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The Weight of our Sky

The Weight of our Sky

$19.99
A music loving teen with OCD does everything she can to find her way back to her mother during the historic race riots in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this...
Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

$19.99
A heartbreaking, exquisitely written masterpiece. One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection...
The Nickel Boys

The Nickel Boys

$22.99
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020 Winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction 2020 Time #1...
Meridian

Meridian

$22.99
Meridian Hill, the brilliant and inquisitive daughter of a working-class Black family in the American south, comes of age against the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s civil rights movement. Life...
Cold Nights of Childhood

Cold Nights of Childhood

$19.99
Translated by Maureen Freely A lyrical autofictional account of the author's fight to survive depression and carve out her own path in 1950s and 60s Istanbul The narrator of Cold...
Deacon King Kong

Deacon King Kong

$19.99
CHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE READ OF 2020NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKTOP TEN BOOKS OF 2020, NEW YORK TIMES and WASHINGTON POST From a...
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The Road to the Country

$34.99
The new novel by Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times'Incredibly moving and hopeful' Nadifa Mohamed'Remarkable' Alice Walker'A...
dem

dem

$22.99
A searing, provocative satire by one of the most important African-American novelists of the twentieth century that lays bare the abiding racism and the legacy of slavery on the psyche...
Women & Children

Women & Children

$24.99
A powerful, personal novel about women and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear-eyed storytellers. It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with...
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Watch Us Shine

$36.99
Marisa de los Santos returns to the world of her beloved, bestselling novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in an enthralling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love. “Bring...
The Return of Faraz Ali

The Return of Faraz Ali

$34.99
A gripping read — everything beautifully evoked, from the alleys of the Old City to the atmosphere of corruption and secrets. A spellbinding debut set in Pakistan during the anarchic...
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Waiting for the Rain

$22.99
In this poignant novel, award-winning author, Charles Mungoshi, explores the consequences of colonialism in 1960s Zimbabwe. Waiting for the Rain asks how a nation can look to the future and...
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A Walk in the Night

$22.99
In this previously banned collection of seven short stories, Alex La Guma vividly reveals the plight of the poor and oppressed in apartheid South Africa. Characterised by his striking style...
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Inspector Imanishi Investigates

$26.99
A thrilling crime classic, from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express. Tokyo, 1960. As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man's body is...
Under the Tamarind Tree

Under the Tamarind Tree

$34.99
A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships. 1964 - Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home, her parents'...
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The Showgirl and the Minister

$22.99
A disappearance and a tangled knot of sex and politics involving a stripper and Singapore’s former chief minister The year is 1966. The world is at a tipping point. The...
The Tiniest House of Time

The Tiniest House of Time

$29.95
*Shortlisted for the Small Press Network 2021 Book of the Year Award* The Tiniest House of Time is more than a family saga, ranging across continents and decades seamlessly, from...
One-Shot Harry

One-Shot Harry

$29.99
Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips's riveting mystery about an African American crime scene photographer seeking justice for a friend —...
Watch Us Dance

Watch Us Dance

$24.99
Translated by Sam Taylor Watch us Dance combines the youth, vibrancy and allure of Andre Aciman with the historical fiction force of Maggie Shipstead, and the exquisite sense of place...
The Archer

The Archer

From $26.99
In this transfixing novel, a young woman comes of age in 1960s- and 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex and indelibly rendered. Vidya’s childhood is marked by the...
Ghost Girl, Banana

Ghost Girl, Banana

$24.99
A GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK, Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance. Set between Hong Kong in the 1960s and London in...
Where There Was Fire

Where There Was Fire

$34.99
A stunning new voice in fiction: a novel of love, murder and greed set in Costa Rica and the US. Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the...