Ergebnis für "Life" in Genre-Fiction

Brought to you by Penguin. *Shortlist, Debut Fiction, 2023 Nero Book Awards * London, 1894. John and Henry have a vision for a new way of life. But as the Oscar Wilde trial ignites public outcry, everything they long for could be under threat. After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John...

Winner of the Polari Prize Shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize ‘A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness’ – Florence Welch Our Wives Under The Sea is the haunting novel from Julia Armfiled, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love...

Brought to you by Penguin. **Winner of the Nero Book Awards Gold Prize Book of the Year 2025** A mother following her heart A father with the law on his side A child caught in the middle It’s 2022, and Heron, an old man of quiet habits, has just had the sort of visit to the doctor that turns a...

WINNER OF THE 2026 JANET HEIDINGER KAFKA PRIZE Finalist for the 2026 LAMBDA Literary Award Finalist for the 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Award Longlisted for the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured...

“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store.…a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.” — Booklist Meet a woman as...

Brought to you by Penguin. A searing, sunlit debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American family Three young brothers leave Los Angeles in the dead of night for Iran, taken by their father from their mother to a country and an ancestral home they barely recognize. They...

At the age of ninety-six, Isaac Dahl sits down to write his memoir. For Isaac, an accomplished journalist and historian, finding the right words to convey events is never a problem. But this book will be different from anything he has written before. Focusing on twelve different days, each encapsulated in a chapter, Isaac hopes to distill the very essence of his life.

'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life...

An international bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture starring Gal Gadot! “Inventive, bold and surprising.” — CHARLES YU "A breezy read that's surprisingly philosophical." - MASHABLE "Will break your heart in the best possible way." — POPSUGAR For readers of Life After...

‘Utterly compulsive … I could not stop reading’ CHARLOTTE McCONAGHY ‘Mesmerising … I felt the unearthly pull of its power long after I'd finished’ KALIANE BRADLEY From the acclaimed author of Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, comes an extraordinary epic novel following two...

Bloomsbury presents Saltblood by Francesca De Tores, read by Dakota Blue Richards. **WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE ** 'A gripping tale of one woman's extraordinary adventures ... Saltblood is a triumph of the imagination' ELODIE HARPER, author of 'The Wolf Den' trilogy 'A...

'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life...

People “Best Sapphic Historical Romances” Harper’s Bazaar “Most Anticipated Books Coming Out This Spring” Autostraddle “Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2026” Time “New Books You Should Read in March” “Hargrave has a great eye and ear for close-focus...

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Only national treasure Steven Rowley could blur the otherworldly with the everyday and turn all of it into heartache-flavored comedy." —Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and Wreck We are all alien, even to the people who know us...

Bloomsbury presents The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley, read by Jot Davies. A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month The truth must come out. In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to...

Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger, the Sunday Times Young Writer Award, the Betty Trask Prize, and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Times...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE BOOK AWARDS* 'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS 'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON 'Masterful' JJ BOLA 'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on...

'A glorious love story' – Sarah Winman, author of Still Life 'Extraordinarily daring . . . a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women’s love' - Sunday Times, Book of the Year From a 19th-century Prussian village to the dusty plains of...

Bloomsbury presents The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley, read by Jot Davies. From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia with a slow burn romance at its heart. In 1963, in a Siberian prison...

New York City, East Village, 1984. A young woman with the power to see the ghosts of her friends is haunted by the one who refuses to return—a dazzling, big-hearted debut of friendship and community during a time of devastation and defiance. Oprah Daily’s #1 Pick for Summer Reading ONE OF...