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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

A. Igoni Barrett

The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Jilly Cooper

The laugh-out-loud funny guide to surviving the Christmas season from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals. 
 
Christmas is looming. Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jersey this year? How are you going to cope with Granny's dog or the ghastly in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, and it's only August? 
 
Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything. Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry or suggest a wholesome family walk, Jilly offers, in her own irrepressible style, sound but often hilarious advice about how to get through the roller-coaster ride we call Christmas.

How to Survive Christmas

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THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS OF THE HIT TV SHOW! 
 
The brand new quiz book for everyone, where an 8-year-old has as much chance of winning as an 80-year-old! 
 
From the team behind the hit TV show, The 1% Club Official Quiz Book 2 is the brand new book packed full of new quiz questions. The must-have follow-up to the first bestselling book from the show. 
 
Are you in the top 50% of the country? 
The top 10%? Or even the top 1%? 
This is your chance to find out with BRAND NEW QUESTIONS 
Includes cracking Christmas quizzes perfect for Christmas day fun 
 
To win, you need to be able to correctly answer a set of fifteen questions that get progressively harder with each round, starting with a question that 90% of the country can get right down to a question that only 1% of the country can answer. 
 
Who will join The 1% Club around your Christmas table this year? 
 
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The 1% Club Book 2

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Carol Bolt

In this seductive, insightful, and highly entertaining follow up to her bestselling The Book of Answers as seen on TikTok, Carol Bolt provides the answers to any and all questions about the amatory future in The Book of Love Answers. Drawing on the ancient wisdom of bibliomancy - the art of foretelling the future using books - this divination tool between covers provides answers to any yes-or-no question about your romantic life... 
 
With a solution on every page, The Book of Love Answers is intriguing, inspiring and enormous fun to use - its also the perfect gift book!

The Book Of Love Answers

Antony Johnston

ARE YOU READY TO BE A DETECTIVE? 
 
In this gripping interactive crime novel, at the end of every chapter, YOU choose what to do next… 
 
You arrive at Elysium, a wellness retreat in an English country manor, to investigate a murder. You find the body of a local businessman on the lawn, with a rose placed in his mouth. 
 
When you examine the body, you learn that he fell to his death from the balcony above. But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door – and the key is missing. 
 
Everyone in Elysium is now a suspect, but who will you interview first? Be careful what you choose, because every decision you make has consequences, and some of them will prove fatal… 
 
Do you have what it takes? Can YOU solve the murder? 
 
Experience a gripping new type of story, unlike anything you’ve read before, from Antony Johnston, award-winning crime author and veteran games writer. 
 
***Preorder Book 2: Can You Solve the Murder? - The Forest of Death***

Can You Solve the Murder?

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS OF THE HIT TV SHOW! 
 
Are you in the top 50% of the country? 
The top 10%? Or even the top 1%? 
This is your chance to find out. 
 
The 1% Club, the quiz for 100% of the people. 
 
The 1% Club Official Quiz Book, brought to you by the team behind the hit TV show, is a quiz book for all the family, where an 8-year-old has as much chance of winning as an 80-year-old, where intelligence is not based on how many exams you passed, it’s all about how your brain works. Logic and common sense are the key to success. 
 
To win, you need to be able to correctly answer a set of fifteen questions that get progressively harder with each round, starting with a question that 90% of the country can get right down to a question that only 1% of the country can answer. 
 
Suitable for contestants of all ages because, unlike most quizzes, no swotting up is required to win. Have you got what it takes to be part of The 1% Club? 
 
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Sara Davies

INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'Treat yourself with the crafting bible, Craft Your Year with Sara Davies.' Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2 
 
Step-by-step seasonal crafting guide with over 70 projects to make throughout the year 
 
This easy-to-follow crafting guide from the queen of crafting Sara Davies will help you and your family craft throughout the year, with projects for beginner, intermediate and advanced crafters. 
 
Packed full of ideas, tips and tricks to help you grow in confidence and creativity, as well as useful lists of tools, must-have items and a glossary explaining the key crafting terms and phrases you'll hear time and again as you craft. 
 
This practical book includes photographs and simple step-by-step instructions to help you make everything need throughout the year, from a Mother's Day card in spring to a macrame flower hanger in summer, from Halloween treat bags in autumn to a Christmas wreath in winter and everything in-between.

Craft Your Year with Sara Davies

Crafting Queen, Dragons’ Den and Strictly Star

Vexx

Vexx is back with another incredible collection of critters to colour, drawn in his signature street-art doodle style. In Mythotopia, you'll find entirely new line art depicting magical creatures from griffins and mermaids to krakens and yetis, as well as a few guest-doodle-artists pages and an invitation from Vexx for you to submit your artwork via Instagram for possible inclusion in his next book. 
 
Go crazy with colour and ink in the intricate linework paired with bubbly characters, all on single-sided pages for minimum bleed-through. Both relaxing and challenging, this book is sure to inspire your inner artist.

Mythotopia

A Dragons and Doodles Colouring Book

AS SEEN ON TIKTOK: The Book of Answers holds the solution you've been looking for. 
 Ask a yes or no question, open the book and find your answer... 
 
 Is my partner the one? 
 Should I travel this weekend? 
 Should I ask my boss for a pay rise? 
 
 The perfect gift for those looking for new perspectives and enlightenment...or simply (spookily accurate) fun! 
HOW TO USE THE BOOK OF ANSWERS: 
 
 1. Simply hold the closed book in your hands and take ten to fifteen seconds to concentrate on your question. 
2. Whilst visualising or saying your question out loud, place one palm on the book's front cover and stroke the edge of the pages back to front. 
3. When you sense the time is right, open to the page your fingers land on and there is your answer! 
 
 Beautifully packaged with over 700 guiding insights, The Book of Answers is a brilliant and original gift. 
 
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What people are saying about The Book of Answers 
'I don't know how I had gotten through life until this book showed up one day, courtesy of a friend' - ***** Reader review 
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The Book Of Answers

The gift book that became an internet sensation, offering both enlightenment and entertainment

Andy Bull

WINNER OF THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 
 
In the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage. It was described by Aldous Huxley as 'the one genuinely modern pleasure', and one of the fastest and most thrilling ways to attain it was through the new sport of bobsledding. Exotic, exciting and above all dangerous, it was by far the most popular event at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. It required an abundance of skill and bravery. And the four men who triumphed at those Games lived the most extraordinary lives. 
 
Billy Fiske was an infamous daredevil, blessed with a natural talent for driving. He would later become the first American airman to die in the war - flying for the RAF. Clifford Gray was a notorious playboy and a player on both Broadway and Hollywood. Or was he? His identity was a mystery for decades. Jay O'Brien was a gambler and a rogue who, according to one ex-wife, forced women to marry him at gunpoint. And Eddie Eagan, a heavyweight boxer and brilliant lawyer, remains the only man to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Olympics. 
 
This is their story, of loose living, risk-taking and hell-raising in an age of decadence, and of their race against the odds to become the fastest men on ice. We will never see their like again. Especially after the world did descend into that second, terrible global conflict.

Speed Kings

Roy Brindley

Roy Brindley has earned over a million pounds, has a contented family life, owns an incredible house and both a Porsche and a Ferrari. But he's not always had money to play with. In fact, he hasn't always had a home. 
 
Addicted to gambling like the majority of his family, Roy spent his teens and twenties in the bookies and, week in, week out, frittered away his entire pay packet as he attempted to chase his losses. By the time he was twenty-eight he was on the run from the police and living out of a cardboard box in Southsea. In 2002 he finally ended up in court and decided to turn his life around. After a chance viewing of the Hollywood poker film Rounders, he at last put his phenomenal mathematical talent to constructive use, and his domination of the European poker circuit began. 
 
From his dysfunctional early years, through a career as a greyhound trainer and journalist before playing cards for cash became his vocation, the story of Roy the Boy is both an inspirational rags-to-riches story of a man who learnt to trust something other than lady luck, and a fascinating insight into the glamorous, celebrity-filled and ever-more-popular world of poker.

Life's a Gamble

The High Stakes and Low Life of a Poker Professional

**Preorder the new Can You Solve the Murder? novel now** 
 
YOU are the detective in this interactive crime novel, where YOU must investigate a murder and YOUR choices will determine whether you solve the crime... 
 
A village of dark secrets. 
A young woman is found dead inside an ancient stone circle at the heart of a remote forest. She’s a rock singer, who was filming a music video. Now her bandmates are suspects, along with the eccentric locals. 
 
Every suspect has an alibi. 
There’s just one problem: they all have water-tight alibis, and many villagers believe the singer was actually killed by the ‘Stone Warden’ – a figure from local folklore who haunts the forest. 
 
Who killed her? What do the strange symbols on the stones mean? What dark secrets are the villagers hiding? And can you find the killer before they strike again? 
 
No one is telling the truth. 
Decide who to interview, decode the symbols, and uncover what the villagers are hiding behind closed doors. Will your choices uncover the killer – or will they be your downfall? 
 
Only YOU can decide… 
 
Can You Solve the Murder? was a Top Ten Kindle Bestseller, July 2025

Can You Solve the Murder? - The Forest of Death

Alan Connor

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LEE CHILD 
 
For Jack Reacher fans who love a brain-teasing challenge, enjoy your hero vanquishing bad guys in the form of sudokus, word wheels, word searches and Murdle-style reasoning puzzles. Puzzle solving has never been so bloody. 
 
You don't need to have read Jack Reacher novels to know how to play. You just need to adopt Reacher's cool, calm, matter-of-fact approach to solve the puzzles. You’ll be listening to blues following up on clues to save the day. 
 
Created by Alan Connor, puzzle setter for hit TV shows Ludwig, The Traitors, House of Games and Only Connect, every page is a delight. 
 
The puzzles suit those who like to work alone in a diner with a bottomless cup of coffee as much as those who like to work in a group, sharing their knowledge to reach a solution. 
 
Remember, be on your feet and be ready. 
If in doubt, drink coffee.

What Would Reacher Do?

The Official Jack Reacher Puzzle Book

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

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