Adam Higginbotham writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Businessweek, Smithsonian, Men’s Journal, and The Atavist. He began his career in magazines and newspapers in London, where he was the editor-­in-chief of The Face and a contributing editor at The Sunday Telegraph. The author of Midnight in Chernobyl, he lives in New York City.

Adam Higginbotham

Adam Hills is an internationally recognised comedian and host of award-winning Channel 4 show The Last Leg. His collection of stories from a life in comedy, Best Foot Forward, was a Times bestseller.

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ADAM JOHNSON won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for his second novel, the New York Times bestseller The Orphan Master’s Son (‘Excavates the very meaning of life’ New York Times). His short story 'Nirvana' won the prestigious Sunday Times/EFG Short Story Award. He is the author of acclaimed story collections, Fortune Smiles and Emporium and the novel Parasites Like Us. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives with his family in San Francisco.

Adam Johnson

Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on – he’s written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kay’s children’s books have been translated into 32 languages and sold over 1 million copies, making him one of the UK’s bestselling children’s authors. Kay’s Anatomy became the fastest-selling children’s general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book, Amy Gets Eaten, was published in 2023, and his first children’s novel, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor, was published in September 2024.

Adam Kay

Adam studied illustration and animation, and received a BA followed by an MA from the Edinburgh College of Art. As a student he won a competition to create a short film for MOMI and Channel 4, and once his career producing animated commercials was under way, he became an illustrator as well. He has regular columns in the UK and the US.

Adam Larkum

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Adam Mars-Jones

Adam O'Riordan was born in Manchester in 1982, where he currently lives. In 2008 he became the youngest Poet-in-Residence at The Wordsworth Trust, the Centre for British Romanticism. His first collection In the Flesh (2010) win a Somerset Maugham Award. He is the Academic Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Adam O'Riordan

Adam Phillips, formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, is a practising psychoanalyst and a visiting professor in the English department at the University of York. He is the author of numerous works of psychoanalysis and literary criticism, including most recently On Giving Up, On Wanting to Change, Attention Seeking, In Writing, Unforbidden Pleasures and Missing Out. He is General Editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations, and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.

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Adam Richardson is the UK's top trending health and fitness coach with a rapidly growing audience across both TikTok and Instagram. Adam is passionate about removing barriers to exercise and movement, a philosophy that is key to his work as a Personal Trainer in which he strives to help his clients feel more confident, as well as more fit and healthy.

Adam Richardson

Adam Roberts is acknowledged as the senior scholar of international relations in the UK. He was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University 1986-2007, and President of the British Academy 2009-13 - the head of humanities in Britain. He was on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (2002-08), a member of the UK Defence Academy Advisory Board (2003-15) and is now on the Board of Advisers of the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare at the United States Military Academy, West Point.

Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts is the author of The Amateur Gourmet and Secrets of the Best Chefs, and coauthor of Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway. He started his food blog, The Amateur Gourmet, in 2004 and currently writes The Amateur Gourmet Newsletter on Substack. Roberts has also written for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, and for film and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their dog, Winston. Food Person is his first novel.

Adam Robinson is based in the Middle East and is a regular contributor to newspapers in the Arab world and also to the British media. He is the author of numerous books on the region, including Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist.

Adam Robinson

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Adam Rutherford

Adam Rutherford is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and geneticist at University College London. His books include A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans, and the Sunday Times bestseller How to Argue with a Racist. He has written and presented numerous documentaries for BBC radio and television, including Inside Science and The Cell. Adam has also worked as a science advisor on many films, including the Oscar-winning Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).

Adam Smith

Adam Smyth runs the 39 Step Press, an experiment in printing, from a cold barn in Oxfordshire. He is also Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at Balliol College, University of Oxford.

Adam Smyth

Adam Sweeting

Adam Tandy

Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.

Adam Thirlwell

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992 and he has published two books of stories and ten further novels, most recently Missing Fay (2017), and six poetry collections. 
 
 
www.adamthorpe.net

Adam Thorpe

Adam Tooze is the author of the highly praised Crashed, The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction, all published by Allen Lane. He has been the recipient of the Wolfson Prize for History, the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize and the Lionel Gelber Prize. Tooze has taught at Cambridge and Yale and is now Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University.

Adam Tooze

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Lilian Carmine

Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? 
 
Having moved to a strange town, seventeen-year-old Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, mysterious boy near her new home. 
 
But there’s a very good reason why Tristan Halloway is always to be found roaming in the local graveyard... 
 
Perfect for fans of Stephenie Meyer and Lauren Kate, The Lost Boys is a magical, romantic tale of girl meets ghost.

The Lost Boys

Carol Goodman

How far would you go for love? 
Callie McFay is about to cross worlds and time... 
 
Fairwick used to be populated by all manner of magical creatures but when a cabal of witches forced the closure of the last door to Fairie, the townsfolk had to choose sides. Now it is up to Callie to find a way back. 
 
Her quest will take her far from home – to a 17th Century Scotland where the demon she once fell in love with is still very much a man...

Dark Possession

Cora Carmack

Kelsey Summers is looking for love in all the wrong places… 
 
Spending a few months travelling around Europe – with no parents, no responsibilities and a no limit credit card – Kelsey’s having the time of her life. 
 
But when she completely embarrasses herself in front of the hottest guy she’s ever seen, she soon realises there’s more to life than the next party. 
 
What she doesn’t realise is that although she’s on a journey to find herself, she will end up finding The One...

Finding It

Sam North

Relive the magic of ITV’s best loved drama series starring Martin Clunes 
 
Doc Martin arrives in the picture postcard fishing village of Portwenn, Cornwall. Once a high-flying London surgeon, his suddenly developed blood phobia means he has to take a job in a local practice. 
 
But while the Doc’s medical skills are second to none, his bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired. He immediately starts infuriating the locals, none more so than school teacher Louisa Glasson...

Doc Martin: Practice Makes Perfect

Maggie Ford

Torn between love and duty... 
 
Letty Bancroft longs to be married but her father has other ideas – he wants his daughter to stay at home and help run his East End shop. 
 
Heartbroken, Letty must remain unwed while her sweetheart goes off to fight in France. But her love affair has had consequences that will see her more determined than ever to be a soldier’s bride...

The Soldier's Bride

Katia Lief

The rich play by their own rules… 
 
Former New York City homicide detective Karin Schaeffer should be enjoying a family holiday in Sardinia. But she and her husband, Mac, arrive on the island to find their children and nanny missing. 
 
Is the kidnapping connected to Mac’s last case: investigating the infidelities of billionaire Godfrey Millerhausen? And, if so, just how far will the he go to protect their secrets? 
 
A Karin Schaeffer Novel

Dead Rich

Every girl likes a bad boy... 
 
And Max’s current boyfriend is as bad as they come. She knows her family would freak if they saw his tattoos and piercings. 
 
So when her parents turn up unannounced Max grabs the most wholesome guy she can to play her boyfriend. 
 
But Cade Winston is so perfect that Max needs him to keep playing the part. And the more they have to fake their relationship, the harder it gets to just pretend…

Faking It

Stephen Gallagher

Sir Owain Lancaster is either a madman or a monster... 
 
And Sebastian Becker’s role in Bedlam as special investigator for the Master of Lunacy is to determine which is true. 
 
Sir Owain’s sanity has been in question ever since a disastrous Amazonian adventure killed his family and colleagues. However, when two local children are found brutally slain, Lancaster claims that the same dark forces that devastated his expedition have followed him home...

The Bedlam Detective

S. J. Rozan

Most people believe Jimmy Antonelli is bad to the bone… 
 
New York detective – and an old friend of the family – Bill Smith is one of the few people who has ever been willing to give Jimmy a second chance. Given his own brushes with the law, Bill has an unsurprising sympathy for the youngest Antonelli brother. 
 
But this time Jimmy has gone too far. There’s a corpse of a local gangster in the cellar of Antonelli’s bar and Jimmy has disappeared... 
 
But finding Jimmy is going to be a whole lot easier than proving his innocence... 
 
A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Crime Novel

Bad Blood

Danny Wallace

A heartwarming everyday tale of boy stalks girl... 
 
My name is Jason – and I have just met the most incredible woman, on Charlotte Street. Well, I say 'met'. I sort of held her bags for a second. But she smiled at me! And it was this amazing smile. 
 
Of course, I don't know her name, or anything about her at all. But I do happen to have something of hers. She left behind one of those old-school disposable cameras. I’ve got it. It’s here in front of me. 
 
So there are two things I could now do: I could develop the photos. See her again, see her life. Maybe work out a way of finding her. Find that smile. Or I could chuck it in a bin like a grown-up. 
 
I’m fairly sure one of those ideas is a good one. I’m fairly sure the other might be illegal. Look, if you were me… what would you do? 
 
A heartwarming, laugh out loud novel perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Nicky Hornby from the bestselling author of Yes Man 
 
***** 
Praise for Charlotte Street: 
 
'One of this year's coolest must-reads' Stylist 
 
'Fully of funny observations' Heat 
 
'A brilliantly funny boy meets girl story' Mail on Sunday 
 
'An unmissable read which will have you laughing out loud and melt your heart, all at once' Cosmopolitan

Charlotte Street

The laugh out loud romantic comedy with a twist for fans of Nick Hornby

Graham Brown

In a Paris slum, the body of a rogue geneticist is found tortured and defiled. 
 
Ex-CIA agent Hawker is determined to find the men responsible. However, the secrets his friend may have died to protect, lead to a fabled Sumerian tablet that contains ancient secrets powerful enough to transform the world for good or evil. 
 
From the back streets of Paris to an underground auction in the catacombs of Beirut to the merciless deserts of Iran, Hawker and his partner Danielle find themselves hunting a murderous cult leader whose scientific arsenal could lead humanity to a new Eden - or unleash hell on the Earth itself. 
 
Full of conspiracy, thrills and fast-paced action, The Eden Prophecy is perfect for fans of Dan Brown.

The Eden Prophecy

Lisa Scottoline

There’s no escape from your past… 
 
Jill had married William Skyler for all the right reasons: love and the hope that she was making a family for her daughter, as well as his two girls. But her husband's devastating betrayal ripped their marriage apart and she and Megan lost everything. 
 
Now, years later, her ex-stepdaughter Abby shows up on her doorstep drunk and distraught with the news of her father's death. 
 
But Abby is no longer the innocent girl Jill once knew...

Come Home

Love. Romance. Sex. There’s a first time for everything... 
 
As far as Bliss Edwards can tell, she’s the last virgin standing, certainly amongst her friends. And she’s determined to deal with the ‘problem’ as quickly and simply as possible. 
 
But her plan for a no-strings one night stand turns out to be anything but simple. Especially when she arrives for her first class and recognises her hot new British professor. 
 
She'd left him naked in her bed just 8 hours earlier...

Losing It

Julian Clary

Whoever said the afterlife would be easy...? 
 
The new inhabitants of an old house in deepest darkest Kent are about to discover the previous owner – a certain Mr Noël Coward – never quite left the building... 
 
A wickedly dark ghost story about love, scandals and things that go bump in the night.

Briefs Encountered

Ella March Chase

Tudor blood will see her crowned – and lead to her downfall... 
 
Lady Jane Grey is the eldest of the Grey sisters. Shy and scholarly she is happier in the company of her sisters, than with the intrigues of court. 
 
But as fourth in line to Henry’s throne, Jane is too valuable a pawn not to be played. When her parents’ scheme to wed her to Prince Edward fails, they plan a far more ambitious – and dangerous – move to make Jane Queen...

The Nine Day Queen

Tudor Historical Fiction

He’s watching her every move... 
 
Darcy was just trying to be friendly to the new boy in the office. But it’s gone horribly wrong. At first it was just unwanted invitations but now Joe is sending her abusive emails, calling her late at night, unwilling to take no for an answer. 
 
And every step Darcy takes to distance herself from him is just adding fuel to Joe’s obsession. And now he knows where she lives...

Watch You Die

Sharon Page

Lessons in seduction… 
 
Anne Beddington is in a desperate situation: she’s on the run for a crime she didn't commit. Penniless, alone, and in need of a powerful gentleman's protection, she has no choice but to become the mistress of the notorious Duke of March, Devon Audley. 
 
To survive, Anne must master the art of seduction and join the Duke in his wicked games. But is she risking more than her reputation? 
 
Rouge Romance - your first stop for romance books

Engaged in Sin: A Rouge Regency Romance

Nicole Jordan

The thrill of the chase… 
 
Free-spirited Lilian Loring doesn’t believe in love. For her, marriage is best avoided entirely, despite what her parents – and society – think. 
 
So when the charismatic Marquess of Claybourne – a notorious rake – begins to show interest, she goes into hiding in a scandalous boarding house. 
 
Never having had a woman discourage his advances before, Claybourne is set on winning Lilian’s hand – even if he must besmirch his reputation… 
 
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To Seduce a Bride: A Rouge Regency Romance

An arranged marriage… 
 
Shy Sabrina Duncan returns to the Highlands as an adult, only to discover that she’s the last descendent of her clan – and must wed the local laird in order to save it. 
 
Niall McLaren, the infamous rogue, both intrigues and scandalises her. All powerful, he has much to offer a wife – everything but faithfulness. 
 
And though convenience may rule their marriage, a binding love will seal their fate… 
 
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The Lover: A Rouge Historical Romance

Scarlett Bailey

A fun, festive romantic comedy to curl up with this winter. If you love Jenny Colgan’s An Island Christmas and Josie Silver’s One Day in December you'll love this heartwarming Christmas read. 
 
All she wants is a perfect Christmas Eve wedding... 
 
It’s been on Anna’s wish-list since she was a little girl, dreaming of a far happier family life than she’d ever experienced. 
 
But now – only two weeks before her big day – her perfect husband-to-be drops a bombshell... 
 
Only nothing’s going to stop Anna’s plans – not even the pesky inconvenience of discovering her groom already has a wife!

Married by Christmas

They call him the Ghost Hero. 
 
Chau Chun is a renowned artist and controversial painter. And rumours of new work by him has the media in a frenzy – and sees Lydia Chin and Bill Smith hired to follow the whispers to their source. 
 
They soon discover that Chau has been officially dead for over twenty years, killed in the Tianamen Square uprising. 
 
Are Lydia and Bill really chasing a ghost?

Ghost Hero

(Bill Smith/Lydia Chin)

Olivia Drake

An unexpected love... an undeniable passion 
 
The youngest of the Crompton sisters, Blythe feels the pressure to marry into the aristocracy. Her head tells her to accept the widowed Duke of Savoy but her heart yearns for James Ryding, the new footman. 
 
However, James is not all he seems and he has an ulterior motive for his place in the Crompton household. But fulfilling his quest will mean ruining the beautiful woman who has captured his heart… 
 
PART THREE OF OLIVIA DRAKE’S AN HEIRESS IN LONDON TRILOGY. OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES ARE SEDUCING THE HEIRESS AND NEVER TRUST A ROGUE. 
 
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Scandal of the Year: A Rouge Regency Romance

JK Beck

Sara Constantine is determined that justice is always served. But Sara is no ordinary lawyer – and the criminals she is prosecuting are vampires, werewolves and other creatures of the night. 
 
And her latest defendant is Lucius Dragos, the sexy stranger with whom she recently shared a night of ecstasy. Charged with murder, Lucius must convince Sara that he’s not a monster – and make the ultimate sacrifice... 
 
Book one of J. K. Beck’s The Shadow Keepers series. 
 
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When Blood Calls: A Rouge Paranormal Romance

Tracy Anne Warren

Vivacious Gabriella St. George is penniless yet proud. Thanks to the benevolence of a generous relative, she gets a chance for a new life in London, never dreaming that it will entangle her in a sensual battle of wills with an irresistible rogue who doesn't believe in love. With one scorching caress, Anthony Black invites Gabriella to share his bed. But she wants his heart and his name, so the determined beauty embarks on a daring game of seduction to win both. 
 
Part three of Tracy Anne Warren's Mistress trilogy. Other titles in this series are: My Fair Mistress and The Accidental Mistress. 
 
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His Favourite Mistress: A Rouge Regency Romance

A devil in disguise… 
 
When wealthy heiress Miss Lindsey Crompton sneaks into the house of the Earl of Mansfield – a known cad and wicked scoundrel – she simply wants to investigate his involvement in some recent murders. But when Thane catches her he blackmails her into a betrothal. 
 
Or the man of her dreams? 
 
However, underneath his wicked exterior, the Earl has a secret – he is tracking a killer who may be one of Miss Crompton’s suitors. 
 
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Never Trust a Rogue: A Rouge Regency Romance

“You have only to call my name to bring me back,” he whispered, his breath hot in my ear. “You have only to love me to make me human.” 
 
Seduced by a powerful incubus demon, Callie has succeeded in banishing him to the Borderlands but Liam still haunts her dreams, tempting her with the knowledge of how to bring him back. 
 
But loving an incubus usually ends in death for a human. For her own sake, Callie must learn to control her desires and ensure Liam remains trapped for all eternity in his watery prison. 
 
Only there is a more dangerous creature than Liam in the Borderlands. The Water Witch is looking for a way back…

Water Witch

Harry Dolan

Anthony Lark has a list of names: 
Terry Dawtrey 
Sutton Bell 
Henry Kormoran 
 
He is hunting them down, and he won’t stop until every one of them is dead. 
 
But this is a killer with a conscience and crime editor David Loogan is about to find out that his latest manuscript is no work of fiction but a serial killer’s confession of what he’s done – or is about to do – to some very bad men...

Very Bad Men

SHE VOWED TO RESIST HIM 
 
Her wealth and beauty have made Miss Portia Crompton the catch of the season. Secretly determined to wed the maharajah's son she left behind in India, Portia ignores the money-hungry bucks who ply her with bouquets and bonbons. But one suitor will not be deterred: Colin Byrd, Viscount Ratcliffe. He is persistent and presumptuous - and wickedly tempting. 
 
HE VOWED TO HAVE HER 
 
Colin has no delusions about romance. He's a rake, a womanizer, and a murderer, and seduction comes as easily to him as breathing. Portia's fortune is an irresistible lure until Colin's mercenary scheme hits a snag. Winning her dowry is no longer enough - he wants her heart and her passion. The more adamant she is in her refusal, the more determined he is to seduce her... 
 
 
PRAISE FOR SEDUCING THE HEIRESS: 
 
"This decadent Regency romance debut is carried along by a spunky heroine and sumptuous descriptions of upper-class life." Publishers Weekly 
 
"This book has it all: a fabulous hero, a wonderful heroine, and sizzling passion. Read it and watch the sparks fly!" Christina Dodd 
 
"Guaranteed to seduce readers everywhere. This book is something truly special, an unforgettable story filled with passion, intrigue, and sweep-you-away romance." Susan Wiggs 
 
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Seducing the Heiress: A Rouge Regency Romance

To escape an arranged marriage, spirited Lily Bainbridge has staged her own death and, disguised as a boy, fled to London and a life of freedom. 
 
Yet her plans to masquerade as an independent widow are thwarted by an encounter with Ethan Andarton, a powerful and dangerously attractive marquis who wants to make her his mistress. But Lily is afraid that if she gives the Marquis of Vessey her innocence, he'll steal her heart. 
 
Part two of Tracy Anne Warren's Mistress trilogy. Other titles in this series are: My Fair Mistress and His Favourite Mistress. 
 
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The Accidental Mistress: A Rouge Regency Romance

Karen Harper

London, 1501. Henry VII’s heir is dead... 
 
Elizabeth, his queen, fears foul play, but who can she trust with her suspicions that their son has been murdered? 
 
In her darkest hour she turns to Varina Wescott, a lowly candle maker and widow. Despite the difference in their stations they share a bond. Both women know the sorrow of losing a child. 
 
Varina is tasked with discovering all she can about the Prince’s death. Aided by the handsome and ambitious Nicholas Sutton, Varina’s mission will be a difficult one, as both Henry and Elizabeth have enemies determined to bring down the Tudor dynasty...

The Queen's Confidante

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Blacklist

Set inside Blandings Castle, this comedy series follows Lord Emsworth and his pig Empress as they meet with his dysfunctional family and friends, and the havoc that follows.

Blandings

Blandings Castle

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Bloodlines

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Blue Ant

Bluey

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Born Wicked

Boudica: the last defender of the Celtic culture; the only woman openly to have led her warriors into battle; the only British warrior to have stood against the might of Imperial Rome - and triumphed. 
 
This is her story.

Boudica

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Brain Chemicals

Brave Bunnies

Bridge

Bridget Jones's Diary

Brief Encounters

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Brotherband

Arthur Bryant and John May are Golden Age detectives living in the modern world. Together they head up the Peculiar Crimes Unit, ready to solve any of the weird and wonderful crimes that fall across their desks.

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