By Any Other Name Jodi Picoult Over the course of nearly 30 novels, Jodi Picoult has crafted a host of memorable dilemmas and explored a great many themes. But there are two that she returns to… because they will never stop being both significant and emotive: who gets to tell a story? and what must women do to be truly seen? It’s these two themes that take centre stage in By Any Other Name, and they do so by spanning four hundred years and digging into what might continue to be the most intriguing question of authorship in the Anglophone world. In Elizabethan England, at the end of the 16th c ..read more

The Silence in Between By Josie Ferguson It’s time for another Debut of the Month! And this time, with their now well-established zeal for uncovering new voices, our debut pickers bring you The Silence in Between – a powerful, enthralling and beautiful tale of family, travesty and separation set against the terrors of the Berlin Wall. Where debut novels are concerned, historical fiction might be the toughest place to start. You have to establish a distinctive voice while making sure that you know your area inside out, that your research is meticulous, and that you’re not retreading overly fami ..read more

The Protector by Tony Park One author, perhaps more than any other, is synonymous with adventure. And that author is, of course, Tony Park. But adventure is not all that Park’s about: each of his new thrillers can be depended on to masterfully explore the natural world of Southern Africa, and to centre on the conservation issues that most resonate with South Africans, and with lovers of nature everywhere… while delivering the thrills in absolute spades. And that’s exactly why we have chosen his newest release, The Protector, to be our book of the month. And this one has pangolins and poachers ..read more

Introducing Katie Kirby! …and the Embarrassing, Catastrophic, Mega-Complicated and Sometimes Disastrous World of Lottie Brooks! About Lottie When we meet Lottie, in The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks, she’s almost twelve and she’s about to start high school. And she just knows it’s going to be a disaster… because of her hair, because of her wardrobe, because of all of it really. She wishes she could just stay with her two hamsters. But she strides, or rather trips, bravely into this new teen world ready, or rather not at all ready, to tackle the impossible demands of new friend ..read more

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Our carefully handpicked featured debut this month concerns work: its relentless irritations, its unexpected joys and the many little frustrations and tiny triumphs that fall between. If you’ve ever worked an office job, in fact, if you’ve ever worked a job that has involved colleagues – and that’s really an awful lot of them – if you’ve ever just wanted to get on with your job without having to involve yourself in the countless lives surrounding you, you’ll be delighted by Natalie Sue’s canny observations, and the humour and humanity of the work-cultu ..read more

Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson Our newest Book of the Month answers one doozy of a question: what would happen if you combined one of the smartest suspense writers ever to have written with one of the paciest? Well, you’d get a true blockbuster: an enormously entertaining, scientifically intriguing, relentlessly riveting thriller… you’d get Eruption! Michael Crichton, best remembered as the author behind Jurassic Park and Westworld – properties that continue to generate interest and inspire awe – died in 2008. But not before developing a profound interest in volcanoes and a ..read more

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland A new month, a brand new exciting voice in fiction! Our most dedicated booksellers have once again surveyed the new-release landscape and have picked a standout new author to share with you all. The debut we’ve chosen for you this month is a deception-drenched blend of fantasy and romance that combines all the best elements of a heist story with Korean myth and legend. Soaring through a heightened folkloric world, Five Broken Blades introduces us to an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and assassins who are summoned together to amalgamate their treacherous ..read more

My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes This is the superstar’s sixteenth novel. Marian Keyes has made her career crafting sociable, witty and sometimes gritty novels about women: the desires of women, the hearts… the hilarious blunders. Her novels offer us all a big warm hug whenever we want one. But they also charmingly remind us that going after what we want, navigating families and correcting mistakes are never straightforward endeavours. With My Favourite Mistake Keyes brings us another chapter in the lives of the Walsh family, the “big, noisy family full of big personalities” that she first ..read more

The Wealth Money Can’t Buy By Robin Sharma Through one of the most celebrated careers in inspirational writing, Robin Sharma has consistently helped us to unlock our innate gifts, to pursue our true callings, to get all we can out of the days we’re given, and to achieve as much greatness as is available to us – to make the very most of our lives. Sharma is one of the world’s top leadership and personal mastery experts and, whether his lessons are illustrating the benefits of an early morning or showing the limits of a mind consumed only by wealth, his books are consistently engaging, reliab ..read more

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown How many new authors have you tried so far this year? Every month, through our Debut of the Month promotion, we get the chance to introduce you to one we feel sure you’ll be glad you met. Looking out for and choosing these debuts really keeps our booksellers alive to the magic of reading – and we hope it does that for you too. That’s what debuts are for. Each time you call into our stores for a new book, you get the chance to enter a fresh new world, and to support an emerging artist. Do continue to be on the lookout for our featured debuts. Maybe the one you ..read more