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    Tangled Webs
    Tangled Webs is an inspiring romance about finding courage, healing and hope—perfect for readers looking for the next love story to lose themselves in, and the first book in Callie Coles' Spinning Silks trilogy. To the outside world, Sage Deverill has it all. In truth, her marriage is a gilded cage. When Sage flees, she takes her young son to...
    By Callie Coles
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  • The Moon Sister
    The death of Pa Salt, an enigmatic billionaire who adopted six daughters from various parts of the world, sends shockwaves through his family. Tiggy D'Aplièse, the fifth sister, follows her instincts and relocates to the remote wilderness of Scotland. There, she finds her calling caring for animals on the expansive and secluded Kinnaird estate, under the employment of the enigmatic...
    By Lucinda Riley
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  • The Shadow Sister
    Following the success of The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the enthralling third instalment in Lucinda Riley's mesmerizing series inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters star cluster. At the heart of this captivating novel is Star D'Aplièse, who finds herself at a critical juncture in her life following the unexpected death of her...
    By Lucinda Riley
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  • The Songbirds of Florence
    A sweeping, captivating WWII story of enduring love and extraordinary bravery from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Girl from London. In 1942, a group of young women arrive in Cairo, Egypt. The Tuis, named after the beautiful New Zealand songbird, are the first women from their country to serve overseas. They are to provide respite and a touch...
    By Olivia Spooner
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  • Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life
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    Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life
    Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden. After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson is left with nothing to his name, except for a potato field and a homemade still to make liquor. But Algot is smart, ambitious and resourceful, and it’s not long...
    By Jonas Jonasson
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  • The Bronze Horseman
    Set against the dramatic and tumultuous backdrop of Leningrad in 1941, during the peak of Hitler's invasion of Russia, The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is an evocative tale of love, sacrifice, and resilience. The story follows Tatiana Metanova, a young and spirited Russian girl, whose life is irrevocably changed when she meets Alexander Belov, a daring and mysterious Red...
    By Paullina Simons
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  • A Column of Fire
    1558, and Europe is in revolt as religious hatred sweeps the continent. Elizabeth Tudor has ascended to the throne, but she is not safe in this dangerous new world. There are many who would see her removed, not least Mary, Queen of Scots, who lies in wait in Paris. Elizabeth determines to set up a new secret service: a group...
    By Ken Follett
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  • The Pearl Sister
    The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley is a mesmerising story of self-discovery and heritage, weaving together the tales of two extraordinary women across distant times and continents. CeCe D'Aplièse has always felt like an outsider, unsure of her place in the world. After the death of her adoptive father, the enigmatic billionaire known as Pa Salt, CeCe is at her...
    By Lucinda Riley
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  • War Horse
    Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children’s novel – War Horse. From the nation’s favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells...
    By Michael Morpurgo
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    The Devils
    Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow, and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread......
    By Joe Abercrombie
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  • Vengeance
    ENEMIES BY BIRTH. BROTHERS IN BLOOD. Praise for Wilbur Smith 'A master storyteller' — Sunday Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' — Daily Mirror 'Best historical novelist' — Stephen King Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Ralph Courtney has had everything taken from him — his wife, his son, his fortune, his freedom. Chased from the hills of Zululand, he...
    By Wilbur Smith and Tom Harper
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  • The Missing Sister
    From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley, The Missing Sister is the seventh instalment in the multimillion selling epic series. They'll search the world to find her. The six D'Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh...
    By Lucinda Riley
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  • Before We Were Yours
    Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate is a profoundly riveting historical novel that uncovers a heartbreaking injustice and connects the fates of two families across generations. Based on a notorious true story, this novel weaves a tale that is both gripping and uplifting, engrossing readers in a hidden saga of stolen children and illegal adoptions. Avery Stafford, a young...
    By Lisa Wingate
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  • Black Velvet and Vengeance
    The page-turning third novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sometimes death is just the beginning ... Late 1872. When twenty-five-year-old Sydney undertaker Tatiana Crowe travels to Auckland to embalm the body of Evan Hunter's father, events go horribly wrong, leaving Tatty stricken. Back at...
    By Deborah Challinor
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    Small Things Like These
    Set in 1985, in a small Irish town, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan tells the poignant story of Bill Furlong, a dedicated coal and timber merchant. As Christmas approaches, Bill finds himself busier than ever, delivering fuel to the cold homes of his neighbours. Amidst his routine, he begins to confront the quiet, oppressive presence of the Church...
    By Claire Keegan
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    I Survived The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (The Graphic Novel)
    Visiting his dad’s hometown in Japan four months after his father’s death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning, the pain turns to fear: first, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncle’s house. Then the ocean waters rise, and Ben and his family are swept away—and pulled apart—by a devastating tsunami. Can he...
    By Lauren Tarshis
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  • Orchids and Camellias
    Nelson, New Zealand, 1869. Ginny Yang is on the run from her murderous, Chinese-hating father. Newly widowed and with child, Ginny has to fight to have any sort of future for herself and her unborn child. Orchids and Camellias tells the gripping tale of survival and resilience as Ginny navigates through overwhelming odds in a society hostile to her heritage....
    By Sophie Rogers
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  • The Penelopiad
    The series that began in October with Karen Armstrong's compelling A Short History of Myth continues, with electrifying new works of fiction from two of the world's most loved writers. Booker Award-winner Margaret Atwood, who has reworked the traditional telling of the Odyssey narrative, says, "I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve...
    By Margaret Atwood
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  • The Hobbit
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    The Hobbit
    Landmark new 90th anniversary edition featuring a wealth of charming illustrations from Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, published in English for the first time. Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out...
    By J. R. R. Tolkien
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  • Jane Eyre
    Jane Eyre
    A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper, and finished with a silk ribbon. As an orphan, Jane's childhood is full of trouble, but her stubborn independence and sense of self help her to steer through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a brutal school. A position as governess...
    By Charlotte Brontë
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  • The Sun Sister
    From the Sunday Times No. 1 Bestselling author comes the latest instalment in an epic multi-million selling series, The Seven Sisters. In the lavish and intoxicating world of international modelling, Electra D'Aplièse stands as one of the most sought-after faces. With her striking beauty, impressive wealth, and significant fame, she appears to embody the pinnacle of success. However, behind the...
    By Lucinda Riley
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  • Daughters of the Sun and Moon
    Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial...
    By Lisa See
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  • This Immortal Heart
    From the #1 bestselling author comes an epic story of love and war as two opposing deities find themselves drawn together against the odds. Because when Aphrodite and Ares fall in love, sparks are bound to fly... This Immortal Heart tells the oldest love story of all time. Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, wields unparalleled power over every divine and mortal...
    By Jennifer Saint
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  • The Palace Women
    By Command of The Queen, you are hereby directed to be present at - There's a lot to get done ahead of the Queen's Coronation, and even more so when your livelihood is at stake. Lucy Jones is Junior Wardrobe Assistant to the Queen, but dreams of being a singer. Caroline Brimstone loves her role as the Queen's Assistant Dresser,...
    By Jennifer Ryan
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  • Black Silk and Buried Secrets
    The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is the owner of a busy undertaking firm, Crowe Funerals. Life and business are good until Tatty notices how many women are dying after unlawful abortions. After a terrible...
    By Deborah Challinor
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  • Still Life
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEROver 500,000 copies sold internationallyA BBC Between the Covers Book Club PickA BBC Radio 4 Book at BedtimeWinner of Dymocks Book of the Year‘Sheer joy' GRAHAM NORTON ‘Utterly beautiful … filled with hope’ JOANNA CANNON‘A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits’ DAILY MIRRORFrom the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin...
    By Sarah Winman
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  • The Poisoner
    ***SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION with custom SPRAYED and DESIGNED edges, available only in the first printing!***INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! The Lost Apothecary meets Gothikana in a Victorian era gothic romance about a botanist who likes to poison unsavory men, but when her next target visits her apothecary, they discover their dark bond runs deeper than they imagined. “Have you ever wondered...
    By I.V. Ophelia
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  • The Song of Achilles
    OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD A 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Captivating' DONNA TARTT 'I loved it' J K ROWLING 'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUE Set in ancient Greece, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller...
    By Madeline Miller
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  • The Wolf Den
    The first novel in a new historical trilogy set in Ancient Pompeii, The Wolf Den follows the story of Amara, a slave at the city's infamous brothel. But just because she's a slave now, doesn't mean she intends to remain a slave forever... A Waterstones Book of the Month 'Vivid, wise and unflinching, this is a triumph' The Times 'I...
    By Elodie Harper
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  • The Mad and the Brave
    With real-life echoes of SAS Rogue Heroes – this is an astonishing account of Europe’s biggest major conflict, told through the eyes of a ragbag collection of foreign fighters. Three days after Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky issues a desperate appeal for foreign military volunteers to help defend his country. Thousands answer the call from all over...
    By Colin Freeman
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  • Pride and Prejudice
    A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Jane Austen's masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so when Darcy's...
    By Jane Austen
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  • A Woman's Place
    An inspirational story of resilience, bravery and the strength to succeed from the billion copy bestselling author Danielle Steel. It is 1912 and Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is not a conventional English aristocrat's daughter. Intelligent, beautiful, and fiercely independent, Victoria dreams of a world beyond the expectations of society. Eager to embrace education and adventure, she travels the globe with her...
    By Danielle Steel
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    The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives
    The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives is a gripping period mystery about three women who solve a string of murders in their idyllic Californian neighbourhood. After all, who better to catch a killer than the women who've shared a life with one? You've heard of the men who kill, but what about the women who loved them? It's a baking...
    By Elizabeth Arnott
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  • Wuthering Heights
    Emily Bronte's classic novel with cover artwork from Emerald Fennell's major new film starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi 'Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my...
    By Emily Brontë
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  • Evil in High Places
    The Sunday Times bestselling author returns with a gripping new WW2 thriller, set during the 1936 Munich Olympics. THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL. Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of...
    By Rory Clements
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  • A Lady’s Guide to Scandal
    ‘Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.’ Taylor Jenkins Reid ‘A delicious Regency romp for fans of Bridgerton.’ Red ‘Scandal, art and romance – this is the best Regency romp set in Bath since Persuasion!’ Good Housekeeping A lifetime of duty Widowed at just seven-and-twenty from her marriage of convenience, Eliza, now Countess...
    By Sophie Irwin
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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...
    By Costanza Casati
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    The Benevolent Society Of Ill-Mannered Ladies
    A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. Winner of the 2024 Davitt Readers' Choice Award Longlisted for the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize Longlisted for the...
    By Alison Goodman
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  • Library Of Forbidden Books
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    Library Of Forbidden Books
    In a world of burning books, one woman will risk everything to keep stories alive. Berlin, 1933. The vibrant cultural heart of Germany is darkening under the shadow of the Nazi regime. For Helene Nathan, one of the first female librarians at a prestigious German library, the books she cherishes are no longer just sources of knowledge—they are targets. As...
    By Mario Escobar
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  • A Terrible Kindness
    It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a landslide at a coal mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job as an embalmer,...
    By Jo Browning Wroe
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  • The Armour of Light
    The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. Revolution is in the air 1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France's...
    By Ken Follett
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  • World Without End
    On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They...
    By Ken Follett
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  • The Pillars of the Earth
    1135, and civil war, famine, and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day when he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other. Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce, he knows that for his town to survive, it must...
    By Ken Follett
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  • The Winemaker's Wife
    If you love The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Beekeeper's Promise, then you'll adore this beautiful story of love, hope, and survival. East of Paris in the sun-drenched vineyards of northern France lies the glamorous champagne house Maison Chauveau. But as the Nazis march closer and the Resistance builds strength, it becomes clear the grand house is not all it...
    By Kristin Harmel
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  • The Things They Carried
    The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is an evocative collection of linked short stories that follow a platoon of American soldiers through the haunting experiences of the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien, both the author and a character within the book, masterfully interweaves personal narrative, memory, and fiction to capture the fractured realities of those on the battlefield. Each story...
    By Tim O’Brien
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  • Cain's Jawbone
    Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? 'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it.' The Daily Telegraph In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and...
    By Edward Powys Mathers
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  • A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains
    A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains
    'I am a helpless, devoted, pathetic fan. So is everyone I know' JAMES MARRIOTT, THE TIMES'The history publishing phenomenon of my lifetime' ROBERT COLLS, NEW STATESMANFrom the award-winning podcast The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling authors Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook comes a riotous deep dive into history’s biggest heroes and most notorious villains Welcome to a shadowy...
    By Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook and Goalhanger
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    The Rose Bargain
    The Cruel Prince meets Bridgerton in this captivating fantasy brimming with heart-pounding romance, vicious competition, and beautiful, cruel fae, from the NYT bestselling author of The Witch Haven, Sasha Peyton Smith. "A deliciously dark and romantic fantasy. I absolutely devoured this book!” - STEPHANIE GARBER, #1 NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART “If you’re looking for the...
    By Sasha Peyton Smith
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  • New Release
    The Bridge
    Miquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's house in the Pyrenees, the house she had been returning to on the day she died. A new bridge, connecting the two valleys, is almost complete, which will end the valley's isolation and create an easier route to smuggle contraband deep into the mountains. Where Miquel's father...
    By Colm Tóibín
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  • New Release
    The Munich Affair
    A gripping thriller inspired by the unsolved murder of Hitler's twenty-one-year-old niece. Perfect for fans of Frederick Forsyth and The Rise of Evil. Munich, 1931. A young woman is found dead in Adolf Hitler's apartment. The official verdict is suicide. Detective Inspector Thomas Bauer knows it's murder. The victim is Geli Raubal - Hitler's niece, prisoner, and secret shame. Within...
    By James Patterson
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  • Billie King: An endearing, rollicking, funny and original debut novel, perfect for fans of Boy Swallows Universe and The Dressmaker
    Billie King
    A blisteringly fast, fresh, funny and hugely entertaining novel of mothers, daughters and one gutsy wild colonial girl who gets caught up in Australia's last female bushranger's quest for revenge. Think Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife meets Trent Dalton. 1918: Australia's last bushranger, Dulcie James, holds up Anna King's falling-down farmhouse. There's a scrawny unloved infant on the floor, Anna...
    By Shannon Kelly-White
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  • The Swiss Family Robinson
    One of the world's most popular books is now available in a glorious gift edition. Written originally as European societies became enthralled by the idea of travel and exploration, The Swiss Family Robinson has become a timeless classic, read by every generation since then. This stunning new edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The...
    By Johann David Wyss
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  • Tapestry
    An epic, adventurous and romantic historical timeslip novel from the million copy bestselling author. The key to her future is trapped in the past. In 1715, the Earl of Nithsdale is sentenced to be beheaded for his part in the doomed Jacobite rebellion for Scottish independence. In 1978, Jane Maxwell is plagued with doubts about her engagement. When tragedy leaves...
    By Fiona McIntosh
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  • The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire
    An irresistible dark fae romantasy, inspired by Welsh mythology and perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Faebound, Leigh Bardugo, and Holly Black's The Cruel Prince. Ceridwen Parry has run away with the fairies. But this is not her story. For Sabrina Parry, the world is tough, cruel, and practical. With her father in prison, her aims in life are:...
    By Anna Fiteni
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  • The Silmarillion
    Special unjacketed hardback edition of the prelude to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition of The Silmarillion features the complete work with a unique cover design and black and red endpaper maps. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s World. It is the ancient drama to which...
    By J. R. R. Tolkien
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  • Wolf Hall
    Now a major TV series. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. The first book in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, with a new cover design to celebrate the publication of the much anticipated The Mirror and the Light. From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel. ‘Every bit...
    By Hilary Mantel
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  • The Count of Monte Cristo
    Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers. The Guardian As seen on Write Around the World with Richard E. Grant A brilliant story of intrigue, retribution, revenge and redemption. Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Dantès spends fourteen bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works,...
    By Alexandre Dumas
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  • The Other Bennet Sister
    'Will delight Pride and Prejudice fans' - Independent 'It's difficult not to race through those final pages' - Jo Baker, author of Longbourn In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mary is the middle of the five Bennet girls and the plainest of them all, so what hope does she have? Prim and pious, with no redeeming features, she is unloved...
    By Janice Hadlow
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  • Black Silk and Sympathy
    A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor explores the fascinating world of Victorian funeral customs and features Sydney's first female undertaker. 'Men have been undertakers for hundreds of years. Not women, men. You don't belong.' Sydney, 1865. Seventeen-year-old Tatiana Caldwell travels from London to make a new life. Her path leads her to Crowe Funeral Services,...
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  • The Geographer's Map to Romance
    Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony yet cosy historical-fantasy rom-com. Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her—except her own personal disaster, that is—Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves. They've been estranged since...
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  • Julia Eichardt
    From famine-ravaged Ireland to the glittering goldfields of Australia and New Zealand comes the captivating true story of Julia Eichardt, a woman who defied every hardship life placed before her. Born into poverty and shaped by loss, Julia's fierce determination and unbreakable spirit propel her on an extraordinary journey. In the rugged chaos of the gold rush era, Julia courageously...
    By Lauren Roche
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  • The Only One Left
    PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND NEW HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than...
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    War Games
    It’s 1936 in Berlin and Evie Harris can't believe her luck: She's competing in the Olympics, along with fellow American athletes like Jesse Owens. True, there's something creepy about Germany's leader, Adolf Hitler, who watches over the games with his Nazi henchmen. But Evie's just here to win a gold medal in gymnastics for her country. Until she discovers a...
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  • The Occupation
    The Occupation, winner of the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize 'Assured, deft, sophisticated. Chloe Adams is the real deal.' - EMILY BITTO Breathtaking. - SALLY HEPWORTH In the autumn of 1949, two women convene in the parlour of a Melbourne hotel. Tess is married and childless. Mary, unwed and pregnant. Surrendering to the unimaginable, Mary agrees to a life-altering pact –...
    By Chloe Adams
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  • The Boleyn Secret
    From the bestselling author of Six Tudor Queens, a captivating new novel about two Boleyn cousins, close as sisters - and the truth that will change everything. 'Nobody brings historical characters to life like Alison Weir' TRACY BORMAN A BOLEYN WOMAN IS NO STRANGER TO SECRETS... At twelve years old, Kate Carey attends her aunt, Queen Anne Boleyn, to the...
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  • Fast & Fastidious
    The Fast and the Furious meets Bridgerton in this delightfully fun Regency romp from debut New Zealand author R.M. Caldwell. Lucy Elliott, the young neurodivergent daughter of wealthy socialites, sneaks out every full moon to watch the illicit Night Races, where class doesn't matter—only the fastest carriage does. When she finds out that the newest suitor in town, Captain James...
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  • Athena's Child
    The story of Medusa, history's most infamous monster—and the men who made her into one. For readers of Madeleine Miller and Claire Heywood comes the story of the most infamous monster of Greek mythology—Medusa. First, they loved her. Then, they abused her. Finally, they made her a villain. Gifted and burdened with stunning beauty, young Medusa seeks sanctuary with the...
    By Hannah Lynn
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  • The Whisky Widow
    From the bestselling award-winning author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this rollicking historical adventure that celebrates the art of whisky distilling, the defiant spirit of the Scottish Highlanders, and a woman's fearless quest. 1780 Scottish HighlandsIn every glass of whisky lies a small act of rebellion... When Greer MacAlister's despised husband dies, she and her young daughter Fen...
    By Karen Brooks
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  • Beloved
    Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is one of the finest novelists of our times. Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature. 'An American masterpiece' - AS Byatt It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by...
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  • New Release
    All Her Beautiful Deaths
    More than a century apart, the lives of two artists intersect through a series of mysterious, eerily beautiful photographs of the dead. London, 1865. Desperate for work, Minnie takes employment as a maid for the wealthy young Culpepper twins. The siblings lead a strange and unconventional life: Edmund operates a laboratory from the house while Edith experiments with morbid photography....
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    A Rose of Blood and Binding
    A Rose of Blood and Binding is the third instalment in the enchanting, sexy romantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Claire Legrand, perfect for readers of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer Armentrout. New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn, Claire Legrand, delights in this thrilling conclusion to the steamy, lush, and epic Middlemist trilogy, perfect for fans of...
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  • No Country for Old Men
    Adapted by the Coen Brothers into an Academy Award-winning film, No Country for Old Men is a dark and suspenseful novel from Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road. Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice -...
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  • In Memoriam
    WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR - A gripping, heart-shattering love story between two soldiers in the First World War. It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and...
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  • A House Without Windows
    A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low. For two decades, Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet...
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    A Little Hatred
    WAR. POLITICS. REVOLUTION. THE AGE OF MADNESS HAS ARRIVED . . . In A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie, we are ushered into a world on the brink of an industrial revolution, where the old ways clash violently with the new. The novel sweeps us onto the battlefields of the North, where the next generation of would-be heroes struggle against...
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  • Refugee
    Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE. Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world… Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on...
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  • The Clan of the Cave Bear
    Step into a mesmerising world as you leave behind 21st century London and journey back to Ice Age Europe in Jean M. Auel's masterfully crafted novel, The Clan of the Cave Bear. Witness the captivating tale of Ayla, a young Cro-Magnon girl whose life takes a dramatic turn after a catastrophic earthquake claims the lives of her family. Alone and...
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  • A Mind of Her Own
    Intelligent, beautiful Alexandra Bouvier was raised believing she could achieve anything. But when the First World War breaks out in 1914, and both her parents are killed while volunteering on the front lines, Alex's world collapses. Supported by her loving grandmother, Alex is determined to carry on with school in Paris and get a university education. In 1918, the Spanish...
    By Danielle Steel
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  • Sisters of Sword and Song
    A thrilling new fantasy about the lengths two sisters will go for each other from Rebecca Ross, the extraordinary Sunday Times and New York Times number-one-bestselling author of Divine Rivals. Perfect for fans of Ember in the Ashes, Sky In the Deep, and Court of Fives. Two sisters… one unbreakable bond Evadne is finally going to be reunited with 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...
    By Julia Quinn
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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.