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Shrines of Gaiety: The Sunday Times Bestseller, May 2023

By Kate Atkinson

Passion simple

By Annie Ernaux

Dancing with Eva

By Alan Judd

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

By Curtis Sittenfeld

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

Oroonoko (Penguin Classics)

By Behn, Aphra, Todd, Janet

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

By Brookes, Maggie

The Christie Affair

By Gramont, Nina de

The Queen's Promise

By Andrews, Lyn

Shadowplay

By O'Connor, Joseph

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

By Mohamed, Nadifa

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

By Miller, Christopher

A Place of Greater Safety

By Hilary Mantel

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

By Holden, Wendy

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

By Barnes, Julian

Le Grand Meaulnes

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

I CLAUDIUS V536

By Graves, Robert

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: The international bestseller

By Nam-Joo, Cho, Chang, Jamie

A Private Business: A Hakim and Arnold Mystery

By Nadel, Barbara

History of Violence

By Louis, Edouard, Stein, Lorin

Becoming Madame Mao

By Min

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

Briefly, A Delicious Life

By Stevens, Nell

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

By Foster, Kate

Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Defoe (The Penguin English Library)

By Defoe, Daniel

Last Resort: A New York Times Editor’s Pick

By Lipstein, Andrew