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.

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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. 
 
 
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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.

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Adam Weymouth's work has been published widely, including in Granta, The Atlantic, The Observer and the BBC. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. He has been named by the National Writing Centre as one of ten writers shaping the UK's future.

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Adam Wisniewski-Snerg (1937-95) was born on the outskirts of Warsaw. His science fiction writing is largely focused around the consequences of totalitarianism. Although largely unread during his lifetime, after his suicide in 1995 his work began to receive major critical attention. He is now considered to be, along with Stanislaw Lem, one of Poland's greatest science fiction writers.

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Adele Lang

Adele Nozedar is an author and photographer. Previously, she was in a cult indie band, then ran her own indie record label and became A&amp;R Director/General Manager of a major record company. 
 
Her wide-ranging passions are reflected in her books, which include The Hedgerow Handbook (2012), The Signs and Symbols Sourcebook (2011), The Secret Language of Birds (2006), and The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans (2013).

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Adelle Waldman is a freelance writer and book critic. She worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal's website. Her articles also have appeared in The New York Times Book Review,The New Republic,Slate,The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Adelle Waldman

Aditi Kakade Beaufrand is an Indian illustrator based in France. She likes experimenting with bright, happy colours. She grew up reading fairytales, watching animated films and imagining adventure stories, and her style is an embodiment of her Indian heritage and western culture. She loves animals and taking long walks on the beach, but she is never too far away from a pencil and a paper to draw her perception of the world.

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Adiva Geffen is a bestselling writer and playwright. Her plays have appeared on major stages in Israel, she lectures and leads numerous writing workshops and she is a board member of the Israeli Writers’ Association. 
 
 Geffen started out as a special-education teacher, before serving as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theatre for more than a decade. She founded and subsequently led the Israeli Theatre Award for ten years, and now serves as head of The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association, the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. 
 
 Born in Haifa, Israel and the mother of three sons, Geffen now lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan.

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Adnan Sarwar, 35, is a former British soldier who served in the Iraq War.  He has since worked as a military consultant to film and is a writer based in London.  Read more at www.adnansarwar.com / @adnansarwar

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

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Adrian Bean

Adrian Bliss is a creator, writer and performer from London, best known for his comedy sketches which, explore everything from history to natural science to religion. Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play Inside Everyone sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.

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Wickedly Yours

K.M. Moronova

Once Written in Gilded Blood

Jamie Pacton

Rebecca Podos

From the authors of Homegrown Magic comes another cozy, queer, and spicy romantic fantasy, full of lust at first sight, found family, and winter camping - perfect for fans of Legends and Lattes and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries 
 
Sage Wilderstone has made her living as a member of various adventuring parties, but has 
never had a chance to lead one—until now. So when she is offered the chance to hire her 
own crew for an expedition, it seems a dream come true—until she realizes that it is a winter 
adventure into the most inhospitable area of the kingdom. But then, it could finally put her 
name on the adventuring map, and how bad could it really be? 
 
Araphi Clauneck—whose secret passion is music—is looking for one last chance to perform 
before she is married to a man she does not love for the good of the greater Clauneck 
family. So when she sees a poster seeking a bard for a party, she heads eagerly for the 
audition. Only to find that the party in question is an adventuring party, led by a woman she 
has been fascinated with since she first laid eyes on her. If she takes the job, she'll still be 
back in time for the wedding...and how bad could it really be? 
 
What follows is basically the worst winter camping trip ever, filled with danger and 
misadventures as a ragtag band of adventurers—most of whom have only just met—must 
learn to work together to overcome the many obstacles thrown against them. Not the least 
of which is the insane chemistry between their tough party leader and the pampered 
city-girl bard she has somehow decided to bring along.

Homeward for a Spell

Samantha Sotto Yambao

The door never changes, but the rooms behind it do. 
 Bonsai artist Shiori Ametsuchi never knows where the door will lead her next. All she is sure of is that whoever she finds in these rooms will be dead before she leaves. Since she woke up without any memory of her past, Shiori has been thrust into a life of walking through a mysterious door and visiting people in their last moments. The door takes Shiori and the souls to rooms containing the present, past, and possibility, experiences the souls need to finally move on.Shiori is resigned to a life without a past, until she learns that like the people she visits, she is dying too. And Shiori knows too well what happens to people who die without knowing who they are. They get lost. 
 
Shiori races to discover her past, accompanied by Aiden, a man who will be dead by morning. While Shiori remembers nothing, Aiden cannot forget a single moment of his life, no matter how hard he tries. 
 
Together, they journey through burning rooms, dark rooms, rooms with monsters and angels, and rooms that aren’t rooms at all. As they piece together Shiori’s past, they learn the truth that lives between the border of loneliness and living, forgiveness and freedom, and death and dreams.

A Dream of Trees

Elise Grier found everything she was looking for when she moved to Paris. But after she nearly drowns in the Seine on New Year’s Eve, she finds herself wading through the memories of a 19th century woman who shares her face.As Elise traces the threads that bind her to the past, she discovers that an old choice between life and love must be made again. Her second chance at life comes at a cruel cost, a price that someone else must pay.

The Beginning of Always

Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensations Assistant to the Villain, Apprentice to Villain, and Accomplice to the Villain by laugh-out-loud TikTok darling Hannah Nicole Maehrer.

Adversary to the Villain

Meg Smitherman

Midonia, a freelance interplanetary transporter, is on thin ice after a fatal accident on the job. 
So she doesn’t argue when she’s given the less than luxurious job of flying devout Sister Irena to the remote fringe planet she calls home, a religious colony that worships a strange deity they call Anguish. 
When a solar flare grounds her ship, Midonia finds herself stuck in their castle ruins on the planet. 
In the ruin, she meets a shadow, a horror, a dark shape that consumes her body and soul — the god they call Anguish. 
He speaks to Midonia as if he knows her, has been waiting for her. He invades her mind with his want, sparking an obsession that will be near-impossible to escape. . .

Fervor

Leslie René

Incantations professor Maggie has plenty on her plate, between the magical academy slashing her syllabus, and the mysterious stranger she kissed at the Beltane masquerade ball. She REALLY could do without sharing her office with the famous (and famously broody) alchemist Arthur Taliesin, when his spell gone wrong leaves much of their college uninhabitable. Arthur's insufferable attitude and unfortunate good looks make it impossible for Maggie to concentrate. She’ll do anything to get him out of her office. Including helping him reverse the magic that threatens the school. But Maggie is starting to realize that much of what she believes about Arthur is merely a mask…

Maggie and Arthur's Magic Moment

Bree Grenwich

Parker Lennox

This epic sequel to Riftborne, with its enemies-to-lovers romance and unexpected twists and turns, is perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses. 
 
A FATED LOVE. A COSTLY BETRAYAL. 
 
Fia Riftborne thought joining the Sídhe Guard was the hardest choice she'd ever make. 
 
She was wrong. 
 
Taken prisoner by those she swore to fight, Fia uncovers a devastating truth that upends everything she ever knew…about the Aossi…about Sídhe …about herself. 
 
The only thing that is certain, is that Fia's growing powers are tied to the Isle’s survival. 
 
As war looms on two fronts, Fia must navigate a world of shadow magic and political upheaval. And, while tensions in Sídhe reach a breaking point, the Void that gave Fia her power is calling—but answering it means betraying everyone she left behind. 
 
The Guard. Her friends. Laryk. 
 
In a war where nothing is as it seems, choosing the wrong side could cost her everything, including the brooding commander whose darkness seems to call to her own. 
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Reader’s reviews: 
‘This book revitalized me. It gave me new life. I am not the same woman I was when I started this masterpiece of a book.’ 
 
‘The characters give you such an ACOTAR, TOG, and Fourth Wing vibe all wrapped in one!’ 
 
‘This book has changed me…’ 
 
‘This slow burn was amazing!! The world?? Obsessed with. The characters? Absolutely loveee.’ 
 
‘Idk how I’m going to cope with that plot twist of an ending and not having book three… going to go stare at a wall now.’ 
 
‘This is how you build a world…It’s captivating, twisty, and beautifully written without ever feeling confusing.’ 
 
‘6 stars. Are you kidding me? This book had one of the best plots. Hidden worlds, political intrigue, betrayal and unique powers. YOU NAME IT. I now have a new favourite found family.’

Duskbound

From New York Times bestselling author K.M. Moronova comes a delicious arranged-marriage romantasy.In a world ravaged by war and ruled by vengeful gods, love is both a weapon and a curse…Haunted by her role in a massacre that reignited an ancient war, demigod knight Alira is cursed to relive her kingdom's destruction - dying again and again at the hands of the Blood Knight, a ruthless demon commander. But when the demons propose a peace marriage to end the bloodshed, Alira volunteers herself, desperate to break the cycle and save her people.Betrothed to her enemy - who is also the lost demon boy she once tried to save - Alira must navigate a dangerous path between vengeance and forgiveness. Kalel Lornhelm, haunted by his own dark past and the monstrous hunger within him, is torn between hatred and a growing, forbidden attraction.As assassins close in, gods interfere, and the threat of betrayal hangs over their union, Alira and Kalel are forced to confront their intertwined destinies and the curse that binds them. Can their love bring peace to Faultore, or will it doom them all?

Once Upon A Demon's Heart

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Byrne & Balzano

Described by his creator as 'short, fat and primitive', Evert Bäckström is a rather unique homicide detective but he is undeniably the real deal with it comes to modern policing. 
 
This series is blackly comic, thrillingly compelling and utterly real.

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Caedmon Aisquith

Cairo Trilogy

Can You Solve the Murder?

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Cath Kidston

A crime-fiction series with a twist - private investigator Catherine Berlin, is a damaged soul struggling with a heroin addiction, but she still manages to do her best, even when her own neck is on the chopping block.

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Celeste Express

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Chaos and Flame

Charles Hayden

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Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

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Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Chevalier

Chinese Cinderella

Life at Tanglewood isn't all sleepovers, picnics and beach parties. Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey all face some tough life challenges in this delicious series from bestselling girls' favourite Cathy Cassidy. Every sister has a secret to share. Which one will be your favourite?

Chocolate Box Girls

Christmas

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

Churchminister

Welcome inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and learn how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.

Cicero Trilogy

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