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Beloved
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Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The Nickel Boys
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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
£16.99   £13.99
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The Warehouse
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The Warehouse
Rob Hart
£12.99   £9.99
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How To Be an Antiracist
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How To Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
£16.99   £13.99
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Notes on a Nervous Planet
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Notes on a Nervous Planet
Matt Haig
£9.99   £7.99
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Mudlarking
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Mudlarking
Lara Maiklem
£18.99   £15.99
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Inland
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Inland
Tea Obreht
£14.99   £12.99
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Nationwide Annual 2019-2020
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Nationwide Annual 2019-2020
Stuart Barnes
£8.99   £6.99
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The Memory Police
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The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa
£12.99   £9.99
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Three Women
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Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
£16.99   £13.99
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I Never Said I Loved You
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I Never Said I Loved You
Rhik Samadder
£14.99   £12.99
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Ulverton
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Ulverton
Adam Thorpe
£9.99
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Whiskey When We're Dry
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Whiskey When We're Dry
John Larison
£8.99   £6.99
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This is Not Propaganda
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This is Not Propaganda
Peter Pomerantsev
£14.99   £12.99
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Our Best Fiction Books

The Last
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The Last
Hanna Jameson
£8.99   £6.99
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Sara Collins
£8.99   £6.99
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Normal People
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Normal People
Sally Rooney
£8.99   £6.99
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
£8.99   £6.99
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Nine Perfect Strangers
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Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty
£8.99   £6.99
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An American Marriage
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An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
£8.99   £6.99
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The Reckoning
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The Reckoning
John Grisham
£7.99   £5.99
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Middle England
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Middle England
Jonathan Coe
£8.99   £6.99
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A Keeper
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A Keeper
Graham Norton
£7.99   £5.99
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The Handmaid's Tale
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
£8.99   £6.99
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The Silence of the Girls
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The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker
£8.99   £6.99
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Paris Echo
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Paris Echo
Sebastian Faulks
£8.99   £6.99
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In a House of Lies
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In a House of Lies
Ian Rankin
£7.99   £5.99
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
£8.99   £6.99
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Transcription
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Transcription
Kate Atkinson
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Heroes
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Heroes
Stephen Fry
£8.99   £6.99
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Clock Dance
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Clock Dance
Anne Tyler
£8.99   £6.99
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Sweet Sorrow
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Sweet Sorrow
David Nicholls
£20.00   £16.99
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Our Best Non-Fiction Books

Seashaken Houses
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Seashaken Houses
Tom Nancollas
£9.99   £7.99
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Pinch of Nom
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Pinch of Nom
Kay Featherstone
£20.00   £10.00
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This is Going to Hurt
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This is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay
£8.99   £6.99
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How To Be Right
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How To Be Right
James O'Brien
£8.99   £6.99
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The Secret Barrister
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The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister
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Chernobyl
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Chernobyl
Serhii Plokhy
£9.99   £7.99
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The Salt Path
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The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
£9.99   £7.99
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Three Women
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Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
£16.99   £13.99
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12 Rules for Life
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12 Rules for Life
Jordan B. Peterson
£9.99   £7.99
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The Spy and the Traitor
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The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre
£8.99   £6.99
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Factfulness
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Factfulness
Hans Rosling
£9.99   £7.99
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Unnatural Causes
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Unnatural Causes
Dr Richard Shepherd
£8.99   £6.99
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Step By Step
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Step By Step
Simon Reeve
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Erebus: The Story of a Ship
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Erebus: The Story of a Ship
Michael Palin
£8.99   £6.99
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Educated
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Educated
Tara Westover
£8.99   £6.99
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Sapiens
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Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
£10.99   £8.99
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Our Best Children's Books

The World's Worst Teachers
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The World's Worst Teachers
David Walliams
£14.99   £7.49
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The Land of Roar
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The Land of Roar
Jenny McLachlan
£6.99   £4.99
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Top Marks For Murder
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Top Marks For Murder
Robin Stevens
£6.99   £4.99
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Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls
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Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey
£10.99   £8.99
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The Boy At the Back of the Class
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The Boy At the Back of the Class
Onjali Q. Rauf
£6.99   £4.99
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Oi Duck-billed Platypus!
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Oi Duck-billed Platypus!
Kes Gray
£6.99   £4.99
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Supertato Carnival Catastro-Pea!
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Supertato Carnival Catastro-Pea!
Paul Linnet
£6.99   £4.99
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Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn
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Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn
Chris Chatterton
£6.99   £4.99
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The Wonky Donkey
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The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith
£6.99   £4.99
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Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid
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Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid
Chris Chatterton
£6.99   £4.99
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Dog Man 5: Lord of the Fleas PB
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Dog Man 5: Lord of the Fleas PB
Dav Pilkey
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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid
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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid
Jeff Kinney
£12.99   £9.99
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Head Kid
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Head Kid
David Baddiel
£6.99   £4.99
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Not My Fault
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Not My Fault
Cath Howe
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The Runaway Pea
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The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
£6.99   £4.99
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Dork Diaries: Birthday Drama!
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Dork Diaries: Birthday Drama!
Rachel Renee Russell
£6.99   £4.99
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A Planet Full of Plastic
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A Planet Full of Plastic
Neal Layton
£6.99   £4.99
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Our Best Young Adult Books

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson
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Two Can Keep a Secret
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Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen McManus
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This Lie Will Kill You
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This Lie Will Kill You
Chelsea Pitcher
£7.99   £5.99
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Crossfire
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Crossfire
Malorie Blackman
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Crossfire
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Crossfire
Malorie Blackman
£14.99   £12.99
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One Of Us Is Lying
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One Of Us Is Lying
Karen McManus
£7.99   £5.99
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Five Feet Apart
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Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott
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Dear Evan Hansen
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Dear Evan Hansen
Val Emmich
£7.99
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La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
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La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
Philip Pullman
£7.99   £5.99
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The Hate U Give
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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
£7.99
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The Kingdom
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The Kingdom
Jess Rothenberg
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The Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
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I Am Not a Number
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I Am Not a Number
Lisa Heathfield
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Northern Lights
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Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
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All the Things We Never Said
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All the Things We Never Said
Yasmin Rahman
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Noughts & Crosses
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Noughts & Crosses
Malorie Blackman
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Heartstopper Volume One
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Heartstopper Volume One
Alice Oseman
£10.99   £8.99
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Heartstopper Volume Two
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Heartstopper Volume Two
Alice Oseman
£10.99   £9.99
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The Testaments
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The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
£20.00   £15.99
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The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
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The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
Philip Pullman
£20.00   £14.99
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Veg
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Veg
Jamie Oliver
£26.00   £13.00
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North Korea Journal
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North Korea Journal
Michael Palin
£14.99
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Dishoom
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Dishoom
Shamil Thakrar
£26.00   £21.00
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Westwind
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Westwind
Ian Rankin
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The Mirror & the Light
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The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel
£25.00
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Me
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Me
Sir Elton John
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Gotta Get Theroux This
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Gotta Get Theroux This
Louis Theroux
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House of Earth and Blood
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House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
£16.99   £14.99
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Outgrowing God
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Outgrowing God
Richard Dawkins
£14.99
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Chastise
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Chastise
Max Hastings
£25.00
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Ninth House
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Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo
£16.99
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The Guardians
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The Guardians
John Grisham
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Nothing Ventured
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Nothing Ventured
Jeffrey Archer
£20.00   £14.99
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Agent Running in the Field
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Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré
£20.00   £16.99
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Blue Moon
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Blue Moon
Lee Child
£20.00   £14.99
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Wrecking Ball
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Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney
£12.99   £6.49
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Exclusively Yours - Signed and Special Editions

The Secret Commonwealth
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The Secret Commonwealth
Philip Pullman
£40.00
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For the Record
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For the Record
David Cameron
£25.00
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Wham! George & Me
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Wham! George & Me
Andrew Ridgeley
£20.00
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The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch
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The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch
Tom Fletcher
£12.99
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The Second Sleep
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The Second Sleep
Robert Harris
£20.00
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Over the Top
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Over the Top
Jonathan Van Ness
£20.00
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Time to Eat
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Time to Eat
Nadiya Hussain
£20.00   £14.99
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The Autobiography
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The Autobiography
Sir Alastair Cook
£20.00
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I, Robot
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I, Robot
Peter Crouch
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Ask A Footballer
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Ask A Footballer
James Milner
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Marcus Everyday
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Marcus Everyday
Marcus Wareing
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Starsight
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Starsight
Brandon Sanderson
£18.99
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The Secret Hours
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The Secret Hours
Santa Montefiore
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Rebel Ideas
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Rebel Ideas
Matthew Syed
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Sex Power Money
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Sex Power Money
Sara Pascoe
£14.99
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Darkdawn
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Darkdawn
Jay Kristoff
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Lost Acre
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Lost Acre
Andrew Caldecott
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Desk Fan
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Desk Fan
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Dobble Harry Potter
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Dobble Harry Potter
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Waboba Moon Ball
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Bananagrams
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What Do You Meme?
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What Do You Meme?
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LEGO Disney Series 2 Minifigures
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Unstable Unicorns
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Avocado Smash
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Celestial Tote Bag
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5 Second Rule Mini Game
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Rubik's Cube
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From the Waterstones Blog

Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'til Morning

Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'til Morning

Jenny McLachlan, the author of August's Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, reveals the magical worlds that light up her imagination.

To the Moon and Back

To the Moon and Back

To celebrate 50 years since mankind set foot on the Moon we provide a reading list of lunar literature for children that is out of this world.

The Best British Political Novels

The Best British Political Novels

As Boris Johnson takes up residence in Downing Street we take a look at the pick of Parliamentary page-turners.

Tom Nancollas on Seashaken Houses

Tom Nancollas on Seashaken Houses

Tom Nancollas, author of August's Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month, recounts the drama and romance of Britain and Ireland's lighthouses.