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Intermezzo : The new novel from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of Normal People

Intermezzo

** Available for pre-order now **From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family.

Aside from the fact that they are...

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We Solve Murders

We Solve Murders

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUBA brand new series. An iconic new detective team. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . . -----Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired...

£22.00

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The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

From the author of the viral TikTok phenomenon, The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, comes a brand new spicy romance! ‘Unputdownable, I devoured [it] within days… Dream Harbor is not short of a vibrant...

£9.99

£9.26

The Life Impossible

The Life Impossible

The remarkable new Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of the international sensation The Midnight Library'A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination' BENEDICT...

£20.00

£13.41

Precipice

Precipice

A WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. AN AFFAIR ON THE EDGE OF SCANDAL. FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession’ Sunday Times‘His most...

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Wild Eyes

Wild Eyes

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELSIE SILVER!

SET IN THE SAME BELOVED UNIVERSE AS SMASH-HIT SERIES CHESTNUT SPRINGS: SMALL-TOWN, BIG CHARACTERS, FOUR ADDICTIVE LOVE STORIES . . . MEET THE...

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Impossible Creatures : INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Impossible Creatures

‘There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell.

Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.’ – Michael Morpurgo ‘A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world...

£8.99

£8.72

Playground

Playground

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENT'Is there anything Richard Powers cannot...

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The Hotel Avocado

The Hotel Avocado

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn' The Guardian  ‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity...

£22.00

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Jonty Gentoo - The Adventures of a Penguin

Jonty Gentoo - The Adventures of a Penguin

  Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the Lennon and McCartney of children's publishing" Sunday Times Join a plucky little penguin on the journey of a lifetime, in this...

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Ottolenghi COMFORT

Ottolenghi COMFORT

Make a recipe a few times and it becomes habit. Make it enough and it becomes home. In his much-anticipated new book, Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavour-forward approach to comfort...

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Guinness World Records 2025

Guinness World Records 2025

After 70 years, open the next chapter of record breaking!Filled with thousands of awesome facts and feats for the whole family, this year's edition celebrates Guinness World Records' 70th...

£22.00

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Safe Enough : And Other Stories

Safe Enough

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERINCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BRAND NEW SHORT STORY FROM LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN, STARRING JACK REACHER AND MAGGIE BIRD. 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?'...

£22.00

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The Story of Art without Men

The Story of Art without Men

WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel . . . Never stuffy or supercilious,...

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£11.01

Holly : The No. 1 Bestseller, now in paperback

Holly

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to uncover the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a...

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£9.42

Simply Jamie : Fast & Simple Food

Simply Jamie

MAKE YOUR LIFE SIMPLER AND MORE DELICIOUSSIMPLY JAMIE IS THE NEW MUST-HAVE COOKBOOK THAT MAKES IT EASY TO FIT GOOD FOOD INTO BUSY LIVES----In five knockout chapters, covering Midweek Meals, Weekend...

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The Siege : The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

The Siege

'The pre-eminent historian of the secret world . . . His books have set the gold standard for accurate historical reporting, but read like heart-pounding thrillers' Mick HerronFrom the author of...

£25.00

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess

THE ORIGINAL HERO. A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE. Percy Jackson has saved the world multiple times – battling monsters, Titans, even death himself – so graduating high school should be a breeze, right? ...

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£13.12

Klopp : The Liverpool FC Celebration

Klopp

With a foreword from Jurgen Klopp. "I said when he was appointed, 'fasten your seatbelts and get ready for take-off,' and I wasn’t wrong.

He took us on some journey" Sir Kenny DalglishOn 9 October...

£26.00

£18.15

Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKA hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world, from the...

£16.99

£13.12

Odyssey

Odyssey

READ THE FINAL BOOK IN STEPHEN FRY’S ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING GREEK MYTHS SERIES TELLING THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY CAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME?

The most famous heroic story of all time,...

£25.00

£17.63

Taylor Swift Square Wall Calendar 2025

Taylor Swift Square Wall Calendar 2025

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A Thousand Feasts : Small Moments of Joy … a Memoir of Sorts

A Thousand Feasts

From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest...

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£15.66

Growing Brave: Words to soothe fear and let in more life : THE UPLIFTING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Growing Brave: Words to soothe fear and let in more life

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WILD HOPE'Donna Ashworth has a way of formulating words that melts me ...

I feel as if the universe has sent me her book to tell...

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Our Top Picks

1964: Eyes of the Storm
Paul McCartney

Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.'In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a...

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A Death in the Parish
Reverend Richard Coles

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CANON CLEMENT MYSTERY SERIESCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK... It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart.

As...

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Love Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood

From the author of TikTok sensations and global bestsellers The Love Hypothesis and Love on the BrainRival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this...

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Intermezzo

Sally Rooney

** Available for pre-order now **From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable.

But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women -...

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Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan

Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan

The album is more than a run-through of some of Vaughan's most popular songs. It's not hard to imagine the immense task in selecting those songs, after all, Vaughan's recording career spanned 50...

£21.29

Now Playing

Now Playing

Introducing Lupe Fiasco 'Now Playing' on translucent red vinyl - This track list features chart-topping hits like 'The Show Goes On' and 'Superstar' that blend catchy beats with meaningful lyrics....

£20.27

For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward

For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward

'For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward' is a collection for M. Ward fans of any vintage. Gathering together 14 tracks from across his Merge Records discography, including the newly recorded song 'Cry',...

£24.43

The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess

The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess

Chappell Roan's deeply personal debut album, 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess'. Chappell explains, 'after 4 years in the making comes my 14-song album holding stories of unearthing my true...

£30.88

Waves of Distortion

Waves of Distortion

The album brings in some of the OG (original 'gazer) classics - Ride's peerless 'Vapour Trail', Lush's 'Sweetness and Light' from 1990 and Chapterhouse's 'Pearl' from 1991. They are all incredible...

£30.27

Sundowning

Sundowning

Debut studio album from the alternative metal icons. From June to November, through 12 tracks and passing seasons, Sleep Token reveals an evenly-spaced, precisely-timed sequence of recordings that...

£26.97

Sun Records Sings Elvis Presley

Sun Records Sings Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was undoubtedly Sun Records' biggest star, burning brightly during his tenure at the label from 1953 to 1955. 2024 marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Elvis' first single,...

£26.65

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) - US Version

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) - US Version

The US 11-track version of this collection was originally conceived to acknowledge the death of band co-founder Brian Jones. Because the Stones' first 'Big Hits' compilation had been released in...

£30.06

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) - UK Version

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) - UK Version

This collection was originally conceived to acknowledge the death of band co-founder Brian Jones (whose epitaph graces the inside cover 'When this you see, remember me and bear me in your mind. Let...

£30.06

Lili Boulanger: Fragments

Lili Boulanger: Fragments

'Fragments' goes into the second round. This time, the project focuses on the French composer Lili Boulanger. The Prix de Rome-winning multi-instrumentalist wrote music that oscillated between...

£34.66

Mari Samuelsen: Life

Mari Samuelsen: Life

Mari Samuelsen announces her new album 'Life' in which she explores the phenomenon of motherhood through music. She became inspired by moods and chapters in the experience in a way that everyone can...

£26.97

Daniel Hope: Irish Roots

Daniel Hope: Irish Roots

Daniel Hope's 'Irish Roots' embodies his deep connection to Ireland, inherited from his paternal great-grandfather who left Waterford for South Africa in the 1890s. Although never residing in...

£34.66

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