Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional books set mainly in the British Isles (including England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland).
UK (Britain) & Ireland
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My Friends: A Novel
by Hisham Matar
Hardcover: Jan 2024
Paperback: Jan 2025
A luminous novel of friendship, family, and the unthinkable realities of exile, from the Booker Prize–nominated and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return
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The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories
by Louise Kennedy
Hardcover: Dec 2023
Paperback: Dec 2024
Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times)
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Prophet Song
by Paul Lynch
Hardcover: Dec 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
Exhilarating, terrifying and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.
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My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir
by Sarah Moss
Hardcover: Oct 2024
An unflinching memoir about childhood, food, books, and our ability to see, become, and protect ourselves.
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Our Evenings: A Novel
by Alan Hollinghurst
Hardcover: Oct 2024
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel of modern England through the lens of one man's acutely observed experiences.
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The Rest of You
by Maame Blue
Paperback: Oct 2024
An internationally award-winning writer makes her triumphant American debut in this emotionally powerful story—a potent blend of Queenie and The Vanishing Half—about a woman's journey to uncover a foundational family secret from the ...
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Intermezzo: A Novel
by Sally Rooney
Hardcover: Sep 2024
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family―but especially love―from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
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The Dance of the Dolls
by Lucy Ashe
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
A novel about obsessive love featuring two ballet dancers—identical twin sisters Olivia and Clara Marionetta—with a terrifying climax set in the world of ballet in pre-war London.
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There Are Rivers in the Sky: A Novel
by Elif Shafak
Hardcover: Aug 2024
In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign.
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The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
by Lev Grossman
Hardcover: Jul 2024
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium.
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After the Funeral and Other Stories
by Tessa Hadley
Hardcover: Jul 2023
Paperback: Jul 2024
A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships.
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The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
by Olivia Laing
Hardcover: Jun 2024
Inspired by the restoration of her own garden, "imaginative and empathetic critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing embarks on an exhilarating investigation of paradise.
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