The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: “An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN F Notes on an Execution: The bestselling thriller that everyone is talking about The Raptures: ‘Original and exciting, terrifying and hilarious’ Sunday Times Ireland Single Bald Female
The Gosling Girl I'm a Fan Five Tuesdays in Winter Groundskeeping: 'An extraordinary debut' ANN PATCHETT
The Shutter of Snow (Faber Editions): 'Extraordinary.' Lucy Ellmann Mother's Boy: A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son The Chase: Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2023 Love Marriage: Don't miss this heart-warming, funny and bestselling book club pick about what love really means
Mouth to Mouth: ‘Gripping... Shades of Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt’ Vogue Wild Fires Three: From the bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers Lessons in Chemistry

Excellent Fiction Paperbacks of 2023

By Sam Read Bookseller

By Sam Read Bookseller

Excellent Fiction Paperbacks of 2023

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: “An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN F

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: “An absolutely...

PATERSON JOSEPH

£9.99
£9.49
Notes on an Execution: The bestselling thriller that everyone is talking about

Notes on an Execution: The bestselling thriller that everyone...

Danya Kukafka

£9.99
£9.49
The Raptures: ‘Original and exciting, terrifying and hilarious’ Sunday Times Ireland

The Raptures: ‘Original and exciting, terrifying and...

Jan Carson

£9.99
£9.49
Single Bald Female

Single Bald Female

Laura (Editorial Director) Price

£8.99
£8.54
The Gosling Girl

The Gosling Girl

Jacqueline Roy

£8.99
£8.54
I'm a Fan

I'm a Fan

Sheena Patel

£9.99
£9.49
Five Tuesdays in Winter

Five Tuesdays in Winter

Lily King

£9.99
£9.49
Groundskeeping: 'An extraordinary debut' ANN PATCHETT

Groundskeeping: 'An extraordinary debut' ANN PATCHETT

Lee Cole

£8.99
£8.54
The Shutter of Snow (Faber Editions): 'Extraordinary.' Lucy Ellmann

The Shutter of Snow (Faber Editions): 'Extraordinary.' Lucy...

Emily Holmes Coleman

£9.99
£9.49
Mother's Boy: A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son

Mother's Boy: A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall,...

Patrick Gale

£10.99
£10.44
The Chase: Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2023

The Chase: Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2023

Ava Glass

£9.99
£9.49
Love Marriage: Don't miss this heart-warming, funny and bestselling book club pick about what love really means

Love Marriage: Don't miss this heart-warming, funny and...

Monica Ali

£9.99
£9.49
Mouth to Mouth: ‘Gripping... Shades of Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt’ Vogue

Mouth to Mouth: ‘Gripping... Shades of Patricia Highsmith and...

Antoine Wilson

£8.99
£8.54
Wild Fires

Wild Fires

Sophie Jai

£8.99
£8.54
Three: From the bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers

Three: From the bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers

Valerie Perrin

£10.99
£10.44
Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

£9.99
£9.49
Exactly What You Mean: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

Exactly What You Mean: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

Ben Hinshaw

£9.99
£9.49
Our Wives Under The Sea

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

£9.99
£9.49
Roundabout of Death

Roundabout of Death

Faysal Khartash

£9.99
£9.49
Small Angels: 'A twisting gothic tale of darkness, intrigue, heartbreak and revenge' Jennifer Saint

Small Angels: 'A twisting gothic tale of darkness, intrigue,...

Lauren Owen

£9.99
£9.49
Pond

Pond

Claire-Louise Bennett

£8.99
£8.54
Sea of Tranquility: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of Station Eleven

Sea of Tranquility: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller from...

Emily St. John Mandel

£9.99
£9.49
Trespasses: The most beautiful, devastating love story you’ll read this year

Trespasses: The most beautiful, devastating love story you’ll...

Louise Kennedy

£9.99
£9.49
Let X Be the Murderer

Let X Be the Murderer

Clifford Witting

£10.99
£10.44
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Winner of the Booker Prize 2022

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Winner of the Booker Prize...

Shehan Karunatilaka

£9.99
£9.49
One Day I Shall Astonish the World

One Day I Shall Astonish the World

Nina Stibbe

£9.99
£9.49
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

Benjamin Stevenson

£9.99
£9.49
Termush (Faber Editions): 'A classic—stunning, dangerous, darkly beautiful' (Jeff VanderMeer)

Termush (Faber Editions): 'A classic—stunning, dangerous,...

Sven Holm

£9.99
£9.49
Cereus Blooms At Night

Cereus Blooms At Night

Shani Mootoo

£9.99
£9.49
The Swimmers

The Swimmers

Chloe Lane

£10.99
£10.44
Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors: Shortlisted for the 2023 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors: Shortlisted for the 2023...

ARAVIND JAYAN

£8.99
£8.54
All's Well

All's Well

Mona Awad

£9.99
£9.49
Stone Blind

Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes

£9.99
£9.49
The Sanctuary: the gripping must-read thriller by the Sunday Times bestselling author

The Sanctuary: the gripping must-read thriller by the Sunday...

Andrew Hunter Murray

£9.99
£9.49
This Time Tomorrow: The tender and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of All Adults Here

This Time Tomorrow: The tender and witty new novel from the...

EMMA STRAUB

£9.99
£9.49
Fight Night: 'A Gem: humour and hope in the face of suffering' Observer

Fight Night: 'A Gem: humour and hope in the face of...

Miriam Toews

£8.99
£8.54
Starling

Starling

Sarah Jane Butler

£9.99
£9.49
Remarkably Bright Creatures: Curl up with 'that octopus book' everyone is talking about

Remarkably Bright Creatures: Curl up with 'that octopus book'...

Shelby Van Pelt

£8.99
£8.54
Diary of a Country Prosecutor

Diary of a Country Prosecutor

Tawfik Al-Hakim

£9.99
£9.49
The Swimmers

The Swimmers

Julie Otsuka

£9.99
£9.49
One Year's Time

One Year's Time

Angela Milne

£9.99
£9.49
Spells for Forgetting

Spells for Forgetting

Adrienne Young

£10.99
£10.44
The Living and the Rest

The Living and the Rest

Jose Eduardo Agualusa

£12.99
£12.34
On Java Road: ‘The bastard child of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith’ METRO

On Java Road: ‘The bastard child of Graham Greene and...

Lawrence Osborne

£9.99
£9.49
The Skeleton Key: A family reunion ends in murder; the Sunday Times top ten bestseller (2023)

The Skeleton Key: A family reunion ends in murder; the Sunday...

Erin Kelly

£9.99
£9.49
Alison: a stunning and emotional graphic novel unlike any other

Alison: a stunning and emotional graphic novel unlike any other

Lizzy Stewart

£12.99
£12.34
All This Could Be Different: Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction

All This Could Be Different: Finalist for the 2022 National...

Sarah Thankam Mathews

£9.99
£9.49
The Theft of the Iron Dogs: A Lancashire Mystery

The Theft of the Iron Dogs: A Lancashire Mystery

E.C.R. Lorac

£9.99
£9.49
William's Wife

William's Wife

Gertrude Trevelyan

£14.99
£14.24
The House in the Pines: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller - a twisty thriller that will have you

The House in the Pines: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick...

Ana Reyes

£9.99
£9.49
Nights of Plague: 'A masterpiece of evocation' Sunday Times

Nights of Plague: 'A masterpiece of evocation' Sunday Times

Orhan Pamuk

£10.99
£10.44
Lucy by the Sea

Lucy by the Sea

Elizabeth Strout

£9.99
£9.49
If I Let You Go: The Heartbreaking, Shocking Richard and Judy Book Club Pick

If I Let You Go: The Heartbreaking, Shocking Richard and Judy...

Charlotte Levin

£8.99
£8.54
We Spread

We Spread

Iain Reid

£9.99
£9.49
A Bitter Remedy: A totally compelling historical mystery

A Bitter Remedy: A totally compelling historical mystery

Alis Hawkins

£9.99
£9.49
Expect Me Tomorrow

Expect Me Tomorrow

Christopher Priest

£9.99
£9.49
The Thirty-One Doors: The gripping murder mystery perfect to read this Halloween

The Thirty-One Doors: The gripping murder mystery perfect to...

Kate Hulme

£9.99
£9.49
Legends & Lattes

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

£9.99
£9.49
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: Longlisted for the International...

Andrey Kurkov

£9.99
£9.49
The Sins of our Fathers: SHORTLISTED for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

The Sins of our Fathers: SHORTLISTED for the CWA Crime...

Asa Larsson

£10.99
£10.44
In the Upper Country: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024

In the Upper Country: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE...

KAI THOMAS

£9.99
£9.49
Last House Before the Mountain

Last House Before the Mountain

Monika Helfer

£8.99
£8.54
The Broken Afternoon: a pacey and explosive crime novel set in Oxford

The Broken Afternoon: a pacey and explosive crime novel set...

Simon Mason

£10.99
£10.44
Stolen: NOW A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION

Stolen: NOW A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION

Ann-Helen Laestadius

£9.99
£9.49
Mistletoe Malice: 'Christmas literary comfort and joy' (Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss)

Mistletoe Malice: 'Christmas literary comfort and joy' (Meg...

CCRN Farrell CCNS ACNP APRN DNSc Kathleen

£9.99
£9.49
Now Is Not The Time To Panic

Now Is Not The Time To Panic

Kevin Wilson

£8.99
£8.54
Flags on the Bayou

Flags on the Bayou

James Lee (Author) Burke

£9.99
£9.49
A Flaw in the Design: ‘A psychological thriller par excellence’ Guardian

A Flaw in the Design: ‘A psychological thriller par...

Nathan Oates

£9.99
£9.49
The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023

The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023

Matthew Richardson

£9.99
£9.49
Amazing Grace Adams

Amazing Grace Adams

Fran Littlewood

£8.99
£8.54