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  • Shadows of Doubt (Paperback) Shadows of Doubt (Paperback)
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    Shadows of Doubt (Paperback)

    Heather Farmer

    This is serious, evocative Australian literary fiction that isn't afraid to confront uncomfortable realities with beauty and truth. Perfect for fans of Charlotte Wood's exploration of desire and...
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  • Your Friend and Mine
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    Your Friend and Mine

    Jessica Dettmann

    'Dettmann at her hilarious and heartwarming best.' Tim MinchinWhen Margot receives an email from her best friend it comes as a shock ... seeing as Tess died twenty years ago.Margot is catapulted back...
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  • Rytual
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    Rytual

    Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

    I support women’s rights, but more importantly I support women’s wrongs. Marnie Sellick is adrift when she lands a job at the coveted, mysterious beauty brand rytuał cosmetica. The enigmatic founder...
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  • The Emperor of Gladness
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    The Emperor of Gladness

    Ocean Vuong

    A masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies- a second chanceTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEROcean Vuong returns with an...
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  • Irresistibly Yours Irresistibly Yours
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    Irresistibly Yours

    TBD

    Theo Thornbury may have bitten off more than he could chew when he agreed to become the CEO of a global tech company three months ago. Whilst things are thriving in the London office under his...
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  • Daytripper
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    Daytripper

    Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon

    The first volume of the highly praised comic series about the importance of living life to its fullest.The acclaimed Daytripper follows Bras de Olivias Dominguez during different periods in his life,...
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  • House Of Leaves
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    House Of Leaves

    The cult classic.Discover the nightmarish tale of a house that is bigger on the inside than the outside that still inspires devotion among an army of fans... Experimental in terms of design,...
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  • The Other Mothers
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    The Other Mothers

    Katherine Faulkner

    The outstanding new thriller from the author of international bestseller, Greenwich Park 'This is The Undoing meets Big Little Lies' Abigail Dean 'The elevated, devourable thriller you've been...
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  • By Any Other Name
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    By Any Other Name

    Jodi Picoult

    No.1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life the woman many believe was the real playwright behind the work of William Shakespeare alongside a contemporary story of a New York...
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  • West Wind
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    West Wind

    Alexandria Warwick

    From the author of The North Wind comes a dark and beguiling tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin. Brielle of Thornbrook has...
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  • West Wind Collector's Edition
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    West Wind Collector's Edition

    Alexandria Warwick

     A limited collector’s hardback edition of the international bestseller, featuring exclusive bonus content and a special illustrated cover. Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her life to the abbey...
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  • Heights
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    Heights

    Louise Candlish

    COMING SOON TO CHANNEL 5 as a six-part drama series starring Anna Friel! ‘I didn’t read The Heights, I inhaled it’ LISA JEWELL Devoted mum Ellen has always been protective of her golden boy, Lucas,...
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  • American Roommate Experiment
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    American Roommate Experiment

    Elena Armas

    'Elena Armas is the undisputed queen of slow burn, steam, deliciously swoony rom-coms.' Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis  From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner...
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  • Probably Nothing
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    Probably Nothing

    Lauren Bravo

    'Without doubt, a future classic' DAISY BUCHANAN  'Funny and charming' HOLLY GRAMAZIO  Bryony doesn't actually mind being single. So she doesn't understand why she keeps seeing (ok, sleeping with)...
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  • Happiest Ever After
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    Happiest Ever After

    Milly Johnson

    Life can be an adventure story, if you write it yourself! ‘Milly Johnson always delivers an absolutely cracking read’ Katie Fforde The new romantic, heartwarming, feelgood novel from the much-loved...
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  • Just a Taste
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    Just a Taste

    Anise Starre

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2026 ‘Fun, fresh and always sexy – Anise Starre knows romance’ HANNAH GRACE ‘This flirty, slow burn romance is filled with fabulous banter and...
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  • Favour
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    Favour

    Nicci French

    BRINGING DANGER CLOSE TO HOME . . . THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR NICCI FRENCH, shortlisted for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards for Best International Crime Fiction? and author of...
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  • Dangerous Kiss
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    Dangerous Kiss

    Jackie Collins

    Featuring a brand new introduction from bestselling author, Carmel Harrington, talking about what Jackie and her books mean to her!  ‘Lessons galore on every page… about feminism, equality,...
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  • My Friends
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    My Friends

    Fredrik Backman

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete...
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  • Bridget Jones's Baby
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    Bridget Jones's Baby

    Fielding, Helen

    Bridget Jones, the world's favourite singleton, is back with a bump in the irresistible Sunday Times bestseller. 'Bridget is a creation of comic genius' NICK HORNBY 8.45 P.M. Realise there have...
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  • Complete Novels of Jane Austen
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    Complete Novels of Jane Austen

    Austen, Jane

    Jane Austen's masterworks in a single beautiful Penguin English Library volume Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane...
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  • South Wind
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    South Wind

    Alexandria Warwick

    From the bestselling author of The North Wind and The West Wind comes a sizzling fantasy romance novel featuring a fake engagement and second chance romance, inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek...
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  • Holiday Escape
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    Holiday Escape

    Heidi Swain

    Her dream holiday is his everyday life. His dream holiday is her normal life. What happens when they collide?   Ally and her dad, Geoff, run the family business, a creative retreat, from their home...
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  • Date with Destiny
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    Date with Destiny

    Lucy Vine

    Ginny is about to turn 32. It’s a year she’s been thinking about for a long time because sixteen years ago she crossed paths with a psychic who made some key predictions about her thirty-second year ...
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  • Pineapple Street
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    Pineapple Street

    Jackson, Jenny

    'The novel Jane Austen would have written if Jane Austen lived in Brooklyn Heights' NEW YORK TIMES THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Searing, hilarious and poignant' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER...
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  • Potiki
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    Potiki

    Grace, Patricia

    Patricia Grace's timeless novel bound in a beautifully crafted, clothbound hardback edition for the Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics series "...a book that has a simplicity that can break your heart...
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  • Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
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    Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

    Bank, Melissa

    25th anniversary edition of the warm, insightful and hilarious New York Times bestselling novel following Jane Rosenal over decades as she finds herself and searches for true love. Generous-hearted...
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  • Crown of Olympus
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    Crown of Olympus

    Asher, Kate

    The first in an epic Greek mythology romantasy series for fans of The Games Gods Play and Blood of Hercules. Thirteen powerful champions. Twelve deadly trials. One golden crown. And a prophecy that...
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  • Bodyguard Affair
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    Bodyguard Affair

    Lea, Amy

    A secret romance writer discovers that the hottest story of summer might just be the one happening between her and the Prime Minister's bodyguard, from the international bestselling author of Set On...
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  • Njal's Saga
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    Njal's Saga

    Eiricksson, Leifur

    New edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided...
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  • Only Suspect
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    Only Suspect

    Louise Candlish

    COMING SOON TO ITV! WINNER OF THE FINGERPRINT AWARD FOR THRILLER OF THE YEAR!  WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION! THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE,...
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  • North Wind
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    North Wind

    Alexandria Warwick

    A lush and enchanting fantasy romance, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone. Beloved by readers on TikTok.   Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her...
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  • Trial
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    Trial

    Kafka, Franz

    The Trial by Franz Kafka is a haunting exploration of bureaucracy, isolation, and the absurdity of modern life. This iconic novel follows Josef K., an ordinary man who is suddenly arrested and thrust...
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  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
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    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    Fielding, Helen

    Bridget Jones is mad about the boy - the laugh-out-loud No.1 bestseller behind the hit new film starring Renee Zellweger and Leo Woodall. 'In an emergency, I turn to Bridget Jones' DOLLY...
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  • Shame
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    Shame

    Rushdie, Salman

    Salman Rushdie's phantasmagoric epic - his second novel - published in Vintage Classics as part of a major retrospective on the Early Novels of Salman Rushdie The novel that set the stage for his...
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  • I Cheerfully Refuse
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    I Cheerfully Refuse

    Enger, Leif

    Barnes & Noble's April Book Club Pick An Amazon Top 10 Editors' Pick A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 from Literary Hub Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved...
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  • Opal Miner's Daughter
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    Opal Miner's Daughter

    McArthur, Fiona

    CITY TO OUTBACK Obstetrician Riley Brand leaves the city behind to go in search of her mother, who's taken leave from her marriage to pursue a passion for opal mining in the dry back blocks of an...
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  • Man and His Cat 02
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    Man and His Cat 02

    Sakurai, Umi

    The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped...
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  • Finding Joy in Oyster Bay
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    Finding Joy in Oyster Bay

    Duncan, Susan

    When former journalist-turned-café-owner Kate Jackson abandons her six-month-old baby and disappears without a word, the quirky boat-access community of Cook's Basin quickly steps in to salvage a...
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  • Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)
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    Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)

    Corr, Katharine & Elizabeth

    THE SECOND INSTALLMENT IN THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS DUOLOGY, A GRIPPING FANTASY INSPIRED BY GREEK MYTH. Return to the Underworld... Deina has finally found what matters most to her in all the world. And...
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  • Mother of All Calamities
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    Mother of All Calamities

    Moule, Lisa

    In Greengully, the perfect suburb with perfect parents, nothing is quite as it seems. Chrissy, the teacher who always has the answers, can't understand why her clueless male colleague just scored the...
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  • Wreck
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    Wreck

    Newman, Catherine

    From the NYT bestselling author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS and SANDWICH. One family, one year and a novel that reminds us what it means to be beautifully, messily human. The NEW YORK TIMES...
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  • Man and His Cat 03
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    Man and His Cat 03

    Sakurai, Umi

    The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped...
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  • Mummy Bloggers
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    Mummy Bloggers

    Wainwright, Holly

    'The freshest, funniest new voice in fiction since Liane Moriarty.' Mia Freedman Meet three Mummy Bloggers - each of them followed, idolised, imitated, taunted and trolled online. Elle Campbell is...
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  • Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains
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    Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains

    Clutton, Sarah

    'A warm-hearted and perceptive story that explores the meaning of family and the ties that bind us. I adored the vivid characters in this stand-out novel - young Alfie Bains leapt off the page and...
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  • This Time Tomorrow
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    This Time Tomorrow

    Straub, Emma

    The instant New York Times bestseller - a fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about cherishing what we have while there is still time By her fortieth birthday, Alice Stern thought she's...
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  • Arcadian Days
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    Arcadian Days

    Spurling, John

    The Greek myths, refined by the great poets and playwrights of Ancient Greece, distil the essence of human life: its brief span, its pride, courage and insecurity, its anxious relationship with the...
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Contemporary Fiction Books - Modern Bestsellers & Award-Winning Authors

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This category also features some of the most popular book club picks, Goodreads favourites, and modern literary masterpieces of the last decade. Stay current with trending contemporary books, explore the nuanced works of female authors in fiction, or discover books tackling themes of identity, love, grief, and personal transformation.

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