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• Caledonian Road

  O'Hagan, Andrew, 1968-

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  A satirical novel that has been compared to the social novels of both Dickens and Tom Wolfe. An addictively enjoyable yarn.

• My Heavenly Favorite

  a Novel

  Rijneveld, Lucas

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  A dazzling addition to the oeuvre of an author with prodigious gifts. Readers will draw inevitable comparisons to Nabokov.

• Green Dot

  Gray, Madeleine, 1994-

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  Debut novel which has been compared to Fielding’s Bridget Jones. A Fleabag-style debut that’s actually worth the hype.

• The Sleepwalkers

  Thomas, Scarlett

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  Billed as "Patricia Highsmith meets The White Lotus", the new novel from the author of the acclaimed The End of Mr Y is a wildly original summer thriller that begins as a just-married couple arrive at their luxury hotel on a Greek Island.

• Wild Houses

  Barrett, Colin, 1982-

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  A sweet-natured teenage boy, Doll, is kidnapped by a local gang, taken as collateral for his elder brother's crimes. It's a superb Irish tale of violence, loyalty and loss.

• Parasol Against the Axe

  Oyeyemi, Helen

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  The novel abandons conventional narrative, turning into several stories within the story, and becoming unexpected in many ways for both the reader and the characters on the page.

• Choice

  Mukherjee, Neel

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  A strangely uplifting, exquisitely droll heartbreaker of a book. Choice is divided into three distinct but interconnected narratives that cross the globe, together exploring ethical dilemmas and the notion of free will through the contemporary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blessings

  Ibeh, Chukwuebuka

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  Affecting debut. Blessings tells the story of shy protagonist Obiefuna's struggle to fit into a society where homosexuality is criminalised, homophobia is unquestioned and where any gender non-conformism is condemned.

• James

  Everett, Percival

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  This is a reimagining of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of the enslaved Jim, which hits all the familiar narrative beats of its inspiration while creating a dazzling (and very humorous) new work.

• Worry

  a Novel

  Tanner, Alexandra, 1991-

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  A fabulous comic novel of young adult angst. Two siblings navigate the battles of adulthood, with the airless apartment the claustrophobic setting for their regression, internet addiction and co-dependence.