Dave Eggers   A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who,...

Julian BarnesBeginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters presents a surprising, subversive, fictional history of earth told...

VS Naipaul Naipaul’s breakthrough novel is a marvellous comic tale of a Trinidadian of Indian descent striving to improve his lot. Continually making big plans for himself he constantly finds...

Nick HornbyNew York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. A Long Way...

Author: Fredrik Backman At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer...

Lucy Holliday Actress Libby Lomax has retreated into the world of classic movies, where the immortal lives of her favourite screen goddesses seem to offer so much more in the...

Lucy Holliday ‘I laughed my slippers off!’ Alexandra BrownFate has got it in for Libby Lomax. She realised, far too late, that her best friend Olly, is the actual Love...

Lucy Holliday The hilarious follow-up to A night in with Audrey Hepburn from your favourite new author. Perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond and Sophie Kinsella.The last few months have been a...

Mark Haddon   A painful funny humane novel: beautifully written, addictively readable and so confident' The Times Discover this brilliantly comic and moving bestselling novel by the award-winning author of...

Bill BrysonA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail(Bryson and Katz #2)Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his...

Nick Hornby'How cool was Will Freeman?'Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's...

John ColapintoJust how did Cal Cunningham—a twenty-five-year-old bookstore stockboy who is new to Manhattan and who has never written anything—publish a bestselling novel that sells to the movies for a...