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Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley • 2025
It was the love story of the decade... Or it should have been ------------------------------------------------ <br> <br> <p>SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM A24 STARRING SAOIRSE RONAN AND AUSTIN BUTLER</p> <p>'Tender as a ballad and pleasurable as a pop song' COCO MELLORS</p> <p>'Clever and heart-wrenching and addictive' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER</p> <p>'An incredibly special book' BETH O'LEARY</p> ------------------------------------------------ <p>The first time Joe plays Percy one of his songs in his college room in 2000, she instantly realises three things:</p> <p>One, she is watching a star in the making.</p> <p>Two, she can shape his music into something extraordinary.</p> <p>Three, she will always be on the sidelines.</p> <p>She swallows her jealousy and throws herself into collaboration, transforming Joe's songs into indie hits with her blistering critiques.</p> <p>But there's an undercurrent to the music they're making - something undeniably electric, hurtling towards love. And then, almost inevitably, towards heartbreak.</p> <p>As Joe steps into the spotlight, can Percy bear to watch on in silence?</p> <p>And can he exist there without her?</p> <p>Deep Cuts is an irresistible novel about passion and obsession, love and longing and, above all, our need to be heard.</p> ------------------------------------------------------- WHAT READERS ARE SAYING... <p>'The best debut novel I've ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I need this book to come out so I can talk to at least one person about it!! Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow meets Normal People, with all the nostalgia of Almost Famous and High Fidelity' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'You need to add this to your TBR. Just trust me on this, ok?' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I can't believe this book is a debut novel because of how good it is. I felt a mixture of Sally Rooney with Gabrielle Zevin and it was delicious' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I love it with all my heart, I'm super sad it's over and I will be insufferable when it's out' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I wish I could have written this book. I'm jealous of people who haven't yet read this book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'This is an absolutely breathtaking debut. I cannot hammer that home enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I can't believe this is a debut! It's perfect for fans of One Day and Daisy Jones & The Six ... This one hit me hard'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> -------------------------------------------------------
Murder in the Family: A Novel
Cara Hunter • 2023
Tell Me What You Did
Carter Wilson • 2025
She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she's hiding a terrible secret. It's time for the truth to come out… Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they've committed to her audience. She can't guarantee the police won't come after her "guests," but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame—a potent combination that's proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind. But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look. Not only because he claims to be her mother's murderer from years ago, but because Poe knows something no one else does. Her mother's murderer is dead. Poe killed him. From the USA Today bestselling author of The Dead Girl in 2A and The New Neighbor comes a chilling new thriller that forces the question: are murderers always the bad guys?
Picking Daisies on Sundays
Liana Cincotti • 2023
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Cheryl Strayed · 2012
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Jacqueline Susann · 1997
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Hayley Grace · 2024
Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
Jeffrey Eugenides · 2002
<p><i>"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver's license...records my first name simply as Cal."</i></p><p>So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, <i>Middlesex </i>is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.</p><p><i>Middlesex </i>is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.</p>
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Sherry Argov · 2002
Every Summer After
Carley Fortune · 2022
It's Not Her
Mary Kubica · 2026
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Freida McFadden · 2026
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Convenience Store by the Sea
Sonoko Machida • 2024
<p><i>'</i>The Convenience Store by the Sea <i>makes magic from life's simple moments . . . an unexpected treasure revealing what's truly important in life. I will hold it close for when I need a reminder!'</i> <b>Laurie Gilmore, bestselling author of</b> <b>The Pumpkin Spice Cafe</b><br> <br> <i>'If you loved</i> Before The Coffee Gets Cold <i>you will love this!'<br> <br> 'A perfect, feel-good story about finding joy in unexpected connections, ideal for those who love a cosy, heartwarming escape!'</i><br> <br> <i>'Bubble bath fiction'</i> <b><i>The Herald</i></b><br> <br> <i>'A delightful tale of community and connection'</i> <b>My</b> <b>Weekly</b><br> <br> <b>Welcome to Tenderness!</b><br> <br> A quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko is full of hidden delights. And one unexpected treasure is the 24/7 convenience store, Tenderness.<br> <br> At first glance, it's a store like any other.<br> <br> Sure, it's a bit odd that the handsome manager has his own fan club. And perhaps the customers are somewhat eccentric. But there's a warmth about Tenderness that draws you in.<br> <br> The bright lights are always on. The employees know you by name. And the shelves are stacked with delicious treats, from strong hot coffee to sweet parfaits, egg sandos to ramen, crispy fried chicken to refreshing soba.<br> <br> After a while, you get the feeling that whatever you need might just be waiting for you here...<br> <br> <b><i>The Convenience Store by the Sea</i> is</b> <b>the heartwarming international bestseller from award-winning Japanese author Sonoko Machida. A a series of interconnected vignettes set in a 24/7 Japanese convenience store, the novel tells the delightfully quirky and heartfelt stories of the store's customers and employees, offering us all a unique recipe for a good, fulfilling life<i>.</i> Translated by Bruno Navasky.</b></p>
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Mieko Kawakami · 2021
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami · 2021
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki · 2024
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story<br/>There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine<br/>Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can’t resist writing back.<br/>Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought?<br/>Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer—the “Konkatsu Killer”—Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
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Alderton Dolly • 2023
From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both.<br/><br/>Andy's story wasn't meant to turn out this way. Living out of a suitcase in his best friends' spare room, waiting for his career as a stand-up comedian to finally take off, he struggles to process the life-ruining end of his relationship with the only woman he's ever truly loved.<br/><br/>As he tries to solve the seemingly unsolvable mystery of his broken relationship, he contends with career catastrophe, social media paranoia, a rapidly dwindling friendship group and the growing suspicion that, at 35, he really should have figured this all out by now.<br/><br/>Andy has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.<br/><br/>Warm, wise, funny and achingly relatable, Dolly Alderton's highly-anticipated second novel is about the mystery of what draws us together - and what pulls us apart - the pain of really growing up, and the stories we tell about our lives.
