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A Promised Land
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A Promised Land
President Barack Obama
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The Ickabog
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J. K. Rowling
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The Thursday Murder Club
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Richard Osman
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30 Day Kick Start Plan
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30 Day Kick Start Plan
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A Song for the Dark Times
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A Song for the Dark Times
Ian Rankin
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Code Name Bananas
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Code Name Bananas
David Walliams
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A Year at the Chateau
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A Year at the Chateau
Dick Strawbridge
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Guinness World Records 2021
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Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records
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Dark Tides
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Dark Tides
Philippa Gregory
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The Midnight Guardians
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The Midnight Guardians
Ross Montgomery
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Troubled Blood
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Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith
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Greenlights
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Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
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Firewatching
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Firewatching
Russ Thomas
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Surrounded by Idiots
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Surrounded by Idiots
Thomas Erikson
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My Life in Red and White
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My Life in Red and White
Arsene Wenger
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How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet
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How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet
Noel Fitzpatrick
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Troy
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Troy
Stephen Fry
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Hamnet
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Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
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Douglas Stuart
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Ready Player Two
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Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline
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Gender Swapped Fairy Tales
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Gender Swapped Fairy Tales
Karrie Fransman
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Nala's World
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Nala's World
Dean Nicholson
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Leave the World Behind
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Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
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The Queen's Gambit
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The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis
£8.99
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Toksvig's Almanac 2021
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Toksvig's Almanac 2021
Sandi Toksvig
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No Time Like the Future
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No Time Like the Future
Michael J Fox
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Murder On Mustique
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Murder On Mustique
Anne Glenconner
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Cook, Eat, Repeat
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Cook, Eat, Repeat
Nigella Lawson
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Word Perfect
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Word Perfect
Susie Dent
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Accidentally Wes Anderson
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Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval
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The Future of British Politics
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The Future of British Politics
Frankie Boyle
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Dearly
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Dearly
Margaret Atwood
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The Decameron Project
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The Decameron Project
New York Times Magazine
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Portraits for NHS Heroes
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Portraits for NHS Heroes
Tom Croft
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The Invisible Land
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The Invisible Land
Hubert Mingarelli
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Life Under Fire
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Life Under Fire
Jason Fox
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Quite
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Quite
Claudia Winkleman
£16.99   £14.99
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Skincare
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Skincare
Caroline Hirons
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Love your Life
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Love your Life
Sophie Kinsella
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Agent Sonya
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Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
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Love
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Love
Roddy Doyle
£18.99
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Life in Pieces
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Life in Pieces
Dawn O'Porter
£12.99
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Home Body
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Home Body
Rupi Kaur
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers
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Fast Forward
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Fast Forward
Andrew Cole
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Women Don't Owe You Pretty
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Women Don't Owe You Pretty
Florence Given
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The Greatest Secret
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The Greatest Secret
Rhonda Byrne
£16.99
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Dark Tides
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Dark Tides
Philippa Gregory
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Anything is Possible
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Anything is Possible
Gareth Southgate
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Not a Life Coach
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Not a Life Coach
James Smith
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Viz Annual 2021: The Wizard's Sleeve
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Viz Annual 2021: The Wizard's Sleeve
Viz Magazine
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Private Eye Annual 2020
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Private Eye Annual 2020
Ian Hislop
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We Do Lockdown
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We Do Lockdown
Miriam Elia
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101 Things To Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone
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101 Things To Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone
Ilka Heinemann
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Funny You Should Ask . . .
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Funny You Should Ask . . .
QI Elves
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What Cats Want
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What Cats Want
Yuki Hattori
£12.99   £10.99
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Word Perfect
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Word Perfect
Susie Dent
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Frank Get The Door!
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Frank Get The Door!
Janey Godley
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How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
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How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
The Oatmeal
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Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2020
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Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2020
Tim Benson
£12.99   £10.99
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Guinness World Records 2021
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Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records
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Giles The Collection 2021
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Giles The Collection 2021
Carl Giles
£9.99   £8.99
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You Couldn't Make It Up...!
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You Couldn't Make It Up...!
Kate Moore
£9.99   £8.49
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The Secret Political Adviser
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The Secret Political Adviser
Michael Spicer
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The Best of Matt 2020
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The Best of Matt 2020
Matt Pritchett
£7.99   £6.99
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Richard Osman's House of Games
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Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman
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Men to Avoid in Art and Life
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Men to Avoid in Art and Life
Nicole Tersigni
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The Prime Ministers
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The Prime Ministers
Iain Dale
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Lost Cat
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Lost Cat
Mary Gaitskill
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The War Against the BBC
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The War Against the BBC
Patrick Barwise
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Black Spartacus
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Black Spartacus
Sudhir Hazareesingh
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The Brutish Museums
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Dan Hicks
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Mozart
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Mozart
Jan Swafford
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News and How to Use It
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News and How to Use It
Alan Rusbridger
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Statesman of Europe
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Statesman of Europe
T. G. Otte
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Hitler and Stalin
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Hitler and Stalin
Laurence Rees
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Sybille Bedford
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Sybille Bedford
Selina Hastings
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The Splendid and the Vile
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The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson
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Out of Thin Air
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Out of Thin Air
Michael Crawley
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Walking With Ghosts
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Walking With Ghosts
Gabriel Byrne
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The Weirdest People in the World
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The Weirdest People in the World
Joseph Henrich
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The Murder of Professor Schlick
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The Murder of Professor Schlick
David Edmonds
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At Night All Blood is Black
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At Night All Blood is Black
David Diop
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The Volunteer
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The Volunteer
Jack Fairweather
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Shuggie Bain
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Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
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Dark Tides
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Dark Tides
Philippa Gregory
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Leave the World Behind
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Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
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The Thursday Murder Club
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The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman
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Hamnet
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Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
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Troy
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Troy
Stephen Fry
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The Sentinel
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The Sentinel
Lee Child
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One August Night
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One August Night
Victoria Hislop
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Find Them Dead
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Find Them Dead
Peter James
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A Song for the Dark Times
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A Song for the Dark Times
Ian Rankin
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War Lord
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War Lord
Bernard Cornwell
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Hidden in Plain Sight
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Hidden in Plain Sight
Jeffrey Archer
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Ready Player Two
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Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline
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Kill A Stranger
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Kill A Stranger
Simon Kernick
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Mr Wilder and Me
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Mr Wilder and Me
Jonathan Coe
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The Emperor's Exile
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The Emperor's Exile
Simon Scarrow
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Rhythm of War
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Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
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The Silence
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The Silence
Don Delillo
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Cook, Eat, Repeat
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Cook, Eat, Repeat
Nigella Lawson
£26.00   £21.00
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The Greatest Secret
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The Greatest Secret
Rhonda Byrne
£16.99   £12.99
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A Perfect Planet
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A Perfect Planet
Huw Cordey
£25.00   £20.00
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Women Don't Owe You Pretty
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Women Don't Owe You Pretty
Florence Given
£12.99
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How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet
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How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet
Noel Fitzpatrick
£20.00   £10.00
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My Garden World
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My Garden World
Monty Don
£20.00   £16.99
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Mountains According to G
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Mountains According to G
Geraint Thomas
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Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood
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Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood
Jasper Rees
£20.00   £17.99
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
£16.99   £12.99
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A Life on Our Planet
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A Life on Our Planet
Sir David Attenborough
£20.00   £17.99
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7 Ways
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7 Ways
Jamie Oliver
£26.00   £13.00
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Word Perfect
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Word Perfect
Susie Dent
£14.99   £12.99
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The Wild Silence
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The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn
£14.99   £12.99
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Anything is Possible
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Anything is Possible
Gareth Southgate
£16.99
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Not a Life Coach
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Not a Life Coach
James Smith
£20.00
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A Year at the Chateau
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A Year at the Chateau
Dick Strawbridge
£20.00   £10.00
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The OMG Effect
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The OMG Effect
Rev. Christopher Lee
£12.99
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Clanlands
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Clanlands
Sam Heughan
£20.00   £17.99
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Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature
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Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature
Natural History Museum
£25.00   £21.99
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Code Name Bananas
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Code Name Bananas
David Walliams
£14.99   £7.49
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Northern Lights: Illustrated Edition
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Northern Lights: Illustrated Edition
Philip Pullman
£30.00   £25.00
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (Book 15)
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (Book 15)
Jeff Kinney
£12.99   £10.99
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Guinness World Records 2021
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Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records
£20.00   £10.00
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Serpentine
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Serpentine
Philip Pullman
£7.99
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The Midnight Guardians
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The Midnight Guardians
Ross Montgomery
£7.99   £6.99
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The Lost Spells
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The Lost Spells
Robert Macfarlane
£14.99
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Kay's Anatomy
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Kay's Anatomy
Adam Kay
£14.99   £12.99
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One for Sorrow
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One for Sorrow
Amy McCulloch
£12.99   £10.99
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The Book of Hopes
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The Book of Hopes
Katherine Rundell
£12.99   £10.99
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The Littlest Yak
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The Littlest Yak
Lu Fraser
£6.99   £5.99
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The Leaf Thief (PB)
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The Leaf Thief (PB)
Nicola Slater
£6.99   £5.99
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The Smeds and the Smoos
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The Smeds and the Smoos
Julia Donaldson
£6.99   £5.99
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The Night After Christmas
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The Night After Christmas
Kes Gray
£6.99
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The Chameleon
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The Chameleon
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Richard Osman's House of Games Board Game
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Richard Osman's House of Games Board Game
£24.99
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Cards Against Humanity
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Cards Against Humanity
£27.99
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A Winter Stroll Jigsaw Puzzle 1000pc
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A Winter Stroll Jigsaw Puzzle 1000pc
£13.99
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The World of Shakespeare
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The World of Shakespeare
Adam Simpson
£14.99
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Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
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Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
£27.99
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Throw Throw Burrito Card Game
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Throw Throw Burrito Card Game
£24.99
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221B Baker Street
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221B Baker Street
£23.99
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The Chase Card Game
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The Chase Card Game
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Dobble Harry Potter
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Dobble Harry Potter
£14.99
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5 Second Rule Mini Game
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5 Second Rule Mini Game
£9.99
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Dobble
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Dobble
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The Fantasy Bookshop 1000pc Jigsaw
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The Fantasy Bookshop 1000pc Jigsaw
£12.99
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Beautiful Britain 1000pc Jigsaw
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Beautiful Britain 1000pc Jigsaw
£13.99
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Winter Snow Globe 500 Piece Puzzle
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Winter Snow Globe 500 Piece Puzzle
Galison
£12.99
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I Love Winter 1000pc Puzzle
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I Love Winter 1000pc Puzzle
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Lindt Advent Calendar 160G
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Lindt Advent Calendar 160G
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Lindt Advent Calendar 250G
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Lindt Advent Calendar 250G
£9.99   £7.49
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Divine Milk Chocolate Coins 65G X 25
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Divine Milk Chocolate Coins 65G X 25
£2.50
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Lego (R) Harry Potter Advent Calendar
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Lego ® Harry Potter Advent Calendar
£24.99   £18.74
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Lego City Advent Calendar
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Lego City Advent Calendar
£19.99   £14.99
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Book print washable face mask
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Book print washable face mask
£12.99
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Star print washable face mask
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Star print washable face mask
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Hand Sanitiser Gel 45ml
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Hand Sanitiser Gel 45ml
£3.99
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Recycled Coffee Cup 12oz
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Recycled Coffee Cup 12oz
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Ibed Lap Desk
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Ibed Lap Desk
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Dry Erase Board Daily
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Dry Erase Board Daily
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Palm Reading Cards
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Palm Reading Cards
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Felt Bedside Caddy
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Felt Bedside Caddy
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Bike Shaped multi tool
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Bike Shaped multi tool
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Bee House
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Bee House
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Build your own Retro Radio
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Build your own Retro Radio
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Charlie Mackesy Cloth Bag
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Charlie Mackesy Cloth Bag
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Coming Soon - The Biggest Books for 2020 and Beyond

30 Day Kick Start Plan
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30 Day Kick Start Plan
Joe Wicks
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Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy
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Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy
Kay Featherstone
£20.00   £10.00
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The City of Tears
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The City of Tears
Kate Mosse
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You Are A Champion
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You Are A Champion
Marcus Rashford
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With This Kiss
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With This Kiss
Carrie Hope Fletcher
£12.99
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
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Project Hail Mary
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Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
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The Death of Francis Bacon
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The Death of Francis Bacon
Max Porter
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First Person Singular
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First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami
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Dolly Parton, Songteller
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Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton
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The Desolations of Devil's Acre
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The Desolations of Devil's Acre
Ransom Riggs
£16.99   £14.99
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Long Island Compromise
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Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
£18.99
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Anna Jones
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers
£16.99   £14.99
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The Mask Falling
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The Mask Falling
Samantha Shannon
£16.99   £14.99
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Beyond Order
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Beyond Order
Jordan B. Peterson
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The Nightingale
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Sam Lee
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From the Waterstones Blog

The Waterstones Round Up: November & December's Best Books

The Waterstones Round Up: November & December's Best Books

With Christmas just around the corner, get the perfect gift inspiration with the finest books out in November and December.

Claudia Hammond on Resting in the Time of Coronavirus

Claudia Hammond on Resting in the Time of Coronavirus

Claudia Hammond, author of The Art of Rest, our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for November, on the importance of rest during the pandemic.

Russ Thomas on the Importance of Place in Fiction

Russ Thomas on the Importance of Place in Fiction

Russ Thomas, author of Firewatching, our Thriller of the Month for November, picks some premier novels with a great sense of place.

Andrew Michael Hurley on the Legend of the Fylde Witch

Andrew Michael Hurley on the Legend of the Fylde Witch

Andrew Michael Hurley, author of Starve Acre, our Fiction Book of the Month for November, recounts the legend of the Fylde Witch.