Fiction

Set in what may be the future, and centred on six women sharing a space in some sort of crumbling apartment tower, Ruins, Child is remarkable for its irresistible sweep,...

Set in Jamaica and America, How to Love a Jamaican is about Jamaicans who leave and stay, and the issues they face in the modern world. Zadie Smith, NoViolet Bulawayo and Carmen...

Shogun meets Game of Thrones in the blockbuster epic fantasy event of the year 'A sprawling, complex fantasy epic that builds toward a brutal finale' Fonda Lee Sen Hoshiakari is...

Two teens discover that love defies the boundaries of any spoken language in this debut romantic dramedy about finding love and reconnecting with your culture in the most surprising ways.A...

CHOSEN AS A 2026 MUST-READ BOOK BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, NEW ARAB AND BBC CULTURE 'A spectacular triumph...the Afghan novel I have been eagerly waiting for'...

Translated by Robin Myers Simon Lopez Trujillo's 'mind-blowing' (Gabriela Cabezon Camara) debut takes readers into a dry and degraded, fire-prone landscape where humanity has encroached a step too far into...

Salman Rushide's extraordinary literary debut, published in Vintage Classics for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its publication.The extraordinary literary debut of Salman Rushdie. 'A firework of a...

From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the...

Lone Women meets Sorrowland in this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut about a woman who escapes her family home to the uncanny woods of northern Georgia and must now...

When six-year-old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace, her family is left shattered, struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to despair, Laurel’s...

A mouthwatering and uplifting debut about legacy, tradition, and striking out on your own, set in family-run restaurants between Malaysia and Hong Kong. Every morning before sunrise, Lim Ah Hock...

A sweeping, tragic romance and feminist adventure about translator and resistance fighter Milena Jesensk's torrid love affair with Franz Kafka. In 1919, Milena Jesensk, a clever and spirited twenty-three-year-old, is...

ONE SISTER FOUND THE COURAGE TO LEAVE, THE OTHER MUST FIND THE COURAGE TO LIVE… From the Caribbean to 1950s London, an epic story of finding home, Island Song is...

When night descends, el Carnaval de Bestias rises. Within the shores of Isla Bestia, guests from around the world discover a utopia of ever-changing performances, sumptuous feasts and beautiful monsters....

After seven long years, Joan Greenwood has been called home. As the only one in her elite family of witches who cannot manipulate magic, her return to New York City...

Jennifer's Body meets Heartstopper in this terrifying, tender, and bitingly hilarious supernatural horror about a boy who must save his best friend from a demon that wants to steal his...

House of the azalea, where thorn meets bud;Brother betrays brother, blood forgets blood. Young rice farmer Yin Wei was forced to become concubine to Prince Guan Terren - a monstrous...

Vikram Seth and Thrity Umrigar meet Rebecca in this exhilarating inheritance story about an Indian American book editor from Brooklyn who inherits her ancestral home in Kolkata, and her extended...

A unique amalgamation of an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age tale of identity and sisterly-love with supernatural influences set in modern metropolitan SingaporeGrowing up was never meant to be easy for Michelle Tan....

From the author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, this piercing, genre-bending debut follows two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war in a stunning exploration of...

A captivating debut following a cross-country road trip that will make you believe in the goodness of people, Off the Books sheds light on the power in humanity during the...

The Mystic Masseur, V. S. Naipaul’s first published novel, is the story of the rise and rise of Ganesh, from failed primary school teacher and struggling masseur to author, revered...

In this hilarious and heartfelt debut graphic novel, a girl born on a day considered unlucky in Chinese superstition starts to wonder if she really is cursed when she’s troubled...

The first in a sweeping Southwest Asian-inspired epic fantasy trilogy brimming with morally ambiguous characters, terrifying ghouls and deadly monsters. Combining cut-throat dynastic politics with expansive worldbuilding and slow-burning romance,...

The Other Wife is a bold debut about race and class, love and nostalgia and learning to live with the life we have chosen Susan 'Zuzu' Braeburn is almost forty....

From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling - a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town When...

The world has been divided by the Barrier. For 115 years this extraterrestrial, epidimensional entity has divided the earth into warring zones. Power-hungry politicians, gangsters, and spiritual fundamentalists are determined...

Introducing a sharp-witted heroine for the 21st a new amateur sleuth exploring the landscape—both physical and virtual—of New York in a debut novel about love, technology, and murder. Claudia Lin...

Heat rises and sparks fly when a surf-town author and an intimacy coordinator are thrown together to write new, steamy sex scenes for a TV series based on her hit...

Debut author Molly Olgun brings us The Sea Gives Up the Dead, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild...

A haunting coming-of-age tale following the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Ronny Nguyen, as she grapples with the weight of generational trauma while navigating the violent power of teenage girlhood, for...

Ember Lee Cardinal hasn't always been a liar . . . When Ember's resume is rejected for the thirty-seventh time, she decides to take matters into her own hands and get a little 'creative'...

A sharp and insightful coming-of-age story about all the ways we find home from an exciting debut author and 2022 black&write! Fellow. When I look back, I realise everything I...

'A short, powerful and joyously life-affirming novel.' Red Magazine 'A wry meditation on grief, healing, and reclaiming one's identity.' TIME Magazine 'A stand-out and must-read debut... Every paragraph is perfect'...

In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of...

**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...

Want to make it among the wealthy, upper-class students at the University of Oxford? Then you'd better have something interesting to say when people ask about your identity. Luckily, Edward...

FILM RIGHTS NOW OPTIONED BY QUEEN LATIFAH ''An Underground Railroad - but with magic'' P. Djeli Clark''...a delightfully genre-bending debut'' Tananarive Due Meet Hetty Rhodes, a former conductor on the...

A riveting, emotionally-charged tale of forbidden love, centred on an estranged couple who are brought together to reckon with the events that tore their family apart decades ago. In 1960s...

Inspired by true stories from the authors' grandparents' lives during one of the darkest periods in Korean history, The Last Tiger is a debut young adult fantasy novel about the...

For lovers of Elizabeth Acevedo and Angie Cruz comes this extraordinary debut novel from Uruguayan-Australian author Natalia Figueroa Barroso. The power of Hailstones Fell without Rain lies in its pacy,...

A gritty, voice-driven debut thriller about a man returning home from prison to try to save his family’s shop from vicious poachers, set in the streets and swamps of today’s...

Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Lynn Painter, this sexy and fun YA-rom com stars a seventeen-year-old girl convinces the resident bad boy to sign a love contract and...

A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and...

Culture critic Jeremy Gordon makes his literary debut with this whip-smart novel about a young man who learns the devastating truth behind his friend's death, propelling him on an odyssey...

A richly-told debut of mothers, daughters and family secrets from the BBC journalist What will it take to uncover her past? A lost child. When Mivvi is young, her mother...

‘American literature’s philosopher king – and its sharpest satirist’ – The New Yorker Craig Suder, third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, is in a slump. His batting average is shocking, his...

The unmissable debut novel May 1998- Mimi Traung and her baby daughter Ngan wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. There is still a day's travelling left before they...

Award-winning author, Yrsa Daley-Ward's stylishly intriguing and experimental debut novel exploring family, fate and female fantasies. A darkly whimsical debut about women daring to live and create with impunity. Twin...

An unforgettable story of survival, sisterhood, and the fight for a brighter future. In 1970s Brazil, two teenage sisters are thrust into a chaotic world. Fear and hunger stalk them...