The Shadow of the Object is a magnificent work of shadow-play and a meditation on desire, metamorphosis and mortality

A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, from the New York Times bestselling author

Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: what must we give up in exchange for true happiness? 

A slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding from the acknowledged master of science fiction

The Disappearers is both a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s

A warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity and an off-kilter love story, Black Bag is a firework of a novel: blazingly funny and profoundly humane

The Renovation is a heartbreaking portrait of one family caught in the tides of history, grappling with grief, exile, politics and the painful absurdity of love

Laced with desire and longing, May We Feed the King is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King ‘Great’, and a life meaningful 

A novel of enduring friendships and small mercies, The Palm House offers us Gwendoline Riley’s trademark keen observation and wit, and leaves us – somehow – with a curious sense of possibility

With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets

John of John is the heartbreaking story of a young man’s return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation

By turns savage, thrilling and unexpectedly tender, All Them Dogs is a gripping story of violence, lust, and greed that explores one man’s struggles to find his place in an unsparing world

Coursing with icy suspense and rendered with violent precision, The Vivisectors is a new kind of love story for a broken era