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'An absolute hoot' MILLY JOHNSON 'Riotously funny, gripping and twisty' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN 'Fun, fabulous and a force to be reckoned with' LUCY DIAMOND 'If you binged Bad Sisters, you'll adore this' KATE RIORDAN Meet The Lottery Winner Widows Club - a fabulous, filthy-rich sisterhood whose...

A charming new LGBTQIA+ romcom from the bestselling author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL. Audrey Lane is perfectly fine. Really. So what if she left her high-powered job as a Very Important Journalist—and her even higher-powered long-term girlfriend—to live a quiet life as a reporter for the...

⭐ SHORTLISTED FOR THE RNA DEBUT ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD 2025 ⭐ 'Funny, surprising and as fresh as a glass of lemonade on a hot day' Jenny Colgan 'A heart-warming bookish romcom . . . perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Catherine Walsh' Sunday Mail What's a love story without a good plot twist...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ONE...

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

Max is determined to change his life around from loser to winner. Fat-boy Max has never been out of Australia. In fact, in his 20-something years, Max has never even been out of his home state, but he is determined to change this. He wants to be visible, not just an invisible “fat guy”, and he has found the perfect way to achieve his goals: lose weight and get that trip overseas that he can’t quite afford.

Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Award in 2025 'Cosy, fun and delicious – a book to devour in one sitting' Emily Stone, author of Always, In December 'A base of rivals to lovers, gooey baking-related centre, topped off with a cinnamon roll hero and a sprinkle of grumpy x sunshine!...

More than just a 724 point list, this book is part philosophy, part poetry and part standup comedy routine. It will change the way you write, change the way you think, and ultimately change the way you live. Winners and Losers is a thought provoking and sometimes controversial examination of the human character. Every page is guaranteed to provoke discussion, dissonance and laughter.

In the land of Daoistan, freedom has arrived at last. The revolution liberated all, then enslaved everyone, and now it was liberating them again by allowing people to own credit cards. And a man with credit is a man who has the world at his fingertips, or at least a trip into town where the temptations are pretty much as they have always been, only more people can afford them.

In which our intrepid correspondent wanders into the heart of the Midwest and gets confused by all the people huddling in the corners.