John Updike 
Couples 

Newly arrived in New York, Ito is a literate yet tongue-tied sushi chef who recites haiku in his head as he labours over restaurant shopping-lists. Alone in his apartment at night, he reads …

**THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times), SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN”S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023** ”Like Sally Rooney mixed with a political thriller” RUSSELL KANE ”Intense, unflinchingly hones …

”Short but very special. … funny, touching and quite beautiful.” Matt Cain ”A powerful finale to her classic trilogy of heartbreak and healing.” Clare Chambers ”An unforgettable story. It”s b …

One of the the titles in the Quick Reads literacy scheme. Rees has been running away his whole life. But when a legend from his childhood turns out to be fact rather than fiction, he is drawn deeper …

These surreal, satiric stories pay a mesmerizing visit to the shadowy zone that lies between our everyday lives and a perilously tangible near-future. In The Wall of America, the Department of …

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2023 AN UNFORGETTABLE LITERARY NOVEL ABOUT MATERNAL FEAR AND THE MYTH OF IDYLLIC EARLY MOTHERHOOD The baby I hold in my arms is a leech, let’s c …

”Remarkable” Chika Unigwe, author of On Black Sisters” Street AKORFA AND SELASI WERE ONCE INSEPARABLE. NOW, THEY MUST REPAIR THEIR BROKEN RELATIONSHIP OR LOSE EACH OTHER FOREVER. Growing …

A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver”s old professor in Ca …

A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the evil oth …

Ixachipan is in flames.Rebellion rages in every land and across every hill as the Empire of Songs battles to maintain control, but nowhere more fiercely than in the Singing City itself. In the great …