Our Current Bestsellers
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'These revolutionary pages blew me away with extraordinary pleasure' Devorah Baum'Interesting and intriguing, inspiring and amusing' Adam Phillips'Luminous, accessible and fascinating' Josh Cohen'Funny, clever and wise, self aware' Monique…
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A thought-provoking work by a singular voice, this short, sharp essay invites us to critically reconsider power, ideology and the boundaries of free speech.Invisible, invasive and widely taken for granted, censorship is a globalized force…
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A deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness from the GP and bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being'Francis combines the precision of science with a profound insight into the human…
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Translated by Daniel BowlesThe cult translated hit of 2024-25: a road trip novel like you've never read before from one of Europe's most acclaimed writers'Odd and evocative, a frolicking rumination' TIMES CRITICS' BEST BOOK…
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Translated by Barbara J. HavelandLonglisted for the International Booker Prize 2025The first volume of the poetic, page-turning masterpiece about one woman's fall through the cracks of time.'A total explosion.' Nicole…
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Part of the beauty of the art of cooking is that it involves transience, making something delightful that then vanishes, and that in turn involves cherishing the time we spend on perfecting a dish. Cooking yourself something delicious is…
Recommended by John
‘Raunchy 21st century Virginia Woolf with an unforgettable narrator, finding the numinous in small quotidian rituals. My favourite debut novel for ages and ages.’
Recommended by Gayle
‘I can’t tell you how tenderly I – a person who spends much of their time going to the BFI alone – feel about Jeremy Cooper’s Brian, a novel about a man who spends all his time going to the BFI alone. A love letter to the BFI and to London! To small, quiet lives made expansive by access to film and art! To friendship and community!’
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WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times'A thing of shimmering wonder' David MitchellTWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT…