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56 Days


*NOW A MAJOR SERIES STREAMING ON PRIME VIDEO, STARRING DOVE CAMERON AND AVAN JOGIA*'Bloody good' The New York Times'Terrific . . . you won't want to stop reading until the end' Karin Slaughter'As good as suspense fiction gets' Washington PostNo one knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. 56 DAYS AGOCiara and Oliver meet in a Dublin supermarket queue, just as COVID-19 begins creeping across Ireland. A spark. A chance. A distraction - from everything they're trying to outrun. 35 DAYS AGOWith lockdown looming, Oliver suggests they move in together. For Ciara, it feels like a rare opportunity to let a relationship bloom in total privacy. For Oliver, it's the perfect way to keep his past - and his true nature - hidden. TODAYDetectives force their way into Oliver's apartment and find a body decomposing inside. As they untangle a relationship built on secrets and half-truths, they face the ultimate question: Was this the perfect relationship - or the perfect murder?--------------Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 Crime Fiction Book of the YearBook of the Year for 2021 in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish TimesReaders are OBSESSED with 56 Days:'Wow!!! I absolutely loved this book' Five stars, reader review'Hooked from the very first page !' Five stars, reader review'My eyes sting I read in one sitting I just could not stop!' Five stars, reader review'Excellent atmosphere and circumstances for a perfect thriller!' Five stars, reader review'Just when you think you have worked things out, it twists, but then twists another way!!!!' Five stars, reader review
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13,49 €

No & Other Love Stories


An utterly absorbing collection of depraved, delectable and enchanting short stories from the queen of weird girl fiction. 'Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy' Lucy Rose, author of LambCan 'no' be a declaration of love? What happens when love is savage, dangerous and all-consuming? In this gorgeous and unsettling collection, women navigate the complexities and cruelties of desire across time and place, from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour to a 1990s high school. Intensely atmospheric, surprising and darkly funny, No & Other Stories is a richly flavoured feast that will leave you craving more. 'Unsettling and addictive, glistening with transgressive thrills and erotic appetites' Daily Mail'Gleefully depraved, gloriously queer and thrillingly bold' Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells 'A dark delight, steeped in blood red honey' Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl'A gothic homage to the visceral, haunting, unnerving nature of human connection' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller'Full of strange beauty and shining humour' Stylist'No one writes about the horrific and the erotic, and the tangled up intersections of both, like Kirsty Logan' Anna Bogutskaya, author of Feeding The Monster'Darkly graceful, innovative, sexy and funny. Kirsty Logan is a jewel' Camilla Grudova, author of The Doll's Alphabet'Crackling with smarts, marvellously formally varied, deliciously strange' Laird Hunt, author of Zorrie
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13,49 €

Greedy


Ed is in trouble with the yakuza. He's gambled away all his money and his family is at risk. But just as he's about to lose everything, he receives an offer he can't refuse. A reclusive billionaire is looking for a private chef. The only catch: she has some. . . unusual tastes. As he prepares delicious dishes - fresh crab salad with a panko crumb, lamb shank dripping in red wine juice, sweet, fluffy soufflé pancakes - he realizes that each meal is a test, a challenge to satisfy an insatiable appetite. Caught up in a world more sinister than he could ever have imagined, Ed finds himself entangled in another debt. As the stakes grow, he must make a choice. Will he stay hungry? Or will he be greedy? Dinner is served. Eat Up.
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25,95 €

Operation Heartbreak


A moving reimagining of the man at the heart of Operation Mincemeat. William Maryngton has just one dream: to fight for his country, as his late father did. Devoted and honourable, he knows no fear - yet somehow, he always misses the battle; too young for the First World War, too old for the Second. Operation Heartbreak follows Willie's life, through youthful idealism, love affairs and disappointed hopes, until, finally, he gets the chance to make a difference. Duff Cooper's bittersweet novel, inspired by the real events of Operation Mincemeat, is a poignant tale of dreams of glory, and what it means to be true.
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16,45 €

Holy Boy


One idol. Four fans. Worship’s never been bloodier. Yosep is a K-pop idol with millions of adoring fans. But for four of them, a poster on the wall just won't cut it. They have a plan - a perfect, foolproof plan - to get their idol all to themselves. Kidnapping Yosep seemed like the ultimate act of love. But inside a secluded mansion, plagued by paranoia and with their grip on reality slowly loosening, the women use increasingly disturbing strategies to keep Yosep in their possession. As their angel's halo slips and their perfect plan unravels, the women must fight not only to keep him, but to keep their secret buried - at all costs. More than a little unhinged, Holy Boy is an exhilarating descent into the dark side of devotion.
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22,45 €

Girl Falling


'Hayley Scrivenor is a major new talent' – Erin Kelly, author of The House of Mirrors'Australian Crime has a new star' – Chris Hammer, author of The ValleyWhy would my best friend want to destroy my lif? inn and her closest friend Daphne grew up in the imposing shadow of Australia’s Blue Mountains, their uneasy bond forged by both losing their sisters at a young age. Now in their twenties, Daphne is at university, while Finn has remained in the mountains and fallen in love with newcomer Magdu – a young woman with troubles of her own. Though tensions arose during Magdu and Daphne’s first meeting, Finn is looking forward to a day of rock climbing and bonding for the three women on the cliffs near their town. But nothing goes as planned and, in a horrific accident, Magdu falls to her death. In the aftermath, the friends become the focus of a police investigation. Was it really an accident? Or did something far more sinister play out that da? old, dramatic and utterly compelling, Girl Falling is an atmospheric, psychological mystery from the award-winning author of Dirt Town. Readers LOVE Girl Falling:'A great story with a twist I never saw coming' – 5* Reader Review‘This is a double-cross thriller, a cat-and-mouse chase, and a delectable story of when someone becomes obsessed’ – 5* Reader Review'The Blue Mountains is a perfect sinister setting . . . had me gripped' – 5* Reader Review‘Kept me on the edge of my seat and I couldn’t put it down’ – 5* Reader Review
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13,49 €

You & Me and You & Me and You & Me


A rom-com with infinite possibilities. Adam and Jules have been married for 25 years when they discover a time machine in their shed - can it bring back their romantic spark? Or will it unravel everything?Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut – their future looks a bit boring.While clearing out the attic, Jules stumbles across a pile of old mixtapes she and Adam made for each other when they were young and falling in love. Adam dusts off his antique stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses play…and the unbelievable happens.With the power to travel back in time, he and Jules can revisit key moments in their pasts. Is this the key to getting their sparkle back? To feel young again. To remember why they first fell in love. But also maybe to make a few small tweaks to improve their lives back here in the present too... without necessarily telling each other.As Adam and Jules embark on an epic hunt through the multiverse for their perfect love story things soon start to spiral out of control. Will they be able to find their way back to themselves, or will they lose each other forever?Funny, heart-warming and honest, You & Me & You & Me & You & Me is a time travel rom com with all the joyful hallmarks of an instant feel-good classic.
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22,99 €

A Visitation of Spirits


A Visitation of Spirits, is the powerful story of Horace Cross, a popular and highachieving sixteen-year-old boy, who wrestles with the guilt of discovering who he is, a young man attracted to other men and yearning to escape the narrow confines of Tims Creek. Raised on stories of prophets, revelations, and dreams, his internal struggles take shape in his mind as demons and angels battling for his soul, culminating in one night of horrible and tragic transformation. Horace seeks help from his cousin, Reverend James "Jimmy" Greene, but he finds himself ill-prepared to help the boy, plagued by demons of his own. And as Horace spirals out of control, Jimmy must ask himself what it says about him and his community that they cannot reconcile the spirits of the past with those of the future. Weaving the mythos and the hard realities of rural Black life and easily gliding between past and present, A Visitation of Spirits is a classic novel of growing up from a literary giant. Outsider Classics is Dead Ink's resurrection ground for the strange, the silenced, and the outcasts. This series exhumes lost literary voices that were ahead of their time to restore them to the cult status they always deserved. From forgotten masterpieces to once-censored provocations, each title is a reaction against the canon curated for readers who want to stray into the margins and away from the mainstream.
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14,99 €

The Kings Head


A fierce story about friendship and competition set among London's forgotten girl gangs for fans of The Girls by Emma Cline_______________________'Compelling' THE SUNDAY TIMES'The Kings Head's postwar era is clearly defined. But the questions it asks are eternal' OBSERVER'A glorious tale of female friendship and rivalry' LUCIE McKNIGHT HARDY'Wonderfully vivid, powerful and compelling' JOSEPH O'CONNOR'A startling new talent' PETER JAMES_______________________We never ran the place on paper, but we had reigned here as Kings, reigned over the world we created for ourselves. 1957, London. A gang of girls called the Kings rule the bomb-struck streets of Finsbury Park. When Harry, their unpredictable but charismatic leader, tries to encroach on the territory of the rival Seven Sisters gang, the Kings know they're in for a fight. Armed with flick knives and fists, they do battle in dancehalls and on football fields. But with the authorities closing in and conscripted boys threatening to reclaim what was once theirs, the Kings must ask if they're willing to pay the price of loyalty... __________________________Readers are loving The Kings Head'Fresh and exhilarating''Thrilling from start to finish''The characters jumped off the page''I would definitely recommend''Looking forward to reading more from Kelly Frost'
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13,49 €

The Mourning Necklace


‘Moving and masterful . . . transports you to 18th-century Scotland and says as much about modern life as it does about those harrowing times’ – Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealInspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable original feminist historical novel from the Women’s Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster. They said I would swing for the crime and I did . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace. 1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson – hanged for the murder of her newborn child – drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart. But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door. It is Maggie. She is alive. Bruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family’s questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twic? raise for Kate Foster:‘Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page’ – The Times‘Tense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant’ – Daily Mail‘Kate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve’ – Claire Evans, author of The Fourteenth Letter‘Captivating . . . Scratch beneath the surface of a Kate Foster novel and all of life is there in the most elegant prose’ – Marion Todd, author of the bestselling DI Clare Mackay series‘Brilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel’ – Tina Baker, author of What We Did In The Storm
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13,49 €

Under the Same Stars


'Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful' E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud'Stirring and absolutely unforgettable' Samira Ahmed, New York Times-bestselling author of Internment and Hollow Fires'Full of banter, romance, humor and a little bit of magic' Gayle Forman, author of Not Nothing and After LifeFrom New York Times-bestselling author Libba Bray comes a propulsive historical mystery that examines truth, rebellion, reconciliation, and what must be sacrificed for a better world. It was said that if you write to the Bridegroom's Oak, the love of your life will answer back. Now, the tree is giving up its secrets at last. In 1940s Germany, Sophie is excited to discover a message waiting for her in the Bridegroom's Oak from a mysterious suitor. Meanwhile, her best friend, Hanna, is sending messages too-but not to find love. As World War II unfolds in their small town of Kleinwald, the oak may hold the key to resistance against the Nazis. In 1980s West Germany, American teen transplant Jenny feels suffocated by her strict parents and is struggling to fit in. Until she finds herself falling for Lena, a punk-rock girl hell-bent on tearing down the wall separating West Germany from East Germany, and meeting Frau Hermann, a kind old lady with secrets of her own. In Spring 2020, New York City, best friends Miles and Chloe are in the first weeks of COVID lockdown and hating Zoom school, when an unexpected package from Chloe's grandmother leads them to investigate a cold case about two unidentified teenagers who went missing under the Bridegroom's Oak eighty years ago.
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13,49 €

Fatale


Murder isn’t always ugly.Aimée is drop-dead gorgeous, razor-sharp, and lethally efficient. A killer with a cool head and a taste for chaos, she arrives in the backwater town of Bléville – a festering stew of grudges, corruption, and small-town rot – ready to make a killing.She’s played this game before: stir up trouble, pit the locals against one another, then disappear with blood on her hands and money in her pocket. But this time, something breaks. Aimée lets someone in – and the game turns personal.Jean-Patrick Manchette transformed the crime novel into a weapon of satire and stylish mayhem. Fatale is his bloodiest, funniest, and most brilliantly unhinged work: a riot of revenge, farce, and gleeful destruction.PRAISE FOR JEAN-PARICK MANCHETTE‘Manchette was was Le Homme... We must revere him now and rediscover him this very instant. ’ James Ellroy‘Manchette is Camus on overdrive... He deserves much the same attention’ James Sallis‘Manchette is legend among all of the crime writers I know, and with good reason: his novels never fail to stun and thrill from page one’ Duane Swierczynski
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13,49 €

Maloměstská idyla / Z krajského města


Devátý svazek díla J. K. Šlejhara přináší dvě povídkové sbírky z autorova pozdního tvůrčího období. Oba tituly spojuje městská tematika, avšak na rozdíl od předchozí sbírky Z Prahy v nich nejde o obraz velkoměstského prostředí, ale o zachycení osudů obyvatel menších měst. Maloměstská idyla odráží život v autorově podkrkonošském rodišti, v kraji jeho dětství a mládí; povídky souboru Z krajského města pak byly inspirovány jeho pobytem v Kolíně, kde v prvních letech 20. století působil jako středoškolský učitel. V čele každé sbírky stojí jedna stěžejní próza, určující ráz Šlejharovy pozdní tvorby. V Maloměstské idyle je to rozsáhlá povídka Kyvadlo věčnosti, v níž se velké kyvadlo radniční věže proměňuje v symbol nikdy nekončícího běhu času, který vymaňuje hrdinu z nesnesitelných podmínek pozemského života. V druhé sbírce je to pak Zátoka smrti, mocný obraz přírodního zákoutí, v němž řeka strhává do svého neodolatelného víru vše živé. Obě prózy, v nichž vrcholí Šlejharův svébytný symbolismus, spolu s ostatními povídkami podávají obraz neblahého údělu člověka.
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24,62 €

Love in Exile


Shon Faye grew up quietly obsessed with the feeling that love was not for her. Not just romantic love: the secret fear of her own unworthiness penetrated every aspect and corner of her life. It was a fear that would erupt in destructive, counterfeit versions of the real love she craved: addictions and short-lived romances that were either euphoric and fantastical, or excruciatingly painful and unhinged, often both. Faye's experience of the world as a trans woman, who grew up visibly queer, exacerbated her fears. But, as she confronted her damaging ideas about love and lovelessness, she came to realize that this sense of exclusion is symptomatic of a much larger problem in our culture. Love, she argues, is as much a collective question as a personal one. Yet our collective ideals of love have developed in a society which is itself profoundly sick and loveless; in which consumer capitalism sells us ever new, engrossing fantasies of becoming more loved or lovable. In this highly politicized terrain, boundaries are purposefully drawn to keep some in and to keep others out. Those who exist outside them are ignored, denigrated, exiled. In Love in Exile, Shon Faye shows love is much greater than the narrow ideals we have been taught to crave so desperately that we are willing to bend and break ourselves to fit them. Wise, funny, unsparing, and suffused with a radical clarity, this is a book of and for our times: for seeing and knowing love, in whatever form it takes, is the meaning of life itself.
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20,45 €

Missing in Soho


PRE-ORDER NOW! A GLITTERING NEW COSY MYSTERY STARRING EVERYONE''S FAVOURITE DRAG QUEEN TURNED AMATEUR SLEUTH, MISTY DIVINE...Why authors LOVE the Misty Divine Mystery series''Smart and sassy, a sequin-studded murder mystery with blood on the runway. Detective fiction has never been so glam!'' AJ WEST ''Misty Divine’s first show is a brilliantly funny mystery, with a sleuth as sharp as a stiletto heel'' HANNAH HENDY''Entertaining, touching, and a lot of fun, Murder in the Dressing Room was an absolute delight!'' ASHLEY TATEWhy readers are OBSESSED with the Misty Divine Mystery series''A fabulous cosy murder mystery with lots of twists and turns and lots of humour in it too'' 5***** reader review''Oh my word this is a wonderful book'' 5***** reader review''This murder mystery is so different from what I’ve read that I loved every second of this book. I mean it'' 5***** reader review
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22,99 €

The Virago Book of Friendship


A fond, fascinated look at women''s friendship through the fiction, diaries, and letters of friends''A highly entertaining, often instructive anthology bursting with every kind of amicable - or inimical - anecdote . . . Cooke has dug deep and uncovered nuggets of pure gold in every form of writing . . . a delicious book about the great power and strength of real friendship'' TABLET Friendship, a timeless subject, has never been more debated, something that has to do both with the internet - the perils of WhatsApp groups, the agony of ghosting - as well as with a growing awareness that loneliness is increasing in our society. Friendship has become a matter of urgent inquiry to therapists, scientists and sociologists. We understand its importance more and more, not only as a comfort and a privilege, but as vital to our health. But it''s hard to get inside friendship: its particular intensity and its miraculous ease; its tendency to wax and wane; its ability to inspire both delight and despair. This is the territory of novels and poems, diaries and letters, comics and graphic novels - and it is where the innovative and wide ranging Virago Book of Friendship steps in, bringing together work by more than 100 writers. From Jane Austen to Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf, from Dolly Alderton to Sarah Waters and Meg Wolitzer and, it celebrates and investigates friendship between women from first encounters to final goodbyes, from falling out to making up again.''A treasure chest'' THE TIMES''An uplifting anthology'' HARPER''S BAZAAR''A fascinating document'' LITERARY REVIEW''An exhilaratingly wide array'' SPECTATOR
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17,99 €

See the Stars


Do you ever feel that life isn't going to pla? hen Alice Thorington collapses in the street after a particularly hellish day at work, she must finally admit to herself that her outwardly happy life - steady relationship, well-paid job, beautiful flat in the city - isn't everything she'd hoped it would be. Burnt out by long hours and living a life that doesn't fulfil her dreams, Alice returns home to Yorkshire. Her childhood home brings complicated family dynamics, a rediscovery of her passion for stargazing and two new friends: Berti, a boy who finds it easier to count the stars than interact with people, and Matt, her brother's best friend and Alice's teenage crush. With each of them facing their own struggles, can the stars that meant so much to Alice in her past help them to find their way in the presen? illed with heart and warmth, this uplifting novel reminds us all that we need the darkness if we want to see the stars. PRAISE FOR ELEANOR RAY'S DEBUT NOVEL, Everything Is Beautiful: 'This book took hold of me and wouldn't let me go until I turned the final page' BETH O'LEARY 'Funny, tender and uplifting' BBC RADIO 4 'Beautifully written and thought-provoking' KATIE FFORDE 'This is one of those books you just want to gulp down in one' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Like the objects Amy collects, this novel is a treasure all of its own' Woman 'A joy to read, and very beautiful indeed' Lisa Dickenson 'A total treat of a read - warm, enchanting and intriguing, with an unforgettable protagonist at its heart' Holly Miller
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15,49 €

Empty Wigs


‘Go to Empty Wigs for prose that never ceases to dazzle, for an extended holiday from contemporary pieties and to disgrace yourself with laughter’ Paul Genders, Literary ReviewEmpty Wigs is a hallucinatory ride through the twentieth century that will cement Jonathan Meades as one of the great imaginative writers of our age. It moves from bloody Algiers in 1962 to the Welsh Marches in the late nineteenth century, from Lüneburg Heath to suburban southern England. Its characters are damned and doomed. They exert free will so make terrible choices. Their appetites are base. Their lives are without end. They lurch to extremes. From euthanasia to terrorism and political assassination, with secrets and betrayals, great gothic houses and pseudo-scientific experiments, Empty Wigs is a vast compendium of tales from the jungle of existence which show humankind at its most abject. Many of its stories are bleak, perverse, harrowing. Many are tragically farcical. But the writing is neon-rich, gorgeous and baroque, funny and joyfully offensive. Told through frames within frames, mazes within mazes, colliding narratives and quick changing moods, Empty Wigs is a late modern masterpiece and a return to the novel’s origins. ‘Loudly immoral, deafeningly well written and indiscriminately offensive, Meades’s novel is a breath of filthy air in a puritanical age’ Cosmo Adair, The Times‘Meades finds the mot juste, the striking reference, to complete every brilliant line. Is it all a bit too much? Reader, it is’ Stephen Smith, The Observer‘A head-spinning turn that can quicken from high farce into deep seriousness, vaulting across time and space’ Chris Harvey, Daily Telegraph
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19,99 €

Bedlam


FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Murder and mystery are peppered with dark humour in this fast-paced thriller from the bestselling crime writer and author of The DCI Ryan Mysteries. “LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers” – The Times“A literary phenomenon” – Evening Chronicle----------------------------------------In a world gone mad, who can you trust? Fresh from a high-profile case in the Paris fashion world, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the FBI. The wife of a notorious criminal has been admitted to a private psychiatric hospital and can no longer testify in his upcoming trial. Without her, their case will collapse but, amidst reports that the staff are as unpredictable as their patients, who can the police trust? In desperation, they turn to an outsider and now Gregory must find the courage to step inside the fortified walls of Buchanan Hospital to uncover the truth. The question is, will he ever be the same again? ----------------------------------------READERS LOVE BEDLAM BY LJ ROSS "Excellent as always. Best book so far." - 5-star reader review"A cracking addition to the series. Full of tension and suspense, I loved it!" - 5-star reader review"I didn't want to put it down. A brilliant crime series." - 5-star reader review"A fantastic book" - 5-star reader review"This was a really good one. Dare I say my favourite LJ Ross?" - 5-star reader review
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13,49 €

Beletria je často nazývaná aj krásnou, alebo umeleckou literatúrou. Toto označenie pochádza z francúzskeho názvu belles lettres (krásna literatúra)Výrazom beletria sa súhrnne označujú umelecké prozaické diela. K najznámejším beletristickým žánrom patrí poviedka, novela, román, črta či umelecká reportáž.

Romány, poviedky a novely ponúkajú pútavé príbehy s výraznými postavami a atmosférou. Divadelné hry zase slúžia ako materiál pre divadelné predstavenia a prinášajú konverzácie, dramatické situácie a komediálne alebo tragické prvky.

Beletria je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou literatúry, ktorá obohacuje naše vnímanie sveta a poskytuje nám príležitosť prežívať rôznorodé príbehy a vstúpiť do rôznych svetov. Bez ohľadu na to, či preferujete dobrodružstvo, romantiku alebo reflexiu, beletria vám umožní objaviť nové myšlienky, inšpirácie a zábavu.

Hľadáte knižných hrdinov, ktorí vás zavedú do sveta romantiky, histórie, sci-fi či fantasy? Prinášame vám ten najlepší výber skutočných príbehov, románov, detektívok, noviel a poviedok. K úspešným autorom beletrie patria Jozef KarikaDominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková EvitaTáňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King