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Our Wives Under The Sea
Convenience Store Woman
Butter
Minor Detail
Yellowface
A Broken Blade
The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
When I Sing, Mountains Dance
Weird Walk: Wanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year
This is How You Lose the Time War: The epic time-travelling love story and Twitter sensation
The Sheffield Cook Book - Back for Thirds
Small Things Like These: An Oprah Book Club Pick
The Satsuma Complex
The Zen of Climbing
The South Yorkshire Moors: A hand-drawn guide to walking and exploring the moorlands of South Yorkshire and northern Derbyshire,
The Book of Sheffield: A City in Short Fiction
Flower Fix: Modern arrangements for a daily dose of nature
Glasshouse Greenhouse: Haarkon's world tour of amazing botanical spaces
What You Could Have Won
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
The Art of Disruption: A Manifesto For Real Change
The History Man: Picador Classic
Never Leave the Dog Behind: Our love of dogs and mountains
Black Car Burning
Division Street
No Map Could Show Them
Waymaking: An anthology of women’s adventure writing, poetry and art
Fantastic Female Adventurers: Truly amazing tales of women exploring the world
Tea with Cardamom
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
A Deadly Education: A TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling dark academia fantasy
In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia anthology
An Education in Malice: the sizzling and addictive dark academia romance everyone is talking about!
Belladonna
A Study in Drowning
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
The Secret History
The Atlas Six
The Society for Soulless Girls
Ace of Spades
A Separate Peace: As heard on BBC Radio 4
Plain Bad Heroines
Catherine House: The college that won't let you leave...
The Maidens: The Dark Academia Thriller from the author of TikTok sensation The Silent Patient
Greenwild: The World Behind The Door
Ravencave
Tyger
Dogs of the Deadlands: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS
The Swifts
Steady For This: the laugh-out-loud and award-winning teen novel!
Safiyyah's War
Boy Like Me
Wild Song
Crossing the Line: Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award
Digging for Victory
Until the Road Ends: From the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls
Electric Life
Choose Love
The Boy Lost in the Maze
What Feelings Do When No One's Looking
The Boy Who Lost His Spark
My Baba's Garden: A stunning ode to the love between grandparent and grandchild from the award-winning duo shortlisted for the K
The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish
Global: a graphic novel adventure about hope in the face of climate change
The Bowerbird
The Midnight Panther
To The Other Side: A powerful story of two refugees searching for safety
Tyger
The Wilderness
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Lost
DEEP
The Concrete Garden
April's Garden
Silver Nitrate: a dark and gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author
Her Body And Other Parties
Down the Rabbit Hole: Shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award
Family Lore
Our Share of Night
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina: A Novel
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
Cemetery Boys
Study for Obedience: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 If I Survive You This Other Eden
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2023 Booker Prize Shortlist

The Gospel of Loki
The Wicked + The Divine Volume 1: The Faust Act
The Night Circus
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
This is How You Lose the Time War: The epic time-travelling love story and Twitter sensation
Howl's Moving Castle
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
Bookshops & Bonedust
Perilous Times: The Sunday Times Bestseller compared to 'Good Omens with Arthurian knights'
Good Omens: The phenomenal laugh out loud adventure about the end of the world
The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
The Human Stain
Cider With Rosie
String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm
The Collected Poems
Beautiful Losers
Art Of Drowning, The
My Antonia
Henry V: The Oxford Shakespeare
Ulysses
The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems
Little, Big: The tale of faerie loved and acclaimed by readers for decades
Young Mungo
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
A Lady For a Duke: a swoonworthy historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Bored Gay Werewolf: The Awoooooosome Word-of-mouth Hit
Tell Me I'm Worthless
Our Wives Under The Sea
Sixteen Souls
Kaikeyi: the instant New York Times bestseller and Tiktok sensation
A Broken Blade
Godkiller
Under The Udala Trees
Detransition, Baby: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021 and Top Ten The Times Bestseller
The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle: Shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize for LGBTQ+ Fiction
Her Body And Other Parties
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)
Rick: A Melissa Novel
The Fairest in the Land
You Need to Chill
A Fox Called Herbert
Llama Glamarama
Fabulous Frankie
My Daddies!
Aalfred and Aalbert
The Spectacular Suit
You Can!
And Tango Makes Three
Daddy, Papa, and Me
Julian at the Wedding
Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition
Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else
Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity
Dear Senthuran: A Black spirit memoir
I'm Afraid of Men
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar: A Journey of Self (and Sexual) Discovery
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution
In Waves
Habibi
For the Love of God Marie!
Cyberman
Heimat: A German Family Album
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr Iwan James
Shame Pudding: A Graphic Memoir
The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic
Blackwood
Our Members Be Unlimited: a comic about workers and their unions
No Surrender
Siberian Haiku
Stone Fruit
The Roles We Play
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story
The Ramadan Cookbook: 80 delicious recipes perfect for Ramadan, Eid and celebrating throughout the year
GIFT OF RAMADAN
Amal Unbound
Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
Like the Moon Loves the Sky
The Stationery Shop of Tehran
The Island of Missing Trees
We Have Always Been Here
Accidentally Engaged: deliciously romantic and feel-good - the perfect romcom for 2021
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir
Ace of Spades
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: Discover the immersive novel longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2020
The Good Muslim
The Startup Wife
A Far Wilder Magic: The instant New York Times bestseller
The Ghosts of Rose Hill
Confessions of the Fox
FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES
Shadow and Bone: Shadow and Bone: Book 1
Six of Crows: Book 1
Different Kinds of Fruit
Fire Becomes Her
This Rebel Heart
The Seep
Depart, Depart!
The Golem and the Djinni
The Stars Undying
Alice Isn’t Dead
The Latecomer
Birdgirl: ‘Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ Margaret Atwood
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
Takeaway: Stories from a childhood behind the counter
The Attic Child: A powerful and heartfelt historical novel, longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2023
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: “An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN F
When We Were Birds: Winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the Author's Club First Novel Award 2023
Here Again Now: 'Written in exquisite prose and told with compassion and tenderness' Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half
Losing the Plot
I'm a Fan
Hiding to Nothing
Another Way to Split Water
The Room Between Us
Death: A Graveside Companion
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses
Where the Wild Things are
The Iron Man: 50th Anniversary Edition
ABC Warriors: The Mek Files 01
Subway Art
Hip Hop Family Tree
Surf, Skate & Rock Art of Jim Phillips
Black Hole
X'ed Out
The Band's Music from Big Pink
To Throw Away Unopened
Women Talking: The Oscar-winning film starring Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley and Claire Foy
Heartstopper Volume 1: The bestselling graphic novel, now on Netflix!
The Color Purple: Now a major motion picture from Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
The Cabin at the End of the World
A Man Called Ove: The global bestselling phenomenon
Red, White & Royal Blue
Dune
The Power: Now a Major TV Series with Prime Video
Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase: Book 1
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)
Daisy Jones and The Six
Shadow and Bone: Shadow and Bone: Book 1
Jade City: THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER
Legendborn: TikTok made me buy it!
Bluebird
Middlegame
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
Godkiller
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
The Poppy War
Amberlough: Book 1 in the Amberlough Dossier
Base Notes
Six of Crows: Book 1
They Called Us Enemy
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
The Bone Witch
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
The Bone Witch
Firekeeper's Daughter
Heartstopper Volume 1: The bestselling graphic novel, now on Netflix!
The Henna Wars
Last Night at the Telegraph Club: A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Where We Go From Here
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Love from A to Z
Fire Becomes Her
Cemetery Boys
One For All
Six of Crows: Book 1
Raybearer: The New York Times bestseller, soon to be a major Netflix series
Blood Like Magic
The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World
Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide: A graphic guide to lesbian and queer history 1950-2020
Queer: A Graphic History
Feminism: A Graphic Guide
Gender: A Graphic Guide
The Roles We Play
The Complete MAUS
They Called Us Enemy
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Persepolis I & II
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
A Memory Called Empire: Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
A Dowry of Blood: THE GOTHIC SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The City of Brass
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Bluebird
Middlegame
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
The Poppy War
Godkiller
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: the most hopeful, charming and cosy novel to curl up with
The Unbroken: Magic of the Lost, Book 1
She Who Became the Sun
The Jasmine Throne: The World Fantasy Award-winning sapphic fantasy and Tiktok sensation
A Broken Blade
The Little Prince: And Letter to a Hostage
Summer Bird Blue
We Have Always Been Here
All Boys Aren't Blue
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family
Crush: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy
The Story of Art without Men
The Smoke Thieves
How To Be Parisian: Wherever You Are
Around the World in 80 Days
Where's Wally? The Great Picture Hunt
Birthday
The Outsider
The Awakening
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
The Future is Disabled
The Collected Schizophrenias
Broken Places & Outer Spaces
Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid
Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction
Disability Visibility
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller
Black and British: A Forgotten History
Black British Lives Matter: A Clarion Call for Equality
The Origin of Others
Orientalism
The History of White People
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour
Against White Feminism
How to Be an Antiracist
Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race: The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition
So You Want to Talk About Race
Daughters of Sparta: A tale of secrets, betrayal and revenge from mythology's most vilified women
The Shadow of Perseus: A compelling feminist retelling of the myth of Perseus told from the perspectives of the women who knew h
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold
Pandora: The instant no.1 Sunday Times bestseller
Ithaca: The exquisite, gripping tale that breathes life into ancient myth
Medusa: A beautiful and profound retelling of Medusa’s story
The Silence of the Girls
The Women of Troy
Clytemnestra: The spellbinding retelling of Greek mythology’s greatest heroine
Ariadne: Discover the smash-hit mythical bestseller
Elektra: The mesmerising story of Troy from the three women at its heart
Stone Blind
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
Transcendent Kingdom Great Circle: The soaring and emotional novel shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 and shortlisted for the Booker The Night She Disappeared
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My fiction picks of the year

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Twilight: Twilight, Book 1 It
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The Book was Better...

A Cyclist's Guide to the Pyrenees Rough Stuff Cycling in the Alps French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France
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A Tour of France

Mini Rabbit Not Lost
Bookscape Board Books: A Forest's Seasons
Pop-up Jungle
Wild Animals
Mini Rabbit Must Help
Alphabet Street
Richard Scarry's The Adventures of Lowly Worm
Mini Rabbit Come Home
My First Book of Feminism
Honeybee
London Orbital The Salt Path As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
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Walking Britain

Fever Pitch Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel with a Pro Cyclist Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing
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For the love of the game...

Touching The Void Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna The Bond: Two epic climbs in Alaska and a lifetime's connection between climbers
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Jon's Fave Climbing Books (Sheffield Selects)

In The Kitchen: Essays on food and life
An Alphabet for Gourmets
The Best of Jane Grigson
Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery
First, Catch: Study of a Spring Meal
French Provincial Cooking
The Gastronomical Me
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine
Roast Chicken and Other Stories
Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen
Summer's Lease: How to Cook Without Heat
Trespasses: The most beautiful, devastating love story you’ll read this year
Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
Black Butterflies: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2023
The Marriage Portrait: the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller, Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
Pod: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
Fire Rush
Sunny
Johnny Ball: Accidental Football Genius
A Beginner's Guide to Ruling the Galaxy: It’s hard to crush your enemies when your homework’s due…
Rocky of the Rovers: Game Changer
The Young Cyclist's Companion
Key Player
The Taylor TurboChaser
All to Play For
Rampaging Rugby
Last Girl In: Kerry-Ann Fights to Stay in the Game
Booked: Graphic Novel
Ayeisha McFerran: Great Irish Sports Stars
The Dog that Saved the World (Cup)
The Amazing Edie Eckhart: The Big Trip: Book 2 - World Book Day 2024 Author and star of Taskmaster Series 18!
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
A Brief History of Black British Art
Out of The Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race
Look For Me and I'll Be Gone
Quiet
Invisible Child: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction 2022
Fledgling
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Companion piece: The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of How to be both
Very Cold People
The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings
Alison: a stunning and emotional graphic novel unlike any other
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars – A Times Best Art Book of 2022
The Saint of Lost Things: A Guardian Summer Read
He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art
When We Were Birds
Smuggling Jesus Back into the Church: How the church became worldly and what to do about it
Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism
The Three-Body Problem: Now a major Netflix series
I’m Waiting For You
Rosewater: Book 1 of the Wormwood Trilogy, Winner of the Nommo Award for Best Novel
The Doors of Eden: An exhilarating voyage into extraordinary realities from a master of science fiction
Hyperion
The Paper Menagerie
Dawn: Lilith's Brood 1
The Terraformers
Sinopticon 2021: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction
Jumpnauts
Foundation
Regretting Motherhood: A Study
Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women