Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration

Honey

The killer debut novel of 2026.

‘Phenomenal. The voice is utterly singular, the writing is stunning’ LOUISE O’NEILL

‘Wow, basically’ HARRIET TYCE

‘A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages’ ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS

Paradiso 17

‘Miraculous’ OMAR EL AKKAD

‘Heartbreakingly urgent’ JUSTIN TORRES

‘Quite astonishing’ JOY WILLIAMS

‘Read it, read it, read it’ RABIH ALAMEDDINE

‘I wept at its ending’ LYDIA KIESLING

The intimate, sweeping tale of one man’s restless search for home, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope.

The Shock of the Light

‘Far-reaching, but also intimate and intensely personal… will stay with me’ FLORENCE KNAPP

‘Admirably spare, delicately descriptive and alluring in its twists and turns’ SONIA PURNELL

‘A powerful story, beautifully told’ M.L. STEDMAN

A dazzling literary achievement that brings to life the shattering emotional impact of World War Two on ordinary people

Forest of Noise

‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG

‘A book you won’t soon forget’ ILYA KAMINSKY

‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE

Carnivore

‘Deliciously dark’ Observer

‘Bold and satirical’ Culturefly

In New York’s high-end restaurant scene one chef will do anything, and cook anything, to come out on top.

Before Dorothy

The greatest journey is the one you least expect…

‘Swept me off my feet! A jewel of a novel – it simply sparkles’ Evie Woods

‘A treat of a book, utterly transporting’ Eve Chase

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The Phoenix Pencil Company

JUNE 2025 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK

In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy of magic, espionage and family secrets that will alter the path of her life forever.

‘Wildly inventive … Allison King is a talent to watch’ LIZ MOORE

Americanah

**DREAM COUNT, the searing new bestselling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is out now!**

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

The Life of Herod the Great

‘The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words, treasure for the whole world’ Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage

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