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Tana French
A stunningly accomplished psychological mystery which will take you on a thrilling journey through a tangled web of evil and beyond - to the inexplicable.
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Ursula Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
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Terry Pratchett
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist…
Ben Aaronovitch
The first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant series
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N. K. Jemisin
This is the stunning first instalment in a fantasy trilogy set in a world of volcanoes and earthquakes, where the power to control the earth is the most dangerous of…
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Libba Bray
Cassandra Clare meets Kerry Greenwood meets Patricia Cornwell in this first book in a blockbuster series set in 1920s New York about a teen psychic and her similarly gifted friends…
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Jeff VanderMeer
The first volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy.
John Marsden
Somewhere out there Ellie and her friends are hiding. The first book in the bestselling the Tomorrow series.
Tomi Adeyemi
Magic can burn, turn tides, light the darkness and bring back the dead. But magic is gone. And only one girl can bring it back.
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Robin Stevens
When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless…
Scarlett Thomas
The first in the thrilling and magical Worldquake Sequence from Scarlett Thomas, author of the bestselling adult novel The End of Mr Y
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Soman Chainani
A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist.
Eoin Colfer
Rumour has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. Just twelve years old and already he’s a criminal genius, plotting to restore his family’s…
Amie Kaufman,Jay Kristoff
From the internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic …
Jessica Townsend
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested…
Jane Harper
The Dry is the highest selling Australian debut in 2016.
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Ann Leckie
The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014, Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for…
Philip Pullman
This is the first book in the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials, from Philip Pullman.
Hilary Mantel
The first book in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, with a new cover design to celebrate the publication of the much anticipated The Mirror and the Light.
Margaret Atwood
The outrageous imagination of Margaret Atwood has never been better. Dark, witty, scary and very credible, this is a mystery, an adventure story, a page-turner and a brilliant novel. Shortlisted…
Kate Atkinson
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an…
Tove Jansson
A comet is speeding towards Earth and nobody knows what to do! Will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out. So, with Sniff, he sets out on…
Karl Ove Knausgaard
When the author becomes a father himself, he must balance the demands of caring for a young family with his determination to write great literature. This title tells his story.
James S. A. Corey
The first book of the Expanse series - a fast-paced and thoroughly gripping space adventure.
Sulari Gentill
Rowland Sinclair is indifferent to politics… until a brutal murder exposes an extraordinary and treasonous conspiracy.
C.S. Pacat
From global phenomenon C.S. Pacat comes the compelling first adventure in her critically acclaimed trilogy.
Dervla McTiernan
The Ruin is the first in an exciting new crime series featuring DI Cormac Reilly.
Rachel Cusk
Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2015, this book is all about writing and talking, about self-effacement and self-expression, about the desire to create and the human art of self-portraiture in…
Patrick Ness
A new edition of the award-winning first novel in the Chaos Walking trilogy, with a bonus short story, The New World.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s…