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A book to look out for in 2022 for BBC, i-D MAGAZINE, and FOYLES ‘After a couple of weeks, I found myself standing outside the voids in the middle of the night listening for human activity, for any sign of life at all. Voids are flats that have been vacated, that will never be lived in again...

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2016 A comic masterpiece about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, from the author of Skippy Dies What links the Investment Bank of Torabundo, www.myhotswaitress.com (yes, hots with an s, don't ask), an art heist, a novel...

Brought to you by Penguin. A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant When thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at...

The places in this book are shunned, abandoned, and forgotten. They do not exist, and yet here you will find the stories of people who have gone and survived to tell their tales. These are the postcards from the void, frightful evidence of places that should not be, and yet exist in our nightmares. Should you dare to venture into these blighted places, remember: Don't talk to strangers, don't stray far from home, and never, ever go in alone.

There she stood. A goddess. I was in love with the marble goddess. When Rika Horauchi accepts an unusual new part-time job, she never expects to fall in love. Rika has been tasked with talking to Venus, to keep her company when the museum is closed on Mondays. As Venus comes to life in the quiet...

Echoes of the Void. In the year 2264, humanity has spread across the stars, but deep space remains an enigma. When Captain Orion Voss and his crew aboard the Starborn receive a distress signal from an uncharted region known as the Void Expanse, they embark on a rescue mission unlike any before...

Each year, Democryos sends his brightest student into the war-torn countryside to work magic. But when his wife leaves him for a mysterious stranger, he finds his own life ravaged. Forsaking the comfort of the citadel, he searches for her, traveling through the same forgotten lands where he sent his students. Along the way, he befriends an elusive member of the king’s harem, a holy man harboring guilt, and a maimed soldier.

Internet vlogger Jeffery Bailey attends the funeral of his dead best friend. While at the funeral, Jeffery is given a package from his friend's mother. After looking through the contents of the package, Jeffery learns that it was more than just a simple home invasion that took the life of his friend.

A Beautiful Void is an inspiring book of poems and short stories that came out of “nowhere” at a time of significant challenge around the world, during the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19. It is a book that Babeeta hopes will inspire the listener to pause and reflect on what is truly important in life. The subtle nuances of her poems and short stories that span France, Japan, and India are powerful metaphors for positive human values and sensibility toward our environment.