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Jigsaw Man

By Forbes, Elena

The Three Paradises: Volume 2 (Alexander's Legacy)

By Fabbri, Robert

Sins of the House of Borgia

By Sarah Bower

Doubting Thomas (Twenty Seven Vegabond)

By Richardson, Heather

The Journey Of Anders Sparrman

By Wästberg, Per, Geddes, Tom

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: The international bestseller

By Nam-Joo, Cho, Chang, Jamie

A Handful of Dust (Penguin Modern Classics)

By Waugh, Evelyn

Stephen Hero

By Joyce, James, slocum, JOHN J, Cahoon, Herbert, Spencer, Theodore

Treacle Walker: Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and a Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2021

By Garner, Alan

Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Defoe (The Penguin English Library)

By Defoe, Daniel

The Maiden: a daring, feminist debut novel - now a Times bestseller!

By Foster, Kate

Briefly, A Delicious Life

By Stevens, Nell

Last Resort: A New York Times Editor’s Pick

By Lipstein, Andrew

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment: 1

By Chopra MD, Dr Deepak

I CLAUDIUS V536

By Graves, Robert

Le Grand Meaulnes

By Alain-Fournier, Henri, Henri Alain-Fournier, Alain Fournier

Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (Paperback/softback, 2009)

By Barnes, Julian

The Duchess: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Governess

By Holden, Wendy

A Place of Greater Safety

By Hilary Mantel

Cardboard Universe, The: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank (P.S.)

By Miller, Christopher

The Fortune Men: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Of The Year Award

By Mohamed, Nadifa

Shadowplay

By O'Connor, Joseph

The Queen's Promise

By Andrews, Lyn

The Christie Affair

By Gramont, Nina de

The Prisoner's Wife: based on an inspiring true story

By Brookes, Maggie

Oroonoko (Penguin Classics)

By Behn, Aphra, Todd, Janet

The Garnett Girls: The sweeping new debut novel and family drama of 2023 that everyone is falling in love with, for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid

By Moore, Georgina

Rodham: The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller asking: What if Hillary hadn't married Bill?

By Curtis Sittenfeld

Dancing with Eva

By Alan Judd

Passion simple

By Annie Ernaux