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Showing 1–40 of 637 books
No Onward ChainePub · Fiction |
Keith A Pearson | Echo Lane | 3 | Science Fiction | 300 | 31 Oct 2026 | 2026 |
FiveePub · Fiction |
Ilona Bannister | Standalone | — | Psychological Thriller | 283 | 26 Oct 2026 | 2026 |
Conversations With FriendseBook · Fiction |
Sally Rooney | Standalone | — | Chick Lit | 336 | 20 Oct 2026 | 2017 |
The Catcher in the RyeePub · Fiction |
J.D Sallinger | Standalone | — | Coming of Age | 192 | 15 Oct 2026 | 1951 |
Leave Them All BehindeBook · Fiction |
Anthony Grace | The Nearly Dearly Departed Club | 7 | Crime Fiction | 306 | 5 Oct 2026 | 2025 |
The DecadentseBook · Fiction |
M.C Schmidt | Standalone | — | Satire | 353 | 27 Sep 2026 | 2022 |
Seeds of YesterdayeBook · Fiction |
V.C. Andrews | Dollanganger | 4 | Gothic Horror | 426 | 23 Sep 2026 | 1984 |
If There Be ThornseBook · Fiction |
V.C. Andrews | Dollanganger | 3 | Gothic Horror | 384 | 20 Sep 2026 | 1981 |
Petals on the WindeBook · Fiction |
V.C. Andrews | Dollanganger | 2 | Gothic Horror | 477 | 16 Sep 2026 | 1980 |
Holmhill FarmeBook · Fiction |
J.D. Missen | DI Morgan | 4 | Police Procedural | 268 | 14 Sep 2026 | 2026 |
Flowers in the AtticeBook · Fiction |
V.C. Andrews | Dollanganger | 1 | Gothic Horror | 411 | 8 Sep 2026 | 1979 |
Come Up ScreamingPaperback · Fiction |
Steffan Piper | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 397 | 6 Sep 2026 | 2026 |
Our Perfect StormeBook · Fiction |
Carley Fortune | Standalone | — | Romance | 421 | 5 Sep 2026 | 2026 |
1987 - Victoria BloomeBook · Fiction |
Jason Ayres | A Year in the Life | 8 | Time Travel | 253 | 2 Sep 2026 | 2026 |
The PsychopatheBook · Fiction |
Iain Maitland | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 327 | 31 Aug 2026 | 2025 |
Excuse Me While I DisappeareBook · Nonfiction |
Lauri Notaro | Standalone | — | Biography | 255 | 22 Aug 2026 | 2022 |
ROTR @ 50Paperback · Nonfiction |
Ian Golden | Standalone | — | Football | 270 | 14 Aug 2026 | 2026 |
The Answer to EverythingeBook · Fiction |
Luke Kennard | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 416 | 9 Aug 2026 | 2021 |
Grandma's Little SecreteBook · Fiction |
Becca C Smith | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 296 | 31 Jul 2026 | 2025 |
All Good People HereeBook · Fiction |
Ashley Flowers | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 314 | 25 Jul 2026 | 2022 |
Our Deadly SummereBook · Fiction |
Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen | Standalone | — | Crime | 345 | 20 Jul 2026 | 2026 |
SongbirdeBook · Nonfiction |
Lesley-Anne Jones | Standalone | — | Music | 352 | 13 Jul 2026 | 2024 |
Just Ignore HimPaperback · Nonfiction |
Alan Davies | Standalone | — | Biography | 288 | 29 Jun 2026 | 2020 |
The Dead HusbandeBook · Fiction |
Gillian Jackson | Samantha Freeman | 3 | Thriller/Psychological | 306 | 29 Jun 2026 | 2024 |
Book BoyfriendeBook · Fiction |
Lucy Vine | Standalone | — | Romance | 399 | 28 Jun 2026 | 2025 |
Die TryingeBook · Fiction |
Eleanor Barker-White | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 384 | 28 Jun 2026 | 2026 |
Cat: On the Road to FindouteBook · Nonfiction |
Yusef/Cat Stevens | Standalone | — | Biography | 568 | 27 Jun 2026 | 2025 |
I Found YouPaperback · Fiction |
Lisa Jewell | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 464 | 27 Jun 2026 | 2016 |
I'm Still Here: My 90 YearsHardback · Nonfiction |
Amanda Barrie | Standalone | — | Biography | 288 | 27 Jun 2026 | 2025 |
The Last LetterPaperback · Fiction |
Rebecca Yarros | Standalone | — | Romance | 480 | 25 Jun 2026 | 2019 |
I Don't Like MondaysPaperback · Nonfiction |
N Leigh Hunt | Standalone | — | True Crime | 288 | 24 Jun 2026 | 2022 |
The Scene of the CrimePaperback · Fiction |
Lynda La Plante | Jessica Russell | 1 | Crime | 505 | 23 Jun 2026 | 2025 |
No Good DeedeBook · Fiction |
Phil M. Williams | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 235 | 14 Jun 2026 | 2022 |
Don't Look BackeBook · Fiction |
O. J. Mullen | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 330 | 12 Jun 2026 | 2026 |
The Girls in the DarkeBook · Fiction |
Avery Bishop | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 406 | 5 Jun 2026 | 2026 |
1986 - Lucy HarteBook · Fiction |
Jason Ayres | A Year in the Life | 7 | Time Travel | 287 | 31 May 2026 | 2026 |
A Killer StrikeseBook · Fiction |
Georgia Rose | Standalone | — | Crime | 226 | 28 May 2026 | 2022 |
We're Like Family HereeBook · Fiction |
Jack Dane | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 177 | 27 May 2026 | 2026 |
Stevie Nicks in 50 SongseBook · Nonfiction |
Annie Zaleski | Standalone | — | Music | 216 | 24 May 2026 | 2026 |
Different GravyeBook · Fiction |
Simon Bailey | Standalone | — | Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | 368 | 23 May 2026 | 2026 |
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1 Nov 2026
October 2026 Books
October 2026 book reviews: five books, 1,417 pages and a book of the month. Keith A Pearson, Ilona Bannister, Sally Rooney, J.D. Salinger and…
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5 Oct 2026
September 2026 Books
Ten books and 3,742 pages in September: time travel, romance, Suffolk authors, four V.C. Andrews revisits and the return of Ruth Dugdall’s Cate Austin.
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29 Sep 2026
Mother Missing
Ruth Dugdall returns to Cate Austin after an eleven-year gap with Mother Missing, a dark Suffolk psychological thriller involving three women, a disappearance and…
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