The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard

When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner, she expects to be tortured or killed. Instead, their leader, Rice Fish, makes Xích Si an utterly incredible proposition: an offer of marriage. 

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one. But when his father takes her friend Charlie on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea.

For fans of The Princess Bride!

City of Dreams by Don Winslow

Book 2 follows City on fire. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life.

The Woman on the Bridge by Sheila O'Flanagan

Dublin. The 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people are caught up in events that will bring love, tragedy - and the hardest of choices. 

The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan

It's the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear he can't support her past the coming winter. On the small, Scottish island of St Kilda, her options are limited. 

In a Thousand Different Ways by Cecelia Ahern

Written with Ahern's characteristic insight and compassion, In a Thousand Different Ways recounts the story of Alice - a woman struggling under the weight of a multitude of conflicting emotions.

Fire With Fire by Candice Fox

Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD forensic lab hostage, and have given law enforcement an ultimatum: Find their daughter, Tilly, or they will destroy all the evidence they can find to other cold cases. 

Going Zero by Anthony McCarten

NZ writer’s first thriller. Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? 

Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Rendition by Joshua Hood

Set in the Jason Bourne universe. Adam Hayes has stepped away from the field for the last time. He's promised his wife that he won't put his life on the line any more, and there's nothing that will make him break a promise to his wife. Well... almost nothing. 

Thirty Days in Paris by Veronica Henry

Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris - and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it's time to get it back! 

Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The final high-octane instalment in the Final Architecture space opera trilogy. 

Idris Telemmier has uncovered a secret that changes everything - the Architects' greatest weakness.

Thirst For Salt by Madelaine Lucas

It's hard to remember now that I was once that girl, lying in the sand in my red swimsuit and swimming late into the day. Sharkbait, he called me. She first sees him in the water: a local man almost twenty years her senior. 

The Wedding Planner by Danielle Steel

Faith Ferguson is New York's most in-demand wedding planner, an arbiter of taste for elegant affairs, lavish ceremonies, and exclusive fêtes. She appreciates a simple celebration as much as a dazzling event, for she knows that a dream wedding is not necessarily the most expensive one. 

Blaze me a Sun by Christoffer Carlsson 

In February 1986, the Halland police receive a call from a man who claims to have raped a woman. I'm going to do it again, he says. Then the call cuts off. By the time policeman Sven Jörgensson reaches the victim, she's taking her last breath. For Sven and his son Vidar, this will prove a decisive moment. 

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of 'Southie', the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart. 

Seven Girls Gone by Allison Brennan

Book 4 in the Quinn & Costa thrillers series.
For three years, women have been disappearing - and eventually turning up dead in the small bayou town of St. Augustine, Louisiana. Police detective Beau Hebert is the only one who seems to care. 

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld 

With a series of heartbreaks under her belt, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV comedy show - has long abandoned the search for love. Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn't a romantic comedy - it's real life. Would someone like him ever date someone like her?

Burrowed by Mary Baader Kaley

In the distant future, a genetic plague has separated humanity in two - Subterraneans who live in underground burrows to protect their health, and strong surface-dwelling Omniterraneans. Zuzan Cayan, a brilliant Subter girl with "light blindness," is about to leave the safety of her burrow and earn a living. 

An Admirable Point by Florence Hazrat

Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation point. Hazrat explores how ! came about in the first place and uncovers the many ways in which ! has left its mark on art, literature, (pop) culture, and just about any sphere of human activity. 

Why Read by Will Self

From one of the most unusual and distinctive writers working today,  Will Self's Why Read is a cornucopia of thoughtful and brilliantly witty essays on writing and literature.

The Messenger by Megan Davis

Wealthy and privileged, Alex has an easy path to success in the Parisian elite his father mingles with. But the two have never seen eye to eye. Alex seeks freedom on the streets of Paris where his new-found friend Sami teaches him how to survive. But everything has a price and one night of rebellion changes their lives forever. 

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. 

Face to the Sky by Michele Leggott

In her latest collection of poems, Leggott speaks to the art and writings of nineteenth-century New Zealand painter Emily Cumming Harris, telling stories of love and loss from two women in the shadow of the same mountain, more than a century apart.

The Devil's Ransom by Brad Taylor

Book 17 in the Pike Logan thriller series

Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there's a man on the run. 

Breakneck by Marc Cameron

Book 5 in the Arliss Cutter thriller series 

In Washington, DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for a trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer is waiting to take his revenge--by livestreaming her death to the world. 

West Side Honey by Claire Christian

Cleo has a few things going on. Two beautiful kids and a less beautiful ex-husband, a share house arrangement with her long-term bestie Jude and an underperforming florist business. Actually, the shop could be beautiful too, it's just that Cleo hasn't got time to think about it. 

Earth's the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg

This novel tells the love story of young Arthur Moses and Nola, and how a young man grew up to become the wise old man known as Arthur Trulove. 

The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

Book one of the War Arts saga 

It has been foretold: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. 

The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson

 Sydney, 1965. After a chance encounter with a stranger, tea ladies Hazel, Betty and Irene become accidental sleuths, stumbling into a world of ruthless crooks and racketeers in search of a young woman believed to be in danger.

Battle Song by Ian Ross

Book 1 of the  De Norton trilogy 
1264 : Storm clouds are gathering as Simon de Montfort and the barons of the realm challenge the power of Henry III. The barons demand reform; the crown demands obedience. England is on the brink of civil war. 

Oxblood by Tom Benn

Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Sometime in the mid-1980s. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby. 

The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks

In 1971, as property speculator  Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine, the truth about Sadie, Elder John, and the Shakers comes to light, clarifying the past into a world we recognize today.

The Plus One by Mazey Eddings

Some facts are indisputable: Gravity exists. Indira doesn't like Jude. Jude doesn't like Indira. 

The House Next to the Factory by Sonal Kohli

The changing of India over three decades through the lens of one family and the house that they live in. 

The Book-Lovers' Retreat by Heidi Swain

Sometimes a book grabs you by the heart and grows to mean everything to you. That's what Hope Falls is to friends Emily, Rachel and Tori. So, when they get the chance to spend a whole summer at the cottage in Lakeside where the film adaptation was located, they know it is going to be the holiday of a lifetime. 

Witcha Gonna Do? by Avery Flynn

An unlucky witch and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, spicy romantic-comedy series. 

How it Went by Wendell Berry

At the age of eighty, Andy Catlett looks back on his own life through thirteen stories that range from his earliest childhood memories to the present day, from 1945 to 2001. 

The Vintage Shop of Second Chances by Libby Page

Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something new. After the death of her beloved mother, she takes a deep breath into the unknown and is opening her own vintage clothes shop

Cuddy by Benjamin Myers

Cuddy is an experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England. Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other. 

#Panic by Luke Jennings

Jaleesa, Kai, Ilya and Dani are online best friends, and superfans of the hit TV show City Of Night. Fantasising about the show in their chatroom, they find an escape from their troubled small-town lives. Everything changes when Chloe, make-up artist to the show's star Alice Temple, enters the chat

The Summer Place by Janette Paul

As three women return to the summer place of their youth, each is grappling with the cards life has dealt them. But the journey back to this sleepy coastal town will bring them to far more than just a beach wedding. 

The Helpdesk by Shane Dunphy

James Fitzpatrick is a high-profile partner in one of London's most successful law firms - at the top of his profession. But when he starts a flirtation with a woman working on the IT helpdesk of his company, his life begins to fall apart