'A visionary steam-powered heavy metal fantasy. Gibson and Sterling create a high-Victorian virtual reality of extraordinary richness and detail' Ridley Scott, creator of ALIEN

Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, this novel is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love. It tells about Virmati, a young woman born into a high-minded household, falls in love with a neighbour, the Professor - a man who is already married.

A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection from award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay

A collection of short fiction by the Poet Laureate, taken from 40 years of occasional story-writing. The nine pieces, some of which appeared among the poems in "Wodwo", incorporate themes of violence, estrangement and arduous testing.

A novel that marks the maturing of a singular British writing talent - and perhaps the most significant writer to come out of Wales in a generation

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Knowing the truth will destroy her. Keeping it secret will destroy him. 'A powerful, beautifully crafted story that ratchets up the tension with every page and packs a huge emotional punch' TM Logan, bestselling author of The Catch

One of the most talked-about novels of 2012 is set to become one of the biggest books of 2013.

The million-copy bestseller: A darkly disturbing tale of violence, parenthood and the facade of middle-class complacency, reissued in a stylish new livery as part of Atlantic's Cult Classics series.

Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore are no exception. Abandoned by her husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now, as Pearl lies dying, the past is unlocked and with it its secrets.

An exhilarating and heart-rending novel about family, and all the ways we try - and fail - to escape them.

Danny and Dinosaur are back, and this time they are going to space! But when Danny realizes he's forgotten Dino's lunch box, the very hungry dinosaur eats everything in sight, including their only way home: the rocket! How will Dino get them back home?

Twenty-two-year-old Galen is a New Age believer on a warpath towards transcendence. He lives with his emotionally dependent mother in a secluded house, surviving on old family money that his Aunt Helen and cousin Jennifer are determined to get their hands on.

From the Booker Prize-winning James Kelman, 'Dirt Road is about coming of age, grief and the folk music of the American deep south' Daily Telegraph

A powerful and moving crime novel set in rural Australia for fans of Jane Harper's The Dry and Chris Whitaker's We Begin at the End.

Now available in paperback, the original English-language translation of O Cadhain's raucous masterpiece

Pedro Juan was a reporter in Havana, but as existence in Cuba and his own life begin to collapse around him, he gives up the farce of a daily job, and begins to "train himself to take nothing seriously". His training involves lots of sex, drugs, rum, jazz, beat literature and street philosophy.

Late one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her 13-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished in the woods of a local park. Riddled with worry, pain, and guilt, Elizabeth is wholly unprepared for the strange series of events that follow.

The fifth novel in the Pearl Nolan, Whitstable Pearl Mysteries, series

Translation of: I giovedai della signora Giulia.