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Our Booksellers' Selection / Coups de Coeur des libraires
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Room on the Sea ; 'Master of the Modern Love Story.’ Sunday Times
André Aciman
Coup de coeur- Faber & Faber
- 10 Avril 2025
- 9780571385140
The brand new novel from the global bestselling author - a tender love story with resonant themes of regret and longing.
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Summer in the City ; The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and your newest enemies-to-lovers obsession!
Alex Aster
Coup de coeur- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- 25 Mars 2025
- 9781526686923
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark Saga, this is Alex Aster's debut romance novel.
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In The City and the World Gregor Hens threads memoir with travelogue, philosophy, photography and references from a wide variety of writers and thinkers to consider the phenomenon of the contemporary city and our place within it.
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Falling in lust with a gorgeous white model could be a great career move for a Korean American painter, unless it's the surest route to self-destruction. Your Love Is Not Good is a queer, dark-hearted satire of the glamour and ugliness of the art world—wrapped in a novel of uncommon punk elegance.
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Evenings and Weekends
Oisín McKenna
Coup de coeur- HarperCollins Publishers
- 24 Avril 2025
- 9780008604219
'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' SHON FAYE 'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' OWEN JONES 'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY' COCO MELLORS
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You Are Here ; The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the author of One Day
David Nicholls
Coup de coeur- Hodder & Stoughton
- 3 Juillet 2025
- 9781444715460
The new novel by beloved bestseller David Nicholls.
A story of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home. -
The Eastern Front ; A History of the First World War
Nick Lloyd
Coup de coeur- Penguin Books Ltd
- 13 Février 2025
- 9780241992098
'The First World War from a refreshingly unfamiliar angle . . . masterly' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
'Compelling . . . The Eastern Front is essential reading' Margaret Macmillan, Financial Times
‘A masterwork . . . This is the history of the Eastern Front I’ve waited all my life to read’ Simon Sebag Montefiore
The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military historian and author of Passchendaele and The Western Front
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In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick Lloyd tells the story for the first time of what Winston Churchill once called the 'unknown war': the vast conflict in Eastern Europe and the Balkans that brought about the collapse of three empires.
Much has been written about the fighting in France and Belgium, yet the Eastern Front was no less bloody. Between 1914 and 1917, huge numbers of people - perhaps as many as 16 million soldiers and two million civilians - were killed, wounded or maimed in enormous battles that sometimes ranged across a front of 100 km in length. Through intimate eyewitness reports, diary entries and memoirs - many of which have never been translated into English before - Lloyd reconstructs the full story of a war that began in the Balkans as a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and which sucked in Russia, Germany and Italy, right through to the final collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1918.
The Eastern Front paints a vivid and authoritative picture of a conflict that shook the world, and that remains central to understanding the tragic, blood-soaked trajectory of the twentieth century, and the current war in Ukraine. -
Lobster ; and other things I’m learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe
Hollie McNish
Coup de coeur- Little, Brown Book Group
- 13 Mars 2025
- 9780349726656
The new collection from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Slug and Nobody Told Me
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Portrays a love between two older women, a writer and artist, as they work side-by-side in their Helsinki studios, travel together and share summers on a remote island.
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With the stylistic mastery of Georges Perec and nihilism of Michel Houellebecq, Perfection, superbly translated by Sophie Hughes, is a brilliantly scathing sociological novel about the emptiness of contemporary existence, beautifully written, impossibly bleak.
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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘A richly imagined, intricate tale of magic and intrigue’ DEBORAH HARKNESS, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches
‘Riveting… Leigh Bardugo's characters are so three dimensional you want to reach through the page’ DIANA GABALDON, #1 bestselling author of Outlander
‘A wonderful, transporting ride through history… a deeply romantic novel’ KATHERINE ARDEN, bestselling author of The Bear and The Nightingale
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FATE CAN BE CHANGED.
CURSES CAN BE BROKEN.
In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court.
Determined to seize this chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility, desperate kings, holy men and seers, where the lines between magic, science and fraud blur. With the pyres of the Inquisition burning, she must use every bit of her wit and resilience to win fame and hide the truth of her ancestry – even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered immortal familiar, whose own secrets could cost her everything.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a bewitching novel, brimming with peril in a world where a woman’s ambition can prove deadly.
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PRAISE FOR LEIGH BARDUGO'S BOOKS
‘Reading Bardugo is an immersive, sensual experience... One can’t help sinking into Luzia and Santángel’s world and wishing never to leave’ THE NEW YORK TIMES
‘A compelling, well-researched and vividly written tale of magic and desire’ THE GUARDIAN
‘The Familiar feels distinct from similar tales ? including Bardugo’s own ? because it explores a brutal and shameful real-life history... Bardugo brilliantly explores the wavy line between the supernatural and the divine’ WASHINGTON POST
'A pacy read with electric prose' INDEPENDENT on Six of Crows
'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING, on Ninth House -
'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret Drabble
It is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright you have to squint, but she finds herself plummeting deeper into darkness; becoming unstable, untethered. As the months come and go, and the seasons turn, she must confront what she has lost and what she will become.
At once tender and lacerating, luminous and unsettling, Territory of Light is a novel of abandonment, desire and transformation. It was originally published in twelve parts in the Japanese literary monthly Gunzo, between 1978 and 1979, each chapter marking the months in real time.
'There is something deeply seductive about being drawn into the intimate thoughts of a woman who otherwise would tell them to no one. [ . . . ] This portrait of an imperfect mother who strives to provide a good life for her child feels painfully relevant.' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan -
Goodbye, Eri
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Coup de coeur- Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
- 3 Août 2023
- 9781974738939
An explosive story from the mad genius behind Chainsaw Man and Look Back!
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Alison ; a stunning and emotional graphic novel unlike any other
Lizzy Stewart
Coup de coeur- Profile Books Ltd
- 3 Août 2023
- 9781788169066
A visually stunning and beautifully written debut graphic novel of love, life and art
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Arrangements in Blue ; Notes on Love and Making a Life
Amy Key
Coup de coeur- Vintage Publishing
- 14 Mars 2024
- 9781529919967
'The book I've been waiting for my entire life' DOLLY ALDERTON
Is it possible that life without romantic love isn't so bad?
When poet Amy Key was growing up, she looked forward to a life shaped by romance, fuelled by desire, longing and the conventional markers of success that come when you share a life with another person. But that didn't happen for her. Now in her forties, she sets out to explore the realities of a life lived in the absence of romantic love.
Using Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue - which shaped Key's expectations of love - as an anchor, Arrangements in Blue elegantly honours a life lived completely by, and for, oneself.
Building a home, travelling alone, choosing whether to be a mother, recognising her own milestones, learning the limits of self-care and the expansive potential of self-friendship, Key uncovers the many forms of connection and care that often go unnoticed.
With profound candour and intimacy, Arrangements in Blue explores the painful feelings we are usually too ashamed to discuss: loneliness, envy, grief and failure.
The result is a book which inspires us to live and love more honestly.
**A SUNDAY TIMES AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***
‘Marks an important shift in ideas about intimacy' OBSERVER -
The Minds of Billy Milligan ; The book that inspired the hit series The Crowded Room starring Tom Holland
Daniel Keyes
Coup de coeur- Orion Publishing Co
- 12 Juillet 2018
- 9781409163909
From the author of million-copy bestseller Flowers for Algernon, the shocking true story of the first person in US history to be found not guilty due to multiple personality disorder
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The Wizard of the Kremlin
Giuliano da Empoli
Coup de coeur- Pushkin Press
- 2 Janvier 2025
- 9781805330110
THE TIMES BESTSELLER 'A riveting peek into how power actually works in Russia' David McCloskey, author of Moscow X 'A great novel, casting light on the creatures that crawl and slither behind the Kremlin's walls. Read it' John Sweeney, author of Killer in the Kremlin Soon to be a major motion picture They call him the Wizard of the Kremlin. Working at the heart of Russian power, spin doctor Vadim Baranov has used his background in reality TV to turn the entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Here truth and lies, news and propaganda have become indistinguishable. But Vadim is growing increasingly entangled in the dark secret workings of the regime he has helped build, and now he is desperate to get out... Sweeping from the fall of the Soviet Union to the invasion of Ukraine, this breathless story of politics and power has become an international sensation.
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Elements ; Chaos, order and the five elemental forces
Stephen Ellcock
Coup de coeur- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- 17 Octobre 2024
- 9780500027844
A remarkable compendium of diverse and evocative imagery exploring the wide-ranging and profound associations of the five natural elements, masterfully curated by image alchemist and cult social media figure Stephen Ellcock.
Elements is an eclectic, evocative and resoundingly beautiful treasury of imagery exploring depictions of the elemental forces that reveal their profound significance to ancient philosophers, alchemists and astrologers, and modern artists, photographers and scientists alike. Expertly curated, themed and paired by image alchemist Stephen Ellcock, modern and visionary images are juxtaposed with the ancient and arcane; the creative power of the elements is contrasted with the disastrous; and the connections of the elements with the seasons, the humours, the signs of the zodiac and parts of the body are revealed.
Following physician and occultist Robert Fludd’s (1574–1637) presentation of the order of the elements, Ellcock guides readers through a remarkable selection of images, ascending from earth, through water, air and fire before culminating in the most spiritual of the elements, celestial aether. He makes parallels with the five elements of eastern philosophies and their relationship to the chakras, acupuncture and Chinese astrology. Introductory text explores how the elements have defined the components of Earth and the heavens and their relationship to humanity since they were first proposed by the Persian prophet Zoroaster, more than 2,000 years ago. Insightful panel texts punctuate the pages, illuminating key concepts. Pertinent literary, philosophical and spiritual quotations intersperse the amazing images, presenting further commentary on the overarching themes.
At a time when humanity’s relationship with the Earth teeters on the edge of catastrophe, this compendium of images exploring the natural elements promises the possibility of earthly and spiritual harmony emerging from the chaos. -
To win the God of War’s favour was wise – to fall in love with him would ruin me
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‘This is the original game of thrones’ George R.R. Martin From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin’s epic work.
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'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story'
James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father and his experiences of Paris, they capture the complexity of black life at the dawn of the civil rights movement with effervescent wit and prophetic wisdom.
'A classic ... In a divided America, James Baldwin's fiery critiques reverberate anew' Washington Post
'Edgy and provocative, entertainingly satirical' Robert McCrum, Guardian
'Cemented his reputation as a cultural seer ... Notes of a Native Son endures as his defining work, and his greatest' Time -
The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous?
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When George Sand and Frédéric Chopin arrive at a monastery in Mallorca, the resident ghost, Blanca, falls head-over-heels in love with George – this striking woman in a man’s clothing. But the rest of the village is suspicious, and as winter sets in, their stay looks likely to end in disaster. For fans of How to Be Both by Ali Smith.
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***NEW NOVEL ATMOSPHERE COMING JUNE 2025 – PREORDER NOW***NOW A SMASH HIT AMAZON PRIME TV STARRING SAM CLAFLIN, RILEY KEOUGH AND CAMILA MORRONE
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and the bestselling MALIBU RISING
'I LOVE it . . . I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so fun' DOLLY ALDERTON
Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six.
Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They sold out arenas from coast to coast.
Then, on 12 July 1979, Daisy Jones walked barefoot onto the stage at Chicago Stadium. And it all came crashing down.
Everyone was there.
Everyone remembers it differently.
Nobody knew why they split. Until now . . .
'The verdict: Daisy Jones steals the limelight' STYLIST
'New obsession, incoming' TELEGRAPH
'I didn't want this book to end' FEARNE COTTON
'Utterly believable . . . fantastically enjoyable' THE TIMES
'Pitch perfect' SUNDAY TIMES
'Reads like an addictive Netflix documentary meets A Star Is Born - despite being utterly fictional. It's also a call-to-arms that when you find your niche, don't doubt, embrace it' EMERALD STREET
'Well observed, sensitively told . . . a great read' BBC
'A tremendously engaging, and completely believable tale of rock and roll excess... inventive, persuasive and completely satisfying' DYLAN JONES
'I spent a lost weekend in this book. Daisy Jones is an instant icon' ERIN KELLY
'DAISY JONES & THE SIX is a transporting novel - at once a love story, a glimpse into the combustible inner workings of a rock-and-roll band, and a pitch-perfect recreation of the music scene of the Fleetwood Mac era. You'll never want it to end' CECILIA AHERN
'Once in a blue moon you get to discover a book you end up pressing upon many other people to read. Taylor Jenkins Reid has got every nuance, every detail exact and right. I loved every word' PAUL REES
'So brilliantly written I thought all the characters were real . . . I couldn't put it down' EDITH BOWMAN
'Explosive . . . a gorgeous novel and a ravishing read' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'The characters leap off the page, seducing you with their dramas, and making you wish the band was real' HEAT
'The heady haze of the 70s music scene, and a perfectly flawed Daisy, combine to create a fresh, rock n roll read. I loved it' ALI LAND, author of Good Me Bad Me
Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, April 2023