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Hard Place


‘An impeccable rendering of modern queer life, Hard Place is a closely-held mirror to the tenderness and brutality of what it means to be young, gay and trying today – in all its unflinching, and sometimes unflattering, glory. Torr is a new champion of the form.’ Rebecca K Reilly, author of Greta and Valdin‘Ruthless yet tender, funny yet devastating, with language sharp enough to cut. An essential read for our times.’ Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures‘A triumph of contemporary queer satire.’ Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me at the Surface'Brutal, nuanced, compassionate and critical all at once, Hard Place shows the messy, human hypocrisy of existing in the current moment – but it also shows the necessity of creating imperfect connections and allowing ourselves to both change and be changed. Funny, heartwarming and socially aware all at once, it signals the arrival of a major new talent' Heather Parry, author of Carrion Crow‘Hard Place is a stunning debut, a beautifully observed, darkly funny exploration of modern relationships and London life. So savage and so tender, it marks Gab Torr as one of the brightest new talents in British writing' Tom Newlands, author of Only Here, Only NowEveryone's healing. No-one's happy. For years, Billy’s decisions have been made for her by long-term girlfriend Rose, leaving her free not to think for – or about – herself. But when they break up and Billy is left without anywhere to live, she’s forced to take up an unappealing but affordable SpareRoom ad. Her new flatmates, Sid and Rhoda, are the kinds of people who talk very seriously about taking accountability, adhering to the flat’s community guidelines and holding space for one another. Meals are communal by force, polyamory is assumed, and whatever the problem, capitalism’s usually to blame. Yes, Rhoda’s parents own the flat, but that doesn’t matter: they’re unapologetically political and loudly queer, and slowly Billy becomes enmeshed in their radical, vulnerable world. But as Billy’s past starts to catch up with her, and all of their boundaries begin to crumble, each of them must reckon with what they truly stand for – and what they’ll sacrifice to hold onto it. ‘Hard Place is a many-layered feast of a novel – biting, witty and unexpectedly tender at the same time. I hugely enjoyed it!’ Hannah Beer, author of I Make My Own Fun
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22,99 €

Sail Away Land


Sail Away Land is the space where we might go when we're no longer alive (sometimes only temporarily). In this uncommon and disarming collection, the characters go 'there' with or without knowing it. Maybe they have been living there all along without noticing - just like they hadn't really noticed that everyone is carrying a shiny black suitcase. These stories are about normal things - losing the people we're closest to, forgiving them, finding love and managing to hold onto it - but also about going to parties through a door in the back of a colleague's head, housebreaking in search of a sister's ghost, and asking the strangers in the kitchen to resurrect you at midnight. Like brilliant and strange anxiety dreams in prose, the stories in Sail Away Land are full of temporal weirdness, life and non-being, psychological acuity, imagination and wit, all while being effortlessly, seductively readable and incredibly moving.
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19,99 €

Stolen Revolution


'Rare and riveting' LYSE DOUCET'Blistering . . . a genuinely remarkable achievement' THE TIMES'Compulsively readable . . . unputdownable’ JON LEE ANDERSON'Dramatic, personal and often heartbreaking' GUARDIAN'Rarely has a book been so timely . . . Essential reading' LINDSEY HILSUM'One of the most perceptive books on modern Iran in years' NEW YORK TIMESTHE NEW STORY OF IRAN • The moving, riveting and immersive story of six Iranians who, together, lived the entire arc of modern Iranian history: from the promise of the 1979 revolution to its betrayal by the Islamic mafia state and a people’s undying spirit of resistance. Fuelled by Iranians’ dreams of social justice and political freedom, the 1979 revolution swept aside the shah’s ailing, repressive monarchy. But in its place the revolution’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini and his acolytes built a system that served his narrow Islamic fundamentalist faction and worsened every failing and brutality that had existed under the shah. In this landmark new book, award-winning journalists Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Yeganeh Torbati tell the entwined stories of six Iranians, providing a powerful new lens on Iran’s recent history in all its bitter twists and stubborn hope:• Mehdi Karroubi: a devotee of Khomeini, he rose to the heights of power on the wave of the revolution, before being cast out of its inner circle. • Hila Sedighi: a young activist, who gave voice through her poetry to her peers’ hopes during the reform years and ultimately immortalised their shattered dreams. • Amir Moghadam: an ambitious government bureaucrat, who witnessed corruption and graft on a scale that impelled him to take enormous risks to expose the truth. • Said Rahmani: a successful global tech entrepreneur who returned to Iran to spark a start-up boom in his native country, and encountered a ruthless security state that wanted his company for itself. • Rozhin Yousefzadeh and Kosar Eftekhari: both born in the 1990s, they escaped their gendered destinies by leaving their hometowns for Tehran, where they joined a mass movement that confronted a ferocious state apparatus: the Woman Life Freedom protests. Each paid an enormous price. Through vivid and original reporting, Stolen Revolution offers a compulsively readable new story of Iran, centring ordinary Iranians’ lives, whilst providing a visceral understanding of how life is actually lived under a modern authoritarian state. This is a harrowing story of power, corruption and greed – and those brave individuals who fought back. 'The definitive inside story of how the ideals behind Iran's revolution were subverted and crushed - and of the brave Iranians who still keep those dreams alive' CATHERINE BELTON, author of PUTIN'S PEOPLE'Profoundly affecting . . . One of the most incisive works on Iranian society in a generation' SCOTT ANDERSON, author of KING OF KINGS'Excellent . . . tells the tragic but often inspiring story of Iran over the last fifty years . . . Essential' JASON BURKE, author of THE REVOLUTIONISTS'Extraordinarily powerful' JACK STRAW
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29,49 €

Feast


'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' - Emma Pei Yin, author of When Sleeping Women Wake 'Feast held me in its thrall from the first page and never let go . . . an immersive, enthralling, extraordinary piece of historical fiction' - Rachel Blackmore, author of Costanza In the soot-streaked alleys of 19th-century London, Minha is a girl unlike any other - born with an extraordinary gift: an overwhelming, all-consuming sense of taste. Desperate to escape a life of poverty, she crosses the sea to France, chasing the shimmer of a better future. At Château de Bellefalaise, a grand estate with fairytale turrets perched above a sleepy village, Minha's talent is discovered when she detects poison in a dish about to be served to the château's master, Duc Nicolas. For the first time in her life, her strange ability becomes her salvation - and her curse. Appointed the Duc's personal poison-taster, she is confined to her tasting room and forced to live in the chateau's shadows. With each dish, she enters a world of glittering porcelain and gilded secrets, where danger simmers beneath every course... But when she loses her miraculous gift and suspicion coils through the corridors, Minha must confront a terrifying truth: without her gift, who is she - and what remains of the life she's fought so hard to buil? east is a sumptuous historical novel brimming with intrigue and sensory wonder - a dark fairytale for readers who love Jessie Burton, Elizabeth Macneal and Bridget Collins. 'A beautiful book, vivid and delicious and alive . . . I loved it' - Alex Hay, author of The Housekeepers'Feast is a tasty read, a fantastic novel filled with glorious detail and deliciously vivid story-telling . . . I highly recommend it' - Salena Godden, author of Mrs Death Misses Death 'A novel to savour, bursting with rich delights' - Laura Wilkinson, author of Redemption Song 'Sensuous and richly imagined' - Beth Miller, author of The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright'Where Perfume traced the pursuit of power, Feast examines a life of resistance' - Mark A. Radcliffe, author of Three Gifts'Kurtz is the real deal - an absolute original' - Mick Jackson, author of The Underground Man'A novel that truly captures the senses . . . Perfect for readers who love atmospheric historical fiction' - Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City
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26,99 €

IconGraphics - Taylor Swift


Tracing the stages of Taylor Swift''s musical career, from her close-knit family and the early songwriting of her teen years to the magnificent showmanship and maturity of the 2023?24 Eras Tour, the book sees the phenomenal talent evolve from the myth of the "good girl" to a politically and socially astute commentator on life and love.Not only a mouthpiece for generations of girls and women, she is a consummate storyteller. And just as Taylor hides ?easter eggs? in her lyrics and performances, this graphic novel contains some easter eggs of its own ? hidden here and there to foreshadow what?s coming up next.
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22,99 €

Tillinghast


There's a name for what he is. He prefers not to use it… Stutley Tillinghast lives a solitary life, ostensibly as the minister of a remote rural parish in Rhode Island. For many decades now, what little human contact he allows himself has been brief, frenzied and bloody, and always ends in a shallow grave in his cellar. You and I would have a name for what he is, but he prefers not to use it – he has needs, and when they become unbearable, he fulfils them. Then the girl arrives – 19 years old, she has travelled from the UK to find him. She seems to have his surname, and her resemblance to him is uncanny. She is sick – very sick – and Tillinghast recognises her symptoms all too well. Which means he also knows what she needs… Darkly compelling and irresistibly readable, TILLINGHAST marks the arrival of a major new literary talent.
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22,99 €

A Little Bit Bad


'This darkly funny, slippery novel is a hoot to read and will please fans of Miranda July’s All Fours' The i Paper'A sparkling and subversive debut ... this tragicomic tale of an American woman’s illicit romance is also a gripping murder mystery' Guardian'Compelling ... full of wisdom on addiction, obsession, motherhood and marriage' Daily MailPerdita Jungfrau thought she was going to be married to her husband forever, so falling in love with Nando, her ‘anarcho-Marxist’ handyman, is a crisis. Life seems to put every possible obstacle in their way: she’s pregnant, he has a girlfriend, he’s fifteen years younger, she’s terrified of messing up her children and equally drawn towards this magnetic man who entrusts her with his deepest secret. Now it's three years later and Nando has been murdered. As her bewildered husband tries to make sense of the wildly unpredictable person his wife has become, Perdita has other things on her mind. For starters, who is the mysterious woman sitting outside her house in a parked car all day? How can she stop her adored baby brother from being pulled under by his opioid addiction? Can someone with a childhood like hers ever be the mother her children deserv? nd most of all, what should she do with the searing memories of the affair that turned her life upside down?
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22,99 €

The Dinner Party


'A profoundly confronting novel which consumed me whole... tender, astonishing and unflinching'Lucy Rose, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The LambI remember everything that happened in those three minutes at the beginning of the evening, him and me in the kitchen. That, and what happened at the end: the knife, and what I did with it. Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in England with Andrew. Andrew, whose parents lived in South Kensington but had a flat their son could 'borrow' nearby. Andrew, an old-fashioned British gentleman, who encourages her not to work but to instead focus on her writing. Andrew who suggests a dinner party with his colleagues to celebrate their big upcoming launch. A dinner party that Franca must plan and shop and cook and clean for. A dinner party during a heatwave, when the fridge breaks, alcohol replaces water and an unexpected guest joins their ranks. A dinner party where everything she once was and everything she now is comes together and she feels like she might implode.
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17,99 €

The Lost Women


THE HEART-STOPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE MISSING PERSON MYSTERY'The Lost Women is Tim Weaver at the absolute top of his game – a masterclass in tense, propulsive thriller writing as a web of interlocking mysteries come together with deadly consequences' T.M. LOGAN'Weaver's books are unputdownable. If you haven't yet met Raker, you're in for a treat' MICK HERRON'What a talent' DAILY MAILEIGHTEEN YEARS AGOThree women visit a Cornish island...and vanish. No bodies. No trace. They are never seen again. Journalist David Raker covers the story but, like everyone else, finds no answers. The fate of the women still haunts him. YESTERDAYFollowing a car accident, Preston Stewart requires surgery on his face. But when the dressings are removed, his wife realizes something is wrong. The man under the bandages isn't her husband. TODAYNow a missing persons investigator, David Raker is hired to find Preston - and soon discovers a terrifying connection to the Lost Women. Thrown into a desperate race against the clock, Raker has just hours to uncover the truth - or everyone he loves is in danger... PRAISE FOR TIM WEAVER'Impossibly clever. Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER'Corkscrew twists. Impossible to read without breaking into a sweat' THE TIMES'The master of clever, unpredictable plots' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
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13,49 €

Dreams of Steel


From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the sixth book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. After the disastrous defeat at Dejagore, The Lady wakes alone to a battlefield of corpses. As one of the few survivors, and with Croaker missing, it falls to her to scrape together a motley army of fugitives and outcasts strong enough to challenge the conspiring Shadowmasters. But as an unlikely ally emerges from the shadows with even murkier motives, The Lady must decide if she can afford to lose their aid — or discover what she might risk by taking it.
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14,99 €

Hear No Evil


When the bonds of brotherhood are strained, who do you turn t? he celebration of the Viking Festival of Scira ensures that thousands descend annually on the small coastal town of Sheringham, but when one man dies amidst the grand finale, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team to identify who the victim was and how he met such a grisly end. The victim was a local man, successful, hard-working and well respected. A motive proves to be elusive. As the case progresses it becomes evident that not all is as it seems. Those within the victim's trusted circle appear unable, or unwilling, to aid the investigation. Someone has a grudge... one strong enough to willingly send a man to his death in the most brutal, and public, manner. The answer must lie in the victim's past; a past that sees highly decorated military service. The past shapes our future and the consequences of our actions catch up with us. Those with the darkest secrets... with the most to hide... will face their day of reckoning. Witnesses, friends and enemies alike all appear to employ the same old adage; see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, but a ruthless killer is on the loose and they want revenge... Janssen and his team must unmask a murderer before they strike again... Set within the mysterious beauty of coastal Norfolk, this fast-paced British detective novel is a dark murder mystery with moments of humour, one that will keep you guessing until the very end when the final shocking twist is revealed. Hear No Evil is the fifth novel in a new series of thrillers from the million-copy bestselling British crime writer, JM Dalgliesh, the author of the Dark Yorkshire books. Perfect for fans of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis and Damien Boyd. Readers love J M Dalgliesh: ‘Fantastic’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘The best detective series I’ve read’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘You can’t put these books down’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘J M Dalgliesh never disappoints’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘So much tension’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
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13,49 €

When Sparks Fly


From the New York Times bestselling author of A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime comes a grumpy x sunshine summer romance that sizzles. After a very public breakup, a summer at her family's lake house is exactly what heiress Rachel Henderson needs. But after setting her mother's expensive curtains on fire, Rachel is saved by a very handsome fireman. Too bad he's also the grumpiest guy she's ever met. Rachel keeps running into the fireman around the lake, and when she breaks through his tetchy façade, she finds herself totally falling for him. And it seems he feels the same. But as summer draws to a close, Rachel must decide: Will she head back to the city, or stay by the lake forever.
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15,99 €

Varjúlányok


Kolozsváron különös árnylények jelennek meg. Bár a varjúlányok - Szirmai Terézia és két unokája - feladata megvédeni az itt lakó mágikus lényeket, a fenyegetés túl nagynak bizonyul. Nem csupán Terézia harmadik unokáját, a Budapestről érkező Lindát kell villámgyorsan megtanítaniuk mindenre varázslatos örökségéről, de hamarosan kiderül: minden baljós történés az évszázadokkal korábban fogságba ejtett sárkány, a Balaur ébredésével van összefüggésben. A nagybátyja elől menekülő fiatal vámpír, Báthory Isti is a varjúlányok segítségére szorul, hogy megmenthesse az apját, és együttes erővel ismét bezárhassák a Balaurt a föld alá. Erdély varázsnépeinek össze kell fognia, de a régi ellenségeskedés és bizalmatlanság ismét feltámad, és az elméket mérgező, viszályokat szító sárkány is közelebb van a varjúlányokhoz, mint gondolnák... Bökös Borbála, a Szmirkó és a Garabonciások után újabb lebilincselő fantasyregénnyel jelentkezik az erdélyi varázsvilágból.
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19,69 €

End Game


William Warwick and Ross Hogan return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. London Olympics 2012. The world is watching as the greatest show on earth takes to the stage. Billions of eyes on London. Nations united in celebration. It should be a moment of celebration. But for one shadowy organisation, it's the perfect target. William Warwick and his elite Scotland Yard team must stop them from unleashing chaos and devastation. But his investigation plunges him into a deadly game of cat and mouse from London's streets to the corridors of power. Can he prevent triumph turning into disaster?
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15,99 €

The Wayfinder


When a mysterious visitor lands on her island, a place so remote its inhabitants have forgotten the word for stranger, young Korero finds herself thrust into a terrifying and magical world. Her people are desperate and on the brink of starvation, and the wayward stranger offers them an impossible choice: they can remain in the only home they’ve ever known and await the uncertainty to come, or Korero can join him and venture into unfamiliar waters, guided by only the night sky and his assurance of a bountiful future in the Kingdom of Tonga. What Korero and her people don’t know is that the promised refuge is no utopia - Tonga is an empire at war and on the verge of collapse, a place where brains are regularly liberated from skulls and souls may become trapped in coconuts. The perils of Tonga are compounded by a royal feud: loyalties are shifting, graves are being opened, and everyone lives in fear of a jellyfish tattoo. Here, survival can rest on a perfectly performed dance or the acceptance of a cup of kava. Together, the stranger and Korero embark upon an epic voyage - one that will deliver them either to salvation or to the depths of the Pacific. Evoking the grandeur of Wolf Hall and the splendor of Shogun, Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist Adam Johnson conjures oral history, restores the natural world, and locates what’s best in humanity. Toweringly ambitious and breathtakingly immersive, The Wayfinder is an instant, timeless classic.
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24,99 €

Drayton and Mackenzie


For the first time since university, James and Roland's paths through life - one drawn in straight lines, the other squiggled and meandering - began to cross… James Drayton has always found things too easy. By the time he leaves university, he's still searching for a challenge worthy of his ambitions, one that will fulfil the destiny he thinks awaits him. Roland Mackenzie, on the other hand, is an impulsive risk-taker, a charismatic drifter with boundless enthusiasm but a knack for derailing his own attempts to get started in life. When a chance encounter in a pub reunites these old acquaintances, it sets them on an unpredictable course through the upheavals of the 21st century, and triggers an unlikely alliance. Against the backdrop of the financial crash and its aftermath, they strive to create something that outlasts them, something that will matter. Drayton and Mackenzie is a stunningly ambitious, immediately engaging and ultimately deeply moving novel both about trying to make your mark on the world, and about how a friendship might be the most important thing in life.
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15,99 €

Bastard Lučištník


Tažení Václava IV. proti lupičům z řad zemanů i vyšší šlechty dopadá i na pány z Homberka, kterým tak začínají zlé časy. Na podzim roku 1405 obléhá královské vojsko pod velením Jana z Lestkova hrad Homberk a k obléhatelům se přidávají i Plzeňští. Ti s sebou přivlékají Sezemu, zajatého syna pána hradu, s výzvou, aby se jeho otec vzdal. Blahuta z Homberka však odmítá ustoupit. Blahutův levoboček Marek zvaný Bastard se proto musí vydat na cestu, aby vyprosil pro svého otce milost u samotného krále. Jenže ve světě, kde o osudu rozhoduje krev a moc, nemusí být ani odvaha dost.
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19,49 €

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Priest Boxed Set


From USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a boxset of the TikTok sensation Priest series with limited edition designed edges. Priest Tyler Bell has had no problem playing by the rules for the last three years after a family tragedy set him on the path to priesthood. That all changes when the delicious, sultry voice of Poppy Danforth sinks its claws in him through the screen of his confessional booth, and he can't get her sins out of his head. And once he has his first forbidden taste of those red lips, Tyler can't help but break all his rules for Poppy?no matter what it might cost them both. Midnight Mass Tyler Bell never expected what came next. Even he never expected his punishment to come so soon. Sinner Sean Bell is not a good man, and he's never pretended to be. He doesn't believe in goodness, God, or any happy ending that isn't paid for in advance. When he meets a gorgeous college girl at a fundraiser, he has no problem telling her exactly what filthy things he wants to do to her?until he realizes she's his best friend's little sister, Zenobia "Zenny" Iverson, all grown up. Worse than that…she's also about to become a nun. Saint Aiden was the last person in the world anyone expected to become a monk. But the decision saved his life, and he's determined to do it right, even if it's taken him from his millionaire party-boy lifestyle…and the love of his life, Elijah Iverson. Four-plus years haven't made letting Elijah go any easier, but at least Aiden hasn't had to come face-to-face with those whiskey eyes and soft mouth since he left. That is, until Elijah shows up on his doorstep, assigned to accompany Aiden on a European monastery road trip for an article he's writing.
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64,99 €

Lost Chateau


**Shortlisted for the 2026 Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Thriller Award** A secret lies behind every door... The Dordogne, 1936 Amid tangled gardens and crumbling walls, Chateau Rousseau guards its secrets well. Pushing open its faded door, Thirza Caruthers arrives to care for her great-aunt. She's made a promise - unaware of what awaits. As the skies darken above Europe, the chateau begins to reveal its secrets: stories of forbidden love, devastating betrayal, and a child who vanished years ago. But in uncovering the truth, Thirza may lose herself forever.
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12,99 €

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