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1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a...

The fourth installment of the hilarious Ragley-on-the-Forest village school series

It's 1980: recession and unemployment have...

It's 1979: Dallas is enthralling the nation on TV, Mrs Thatcher has just become prime minister, Abba is top of the pops, and in...

It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There...

When a shameless rugby legend and a distinguished grey lady get together sparks are bound to fly.
And when that legend is South...

Birdy just got her dream job.
The problem is, it's not hers.

Have you ever imagined running away from your life?

Well...

Mary is a difficult grandmother for Durga to love. She is sharp-tongued and ferocious, with more demons than there are lines on...

1950s Tehran. In an alleyway an abandoned baby cries into the night, attracting the attention of the young man who will save her....

The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the...

Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage?

David thought so. But when his wife Mary Rose dies suddenly he has to think...

Jude is popular, beautiful, wealthier than most in Deep Valley. Cindy is Jude's neighbour - younger, poorer, a kid from the kind...

Poignant and beautifully sculpted, a novel about exile, identity and the many kinds of travellers moving through our modern world...

A compelling story of darkness and light, of traumatic loss and second chances, The Cleaner of Chartres tells of the mysterious...

A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, published as a Penguin Essential for the first...

From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a poignant novel about fathers, sons and the embers of the American dream

Charlie...

The Rain Before it Falls - Jonathan Coe's heartbreaking novel of family secrets

Deeply moving and compelling, The Rain Before...

"As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about...

'You know you're in trouble when you can't meet a woman's eye, particularly if the woman happens to be your best friend's...

From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Buddha in the Attic

Up above there are wildfires, smog alerts, epic...

Soldier. Farmer. Felon. Writer. Father. Lover.
One man, many lives.

Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross experiences myriad...

The unmissable new work from Ali Smith, following the dazzling Man Booker-shortlisted Seasonal quartet

'A story is never an...

On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William's experience of war will...

Eleanor Bennett won't let her own death get in the way of the truth. So when her estranged children - Byron and Benny - reunite...

Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of Guernsey, a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal has the power to ruin adult...

The story goes that, many years ago, the remote North Atlantic archipelago of St Hia was home to a monster.

Her name was...

The definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers, curated by Penelope Lively herself

Wry,...

Meet Ingrid. She works on a gargantuan luxury cruise liner, where she spends her days reorganizing the merchandise and waiting...

A gorgeously immersive, mesmerising and life-affirming literary debut - a love story and a ghost story set in modern day...

It is 1097 and a traveller arrives in the great, walled city of Antioch with a vision of a beautiful and mysterious geometric...