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Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly provoking and deeply romantic — this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated...

A magical poetic coming-of-age story, drawing on feminine power, Indian mythology and healing from bestselling poet, writer and artist Nikita Gill. Picked as as one of STYLIST'S *BEST AUTUMN READS...

Joint Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2019 Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she will never meet. Winsome is a young Windrush bride, recently...

A faded list.Nine favourite stories.For two strangers, friendship is only a page away . . .When Mukesh Patel pops to the local library, forgoing his routine of grocery shopping and...

I’m not here to sugar-coat grief. I’m here to be transformed by it. This powerfully vulnerable book invites us to grieve. Having lost her mother at the age of nine,...

Inspired by real historical events, The Mercies is a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women.On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the...

The Return of Race ScienceFinancial Times Book of the Year Telegraph Top 50 Books of the Year Guardian Book of the Year New Statesman Book of the YearWhere did the...

The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows ItAre women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And can...

Unravelling unconscious biasUncovers the science behind our 'unintentional' biases using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research.For the first time, behavioural and data scientist, activist and writer Dr...

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's...

How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern BritainThe groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern BritainIn Britain, imperialism is everywhere — though we often choose not to see it....

On the choices of being a woman Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives. In a world where women...

Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of InjusticeA doctor and an economist explore the hidden links between health and structural injustices, and set out a radical vision for a fairer world.What...

‘Big-hearted, earthy and funny… A rattlingly good story' — Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold HotelWhen Nikki takes a creative writing job at her local temple, with visions of emancipating...

In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening letters to the vicarage, where the vicar, Shahpur Edalji, is a Parsi convert...

An urgent exploration of how the gendering of emotions came about, and what we can do to change these damaging stereotypes, by award-winning behavioural and data scientist Dr Prayga AgarwalHow...

‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly...

British-Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina Shergill have never been close. But now they've been thrown together on the strangest family holiday of all time…When their mother died, she had...

Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s StrengthA groundbreaking book about women's strength, inspired by author Poorna Bell's journey to get physically strong after her husband, Rob, died and the huge...

Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khan's trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest.A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950. For over a century,...

An eccentric and charming cookbook from Dishoom, with over 100 recipes from the much-loved restaurantsAt long last, Dishoom share the secrets to their much sought-after Bombay comfort food — the...

Set in Uganda in 1972, an extraordinarily moving debut that tells the story of one family’s escape, when Amin forces them to leave: a story of loss and separation, but...

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023Bestselling author Laline Paull returns with an immersive and transformative new novel of an ocean world — its extraordinary creatures, mysteries, and mythologies...

From Kiran Millwood Hargrave, the bestselling author of The Mercies, The Dance Tree is a heart-stopping story of family secrets, forbidden love and women pushed to the edge. In Strasbourg,...

A Memoir of Race, Family and HomeBrown Baby is a powerful exploration of fatherhood, grief, racism and hope. It is also a love letter to the author’s daughters that is...

‘The book I wish I’d written? Whatever Hari Kunzru is publishing next’ — Aravind Adiga‘Astonishing, absorbing, terrifying. Immensely good.’ — Philip Pullman‘Red Pill stands as a final blast of sanity...

A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out...

Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.Consciousness is the great unsolved mystery in...

An Improvisation on Indian MusicBy turns essay, memoir and cultural study, Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian music:...

Fearless verse to find your voiceFrom international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring...

80 brilliant, flavour-packed Indian recipes to make in 30 minutes or lessChetna Makan's bestselling cookbooks combine her creative flavour twists with a love of simple Indian home cooking. Taking inspiration...

Fast Easy Indian from the Mowgli Home KitchenSpice-packed, punchy, fresh Indian-inspired dishes to get on the table in 30 minutes or under. This is the food that Nisha Katona, TV...

Chetna Bakes with Flavours of the EastChetna Makan is known for her unique recipes, which introduce colourful spices, aromatic herbs and other Indian ingredients into traditional Western baked favourites. Whether...

Around the world in 22 murders… MURDER. BLACKMAIL. REVENGE. From Lagos to Mexico City, Australia to the Caribbean, Toronto to Los Angeles, Darjeeling to rural New Zealand, London to New...

In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and...

We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets.But now you know one of ours…Rules for being a maid:• No smoking• No boyfriends•...

A perfect miniature of a novel about arrivals and departures, new worlds and old homes.A beguiling, short and yet sweeping prose-poem, Afternoon Raag is the account of a young Bengali...

The prize-winning debut fiction work by Amit Chaudhuri, the author whose 'languorous, elliptical, beautiful prose is impressively impossible to put in any category at all' (Salman Rushie).Abhi, a Bengali boy,...

A memoir of finding life after loss Poorna Bell was sold the fairytale of life. That love wins the day. That marriage is the rescue to an otherwise unhappy existence....

A history in three metamorphoses There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad’s Silk is a...

From the ashes of an empire, a hero will rise… Jai has spent his life forced to serve the cruel empire that killed his family and now rules his people....

A searing, deeply personal account of enduring a brutal attempt on his life, thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him - from internationally renowned writer and Booker...

One of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an exploration of the world's holiest places and where we might find paradise on Earth. It's so easy, I thought, to...

From the twice Booker-nominated author of The Year of the Runaways and China Room, The Spoiled Heart is a magnificent novel of love, community and politics, set at the edge...

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowing thriller from the author of THIS BOOK KILLS, perfect for fans...

The much awaited debut cookery book from Radhi Devlukia-Shetty. “What you eat—along with your daily habits and the thoughts you think—has the ability to completely transform every aspect of your...

No-fuss, tasty meals for your family at RamadanThis collection of 80 delicious recipes has you and your family covered for Ramadan. With dishes that everyone will enjoy, it includes chapters...

This East-meets-West hybrid work combines playful cavort with serious comment. A cast of ‘Indic-heritage poets’ meets to perform poems and discuss the future of poetry. indiom engages eclectic, often Rabelaisian...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and a young athlete's struggle to transcend herself. Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she...

Where are you from? No, where are you really from? explores three central themes: migration, identity and belonging, examining them in the context of empire, and its continuing impact on...