A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour. WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2010 THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR ''It''s EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving, wholly immersive, totally convincing and exquisitely written.'' MARIAN KEYES ''A fantastic read.'' EMILY MAITLIS ____________ Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can. Demon''s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking ''like a little blue prizefighter.'' For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise. In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn''t an idea, it''s as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn''t an abstraction, it''s neighbours, parents, and friends. ''Family'' could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he''s willing to travel to try and get there. Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between. ____________ What readers are saying: ***** ''An amazing, beautifully written story I cannot wait to recommend to everyone I know.'' ***** ''Powerful and brilliant. To immerse yourself in a Kingsolver novel is to put yourself in the hands of a master.'' ***** ''A must read and heart-opening book.'' ***** ''This book is not to be missed.'' ***** ''Amazingly complex. . . [Kingsolver] is, by far, one of the greatest living authors'' Lire la suite Fermer

A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION PICK OF 2021 ''Serious novels are rarely this fun'' The Times ''A gift'' Guardian ''Buoyant with humanity'' Daily Mail ''Worth the seven year wait'' Stylist When everything is lost, it''s our stories that survive How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.
Constantinople, 1453: An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.

Idaho, 2020:

An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that''s crumbling around him. Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans?

Unknown, Sometime in the Future:

With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance.
Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See , Anthony Doerr''s new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection.
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From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins. A TIME OF CONFLICT It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will - often in conflict with the king. With his grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign. THREE LIVES INTERTWINED Into this uncertain world three people come to the fore: a young boatbuilder, who dreams of a better future when a devastating Viking raid shatters the life that he and the woman he loves hoped for; a Norman noblewoman, who follows her beloved husband across the sea to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey, who dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, death and birth, and love and hate. Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth , and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins.
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Cette satire féroce des États-Unis en proie à la folie, incroyablement drôle, raconte l'histoire d'un grand navire, la Gloire, et de son capitaine bruyant et grotesque qui le conduit au bord du désastre. La Gloire était habilement commandé depuis des années, mais lorsque son capitaine bien-aimé décide de prendre sa retraite, un nouveau chef se présente. Portant une plume jaune dans les cheveux, il est vulgaire, maladroit et inexplicablement confiant. N'ayant aucune connaissance de la navigation ou du droit maritime - ni même, comme il l'a fait remarquer à plusieurs reprises, un goût particulier pour les bateaux, il jure solennellement de prendre les choses en mains. Il commencer par licencier l'équipage et nomme ses amis aux postes importants.
Alors qu'il dirige le navire, il lui arrive parfois de tourner soudainement à gauche et à droite, pour surprendre les passagers et faire bouger les choses. Entouré de son groupe de petits voleurs et d'hommes de confiance, il fascine les passagers, écrivant ses opinions sur le tableau blanc de la cafétéria, se vantant de son anatomie exceptionnelle, dévorant des cheeseburgers et jetant par-dessus bord quiconque lui déplaît. Jusqu'au jour où apparaît à l'horizon un célèbre pirate, longtemps redouté par les passagers de la Gloire mais vénéré par le Capitaine pour son apparence incroyablement virile lorsqu'il monte torse-nu à cheval...
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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain , his second novel, Young Mungo , is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow''s housing estates.'' The Observer The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain , Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow''s housing estates, where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if they''re to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons. As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When Mungo''s mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in western Scotland with two strange men behind whose drunken banter lie murky pasts, he needs to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future. Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Douglas Stuart''s Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much. Lire la suite Fermer

What could be more reassuring in troubling times than a new William Boyd novel? Trio is immensely readable, its descriptions full of light and colour, its humour spot on, its mood a perfect mix of frolicsome and melancholy>

''So wise, so graceful, so rich. I loved Sea of Tranquility '' Naomi Alderman, author of The Power From the award-winning author of Station Eleven Who could you sacrifice to protect the future? Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true. ''A spiralling, transportive triumph - sci-fi with soul'' Kiran Millwood Hargrave ''St. John Mandel remains an instant-buy writer'' Glamour ''Ingenious, hugely ambitious and beguiling'' Guardian Lire la suite Fermer

1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie''s empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho''s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost. With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson brings together a glittering cast of characters in a truly mesmeric novel that captures the uncertainty and mutability of life; of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems. Lire la suite Fermer

From the multi award-winning and award-nominated Claire North comes a gorgeous and fiercely feminist retelling of the classic Greek myth of Penelope. It''s time for the woman of Ithaca to tell their tale . . .>

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 - THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''MOTTLEY ATTEMPTS TO DO FOR OAKLAND SOMETHING OF WHAT THE WIRE DID FOR BALTIMORE'' THE TIMES ''A SOUL-SEARCHING PORTRAIT OF SURVIVAL AND HOPE'' OPRAH WINFREY When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.

Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.

Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price - one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.

Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising.

-------------------------------------- ''UNFORGETTABLE'' GUARDIAN ''A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT'' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women''s Prize for Fiction 2022 -------------------------------------- READERS CAN''T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING '' Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece'' ***** ''This book ripped my heart out'' ***** ''Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked'' ***** ''This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever'' ***** ''It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted'' ***** ''This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five'' ***** ''Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller'' *****> Lire la suite Fermer

THE MAJOR NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST STORYTELLERS OF OUR TIME A brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family''s foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today When the kids are grown and Mercy Garrett gradually moves herself out of the family home, everyone is determined not to notice. Over at her studio, she wants space and silence. She won''t allow any family clutter. Not even their cat, Desmond. Yet it is a clutter of untidy moments that form s the Garretts'' family life over the decades, whether that''s a painstaking Easter lunch or giving a child a ride, a fateful train journey or an unexpected homecoming. And it all begins in 1959, with a family holiday to a cabin by a lake. It''s the only one the Garretts will ever take, but its effects will ripple through the generations. ''Gorgeous, charming, profound, and written with such lightness of touch'' MARIAN KEYES ''A perfect work of fiction'' MEG MASON '' French Braid is Anne Tyler at her surgical, spare best'' NIGELLA LAWSON ''Exquisitely crafted, tender, hilarious, devastatingly precise, I loved this powerful meditation on the small and often unvoiced moments that can make up a life'' RACHEL JOYCE ''Such joyous immersion, I lost myself, and loved this superbly imperfect family'' TESSA HADLEY ''A faultless novel, effortlessly profound. I read it in two sittings, totally immersed'' VICTORIA HISLOP ''If Anne Tyler isn''t the best writer in the world, who is?'' BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN''S HOUR ** A 2022 Book to Look Forward To in The Times , Daily Mail , Financial Times , i , Irish Times , Scotsman , Good Housekeeping ** Lire la suite Fermer

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines''s life is turned upside down. 2,000 miles from his mother''s protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means - music, literature, friends, sex, politics and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past? Epic, mesmerising and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times - a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one man''s lifetime.
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The House of Fortune is the sequel to Jessie Burton''s million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist . Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman''s determination to rule her own destiny. Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, winter has set in - her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. On Thea''s birthday, also the day that her mother Marin died, the secrets from the past begin to overwhelm the present. Nella is desperate to save the family and maintain appearances, to find Thea a husband who will guarantee her future, and when they receive an invitation to Amsterdam''s most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed - perhaps this will set their fortunes straight. And indeed, the ball does set things spinning: new figures enter their life, promising new futures. But their fates are still unclear, and when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned for her . . .
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Haynes is a rock-star mythologist>

''A glorious love story'' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life ''Extraordinarily daring . . . a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women''s love'' - Sunday Times 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls and friendship doesn''t come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in her a kindred spirit and finally, acceptance. Hanne''s family are Old Lutherans, and in her small village hushed worship is done secretly - this is a community under threat. But when they are granted safe passage to Australia, the community rejoices: at last a place they can pray without fear, a permanent home. Freedom. It''s a promise of freedom that will have devastating consequences for Hanne and Thea, but, on that long and brutal journey, their bond proves too strong for even nature to break . . . From the bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People , Devotion is a stunning story of girlhood and friendship, faith and suspicion, and the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love. ''Exquisite . . . it''s taken root in my heart'' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies ''So beautiful and so raw . . . Impossibly good'' - Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock Lire la suite Fermer

''GRIPPING AND POIGNANT'' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things ''CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ''A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ'' PRIMA Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.


It seems like just another morning.
You make a cup of tea. Check the news. Open the front door.
On your doorstep is a box.

Inside the box is the exact number of years you have left to live.

The same box appears on every doorstep across the world.
Do you open yours?

THE MEASURE IT''S THE DECISION OF A LIFETIME.


''EXAMINES THE BIG LIFE AND DEATH QUESTIONS IN A CLEVER AND, DARE WE SAY IT, ENTERTAINING WAY'' WOMAN & HOME ''INTRIGUING'' WOMAN''S WEEKLY ''ONE OF THE MOST LIFE-AFFIRMING NOVELS I''VE READ IN A LONG WHILE'' CHRISTINA DALCHER, bestselling author of Vox ''DESPITE ITS CHILLING PREMISE, ERLICK''S NOVEL IS AN ESCAPE FROM - RATHER THAN A WINDOW INTO - OUR OWN TERRIFYING REALITY'' NEW YORK TIMES ''COMPELLING AND HEART-BREAKING'' Bridget Collins, bestselling author of The Binding ''A SHARP LENS FOR REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS'' DAILY MAIL ''A HEARTFELT PARABLE FOR OUR OWN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES'' Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of One Two Three ''BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED AND HUGELY IMAGINATIVE'' Claire North ''BRILLIANT - I COULDN''T STOP READING'' Christina Sweeney-Baird ''UTTERLY ORIGINAL ANDWONDERFULLY MYSTERIOUS'' Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane ''A HUGELY COMPELLING STORY, WHICH DREW ME IN FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE'' Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library ''AN IRRESISTIBLE HOOK AND A STRONG EMOTIONAL HEART'' Luke Allnutt, author of We Own the Sky Lire la suite Fermer

Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022 ''Original, memorable, shimmering'' - Sarah Moss Today I might trace the rungs of her larynx or tap at her trachea like the bones of a xylophone . . .

Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia''s body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter. A disaster tourist. It''s travelling down the banks of her canals. It''s spreading.

When a sudden diagnosis upends Lia''s world, the boundaries between her past and her present begin to collapse. Deeply buried secrets stir awake. As the voice prowling in Lia takes hold of her story, and the landscape around becomes indistinguishable from the one within, Lia and her family are faced with some of the hardest questions of all: how can we move on from the events that have shaped us, when our bodies harbour everything? And what does it mean to die with grace, when you''re simply not ready to let go?

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a story of coming of age at the end of a life. Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimer''s astonishing debut is a symphonic journey through one woman''s body: a wild and lyrical celebration of desire, forgiveness and the darkness within us all.

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022** ''You thought you were getting a novel as good as We Need New Names , tholukuthi Bulawayo''s second is even more dazzling'' Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Guardian Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating joyride. It is the story of an uprising, told by a bold, vivid chorus of animal voices that helps us see our human world more clearly A long time ago, in a bountiful land not so far away, the animal denizens lived quite happily. Then the colonisers arrived. After nearly a hundred years, a bloody War of Liberation brought new hope for the animals -- along with a new leader. A charismatic horse who commanded the sun and ruled and ruled and kept on ruling. For forty years he ruled, with the help of his elite band of Chosen Ones, a scandalously violent pack of Defenders and, as he aged, his beloved and ambitious young donkey wife, Marvellous. But even the sticks and stones know there is no night ever so long it does not end with dawn. And so it did for the Old Horse, one day as he sat down to his Earl Grey tea and favourite radio programme. A new regime, a new leader. Or apparently so. And once again, the animals were full of hope . . . Glory tells the story of a country seemingly trapped in a cycle as old as time. And yet, as it unveils the myriad tricks required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, it reminds us that the glory of tyranny only lasts as long as its victims are willing to let it. History can be stopped in a moment. With the return of a long-lost daughter, a #freefairncredibleelection, a turning tide -- even a single bullet. Best Summer Book of 2022 in the Financial Times Lire la suite Fermer

À coeur aimant, rien d'impossibleNick : Écrivain raté. Mari raté. Heureux propriétaire d'une chienne.Bee : Accro à Tinder. Couturière-styliste. Addict aux Pringles.Lorsque le destin rapproche ces deux inconnus à la suite d'une erreur d'adresse électronique, la connexion est immédiate. Ils ont l'impression de se connaître depuis toujours. Nick achète un costume, saute dans un train. Bee se met en chemin pour le retrouver sous l'horloge de Euston Station. C'est le rendez-vous qu'on passe une vie à attendre, celui qui marque le commencement d'une merveilleuse histoire d'amour. À moins que le destin n'en ait décidé autrement.
« Un pur plaisir ! Drôle, captivant et avec une vraie profondeur émotionnelle, c'est le roman dont nous avons tous besoin en ce moment ! » Sarah Pinborough« J'ai adoré chacun des aspects de ce roman. Les dialogues piquants, le romantisme, le suspense. Une histoire d'amour inoubliable. » Gillian McAllister Lire la suite Fermer

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Book of the Year for The Times, The Telegraph, Daily Express, New Statesman, Good Housekeeping, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Time, Esquire, The Economist, Oprah Daily and Woman and Home ''A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp, fresh and modern'' STYLIST MAGAZINE So beautiful, so daring, so complete'' TAYLOR JENKINS REID ''A masterpiece'' NIGELLA LAWSON A soaring, breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen. For fans of TAYLOR JENKINS REID, WILLIAM BOYD and ANN PATCHETT ------------ From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, from the rugged shores of New Zealand to a lonely iceshelf in Antarctica, Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger. Determined to live an independent life, she resists the pull of her childhood sweetheart, and burns her way through a suite of glamorous lovers. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most. Now, as she is about to fulfil her greatest ambition, to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole, Marian crash lands in a perilous wilderness of ice. Over half a century later, troubled film star Hadley Baxter is drawn inexorably to play the enigmatic pilot on screen. It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery, throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves. ____________________________ '' Extraordinary'' NEW YORK TIMES ''Full of adventure, passion and tragedy'' THE TIMES ''Soars from the very first page'' SUNDAY EXPRESS ''Luminous, masterful. Glides seamlessly through 20th century history '' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''Breathtaking'' OBSERVER ''Impressive and gripping'' SUNDAY TIMES '' Surprising and moving at every turn'' GUARDIAN ''A udacious and Immersive'' DAILY MAIL '' Accomplished and ambitious'' FINANCIAL TIMES Readers love GREAT CIRCLE: ***** What a read! Immense story with beautifully created characters ***** A 600 page turner that you are sad to finish ***** The story is so well researched and planned; historical fiction standing side by side with history itself ***** This is a stunning achievement, my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading it ***** A wonderful saga, covering a large chunk of the twentieth century
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