Literary Fiction

The one and only Akwaeke Emezi is back with a breathtaking, sexy and out-of-this world page-turner that will blow away their fans. Son of the Morning weaves together Southern folklore and magic...

1996, London. Nicola, tall and gorgeous, has re-birthed herself. She has landed a breakthrough role and her star is rising - she can feel herself blossoming, can see it in the...

Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor'One of the most accomplished, important...

The globe-spanning epic of power and family secrets from the Miles Franklin listed author.'An impressive, urgent novel by a talented and courageous writer.' - Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit WestAfter many...

**Selected as a 2025 book to look out for by the Guardian, Sunday Times, Irish Times,independent.co.uk, Cosmopolitan, Elle and Service95** 'Raw, original and provoking, Saba Sams is Britain's brightest debut...

Translated by Bonnie Huie * Winner of the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize* Longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize* A New York Times Editors' Choice The English-language premiere of Qiu...

A portrait of companionship – achingly tender and twisted – that captures the tenuous line between love and possession. What if you could enter the mind of the person you love...

Two gay men with a lifetime of secrets face their insular, homophobic island’s rancour. Growing up in neighbouring villages on the tiny island nation of St Vincent, teenage best friends...

Translated by Scott E. Myers Mu Cao is a bold, pioneering Chinese novelist who dares to challenge the status quo—living openly gay in China and shedding a strong light on...

A Biomythography A soaring, sensual coming-of-age novel, by the legendary 'Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet'If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for...

A masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies- a second chance. Ocean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful...

A bold and electrifying story of a family in which three generations of gay men in India fight for love and dignity against the currents of their times, from the...

A luminous, beautifully observed novel about the people we once were, and the people we can become – if only we're brave enough to try. 1990: Indu and Vijay leave...

In this darkly ironic novel, a dead man walks back through four generations of family estrangements to recover his lost identity.The journey will be long and difficult, one thousand miles....

Where there was fire, ashes remain . . . Costa Rica, 1968. A deadly fire rips through the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation, destroying all evidence of a...

A hilarious, heartwarming rom-com that proves that sometimes home is exactly where you belong. Jack Jr woke up from a two-year coma with a sore neck, a brand new ex-fiancee,...

A powerful new literary novel for fans of Open Water and Transcendent Kingdom ‘LOVE WAS A TIGHTROPE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND CONTROL. HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW OTHERS SEEMED TO WALK IT...

A gay novel in which the rural landscapes of Bengal set the stage for a story that transcends the boundaries of tradition and love. Mallar, a shy and introspective sixteen-year-old,...

New from the author of Bellies; a voice-driven, funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity, Disappoint Me will delight and provoke readers...

A transgressive, lyrical and deeply moving literary debut about forbidden gay love in Iran Anjir and Zal have been together ever since they first knew what love was. But living...

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most...

The sensational debut novel about love, friendship and finding happiness in the most unexpected places.  ‘Could I one day inspire happiness in others, the same way he seemed to do...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE A remarkable, big-hearted debut from Zambian-American writer Iris Mwanza set in 1990's Lusaka in which a young lawyer must fight for...

Ripples in the Pool is a symbolic and powerful novel that delves into the tragedy and spiritual disconnection in rural Africa. Central characters, like Selina, a former prostitute, and Gikere,...

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, visits Sibki Park in Damascus, one of the city’s most popular cruising areas. There he...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION The acclaimed author of The Serpent’s Gift returns with this “deep and beautiful” (Jaqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling...

From the acclaimed author of Hold - a beautifully written, spirited and deeply moving novel about a young man coming to terms with his past and finding the courage to expand...

Some passions just can't be tamed ... Brynn thought she'd be chasing her dreams, not chasing dogs, when she set off on the adventure of a lifetime. When Bigambul woman...

A stunning debut novel charting the coming-of-age of a young gay man in 2010s Nigeria, from a young rising star in literary fictionWhen Obiefuna's father witnesses an intimate moment between...

From the bestselling, Dylan Thomas Prize-winning author of Memorial and Lot, a novel about two young men who grew up together, fell away from each other, and then collide again...

The stellar debut novel of two young men falling in and out of love, from the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2020. 'This feels like a vision for the...

What if you could rewrite your relationship, again and again, until it works out?'A cause for celebration' GEORGE SAUNDERS'A stunner of a debut' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH'Hilarious, heart-rending, grotesque, delightful, utterly brilliant' DAISY JOHNSON'Exhilaratingly...

*A stunning and compelling novel for fans of PACHINKO, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, and SHUGGIE BAIN* 'The pages crackle with the tension of a Hollywood thriller . . . an enticing, engaging...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD An intimate, emotionally rich novel, in which two men - young and old - reckon with queer histories and their place within them Juan...

Moving between cities and generations, Amma follows three women on very different paths, against a backdrop of shifting cultures. As circumstance and misunderstanding force them apart, it will take the most profound love...

Be one of the first to discover this award-winning writer's decadent and addictive sapphic debut, a must-read for fans of The Secret History and White Lotus. In one of America's Happiest Cities, thirty-eight-year-old...

'There's no one quite like Carlotta Mercedes, the transgender Black Colombian heroine - no, star - of the second novel by Hannaham.' -THE OBSERVERWhen Carlotta Mercedes was pulled into a...

Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate coming-of-age novel. It's a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when...

AN OBSERVER TOP TEN DEBUT 2020 'The kind of novel you never knew you were waiting for. An explosive work that reels from sex, to sin, to salvation all the...

*Highly Commended Fiction — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021* 'Before I go into my grave,' she says out loud, 'I will kill that man.' A brilliant new novel from the...

'Rarely is a book this finely wrought, the lives and histories it holds so tenderly felt, and rendered unforgettably true' — Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous...

'This is where I begin. This blank page draws me nearer to you, the day sweltering, my courage quickens, the curtains billowing and the punkah swaying, the punkah rattling as...

A New York Times 'Notable Book of 2020' One of Elena Ferrante's 'Top 40 Books by Female Authors' 'A sharply observed and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to be...

A novel about lovers, fathers and sons. About vulnerability, losses, love and regrets. Achike Okoro is an up-and-coming actor, soon to star in the career-making film 'Here Again Now.' His...

Lost in the jungle of Los Angeles, Akash Amin is filled with shame. Shame for liking men. Shame for wanting to be a songwriter. Shame for not being like his...

From the award-winning author of Land of Love and Drowning, an electric new novel that maps the emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love.When Fly and Stela meet in...

A rite-of-passage novel in the life of a young gay man growing up in a colourful and chaotic dictatorship Riverrun is a novel that talks about the rite of passage...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR THE TIMES '100 BEST SUMMER READS' 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2020 Brooklyn, 2001. It is the evening...

The debut novel from one of the National Book Foundation's 2018 5 Under 35 Ada has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone...

In this 'razor-sharp' and 'dangerously hilarious' novel that "hooks readers from the beginning" (Los Angeles Times), a trans woman reenters life on the outside after more than twenty years in...