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Burnt Sugar
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Burnt Sugar

Sharp as a blade and laced with Avni Doshi’s caustic wit, this a story about love and betrayal. Not between lovers - between mother and daughter
Light Perpetual
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Light Perpetual

Francis Spufford’s ingenious and miraculously tender novel reimagines the lives of five London children killed in a rocket attack in World War Two
A Town Called Solace
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A Town Called Solace

Mary Lawson explores the relationships of three people brought together by fate and the mistakes of the past in this gripping, darkly domestic tale
Great Circle
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Great Circle

The lives of a fearless female aviator and the actress who portrays her on screen decades later intersect in Maggie Shipstead’s vivid, soaring novel
An Island
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An Island

Karen Jennings’ gripping novel asks a question: to what lengths will a person go in order to ensure that what is theirs will not be taken from them?
Apeirogon
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Apeirogon

How do we continue to live after the most precious thing is lost? Colum McCann’s tapestry of friendship, love, loss and belonging seeks the answer
The Emperor's Children
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The Emperor’s Children

Claire Messud’s novel is an American classic – a sweeping portrait of one of the most fascinating cities in the world
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
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The Amber Spyglass

The third volume of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy continues the gripping and extraordinary story to its shattering conclusion
The Stone Carvers
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The Stone Carvers

Spanning three decades and two continents, Jane Urquhart’s novel follows the story of ordinary lives marked by obsession and transformed by art
The Death of Vishnu
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The Death of Vishnu

In the first book of Manil Suri’s three-volume series The Hindu Gods, an ordinary man slips beyond this world as all around him life continues