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  • The Paris Affair
    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society meets Lucinda Riley in this breath-taking story of how one woman's disappearance triggers the search of a lifetime. One Parisian night, a woman vanishes without a trace, leaving behind the man she loves. Sixty years later, the search begins... In 1942, French chef Sylvie is sent to Paris to spy on the...
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  • Perspectives
    A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. Florence, New Year's Day 1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart. Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more...
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  • Silver Hammer, Golden Cross
    A Peace which must be defended. A vow which must be broken. It is the final decade of the ninth century. The Peace between Wessex and the Danes long-settled in the Danelaw erodes. A new onslaught of Danes attacks Angle-land, trying once and for all to destroy Ælfred. Ceric of Kilton, now a young man, travels across Kingdoms to visit...
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  • The Last Light Over Oslo
    Based on true events, this gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940 follows one of the first female US Ministers, Daisy Harriman, and her niece as the two are unexpectedly caught up in the German invasion of Norway. Cleo Jaffray was an American. A war in Europe had nothing to do with her. She told herself that...
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  • The Words of Kings and Prophets
    THE BRILLIANT NEW GAEL SONG NOVEL FROM SHAUNA LAWLESS, THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, AVAILABLE NOW! Power fades but fire endures... Clouds of war gather for mortals and immortals alike as the Irish kingdoms strive for supremacy. Gormflaith, a Fomorian and unhappy queen of mortal king Brian Boru, schemes to destroy her sworn enemies, the Descendants. As...
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  • The Edge of Nowhere
    In this bold, new Western from the bestselling Johnstones, a lonely drifter finds himself snowbound with a lovely widow, her young son—and a gang of trigger-happy thieves. The Edge of Nowhere unfolds in Johnstone Country, where miracles need bullets. Patrick Foley is a haunted man. After losing his family in a brutal Commanche raid, he drifts from town to town...
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    The Bletchley Riddle
    Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act… Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II—Britain’s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley’s top...
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  • Murder at Holly House
    In a village of lies, death comes with the snow... A dazzling winter murder mystery, perfect for Christmas, from the bestselling author of the DCI Daley series. In a village of lies, death comes with the snow... A dazzling Christmas murder mystery from the No.1 bestselling author of the DCI Daley series. 'A quintessential slice of Yuletide murder mystery' -...
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  • Legacy
    Seventeen-year-old Riki is worried about school and the future, but mostly about his girlfriend, Gemma, who has suddenly stopped seeing or texting him. But on his way to see her, he's hit by a bus and his life radically changes. Riki wakes up one hundred years earlier in Egypt, in 1915, and finds he's living through his great-great-grandfather's experiences in...
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    Super Sleuth
    From million-copy bestselling author David Walliams comes his first ever murder mystery – with thrills, spills, and laughs galore. Dilly loves a good murder. Not a REAL murder. A made-up murder. One you would find in a murder-mystery novel. Sherlock Holmes is her favourite detective. She even named her dog Watson after his faithful companion and trained him to sniff...
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  • Long Island
    OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Stunning." --People "Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world's best living literary writers." --The Boston Globe "Momentous and hugely affecting." --The Wall Street Journal * From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín's most...
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  • The Drowned
    The brand new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery from the bestselling author of Snow. A chilling must-read. 'Haunting . . . compelling.' Daily Mail 'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' Rebecca F. Kuang 'The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.' Financial Times He had seen drowned people. A sight not...
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  • The Romantic
    From one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel set in the 19th century. Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross experiences myriad lives—joyous and devastating, years of luck and unexpected loss. Moving from County Cork to London, from Waterloo to Zanzibar, Cashel seeks his fortune across continents in war and in peace. He faces a...
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  • Long Island
    A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world's finest writers. Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighbouring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. It is the spring of...
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  • Apples Dipped in Gold
    From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes an enchanting novella based on the grisly world of Grimm fairy tales, the second in a mini-series. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Touch of Darkness and King of Battle and Blood comes the second in a mini-series of novellas based on the grisly world of Grimm...
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  • Offer From A Gentleman And Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
    A stunning collectible edition containing the third and fourth novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series. This edition features: gorgeous sprayed edges intricate foil iconography ribbon bookmark beautiful endpapers The Bridgerton series, a historical romance phenomenon, sweeps readers into the opulent ballrooms and drawing rooms of London’s Regency-era high society. In this exquisite edition,...
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  • The Woman in the Seal Skin
    A wonderfully atmospheric and compelling historic novel set in Scotland in 1695, from the author of All The Bees In The Hollows. Based on the selkie myths of the time, this is the story of Malie, a young woman struggling with grief, oppression, her relationship with nature and her own inherent wildness within during Europe's 'little ice age'.Malie grew up...
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  • The Secrets of Provence
    An unforgettable, heart-wrenching story tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris. Provence, 1940. Thrown out of occupied Paris by the Nazis, brave, beautiful Mathilde finds refuge with her cousin in Provence, where she’s soon drawn into the Resistance movement. Secrecy and subterfuge are her constant companions in her life on the run,...
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  • A Time of Witches
    Two women, bound by blood and betrayal, must break silence across centuries—or be silenced forever, in the dazzling new novel by New York Times bestselling author Madeline Martin. In present day, Lilith Legare's life is unraveling. Since her mother's death, strange things have been happening—plants turn toward her touch, animals linger in her path, and the birthmark on her arm...
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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. 'An epic.... Impactful and provocative' The New York Times 'An almost note-perfect piece of first-person storytelling' Guardian 'Subtle, intelligent and humane' Sunday Telegraph _________ From bestselling author John Boyne comes a gripping and profound exploration of responsibility, guilt, blame,...
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  • Babylonia
    An intoxicating excursion into ancient history, this captivating tale charts the rise to power of the Assyrian empire's only female ruler, Semiramis. Ancient Assyria, 9th century BC. An orphan is raised on the outskirts of a brutal empire. Heir to a tragic prophecy, Semiramis dreams of wielding power and escaping her destiny. Far away, a reluctant prince walks the corridors...
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  • Sunlight Finds You
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    Sunlight Finds You
    A compulsive love story from a New York Times bestselling author that spins on the consequence of lies and our capacity for resilience. 'A cancel-your-plans, hold-your-breath, call-your-best-friend kind of book.' Amy Jo Burns A forbidden love blows open the world of a young woman, altering the trajectory of her life. Postwar America is a time of rigid social rules. But...
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  • When The World Was Ours
    ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE FOREVER. "An exceptional read" — The Sunday Times "Vital glimmers of hope enlighten this profoundly poignant book" — The Guardian A powerful and heart-breaking novel about three childhood friends living during the Second World War whose fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very different courses. Inspired by a true story, this...
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  • Code Name Hélène
    From the bestselling author of The Frozen River, a thrilling story of danger, intrigue, and enduring love, based on the extraordinary true story of Nancy Wake, the Australian nurse and journalist who became a heroine of the French Resistance in World War II. Paris, 1936: Intrepid young Australian journalist Nancy Wake has bluffed her way into a reporting job for...
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  • The Dover Cafe Under Fire
    Brilliantly written and researched . . . I loved it. - Rosie Goodwin Dover 1941 With World War II in full swing, the unexpected arrival of a stranger at Pearson's Garage throws Edie Castle's life into chaos as she's forced to move back to Castle's Cafe with her family. Living with her mother is never easy, but when tragedy strikes,...
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  • Scarred
    Scarred is a dark contemporary fractured fairy tale reimagining based on the African folklore story that inspired The Lion King, brought to you by BookTok sensation Emily McIntire. From BookTok sensation Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale in her fan-favourite Never After series. She doesn't belong to him...she belongs to the crown. Prince Tristan Faasa was...
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  • A Very Dangerous Pursuit
    Adventure can be a deadly business. It began in the manner of all the very best adventures: in a coffee house. When one Richard Hannay—intrepid, inquisitive, and on the hunt for intrigue—encounters an old acquaintance in Constantinople, he has an inkling that something thrilling is afoot. Charged with an item of great mystery and import—a washbag, no less!—he soon finds...
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  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    This smart new paperback edition contains the fully-reset text of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex, and honour. It features a beautifully decorated text and includes as a bonus the complete version of Tolkien’s acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two...
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  • Hungerstone
    THE FIERCEST, MOST POWERFUL RETELLING OF 2025: A STORY OF AMBITION, FEMALE OPPRESSION AND UNSTOPPABLE HUNGER . . .'Rich and daring. This is everything I dream of in a novel' Ava Reid'A beguiling feast of a novel' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb'I LOVED it' Taylor Jenkins Reid'Phenomenal' Samantha Shannon FOR WHAT DO YOU HUNGER . . . ?Lenore is...
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  • The Bookshop of Secrets
    ‘What a page turner!’ Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris 'A delicious Art Deco novel with a delightfully acerbic heroine.' Marius Gabriel, author of The German Daughter 'Original and immersive.' Eva Glyn, author of An Island of Secrets In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life… Looking for a...
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  • The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
    The intense and breathtakingly accomplished novel from the bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait 440,000 copies sold 'Seductive in style, prickly, disturbing and delicious' Olivia Laing Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble with its youngest daughter. Esme is outspoken, unconventional, and repeatedly embarrasses them in polite society. Something will have to be done. Years...
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  • Cilka's Journey
    In 1942, Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to...
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  • Sharpe’s Waterloo
    SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available now. Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the Royal staff, magnificently seizes command at the final moment of the great victory. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the Prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe’s reports of an enormous army, led by...
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  • Excalibur
    The final novel in the Warlord Chronicles series by bestselling author Bernard Cornwell Arthur's final test of courage is upon him . . . Arthur has crushed Lancelot's rebellion, but at a cost. Guinevere's betrayal has left him reeling, and his Saxon enemies seek to destroy him while he is weak. Chaos threatens to engulf Britain. Yet Arthur is a...
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  • The Arabian Nights (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)
    The Arabian Nights is your magic carpet ride to exotic lands full of wonders and marvels. First collected nearly a thousand years ago, these folktales are presented as stories that crafty Scheherazade tells her husband, King Shahryar, over a thousand-and-one consecutive nights, to pique his interest for the next evening's entertainment and thereby save her life. Among them are some...
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  • Sharpe’s Assassin
    The new novel in the bestselling Sharpe series – Sharpe’s Command – is available now SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Paris, 1815 Richard Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling,...
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  • The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
    A new enemies-to-lovers historical fantasy novel from the international bestselling author of the Dangerous Damsels series... Two rival ornithologists. Seeking one dangerous, beautiful bird. Is the hunt of their lives also how they find the love of their lives? Professor Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare Deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, stealing...
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  • When He Was Wicked
    When He Was Wicked, a captivating novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn, unfolds the heart-wrenching and passionate love story of Francesca Bridgerton. As the sixth instalment in Quinn's cherished Regency-set Bridgerton series, this novel intricately explores themes of love, loss, and unrequited passion. It forms part of the backdrop to the widely celebrated Netflix series created...
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  • The Wax Child
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    One of the most acclaimed novels of 2025: the International Booker Prize longlisted tale of witches in seventeenth-century Denmark from one of the most exciting writers on the planet. The Wax Child proves Olga Ravn's ahead of the game. She's the strangest - and best - young novelist in Europe' Telegraph, The Greatest Books of 2025 It was a black...
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  • Cecily
    Cecily Wife. Mother. Politician. Traitor. Fighter. Survivor. Rebellion? The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips. She chooses to start a fire. You are born high, but marry a traitor's son. You bear him twelve children, carry his cause and bury his past. You play the game, against enemies who...
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  • The Ghost Ship
    The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller 'I adored it!' - Santa Montefiore, author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in the Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author...
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  • The City of Brass
    The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty invites readers into a world teeming with enchantment, peril, and the unimaginable allure of the unknown. Set in the vibrant and chaotic streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, the story follows Nahri, a con artist of great skill and ambition. Nahri is anything but ordinary; she possesses an inexplicable talent for healing and a knack...
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  • Lapvona
    Brace yourself for Lapvona – a rollercoaster ride of deprivation and perversion in the singular new novel from Ottessa Moshfegh, author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Welcome to Lapvona. In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself at the centre of a power struggle that puts all manner of...
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  • The Comfort of Ghosts
    1945. In London, it feels as if the peace is harder than the war. Years of devastating Luftwaffe bombing have obliterated stretches of the city and left others abandoned. Against this backdrop, psychologist-investigator Maisie Dobbs is drawn into the plight of a group of adolescent orphans, along with a gravely ill demobbed soldier who are squatting in a Belgravia mansion....
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  • 1918
    Four Christmases have passed since the world went to war in 1914. Struggling to survive in the trenches, close to enemy lines, amid the terror of gunfire and the whine of warplanes, Kiwi soldier Henry Hunt rescues a shaken little dog. He has no idea he’ll soon be facing a disciplinary hearing. To Henry’s relief, the Major allows the little...
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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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  • Dead Man's Walk
    Taking you deep into the heart of the American West, Dead Man's Walk is the first book in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove quartet. These are the wild days when Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call – heroes of Lonesome Dove – first encounter the untamed frontier that will form their characters. Not yet twenty, Gus and Call enlist as Texas Rangers...
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  • A Case of Mice and Murder
    An absolute delight — JANICE HALLETT A triumph of ingenuity — DAILY MAIL I loved it! ... A whiff of Shardlake and a pinch of Rumpole ... a joy — S.J. BENNETT, author of The Windsor Knot A guaranteed page-turner with secrets, twists and turns throughout — WOMAN & HOME When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms one...
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  • The Mammoth Hunters
    Leaving the serene Valley of Horses behind, Ayla embarks on an adventurous journey with Jondalar, the striking man she has nursed back to health and learned to love. Their destination is the land of the Mamutoi, known as the Mammoth Hunters. This new tribe presents an initially alien and unsettling way of life for Ayla. Nevertheless, she endeavours to fit...
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  • The Resurrectionist
    It's an art book that reads like fiction—perfect for the Comic Con crowd and fans of Quirk's fantasy fiction. "Disturbingly lovely . . . The Resurrectionist is itself a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Deliciously macabre and beautifully grotesque."—Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus This macabre tale—part dark fantasy, part...
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  • We Are Wolves
    The powerful novel from award-winning Australian writer Katrina Nannestad. Shortlisted in the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Winner of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards. Longlisted in the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards. Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the...
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  • A Dowry of Blood
    THE GOTHIC TIKTOK SENSATION AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A thrilling and seductive Gothic rife with spine-tingling tension and dark romance. A Dowry of Blood left me breathless' Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession. . . S.T. Gibson's sensational novel is the darkly...
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  • The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies
    He's brooding. She's brilliant. Together they're Oxford's secret weapon. Oxford, England, 1951: The Honorable Ginevra Bishop likes red lipstick, clever retorts, and earning top marks in her tutorials. She's following her mother's footsteps by studying at Oxford, eager to prove she's more than a debutante. Sidney Braithwaite likes brooding, Latin, and ignoring his nightmares. He's determined to forge a new...
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  • The Apothecary Diaries 05 (Light Novel)
    A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself in the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery! A palace servant trained in herbal medicine finds herself in the heart of imperial intrigue in this enthralling period mystery! The birth of Gyokuyou's son earns her the title of empress and rewrites court politics. Jinshi can also no longer...
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  • Alcott Hall
    A spicy 'Why choose' regency romance set five years after the initial SECOND SONS duology by viral TikTok sensation, Emily Rath. The Lady has an offer. The Vicar has a Confession. Lady Madeline Blair is on a mission. Her eccentric late aunt left her a small fortune with one condition — to claim it, Madeline must marry by New Year's...
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  • Outlander (Deluxe Edition)
    THE DELUXE PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series—season 8 coming in March 2026! This special edition of Outlander features a gorgeous new cover, Fraser tartan stenciled edges, designed endpapers, and a new letter of introduction from Diana Gabaldon! Unrivaled storytelling....
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  • King Rat
    Set in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is a heroic story of survival told by a master storyteller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck, and the cleverness simply to survive Changi. And then there was King.
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  • Mestra
    From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story. A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter,...
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  • The Storm Sister
    Ally D'Aplièse is poised to compete in one of the world’s most dangerous yacht races when she learns about the sudden and mysterious death of her adoptive father, Pa Salt. Rushing back to their secluded family mansion on Lake Geneva, she reunites with her five sisters. Each daughter is handed an intriguing clue about their true heritage by their father,...
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  • The Daughter Of Time
    One of the best mysteries of all time from the much-loved crime Golden Age writer Josephine Tey 'A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES 'As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays' OBSERVER Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant, recovering from a broken leg, becomes fascinated...
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  • When Sleeping Women Wake
    An epic and emotional story of three spirited women - a mother, her daughter, their maid - during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. 1941. The wealthy Tang family has settled in Hong Kong after fleeing Shanghai. As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a glamorous but lonely existence - mothering the son of her husband's concubine, overseeing...
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  • Cherrywood
    From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful, and deeply meaningful delight—a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love, and reinvention. 'One rainy Friday evening in the winter of 1993, a taxi swept through the streets of East Melbourne, on its way from the city to Richmond. That year was one of the few remaining when a great...
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  • The Remembered Soldier
    An extraordinary love story and a captivating novel about the power of memory and imagination. Flanders 1922. After serving as a soldier in the Great War, Noon Merckem has lost his memory and lives in a psychiatric asylum. Countless women, responding to a newspaper ad, visit him there in the hope of finding their spouse who vanished in battle. One...
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  • Tracks to Freedom
    The only way you'll leave Auschwitz is through the chimney. The words still rang in Agnes Markx's head as she left the Judenramp and the hive of activity around the train behind. As a nurse assigned to Block 10, she realises the stories of the horrors transpiring here weren't exaggerated. Now an unwilling accomplice in the Nazi doctors' medical experiments,...
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  • Beyond the Tracks
    Berlin, 1938 It's no longer safe here. When the Jewish families of Berlin start disappearing in nightly raids, 21-year-old Jacob Kagan knows it's only a matter of time before the trucks come for him. Along with his family and best friend, he flees the country he's always called home to find shelter in a Dutch refugee camp. Before long, the...
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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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  • Sunflower Sisters
    Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City, to the horrors of the battlefield. From the author of the million-copy global bestseller Lilac Girls comes a captivating new historical novel, set during the American Civil War. Georgeanne Woolsey isn't meant for...
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  • Great Goddesses
    Beautifully illustrated feminist retellings of the great mythical goddesses. Empowering life lessons from myths and monsters. Wonder at Medusa's potent venom, Circe's fierce sorcery and Athena rising up over Olympus, as Nikita Gill majestically explores the untold stories of the life bringers, warriors, creators, survivors and destroyers that shook the world - the great Greek Goddesses. Vividly re-imagined and beautifully...
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  • Breakout
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    Eight months after helping to prevent a devastating attack on Britain's nuclear deterrent, ex-SAS hero David Hawkins is down on his luck. But when an act of reckless violence costs him his job, Hawkins is recruited by MI6 for a highly sensitive mission. The job: infiltrate a gang of cut-throat mercenaries led by a notorious former Regiment officer. Six believes...
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  • The Women in White
    When 80-year-old Betty Sadler hires Riley Bell, a down-on-her-luck divorcée, as a live-in aide, it seems like a lifeline—even if Betty's house is a strange time capsule from the 1960s. Betty has one final wish: she wants Riley to find her three best friends from college. But when Riley begins to investigate, she discovers the first woman murdered her husband,...
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  • All The Broken Places
    From the author of the multi-million-copy classic, and The Heart's Invisible Furies. A devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her past and a present in which it is never too late for bravery. Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago...
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  • Jane Austen Box Set
    Perfectly timed to help celebrate one of English literature's greatest writers of all time on her 250th birthday! Chiltern Publishing's Jane Austen Box Set is a stunning boxed collection of all six of Jane Austen's classic novels: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. They are beautifully presented to excite collectors and literary enthusiasts...
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  • Heroes and Monsters People of the Edwin Fox
    Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the Edwin Fox is the only remaining vessel of her kind and has made a unique and unmatched contribution to world maritime history. The ship's importance is acknowledged by Heritage New Zealand, which has designated it as Category 1—the highest level of protection. Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the ship is...
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  • Die by the Sword
    From Australia's master of adventure, a heart-stopping chase across South Africa to find Napoleon's priceless lost sword. Three bodies are found scattered across South Africa. Detective Sannie van Rensburg and former soldier Adam Kruger are each on the trail of a murder mystery—from the shores of the Indian Ocean to a farm invasion in KwaZulu-Natal. More than a century earlier,...
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  • A Divine Fury
    A Divine Fury by D. V. Bishop The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. 'Full of dash and atmosphere' - The Times Florence. Autumn, 1539. Cesare Aldo was once...
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  • Ritual of Fire
    Ceremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. 'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' - Historical Novel Society Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant...
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  • Light at Lavelle
    A breathtaking historical romance from the master of epic love stories, Paullina Simons, international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. Torn between what they cannot have and what they cannot live without. It is 1929. The world is about to change. Finn Evans is a successful Boston banker harbouring a secret that threatens to unravel his carefully constructed...
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  • The Darkest Sin
    He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris . . . Highly recommended - Historical Novel Society Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city's northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets. When a man's body...
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  • City of Vengeance
    Shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 'An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence' – Antonia Hodgson 'A first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop's spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force' – David Baldacci 'Richly atmospheric . . . transports you to another time and place' – Ambrose Parry, author of...
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  • The House of Fortune
    The House of Fortune is the sequel to Jessie Burton's million-copy bestseller, The Miniaturist. 'A book of beauty and insight . . . awe-inspiring. Burton is a master storyteller' — Elizabeth Day In the golden city of Amsterdam, in 1705, Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and she is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the city's theatre, Walter,...
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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.