the search for freedom in Victorian England... Beautifully written - Graham Norton Subtle, sexy and beautifully crafted - Sarah Waters Lavishly imagined...
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  • The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
    From Academy Award-winning actor and bestselling author TOM HANKS, comes a wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning 80 years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a colourful cast of characters including a troubled soldier...
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  • Nero
    Set at the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger, intrigue, and Machiavellian power struggles, the first book in Conn's brand-new series follows Empress Agrippina's battle to secure her son Nero's succession. Ancient Rome, AD 37 True Roman justice begins and ends with one man's hand around another's throat... The fate of a dynasty hangs in the balance. Into...
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  • Glorious Exploits
    An exhilarating and fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art, set in ancient Sicily. So Gelon says to me, 'Let's go down and feed the Athenians. The weather's perfect for feeding Athenians.' It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected and hanging...
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  • A Song of Ash and Moonlight
    A Song of Ash and Moonlight by Claire Legrand is a captivating new fantasy novel that promises to sweep readers into a world of magic, intrigue, and spellbinding romance. In a realm where the celestial and the earthly intertwine, Legrand weaves a tale of destiny and desire that will leave you breathless. With her lyrical prose and vivid imagery, she...
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  • It's In His Kiss And On The Way To The Wedding
    A beautiful collectible edition containing the seventh and eighth novels of the beloved Bridgerton series by New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. It's in His Kiss Gareth St. Clair is in a bind, and at risk of losing his inheritance. His only hope lies in an old family diary written in Italian... and the fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken Hyacinth...
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  • The Apothecary Diaries 06 (Light Novel)
    A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery! In The Apothecary Diaries 06 (Light Novel), the events in the western capital send tremors through the political order, affecting not only the empire but also Maomao's personal relationships. Despite the feelings Jinshi expresses for her, Maomao still knows her...
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  • It's In His Kiss
    A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Hyacinth Bridgerton, in the seventh of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. The irrepressible Hyacinth Bridgerton's wit and intelligence make her a favourite among the ton, though many find her...
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  • The Shifting Fog
    'A sweeping saga, a period piece, a romance and a mystery.' Sunday Telegraph Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time house-maid...
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  • The Longest Walk Home
    In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21-year-old Vauxhall motors apprentice, was captured in northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war. But he wouldn't remain one for long... The Longest Walk Home is the incredible account of his daring 2,000-mile escape across Europe and over the Pyrenees, to the safety of British Gibraltar, and home in time for Christmas. Along...
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  • Jewel In The North
    From bestselling author Tricia Stringer comes this compelling stand-alone historical saga, which can also be read as the final book in the Flinders Ranges series. (Heart of the Country, 2014, Dust on the Horizon, 2015) A longstanding feud of land and love, a family torn apart and a quest for the ultimate prize... A breathtaking historical family saga of love,...
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  • The Queen Who Came in from the Cold
    It's 1961 and the Queen is planning her state visit to Italy aboard Britannia. But before she goes, an unreliable witness claims to have seen a brutal murder from the royal train. Did it really happen, and could the victim be a missing friend of Princess Margaret's new husband, Tony Armstrong Jones? The Queen and her assistant private secretary, Joan...
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  • Angels of War
    Don't miss this brand-new WWII historical novel, perfect for fans of Anna Stuart and Daisy Wood. Pre-order now! The Philippines, 1941. Rose Williams arrives in Manila on her first assignment as a US Army nurse, enthralled by the new environment and its promise of adventure. Although worlds away from the land she grew up in, Rose feels connected to her...
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    Mrs. Dickens
    Mrs Dickens has my whole heart . . . I was enthralled' Jennie Godfrey London, 1836. Nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth falls in love with the young journalist Charles Dickens. In the early days of their marriage, Charles is infatuated with his bride and Kate delights in her new life, the balm to her husband's irrepressible spirit. But as he finds fame...
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  • One Hundred Years of Betty
    Meet Betty: storyteller, feminist, eternally curious and phenomenally old. On the eve of her hundredth birthday party, Betty tells us her story. Born into poverty in pre-war London and growing up fast during the Blitz, Betty grabs the chance at a bigger life by migrating to Australia. On board the SS Asturias, she meets three people who will influence the...
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  • Clytemnestra
    Giving voice to a woman condemned by history, this debut is an epic feminist retelling of the story of the notorious Spartan queen, Clytemnestra. 'When vengeance calls and the gods stop watching, what do we do to those who harm the people we love?' Wife. Mother. Fighter. Conspirator. Queen. CLYTEMNESTRA. This is the story of a daughter betrayed by her...
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  • Lion Hearts
    THE GREATEST FIGHTERS HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE 1350 Three years on from the Siege of Calais: The Black Death has wreaked havoc in Europe. The Castilians are moving against England. The Essex Dogs have scattered. In Winchelsea, Loveday struggles to keep his tavern afloat in the aftermath of the Death. Nowadays, the only battles he fights are the ones within...
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  • Beyond the Edge of Light
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    Beyond the Edge of Light
    A sweeping debut novel of love, war, and courage from an exciting new voice. A beautifully written Second World War novel of forbidden love, Bletchley Park secrets, and impossible choices. Munich, 1938. Europe is on the brink of war when Julia 'Missie' Ormesby, a young Englishwoman, meets Conrad von Echlau, a German aristocrat whose conscience is increasingly at odds with...
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  • The Homecoming
    They might be able to solve a crime - but can they build a life together? A compelling historical romance with a murder mystery at its core, for readers of Darry Fraser and Tea Cooper. 1892. It has been almost twenty years since Charlie O'Reilly left Maiden's Creek, the town where she once knew only injustice and fear. Now she...
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    Andromeda
    A powerful, electric reclaiming of the most famed, white-washed woman in Greek mythology. Blessed by the gods with unparalleled beauty, Andromeda lives a life of ease within her Aethiopian palace walls. Content with her sanctuary, the young princess has no concerns other than the royal expectations her parents have for her - until a single, fateful proclamation changes everything. When...
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  • Forged in Rome
    Sitting alongside his Nero series and set in Ancient Rome, master storyteller Conn Iggulden's epic next novel follows a freed slave's fierce fight to survive and ascend through the ranks of power. Ancient Rome, AD 37 A scribe in a noble household, all Cormac has ever known is a life of slavery. When his master suddenly relieves him of his...
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  • Kawai
    It's 1818 on the East Coast of Te Ika-a-Maui, Aotearoa. Hine-aute, granddaughter of the legendary warrior Kaitanga, is fleeing through the bush; a precious yet gruesome memento contained in her fishing net. What follows is the gripping tale of a people on the cusp of profound change that is destined to reverberate through many generations to come. The Europeans have...
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  • Hunger's Bite
    A specter is haunting the Atlantic! After growing up together on the luxurious SS Lark, Neeta Pandey and Emery Botwright are ready to start their lives. Emery wants to follow in his father's footsteps and sail the Lark forever, while Neeta yearns to travel the world. But neither will have any future at all if the Lark's new owner, Mr....
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  • The Watchmaker's War
    A new beginning. An old enemy. A perilous choice. Yakov Holtzman arrives as 'a displaced person' in Melbourne - a destination as far away as it is possible to get from the graveyard that is Europe. He has put behind him the years he spent as a Nazi resistance leader with a band of partisans in the forests of Lithuania...
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  • The Masterpiece
    The Masterpiece by Belinda Alexandra is a profound and captivating novel that masterfully weaves together elements of suspense, history, and romance. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of post-war Paris in 1946, the story follows Eve Archer, a determined young woman on a quest to uncover the truth about her origins and the shadowed past of her estranged father, Serge Lavertu....
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  • The Archers: Victory at Ambridge
    It's 1943 and the war continues on in Ambridge. But the minds of the villagers are focused a little closer to home… For many centuries, a local tradition has told of a mystic living in a hermit’s cave just outside the village. Legend tells that she has hidden her prophecies around the area, but none have ever been found. When...
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  • The Boy from the Sea
    Compulsive reading. Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment - Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses 1973. In a close-knit community on Ireland's west coast, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Named Brendan Bonnar by Ambrose, the fisherman who adopts him, Brendan will become a source of fascination and hope for a town caught in the storm of a rapidly...
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  • Beautiful Things
    The first in a raunchy regency romance trilogy from viral TikTok sensation, Emily Rath. Rosalie Harrow is unmarried, near destitute and faces two choices—snag a wealthy gentleman or take a position as a governess. But headstrong Rosalie sees both futures as a kind of cage. When Rosalie receives an invitation to Alcott Hall, she believes she's there to meet the...
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  • Dust of Dreams
    The penultimate book in one of the most original, exciting and acclaimed fantasy series of the new century. The penultimate book in the acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series. On the Letherii continent, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it...
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  • Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales
    Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales collects tales rooted in the lochs and highlands of the Scottish landscape. These folk and fairy tales are full of mischief and malevolence, with spirits and goblins, bogies, witches, kelpies, and mer-folk lurking in every corner of the land, behind every tree and craggy rock at midnight. In these pages, the Fairy queen, and the...
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  • The Cay
    A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime A tense and compulsive survival story of a young boy and an old man adrift on the ocean, then marooned on a tiny, deserted island. It is also a fascinating study of the relationship between Phillip, white, American, and influenced by his mother's prejudices, and the black man upon whom Phillip's...
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  • The Banned Books of Berlin
    Another unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian. Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number, and Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified,...
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  • The Song Of Troy
    The tragic and terrible drama of the war between Greeks and Trojans, the long siege of Troy, and the impact of one woman's beauty on the fate of two nations is played out again in this dazzling novel based on Homer's Iliad. Meet enchanting Helen, who we first encounter as a spoiled teenager and whose passion for the handsome, reckless...
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  • An Undeniable Voice
    Now is the time to fight to be heard ... A gripping, uplifting story of love, change and hope at one of the most turbulent times in history - and the battle that changed the future for women forever, inspired by a true story. 1907, London. As the winds of change sweep across the world in the new century, Hannah...
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  • Tyrant
    The latest gripping instalment in the bestselling Nero trilogy follows Empress Agrippina's ceaseless pursuit of absolute power for her son to rule over the Roman Empire. Ancient Rome, AD 50 The boy Nero lives. His mother Agrippina has married her way to power, tangling the Emperor Claudius in her skirts. The emperor may have a son and heir of his...
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  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
    This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition. Hemingway's great novel of the Spanish Civil War High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American...
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  • Distant Star
    A major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolaño's work - now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time. Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unknowable, unpromising member of Chile's young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as Chile's leading celebrity poet, Carlos Wieder. Known for his daring sky poems, penned in smoke high...
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  • The Tainted Khan
    The epic sequel to Taran Matharu’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar… ‘A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion’ — Amélie Wen Zhao on Dragon Rider Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can...
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  • Sea of Poppies
    At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from...
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  • The Mitford Secret
    THE MITFORDS AT WAR It's 1941, and the Mitford household is splintered by the vicissitudes of war. To bring the clan together—maybe for one last time—Deborah invites them to Chatsworth for Christmas, along with a selection of society's most impressive and glamorous guests, as well as old family friend Louisa Cannon, a private detective. One night, a psychic arrives, and...
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  • River of Smoke
    In September 1838, a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean, and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured labourers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts, and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of...
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  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January
    A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through... absolutely enchanting — Christina Henry, bestselling author of ALICE According to January Scaller, there's only one way to run away from your own story, and that's to sneak into someone else's... In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself....
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  • Mr Fox
    'Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heartwarming and spine-chilling' - The Guardian Mr Fox, by award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, is a beautiful and immersive exploration of the labyrinthine world of imagination, storytelling, and love. It's a bright afternoon in 1938, and Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox, celebrated novelist, hasn't seen her in six years. He's unprepared for...
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  • The New Kingdom
    In the heart of Egypt Under the watchful eye of the gods A new power is rising In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades, a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy,...
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  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
    The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab Over 4 million copies sold ‘One of the greatest fantasy writers of her generation' New York Times ‘The book I wish I'd written’ R F Kuang ‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell ‘A modern masterpiece’ Spectator...
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  • The Compass
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    June, 1976. Western Europe is caught in the grip of a relentless and sweltering heatwave. In London, the summer marks a milestone of a different kind for Edie - a decade married to the love of her life, and their first child on the way. But on the night that she plans to tell Joe their news, he doesn't come...
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  • Murder in Paris
    The inimitable Charlotte 'Charlie' James returns in her second exciting mystery. At a glitzy gala in the ballroom of the Hotel Ritz, young American tourist Maisy Bell meets an intriguing man and accepts his charming offer to take her on a day trip. But when Maisy doesn't return to the Ritz the following day, alarm bells ring and Maisy's aunt...
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  • The Daffodil Days
    In the early 1960s, in a small town near Dartmoor, the church bells ring. The people of North Tawton go about their days, catching glimpses of one another’s lives. There’s the local GP, who knows more about his patients than he would sometimes prefer. There’s the young shop assistant at Kestrels, who understands that the ladies who come there for...
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  • Alex’s Pick
    The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day, by way of Agatha Christie The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is an intricately plotted novel that masterfully combines classic detective fiction with a refreshing twist of the supernatural. The story revolves around an elaborate and mystifying murder mystery set...
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  • New Release
    The Diamonds of Tilly Devine
    From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling book about the choices we make and the chances we never dreamed we'd be given. 1931. The height of the Depression, Sydney, New South Wales. They were diamonds: beautiful, sparkling and irresistible. Nice girls do not accept employment from infamous Tilly Devine, the brothel owner with jewels on her fingers and a...
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  • The Lost Book of Enki
    Zecharia Sitchin's bestselling series, The Earth Chronicles, provided humanity's side of the story concerning our origins at the hands of the Anunnaki, "those who from heaven to earth came." In The Lost Book of Enki, we now view this saga from the perspective of Lord Enki, an Anunnaki leader revered in antiquity as a god, who tells the story of...
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  • The Circle of Ceridwen
    It is the year 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. No trait is more valued than loyalty, and no possession more precious than one's steel. Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen-year-old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors. Epic... immensely satisfying... an impressive achievement - Historical Novel Society Lost in the frozen...
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  • A Touch of Chaos
    The gods are at war in the highly-anticipated final instalment of the Hades and Persephone story, from bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair. The world will burn in the final instalment of Scarlett St. Clair's bestselling Hades X Persephone saga. The gods are at war, the Titans have been released, and Hades and Persephone must fight tooth and nail for their...
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  • 13 Hours
    The explosive inside story of how six men fought a terror attack and repelled enemy forces. 13 Hours is the true account of the events of 11 September 2012, when terrorists attacked a US State Compound and a nearby CIA station in Libya, one of the most dangerous corners of the globe. On that fateful day, a team of six...
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  • Roots
    The radical, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins—a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature. Discover Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning search for his family's origins—a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature. Tracing his ancestry through six generations of architects, lawyers, blacksmiths, farmers,...
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  • Waiting for the Storks
    The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl. I am. I am. I am. It's the Second World War, and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in...
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  • The Paris Prize
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    In the rugged heart of sheep country, a woman can dream ... From the shearing sheds of the Great Dividing Range to the highlands of Scotland, Maddy Rainforth is on a mission to make the finest Merino wool - and now the glittering catwalks of Paris are calling. But it will take much more than just a dream. Grazier Maddy...
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  • The Diamond Eye
    The brand-new historical novel based on a true story from the bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee: Best Historical Fiction 2022 In the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko’s life revolves around her young son – until Hitler’s invasion of Russia changes everything. Suddenly, she and her friends must take...
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  • The Lamplighter’s Bookshop
    Every book tells a story. Every heart hides a secret. The Lost Bookshop meets The Lost Apothecary in a beguiling novel full of secrets… In the shadowy aisles of the Lamplighter's Bookshop, secrets lie as thick as the dust… When Evelyn Seaton answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one...
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  • Wolf by Wolf: Blood for Blood
    The thrilling conclusion to Ryan Graudin's Carnegie Medal 2017 nominated alternative history and fantasy epic, WOLF BY WOLF. In 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun . . .There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it. With their mission to overthrow the Nazis in danger, Yael and...
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  • The Red Palace
    Compulsively readable and utterly unique JENNIFER LYNNE BARNES Totally obsessed ADRIENNE YOUNG From the New York Times bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves, The Red Palace is an atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco - WITH A BONUS EPILOGUE! To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood... 1758, Joseon....
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  • Hera
    The enthralling tale of a powerful Greek goddess maligned in both myth and ancient history, as told by Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Saint. 'An exceptional achievement' ELODIE HARPER 'A very special novel' COSTANZA CASATI 'The essential mythological book of the decade' NIKITA GILL When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronus, helps her brother Zeus to...
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  • The City of Tears
    A breathtaking historical novel of revenge, persecution and loss, The City of Tears by Kate Mosse follows on from her Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers. May 1572: for ten violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters...
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  • The Valley of Horses
    Thrown out of the Clan, Ayla, accompanied only by her courageous spirit and indomitable will, sets out on a solitary journey across the frigid, unforgiving steppes. In a harsh Ice Age landscape teeming with dangers, her determination to find others like herself propels her forward. Eventually, she discovers a secluded valley, which becomes her new sanctuary. Here, she finds companionship...
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  • Violeta
    THE NEW NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR ISABEL ALLENDE, THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME, IS OUT NOW Epic, beautifully crafted... Gripping from start to finish DAILY TELEGRAPH A must for historical fiction lovers COUNTRY AND TOWNHOUSE A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat DAILY MAIL One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable story. Violeta comes...
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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    The 8-million-copy worldwide and Sunday Times #1 bestseller and award-winner featuring the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott. A New York Times Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Reader's Pick. Discover the must-read Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, the perfect uplifting summer read, now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson. 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've...
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  • Tiger Men
    Million Copy Bestselling Author A sweeping saga of three families in Tasmania, from its golden era and Federation's birth to the poignant pride and sacrifice of World War I. An Island of Extremes Van Diemen's Land, an island of stark contrasts - a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its gentry, and an island so rich in natural resources...
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  • The Mabinogion
    Dreamlike Welsh tales from the thirteenth century Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of The Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know today. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the shadowy otherworld, the tales are permeated by a dreamlike...
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  • Diary of an Ordinary Woman
    This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war—each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition. Here is a twentieth-century woman in close-up, coping with the tragedies and upheavals of women's lives from the First World War to Greenham Common and beyond. This is the edited diary of an individual...
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  • The Vaster Wilds
    From the bestselling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies The instant New York Times bestseller 'Exhilarating' - Guardian 'Her writing has a timeless quality' - The Times 'Has a visionary quality' - Observer A profound and explosive novel about a spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. A servant girl escapes from a settlement. She carries nothing...
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  • Dawn on a Distant Shore
    The sequel to the bestselling Into the Wilderness is an epic tale of romance and adventure, from the savage beauty of the New World to the wilds of Scotland. It is February 1794, and while fiercely independent Elizabeth Bonner gives birth to twins, her husband, the frontiersman Nathaniel, learns that his father has been arrested in British Canada. Forced to...
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  • The Joy Luck Club
    Amy Tan's bestselling classic novel of mothers and daughters. Four Chinese women, four American daughters - can they learn to understand each other? In 1949, a group of Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures,...
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  • Trinity
    Trinity is the second instalment in Conn Iggulden's thrilling Wars of the Roses trilogy. In 1454, King Henry VI has remained all but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by illness for over a year. Meanwhile, his fiercely loyal wife and Queen, Margaret of Anjou, safeguards her husband's interests. Richard Duke of York, Protector of the Realm, extends his influence...
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  • Ravenspur
    Four kings. One crown. A war to tear a nation apart. The epic conclusion to the Wars of the Roses. The exiled Yorkist king Edward IV lands at Ravenspur with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side. Though every hand is against them, though every city gate is shut, the York brothers will not go quietly into...
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  • Enemy of God
    The second in the Warlord Chronicles series by bestselling author Bernard Cornwell. The Warrior King has brought peace to Britain - but for how long? Following a hard-fought victory, Arthur appears to have at last won the unity of the British Kingdoms. He turns his attention towards the invading Saxons, while Merlin begins a quest to uncover the sacred Treasures...
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Historical Fiction

Welcome to our Historical Fiction section, where the past comes alive through captivating stories. If you love novels that transport you to different times and places, filled with rich detail and unforgettable characters, this is the perfect place to start your next reading adventure.

In this collection, you'll find tales set against the backdrop of significant historical events, from ancient civilizations to the 20th century. Explore stories that illuminate different cultures, highlight pivotal moments in history, and delve into the lives of both real and imagined figures who shaped the world.

Whether you’re drawn to epic sagas, intimate personal dramas, or adventures that blend fact with fiction, our Historical Fiction section offers a diverse range of books to satisfy your curiosity and passion for the past. Step back in time and discover stories that resonate across the ages.