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Trust by Hernan Diaz
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An extract from Trust by Hernan Diaz

Read the opening words from Hernan Diaz’s literary puzzle about money, power, and intimacy, which challenges the myths shrouding wealth, and the fictions that often pass for history.

The Colony by Audrey Magee

In Audrey Magee’s lyrical and brooding fable, The Colony, two outsiders visit an island off the west coast of Ireland, with unforeseen and haunting consequences

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Read the opening chapter from Nightcrawling; at once agonising and mesmerising, Leila Mottley presents a haunting vision of marginalised young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world.

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Read the opening words from Oh William! where bestselling author Elizabeth Strout returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any time. 

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

Read an extract from Booth, where an ill-fated family of thespians, drinkers and dreamers, whose most infamous son is destined to commit a terrible act.