The Luxe

Anna Godbersen

Glittering with jewels, brimming with secrets and loaded with eligible young men. This is New York City – 1899.

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Spud

John van de Ruit

It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and thirteen-year-old Spud Milton...

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God's Own Country

Ross Raisin

'Ramblers. Daft sods in pink and green hats. It wasn't even cold. They moved down the field swing-swaying like a line of drunks, addled with the air and the land, and the smell of manure'

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Gang Leader for a Day

Sudhir Venkatesh

When naïve sociology student Sudhir Venkatesh went to find out more about urban poverty in Chicago, the last thing he expected was to be held hostage by a gang.

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Heat

George Monbiot

Started to worry about just how hot our world is going to get, and whether you can do anything about it?

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Microtrends

Mark J. Penn

Should cars now come with matching lipsticks? Why is the number of left-handers increasing? And where are all the tattoo boutiques?

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Gifted

Nikita Lalwani

A captivating portrait of a child prodigy weighed down by her family's high expectations and her own secret desires

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The first teenage novel from mega-selling Nick Hornby author of Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A Boy. Click through to hear some of Nick's top writing tips as well as an exclusive video interview.

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The Pirate's Dilemma

Matt Mason

How Hackers, Punk Capitalists, Graffiti Millionaires and Other Youth Movements are Remixing Our Culture and Changing Our World

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Killing Me Softly

Nicci French

A gripping thriller from the new queen of psychological suspense

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Black Rabbit Summer

Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks' agressive thriller is probably the loudest book ever written

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Young Bond: Hurricane Gold

Charlie Higson

The fourth thrilling Young Bond adventure. Click through to watch a video interview with author Charlie Higson and look at alternative characters and scenes put together by the crew.

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Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

The classic tale of brothers and the darkness of the American Dream.

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The Shock Doctrine

Naomi Klein

'There are very few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books' The Guardian

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Here Comes Everybody

Clay Shirky

A handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other on-line and collaborate on the most radical improvement in kite design in decades...

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Petite Anglaise

Catharine Sanderson

The true story of one eventful year in the life of a thirtysomething working mother in Paris

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Sign of the Cross

Chris Kuzneski

No secret will keep for ever ...

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In the Country of Men

Hisham Matar

On a white-hot day in Tripoli, Libya, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping in the market square with his mother. His father is away on business — but Suleiman is sure he has just seen him, standing across the street …

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Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

Chris Bradford

August 1611. Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan – his beloved father and the crew lie slaughtered by ninja pirates.

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The Truth About Forever

Sarah Dessen

The stunning and beautifully written new novel for teenagers by multi-award-winning author Sarah Dessen – the Judy Blume of the iPod generation.

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What I Was

Meg Rosoff

The stunning new novel from the award-winning Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now and Just in Case.

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