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A Novel
by Ian McEwan
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Published Feb 2016
Read ReviewsInsightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.
by Kate Atkinson
Published Jan 2016
Read ReviewsThe stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn).
by Denis Johnson
Published Oct 2015
Read ReviewsDenis Johnson's The Laughing Monsters is a high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world that shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game.
by Ha Jin
Published Jul 2015
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by Ben Macintyre
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsMaster storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.
by Clare Mulley
Published May 2014
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by Suzanne Rindell
Published Apr 2014
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by Kristopher Jansma
Published Feb 2014
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by Mal Peet
Published Feb 2013
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by Charles Cumming
Published Mar 2012
Read ReviewsThe most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed the identity of a SIXTH member of the infamous Cambridge spy ring. And people are killing for it
by Paul Auster
Published Jun 2010
Read ReviewsOne of Americas greatest novelists dazzlingly reinvents the coming-of-age story in his most passionate and surprising book to date.
by Stella Rimington
Published May 2006
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