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Jutland Cottage

Angela Thirkell

'Charming, very funny indeed' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH Change is in the air in Barsetshire. The country may have a new queen, but Greshambury has a new rector, Canon Fewling, and a returned prodigal daughter: the beautiful, frivolous Rose Fairweather. But for lonely...

Six Conversations We're Scared to Have

Deborah Frances-White

From the bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, a book about how to change minds - including your own'Brilliant and enlightening' DAVINA MCCALL'An essential guide for fostering nuanced and intricate conversations in today's polarized society' GILLIAN ANDERSON...

Surreal

Michèle Gerber Klein

'In Michèle Gerber Klein's new biography, Surreal, Gala Dalí gets her due . . . one thing is certain: Whatever else, she was a woman who knew her own worth' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Michèle Gerber Klein's biography of Gala Dali is proof she was far more than just a...

Once the Deed Is Done

Rachel Seiffert

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE DARK ROOM AND A BOY IN WINTER'A complex, intelligent, deeply compassionate novel about the unglamorous aftermath of war . . . A brilliant piece of...

Edith's Story

Edith Velmans

'I never realised that there could be such suffering in the world, and that anyone could live through it' - from Edith's diary, 1st July 1945In 1940, while the Germans occupied Holland, fourteen-year-old Edith van Hessen was filling her diary with the intimate, carefree...

The Fate of Mary Rose

Caroline Blackwood

THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024 From the Booker-shortlisted author of Great Granny Webster, this twisted modern classic is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Celia Dale. 'One of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived' Virginia Feito'This...

She Speaks!

Harriet Walter

New parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE'It is STUNNING and I simply sat and read it right through, and shall start again at once. I had no idea that she is such a...

Wise Women

Sharon Blackie , Angharad Wynne

An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales, celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond, from the award-winning author of Hagitude'An extra­ordinary selection of stories ... beautifully and vividly retold' TLS'Genius' Irish...

Friends of Dorothy

Sandi Toksvig

Kingmaker

Sonia Purnell

Mama Day

Gloria Naylor

With a new introduction by Robert Jones, Jr, author of The New York Times bestselling novel, The Prophets'Gloria Naylor is a brilliant word-worker and a breathtaking story-teller. Mama Day is her masterpiece' Tayari Jones'A sweeping, ambitious, gorgeous novel - takes...

The Virago Book of Friendship

Rachel Cooke

I WILL LIVE

Kristen Gehrman , Lale Gül

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FORTHE OXFORD-WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE 2025'Sex-rich ... its bravery and sensuality are undeniable' TelegraphBüsra is living a double life. At home with her parents, life is an endless argument - about what time she comes home,...

The Unicorn Woman

Gayl Jones

'A literary giant' TAYARI JONESA richly imaginative and moving new novel from the Pulitzer finalist and acclaimed author of CorregidoraA cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he's a wise guy. But underneath that surface, he's...

Amphibian

Tyler Wetherall

'Has a queasily compelling power' The Times'Haunting and visceral as a fairytale' Lilly Dancyger'Brims with sex and violence and threat, and moves to a crescendo of strange and magical beauty' Rebecca StottSissy is used to being on the outside. The new girl in her West...

Sick of It

Sophie Harman

*Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize*'A powerful prescription for change' Observer, Book of the Week'An eye-opening contribution to the global discourse on women's health and a call for change' The Lancet'Important, timely, often fascinating' Sunday...

A Place of Our Own

June Thomas

A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' SARAH WATERS'A cracking read, and a reminder of what shaped where we are now' VAL MCDERMID 'Riveting;...

The Afghans

Seán Kinsella , Åsne Seierstad

'As an exploration of the social fabric of Afghan life, this book takes some beating' Daily Telegraph'A valuable addition to the canon of literature on Afghanistan ... [Seierstad] manages to achieve a rare intimacy' New York Times'Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest,...

Exhibit

R. O. Kwon

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life.'Haunting and powerful' Madeline Miller'Brisk, jolting, brilliant, beautiful, true' Andrew Sean Greer'I tore through this' Raven Leilani, author of...

Ghostroots

'Pemi Aguda

An electrifying, terrifying collection of literary horror stories from a prize-winning young star of Nigerian writingA FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD, THE LA TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIONS YOUNG FICTION AWARD...