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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...
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  • The Mirror and the Light
    The long-awaited and bestselling conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, brings the faltering reign of Henry VIII to life with vivid and immersive detail. Picking up where Bring Up the Bodies left off, this tome begins in May 1536, immediately following the swift and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn. Thomas Cromwell,...
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  • The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
    Discover a world of enchantment, whimsy, and timeless wisdom with The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. This exquisite collection features 211 classic stories that have become an integral part of cultural heritage, including beloved favourites such as Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Rumpelstiltskin. Each tale transports you to a realm...
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  • Beloved
    A haunting yet beautiful story that moves the reader from start to finish. INCLUDES A READING GUIDE Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's...
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  • All Quiet on the Western Front
    All Quiet on the Western Front is often heralded as the most poignant anti-war novel ever penned. Written by Erich Maria Remarque, this masterpiece takes readers to the heart of World War I, diving deep into the experiences of a young German soldier named Paul Bäumer. Enlisting with his classmates after their schoolmaster's fervent speeches about the 'glory' of war,...
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  • The Leopard
    NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMATISATION FOR RADIO 4 - AVAILABLE ON BBC SOUNDS This is the new, revised edition which includes recently discovered new material including letters and diary entries by the author and two additional sections of the novel. The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the...
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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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  • The Barman of the Ritz
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    Based on the true story of a Jewish barman-cum-spy who served the Nazis in the Ritz Paris during occupation - for fans of Anthony Doerr and Amor Towles. An Immediate Bestseller | A Bloomberg Best Book of 2025 ‘Philippe Collin is a magnificent storyteller. This novel fascinates at every turn.’ - _Elle_ When the Ritz becomes the Nazis' favourite spot,...
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  • Daikon
    War has taken everything from physicist Keizo Kan. His young daughter was killed in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, and now his Japanese-American wife, Noriko, has been imprisoned by the brutal Thought Police. An American bomber, downed over Japan on the first day of August 1945, offers the scientist a surprising chance at salvation. The Imperial Army dispatches him to...
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  • The House of Wolf
    Sir Tony Robinson - actor, presenter, historical expert and star of Blackadder and Time Team - makes his adult fiction debut with this earthy, entertaining and gloriously witty recreation of the Anglo-Saxons, Alfred the Great, and the making of England. Rome Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on false charges of...
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  • The Elements
    From bestselling author John Boyne comes a gripping and profound exploration of responsibility, guilt, blame, trauma, and our capacity for redemption. Human life is governed by the elements—water, earth, fire, and air. They are fundamental to our existence. They sustain us, but they also challenge us. In The Elements, John Boyne has created a vivid kaleidoscope to reflect that contradiction—a...
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  • The Marriage Trap
    From the bestselling author of The Radio Hour comes this charming yet pointed look at the tumultuous, extraordinary decade of the 1960s. It explores the effects of the pill, rebellion, and new ideas on ordinary Australian women who, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles, embrace freedom. 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family—Olive, Len, and their two daughters, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old...
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  • Code Name Kingfisher
    From million-copy bestselling author Liz Kessler comes the powerful new landmark World War II novel for fans of Michael Morpurgo and Phil Earle. When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood, she uncovers an extraordinary wartime story of bravery, betrayal, and daring defiance—a story that will change Liv and her family forever… Holland, 1942. The world is at...
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  • The London House
    Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain's World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family's reputation. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Ariel Lawhon. Caroline Payne thinks it's just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian, who...
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  • Medea
    A dark and epic feminist retelling that boldly reclaims the myth of the most formidable and feared witch in Ancient Greece. Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father. All because of a unique and dangerous gift—witchcraft. But when a...
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  • You Should Be So Lucky
    An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, about grief and found family, between the new star shortstop stuck in a batting slump and the reporter assigned to (reluctantly) cover his first season—set in the same universe as We Could Be So Good. The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst...
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  • Fire Along the Sky
    The epic frontier tale of love and adventure that began with the bestselling Into the Wilderness continues with an indomitable woman's journey across a young nation threatened by the flames of war. The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has come home to the mountain cabin in Paradise where she grew up with her father, Nathaniel, and her stepmother, Elizabeth....
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  • Foul Heart Huntsman
    A lover in peril. A nation under threat. The clock is ticking . . . Winter is drawing thick in 1932 Shanghai, as is the threat of a Japanese invasion. Rosalind Lang's identity as a national spy has been exposed. Orion has been taken, his memories wiped. Their marriage might have been a sham, but Rosalind won't rest until she...
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  • Catch-22
    One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century - a potent satire on the madness of war. Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it. It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron...
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  • The Queen’s Rising
    An epic and exhilarating story of deception, love and revenge, from the extraordinary Sunday Times and New York Times number-one-bestselling author of Divine Rivals. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas, and Shelby Mahurin. Brienna is an arden, a student of the five passions – art, music, wit, dramatics, and knowledge. On the summer solstice in her seventeenth...
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  • The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
    Written with humour and compassion, it is a delight. Pip Williams, bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words I loved this book! The glorious characters and evocative setting, as well as the portrayal of the era, are all beautifully balanced with a plot that had me so invested I didn't want it to end. Amanda Hampson, bestselling author of...
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  • The Sweet Blue Distance
    In the 1850s, a young midwife braves the perilous journey west to Santa Fe in this captivating epic from the international bestselling author of Into the Wilderness and The Endless Forest. Over half a million copies of the WILDERNESS series have now been sold in Australia and New Zealand! 1857 - In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne...
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  • The Valley of Ravens
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    In the depths of the valley, two women, centuries apart, are bound by fate… Present Eve, desperate for a fresh start, arrives in the Valley of Ravens to restore a long-abandoned cottage. Everyone knows the place is cursed. Why else would it be called The Witch’s House? As Eve begins her renovations, it becomes clear the place has a secret...
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  • The Mountains Sing
    An epic account of Viet Nam's painful 20th-century history, both vast in scope and intimate in its telling... Moving and riveting. — Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer A New York Times Editor's Choice An intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family's battle to survive Set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam...
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  • The Endless Forest
    A rich, passionate, multi-layered portrayal of family strength and endurance in the New York frontier of the 19th century. The spring of 1824 is a challenging one for the inhabitants of Paradise when a flood devastates the village. But for Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner, it's also a time of reunion as their children return from far-off places—Lily from Italy and...
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  • The Luminaries
    "There was this large world of rolling time and shifting spaces, and that small, stilled world of horror and unease - they fit inside each other, a sphere within a sphere." Set against the backdrop of New Zealand’s 1866 gold rush, The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton begins as young prospector Walter Moody arrives on the West Coast to seek his...
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    Origin
    The global bestseller - Origin is the latest Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code. The global bestseller featuring symbologist Robert Langdon, from the author of The Da Vinci Code and 'master of the intellectual cliffhanger' (Wall Street Journal) Dan Brown. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao...
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  • Hurricane Katrina
    Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when his little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept off by the...
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    The Girl and the Ghost: Family Secrets (Book 2)
    A trip to Paris and Versailles, an escaped convict, an ancient underground cave network, family mysteries and . . . ghosts. Josephine Eloise Thomas is in Paris receiving a huge reward for solving one of the world’s greatest art heists. But she’s not alone. Gabriel Barbier, the gorgeous French boy who helped her solve the crime is there too, along...
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  • Still Life
    WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ‘Sheer joy' - Graham Norton ‘Utterly beautiful … filled with hope’ - Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie ‘A gorgeous, generous story of kind...
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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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    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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    The Apothecary Diaries 01 (Light Novel)
    Now in English for the first time - Discover the popular Japanese light novel that inspired the fan-favourite Apothecary Diaries manga and anime! A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself at the heart of imperial intrigue in this lushly illustrated historical mystery. Maomao leads an unassuming life with her apothecary father, but kidnappers whisk her away to a...
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  • To Sir Phillip, With Love
    She wrote him a letter... and he stole her heart. Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except... she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long...
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  • The German Ward
    The love story of the year: a breathtaking new novel from the author of global bestsellers The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho. A tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret. This is a story about desire. France, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor fall...
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  • Weyward
    Pre-order Emilia Hart's stunning new book The Sirens now. The international bestseller with over 700,000 copies sold worldwide. As seen on BBC’s Between the Covers ‘Humming with a sly, exhilarating magic’ – Bridget Collins ‘A much-heralded epic’ – Observer ‘Empowering’ – Glamour Three women, five centuries, one spellbinding story In the present day, Kate flees a traumatic relationship to the...
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  • The American Boys
    1942 in Wellington, and the war has never felt closer. Lorna's older brothers are overseas fighting for their lives, and as the war in the Pacific rages on, 20,000 American troops are sent to keep New Zealand safe. Few are happy about it—the locals want their own boys back, and the Americans find their post at the end of the...
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  • A Place of Greater Safety
    From the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light, comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination. A Place of Greater Safety stands as Hilary Mantel’s epic retelling of the French Revolution, capturing the tumultuous period with searing insight and intricate detail. Set against the dramatic backdrop of late 18th-century...
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  • Kawai
    Kawai: For Such a Time as This is the remarkable first novel by respected historian Dr. Monty Soutar, in a series that reveals the role of colonisation in shaping Aotearoa New Zealand. This compelling narrative is balanced with an honest appraisal of the country in pre-colonial times.
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  • The Telegram
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  • Greeking Out: Tales from the Underworld (Disney: National Geographic Kids)
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    Greeking Out: Tales from the Underworld (Disney: National Geographic Kids)
    Behold 20 brand-new, hilarious adaptations of classic tales from Greek mythology, written by the dynamic duo behind the smash hit podcast Greeking Out! Want to know the greatest feats and strangest secrets of the Olympians and other gods, goddesses and heroes of Greek mythology? You’re in the right place! Told in the same fresh, tongue-in-cheek voice that’s made National Geographic...
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  • The Odyssey
    An epic journey of adventure, endurance, and the search for home In The Odyssey, Homer crafts one of the oldest and most influential adventure stories in Western literature. The poem follows Odysseus, the cunning king of Ithaca, as he battles gods, monsters, and temptation on his ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. Facing shipwrecks, the wrath of...
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  • The Director
    New Statesman Fiction Book of the Year 2025A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2025A New York Times Notable Book of 2025A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025A Guardian Translated Book of the Year 2025An Observer Book of the Year 2025'Supple, horrifying and mordantly droll' New York Times'Nothing short of brilliant' Wall Street Journal'A subtle, often darkly funny novel...
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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 Secret Society of Librarians
    For librarian Joyce Haddington, the pages of her favourite novels have always felt more compelling than her own life. But when war breaks out on her doorstep and a call for help rings out across the libraries of London, she knows she must act. Taking matters into her own hands, Joyce invites a young Jewish girl to stay with her,...
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  • The Iliad
    Discover and treasure one of the greatest war stories of all time with this luxurious edition of Homer's first great epic, The Iliad. Find yourself swept right into the emotion of the action and characters, including Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth, as they endure the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. This...
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  • The Chateau on Sunset
    Epic Love. Tragic Loss. Beautiful Friendship. The entrancing story of an orphan who grows up surrounded by the beautiful and the broken in the world's most infamous hotel. After her parents' deaths, Aria Jones is sent to live with her reclusive starlet aunt at the Chateau Marmont, the hotel on Hollywood Boulevard with a notorious reputation. Left alone to wander...
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  • The Bovadium Fragments
    World first publication of a previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and accompanied by illustrations from the author together with an essay, The Origin of Bovadium, by Richard Ovenden OBE. As Christopher Tolkien notes in his Introduction, The Bovadium Fragments was a ‘satirical fantasy’ written by his father, which grew out of...
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  • I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (The Graphic Novel)
    Nathaniel Fox never imagined he'd find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. He's only eleven years old! He's barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. Instead, he's been worked to the bone by his cruel uncle. But when his uncle's rage forces him to flee home suddenly, Nate finds himself in...
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  • The Night Sparrow
    For fans of Kate Quinn and The Nightingale, a gripping story of a young Jewish girl who joins an elite Russian sniper unit and embarks on a mission targeting the highest prize of World War II: Adolph Hitler. With the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Elena Bruskina’s world collapses. The ambitious university student and her Jewish family are quickly...
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  • Six Weeks by the Sea
    Summer 1801. Sidmouth, England. The Austen Family descends upon a fashionable Georgian seaside resort in Devonshire for a six-week holiday. Jane's brother, Frank, is on leave from the Royal Navy, and dearly wishes to unite his sister with his friend Captain Peter Parker. But another holidaymaker, a handsome stranger, catches sight of Jane and is determined to make her acquaintance....
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  • House of Two Pharaohs
    FROM THE SHADOWS. A NEW EVIL WILL RISE. FACELESS. NAMELESS. Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown himself into pulling the city back from the brink. The famous white city walls have been rebuilt, the once starving inhabitants fed, and every day caravans have arrived from the desert wastes, filled with the many...
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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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    Lord Hornblower
    Fantastic new B format package for the entire Hornblower series. 1813, and Horatio Hornblower is propelled toward the heart of the French Empire and his old enemy, Napoleon. Sir Horatio Hornblower has received strict and highly confidential orders from the highest rank—he must embark upon a grave and perilous mission to recapture the Flame in the Bay of Seine, where...
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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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  • Perfume
    Perfume by Patrick Süskind follows the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, abandoned at birth in the slums of eighteenth-century Paris, but blessed with an outstanding sense of smell. This gift enables Jean-Baptiste to master the art of perfume making, but one scent evades him—the scent of a virgin, whom he must possess to ensure her innocence and beauty are preserved. Laced...
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    The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
    A party of swashbucklingly evil pirates. Two rival spies. One fake marriage. What could possibly go wrong... Find out in the riotously funny and joyfully romantic third book in The Dangerous Damsels collection. When rumours circulate that a group of dastardly pirates plan to assassinate the Queen, Alice is immediately assigned to the case. However, she won't be working alone....
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  • The Voyage Home
    The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls. After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle. Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks—among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and...
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  • London
    A wonderful, epic story that tells the history of the greatest city in the world, from Roman times to the present day. London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the world. Now its story has a unique voice. In this epic novel, Edward Rutherfurd takes the reader on a magnificent journey across sixteen centuries from the...
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  • Kurangaituku
    Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional 'monster', Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In the traditional story, told from the view of Hatupatu, he is out hunting and is captured by a creature that is part bird and part woman. The bird woman imprisons him in her cave in the mountains. Hatupatu eventually escapes and...
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  • Bridgerton
    Bridgerton by Julia Quinn is a spellbinding tale set in the opulence and decorum of Regency London. It's a world where societal rules dictate every move and where the game of love is played with high stakes and even higher expectations. Daphne Bridgerton, the charming and witty fourth child in a close-knit family of eight, navigates this treacherous social landscape...
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  • The Mad Wife
    From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build—and the lies we live. From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build—and...
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  • The Shifting Fog
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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.