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'We all need this book' Jameela Jamil'Beautiful, vital and important. I loved it' Jack Thorne, writer of Adolescence‘A razor sharp manifesto by one of Britain's most vital voices’ Yomi AdegokeSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 UNWIN AWARD FOR MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLDNOW WITH A NEW FOREWORDA groundbreaking memoir about what it means to be a disabled woman in Britain today from the acclaimed journalist and author, including insights and personal stories from over 50 contributors'No one really talks about it. No one really talks about what it is to be a disabled woman, especially a young one … To navigate all the standard parts of life - exams, careers, dating - but with a body that is different from everyone else’s.'Almost one in four women in the UK have some sort of disability, yet this subject is too often shrouded in silence and stereotypes. Who Wants Normal? by the award-winning journalist and author Frances Ryan is a game-changing take on disability and feminism. Part memoir, part manifesto, it explores six facets of life: education, careers, health, body image, relationships and representation, as well as how to survive life’s bumps in the road. It draws on Frances’s own experience as well as her interviews with over fifty of Britain’s best-known women and non-binary people with mental and physical health conditions, including Jameela Jamil, Sophie Morgan, Ruth Madeley, Nikki Fox, Rosie Jones, Fearne Cotton, Emma Barnett, Ellie Goldstein and Katie Piper. Who Wants Normal? lifts the lid on and redefines what it means to be a disabled woman in Britain today. It offers support, inspiration and a sense of solidarity to the many women with disabilities and long-term health conditions – as well as opening the eyes of anyone wanting to better understand life with a disability. 'I've never related to a book more. Disabled or not, you MUST read this' Rosie Jones'Supercharged relevance [full of] robust analysis and wry humour… readers will find here stories to inspire, enrage and encourage' Observer

TEN HEISTS. TEN SUSPECTS. A MURDER MYSTERY ONLY ERNEST CUNNINGHAM CAN SOLVE...THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM BENJAMIN STEVENSON!'Who knew murder could be so joyous? Sharp and funny, with characters you’ll want to cheer for and a mystery to savour. You’ll love it' TOM HINDLE'A fantastic book that I read in 24 hours. It's like Ocean's Eleven meets Knives Out' 5***** reader review'Benjamin Stevenson is a writer you don't want to miss...impossibly witty, sharp and clever and there wasn't a single page I didn't love' 5***** reader review----My name is Ernest Cunningham. I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. The doors are chained shut. No one’s coming in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects. THE BANK ROBBERTHE MANAGERTHE SECURITY GUARDTHE TEENAGE GAMERTHE FILM PRODUCERTHE PRIESTTHE RECEPTIONISTTHE PATIENTTHE CARERMETurns out, more than one person planned to rob the bank today – and you can steal more from a bank than just money…Who is stealing what? Who is not only a thief, but also a killer? And can I crack the case, before time runs out?----'Benjamin Stevenson, always an energetic writer, has surpassed himself. Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief is a ripper of a read' THE TIMESWhy readers LOVE Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief'Entertaining, funny, full of twists and turns, a Golden Age mystery, a locked room story, red herrings galore, and thrilling' 5***** reader review'Meta, hilarious, perfectly paced, and a little bit silly. Ernest is one of the all time great characters' 5***** reader review 'A cleverly constructed mystery that ultimately delivers in every way' 5***** reader review'Witty and smart...this was fantastic and the ending was amazing' 5***** reader reviewWhy readers LOVE the Ernest Cunningham series'Sharp. Slick. Original' 5***** reader review'Fun, witty and exciting - this is not one to miss!' 5***** reader review'Darkly atmospheric and full of mystery. I loved it' 5***** reader review'This is without doubt going to be the standout novel of the year' 5***** reader review'I absolutely loved this from start to finish. Dark, atmospheric and funny, I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good murder mystery' 5***** reader review

Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help. The stark reality is that we’ve been sold a monumental lie. The obsession with individual health optimization has distracted us from the real game-changer: holding governments accountable for policies that can significantly extend our lifespans. How Not to Die (Too Soon) is a vital, transformative guide that shifts the focus from individual responsibility to societal accountability. It’s time to demand the changes that will save lives.

Pre-order Lucy Shepherd’s story of her journey to become an explorer, her world-first expedition across the Amazon’s Kanuku Mountains and her mission to share the wild places of our world. ‘Not just a story of an extreme journey, but of courage, humility and growth. Lucy Shepherd writes with honesty and heart and this book is a powerful reminder that exploration is still alive’ - BEAR GRYLLS'An inspiring story of tenacity and determination . . . a rare glimpse into what it takes to become a modern-day explorer' EVA ZU BECK‘Thoughtful, grounded and quietly powerful’ BRUCE PARRY‘Lucy is the quintessential enlightened modern explorer, keeping adventure alive' STEVE BACKSHALL"THE MOST HARDCORE MEMBER OF THE NEW GENERATION OF BRITISH EXPLORERS" - THE TIMESWhat does it really take to become an explore? o travel beyond maps and certainty. To face fear . . . and keep going. To step away from comfort and convenience - and rely on instinct, teamwork and resilience when there’s no clear way forward. Inspired by the extraordinary journeys of previous generations, Lucy Shepherd set out to find out. Into the Wild charts the making of an explorer, culminating in a world-first expedition into one of the most remote and unforgiving environments on Earth - the Amazon rainforest. Leading a small all-Indigenous Amerindian team of explorers across Guyana’s faraway Kanuku Mountains, Lucy travelled through dense jungle and treacherous rivers, enduring hunger, injury and illness along the way. The rainforest was alive with constant threat: bushmaster snakes, jaguars, caiman alligators, fire ants and flesh-burrowing parasites. Fifty days after being dropped into the wilderness, the team finally reached their destination. By turns thrilling, warm and inspiring, this is the story of a childhood dream made real. And a passionate reminder that our world’s wild places still matter, not just for what they reveal about the planet, but for what they reveal about us.

The new astonishing high-concept thriller from the author of million copy bestseller, Wrong Place Wrong TimeSimone''s holiday to Texas was meant to be some much needed bonding time with her teenage daughter, Lucy.On their first night in the desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings: Lucy has been taken and, in order to get her back, Simone must commit a crime.As Simone is prepares to follow the kidnapper''s instructions, she feels certain that there is nothing she wouldn''t do to save Lucy. But becoming a wanted woman is just the start...PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER''I am totally in awe. This is one story I will not forget'' HEIDI PERKS''Genre-bending and totally original. A tour de force!'' CLAIRE DOUGLAS''This is bravura novel-writing'' IAN RANKIN

Medieval manuscript historian and author of the widely acclaimed Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts discovers the most intimate surviving relic of Thomas Beckett. The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170, is one of the most famous events in European history. It inspired the largest pilgrim site in medieval Europe and many works of literature from Chaucer''s Canterbury Tales to T. S. Eliot''s Murder in the Cathedral and Anouilh''s Becket. In a brilliant piece of historical detective work, Christopher de Hamel here identifies the Anglo-Saxon Psalter which Becket cherished throughout his time as Archbishop of Canterbury and which he may even have been holding when he was murdered. Beautifully illustrated, this is an exciting rediscovery of one of the most evocative artifacts of medieval England and the only surviving relic from Becket''s shrine.

Escape to 1960s California with the gripping and glamorous new crime mystery that sees an unlikely trio team up to solve a string of murders - the perfect page-turning holiday read for fans of Big Little Lies and The List of Suspicious Things. A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKA MARIE CLAIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026'As If Taylor Jenkins-Reid wrote a crime novel' Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Sirens'Lessons in Chemistry with Californian serial killers. Wickedly clever - I loved it!' Ellery Lloyd, bestselling author of Reece Witherspoon Book Club pick, The ClubYou’ve heard of the men who kill, but what about the women who loved the? t’s a baking hot summer in 1960s California and three women have formed an unlikely friendship. They may look like they lead idyllic lives but behind the false smiles and glittering pools lies the truth: their husbands are some of the country’s most notorious serial killers. Amidst neighbourhood gossip and pointed fingers, Beverley, Elsie and Margot are fighting to forge new paths for themselves. But when a string of local killings hits the news, the women – underestimated and overlooked – are hurled into an investigation of their own. After all, who better to catch a killer than those who have shared their lives with on? eaders LOVE The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives:'A highly intelligent, feminist whodunnit' Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things'Mad Men meets Zodiac: a sultry period thriller with a big, hopeful heart' Abigail Dean, bestselling author of Girl A'Gripping, unsettling, and totally binge-worthy. If you love true crime with a psychological twist, this one is a must-read.' ? ?'Keeps you hooked from the very first page to the last, with twists and tension that never let up.' ? ?'A stylish and engrossing thriller, this terrific murder mystery hits all the right notes' ? ?'Felt like the love child of Taylor Jenkins Reid and Richard Osman…. Brilliantly plotted, full of surprises and driven by complex female characters, this was such an enjoyable read' ? ?'Moving, enraging, and deeply empowering' ? ?'So addictive I couldn't put it down.' ? ?

A brilliant memoir from the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable ManuscriptsChristopher de Hamel is one of the world’s best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zealand, where his family moved when he was four. This book magically evokes a childhood at vast distance from Europe, recalling his thrill and wonder in first encountering medieval manuscripts in libraries there and the realization that they too are migrants far from home. The Migrants explores the immense journeys of books and people. It is a tale of colonization and the migration of culture – of motives and idealism, triumphs and disasters – bringing us face-to-face with history. We meet the colonial governor on his paradise island, the shipwrecked accountant, the nonagenarian who cut up manuscripts, the magnate who unknowingly bought Becket’s Boethius and the early settler who inscribed his Book of Hours in the Maori language in 1842. We travel with the author today back to where these manuscripts began their own lives, through France and Poland and medieval England, discovering their first owners and following the longest journeys on earth. This is a coming-of-age saga with extraordinary twists, crossing many hundreds of years and tens of thousands of miles, recounted with passion, humour and a lifetime’s reflection.

A new WWII saga of friendship, bravery and scandal that sees a young woman swap a Welsh mining town for Buckingham Palace'A heartwarming tale of true friendship!' Rosie Goodwin'A gripping and heart warming read set in the royal palace' Daisy Styles'What an amazing saga this is. Loved the plot, loved the setting, loved the characters. A truly touching read' Reader Review *******Find out what happens next in The Royal Maid Finds Love - available now for pre-order!**As bombs rain down on London, the palace gates open for a young royal maid . . . The year is 1944, and in South Wales, seventeen-year-old pit miner’s daughter Rosa Edwards has just secured a coveted new position at Buckingham Palace. Setting off for the Big Smoke with only a small suitcase to her name, she is determined to seize this unexpected opportunity while her sweetheart is away fighting in Europe. And it also brings her closer to the mystery of where Alice, her best friend who moved to London and disappeared without trace, is. But within Rosa’s first few weeks in post, a grave accusation leaves her position in peril. And when salacious rumours regarding Alice’s disappearance begin circulating, she must decide where her loyalties lie. Is Rosa’s first duty to King and Country, or her best friend?

A TWISTY, SAPPHIC THRILLER - PERFECT FOR FANS OF KILLING EVE AND BELLA MACKIE"I rooted for the protagonist even as she murdered her way through Hollywood" Tasha Coryell"Electrifying and delightfully sinister" Kelly Mullen 🔥 She’s not a killer, she’s an opportunist 🔥 When struggling actress Dimple Kapoor pushes her Hollywood rival to her death, it’s not the first time she’s killed. Or the second... But this third time was an accident. It just so happens to be a very convenient accident that's created the perfect opportunity to land her dream role and propel herself to stardom. It’s too bad someone else at the party witnessed the crime. With everything she’s ever wanted within reach, Dimple will do anything to keep it all in her grasp – including killing again. Unfortunately, someone is on to her. Saffi Iyer is one of the best private investigators in the business – and she’s determined to solve the mystery behind the trail of bodies Dimple is leaving behind. But when the two women meet, sparks fly. Has Dimple finally met her match?🔥 "Isha Raya's debut thriller, set against the glamor and desperation of Hollywood, is totally unhinged in the best of ways. Readers who love cat-and-mouse games, women behaving badly, and a little toxicity in their romance will tear through this!" - Sienna Sharpe, author of Beach Bodies 🔥 "Raya deftly renders the sinister glitz of Hollywood. . . . An entertaining first outing - Publishers Weekly[A] clever, absorbing debut thriller. . . . With a well-thought-out plot, building tension, and beautifully fleshed-out characters, Raya's first crime novel will please readers looking for a witty thriller starring Sapphic women of colour" Booklist 🔥 "Raya debuts with the story of a cat-and-mouse battle between two determined women who won’t let their growing feelings for each other get in the way of their ambitions—or so they think…an intense and assured debut that will have readers by turns loving and loathing the protagonists" - Library Journal, starred review 🔥 “From the very opening pages, Isha Raya announces herself as a bold new voice in thriller fiction; Triple Threat is dark, slick, and instantly addictive, the kind of book that may just give you papercuts with how fast you’re turning the pages." - H.J. Garbett, author of My Wife, The Serial Killer and Over Her Dead Body🔥 "A sexy game of cat and mouse: Triple Threat is a fun takedown of the deadly hypocrisies of fame" - Charlotte Vassell, author of the DI Caius Beauchamp series.

THE WALL WAS BUILT TO KEEP THEM SAFE. OR SO THEY THOUGHT. . . Don't miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run, a must-have for any book lover. 💀Enter this gripping dystopic world where lies make up the fabric of reality, and the truth will leave you questioning everything. 💀🌳Fans of The Hunger Games, The Grace Year, and The Maze Runner will devour The Verdant Cage —a chilling dystopian thriller about what it takes to rebel when you discover your entire world is a lie. --For as long as seventeen-year-old apothecary Rose Allgood can remember, the towering stone Wall surrounding Noah's Valley has protected her people. No one leaves. No one fights. And no one questions why. But their paradise has been hiding its thorns. When Rose's mother becomes the Valley's first murder victim and her twin brother is swiftly condemned, she alone is searching for the real killer. Determined to find the truth, she follows a trail of hidden messages, forbidden knowledge, and whispers of a past no one dares to remember. The deeper she digs, the more certain Rose becomes that her mother's death was no accident. That the Wall isn't just keeping something out. It's keeping something in. --TROPES:🗡 Chilling Dystopic World🗡 Jaw-Dropping Twists🗡 Rebellion🗡 Forced Proximity🗡 Touch Her and Die

The gripping new mystery from the million-copy-bestselling author of In the Woods and The Hunter, perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Chris Whitaker. ‘Crime fiction’s biggest contemporary star’ Guardian‘A masterpiece’ Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Strange Sally DiamondOn a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river. In a place like this, her death isn’t simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here now and he owes them loyalty, but his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty’s tangles. As the feud becomes more vicious, their settled peace starts to crack apart. And when they uncover a scheme that casts a new light on Rachel’s death and threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line . . . PRAISE FOR TANA FRENCH‘Incandescent’ Stephen King‘Mesmerising’ Gillian Flynn‘Masterful’ Chris Whitaker‘If you haven’t read Tana French yet, I really highly recommend that you do’ Harlan Coben‘One of the greats of contemporary crime fiction’ Ian Rankin‘Among the first rank of great literary novelists’ Observer

A gripping journey into the twisting moral maze of the twentieth century – a journey to uncover a radioactive family secret'The best book I’ve read in the past year . . . A masterpiece' Financial TimesJoe Dunthorne never met his great-grandfather Siegfried: an eccentric Jewish scientist who escaped Nazi Berlin in the 1930s and snuck back under cover of night to rescue the family heirlooms. Decades later, Siegfried wrote about his adventures in a memoir so long and rambling that almost no one ever managed to read it. Decades after that, his great-grandson Joe unearthed the dusty manuscript and got a nasty surprise. Because hidden on page 1,692 of the unreadable memoir was a shocking confession . . . ‘A voyage into the heart of twentieth-century darkness [...] narrated with the twists and turns of a detective story’ ObserverSHORTLISTED FOR WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026

THE BRAND NEW EMOTIONAL, HEARTBREAKING YET COURAGEOUS STORY FROM LOUISE MORRISH. As the war rages on outside, it is the battle within that must be won, through the quiet strength of words. Josie Everley may have survived the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, but she lost the man she loves most to the sea. Broken-hearted and destitute, Josie must start afresh as a library assistant at a ground-breaking, all-female-run military hospital in Endell Street. As she focuses on her work, she never expected to meet Theo, a wounded soldier suffering his own trauma who finds solace amongst the books. As Josie steps up to the role of librarian and loses her heart to Theo, the war around them continues to be a cruel companion and Josie must muster all her strength and courage to make it through. Will Josie find her happy-ever-after amongst the heartbrea? or fans of THE MYSTERIOUS BAKERY ON RUE DE PARIS, THE FORGOTTEN PARIS BOOKSHOP, and Kristin Hannah's THE WOMENPRAISE FOR THE LIBRARY OF WAR AND PEACE'A beautiful, powerful book that I will read again' Suzanne Goldring'This is a beautiful book to savour and treasure' Gill Thompson'Such a beautiful ode to libraries and reading...It's also a big warm hug of a book' Kate Thompson'There are few other writers who can winkle out the stories of heroines from the past as splendidly as Louise Morrish' Julie Ma

One of the most anticipated books of 2026 as chosen by: Vogue, Stylist, Forbes, Oprah Daily and LitHub'Like Severance for relationships' Oprah Daily‘Sophie Mackintosh turns the novel of adultery inside out’ Lauren Elkin‘It will stay with me for a long time’ Monica HeiseyThis is the story of an affair. Clara and Francis are in love, but nobody knows it. For months they have been slipping away from their respective lives, sharing stolen afternoons in hotel rooms, their time together painfully sweet and all too short. Until one day they wake up in a bedroom neither of them recognises with no memory of how they got there. They find themselves in a strange and unfamiliar city: a place where adulterers can live openly as couples, without fear of consequence, putting the theory of their love into practice. Here the sky is painted over the old town square in changeless, cloudless blue. Ripe fruits wait on the table each morning and the sunset comes down in a blaze of pink each night. And contact with the real world is impossible. As long as Clara and Francis are here, they only have each other. How do you know when you’ve found true love? How much would you sacrifice to keep hold of it? And how long can you stay in paradise before the cracks start to sho? rom the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure and Cursed Bread comes an intoxicating modern love story. Permanence is a thrillingly erotic and sharply relatable portrait of longing and obsession, intimacy and betrayal, possession and dispossession.

A landmark new anthology of Bengali literature in English, including many previously untranslated stories 'A splendid guide to unmapped lands… [Sinha] is one of the best living translators at work bringing the Bengali classics into English… he writes with exceptional elegance and wit' Spectator The prose short story arrived in Bengal in the wake of British colonizers, and Bengali writers quickly made the form their own. By the twentieth century a profusion of literary magazines and journals meant they were being avidly read by millions. Writers responded to this hunger for words with a ferocious energy which reflected the turmoil of their times: these stories covered land wars, famine, the caste system, religious conflict, patriarchy, Partition and the liberation war that saw the emergence of the independent country of Bangladesh. Across these shifting geographical borders, writers also looked inward, evolving new literary styles and stretching the possibilities of social realism, political fiction and intimate domestic tales. A first in English, this anthology gathers together a century's worth of extraordinary stories. From a woman who eats fish in secret to the woes of an ageing local footballer, from the anxieties of a middle-class union rep to a lawyer who stumbles upon a philosopher's stone, this is a collection that celebrates making art of life, in all its difficulty and joy.