Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 256Released On: 13/08/2026Reading Age: 9-12 11-year-old Luna dreams of becoming an astronaut and astronauts need to remain calm in a crisis… She knows for certain that the International Space Station will be over their house in ten days, so Dad will definitely be home by then. Won’t he? But Dad leftContinue reading “Into Thin Air – S. E. Durrant”
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Hiroshima, 8:15 – Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Published By: Ebury PressPages: 256Released On: 06/08/2026 The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in various directions. Could all of this have happened at once? It was then that black drops of rain, as big as blackberries, began to fall – rain caused by the atomic bomb. I wonderedContinue reading “Hiroshima, 8:15 – Kiyoshi Tanimoto”
No Light but the Stars – Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Published By: Lake UnionPages: 253Released On: 01/08/2026 In 1941, Violet Rookwood and her mother flee war-torn London for a Cornwall farm owned by their family. There, under the floorboards of her bedroom, Violet finds a journal written by a Catholic woman more than three hundred years ago, confessing to a forbidden love. In 1606, onContinue reading “No Light but the Stars – Lindsay Jayne Ashford”
The Trouble with Sister Francis – Matt Coyne
Published By: WildfirePages: 448Released On: 27/08/2026 Sister Francis is an unlikely nun. She’s sixty, sweary, drives like a lunatic and smokes like a stacked chimney . . . and she runs the Blessed Assumption Boys Club. Richie, Bennett, Kenny and Stan are four best friends from the Whittle council estate with little to do butContinue reading “The Trouble with Sister Francis – Matt Coyne”
The Future of Bananas – James Dale
Published By: Melville HousePages: 144Released On: 02/07/2026 The most eaten fruit in the world is facing possible extinction. While there are thousands of banana varieties, only one has become the West’s favourite – the Cavendish: our familiar curvy, yellow-skinned, soft-fleshed fruit. But our obsession with the Cavendish has come at a cost. Years of selectiveContinue reading “The Future of Bananas – James Dale”
Nerve Damage – Annakeara Stinson
Published By: Scribner UKPages: 240Released On: 11/08/2026 When Clarice broke up with P.T., he refused to be dumped. He sent non-stop emails and made hundreds of phone calls from dozens of different numbers. He showed up outside her office. He staked out her apartment. He sent her flowers and poems and, perhaps most sinister ofContinue reading “Nerve Damage – Annakeara Stinson”
My Favourite Books of 2026: Part 1 😊
2026 has probably been one of the best years for books – in my home at least. There have been sooooooo many great reads, and a lot of wonderful debut novels too! Here you’ll find my favourite reads of January through to June 2026, with the rest of the year coming in December. Please beContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2026: Part 1 😊”
Where are the Kings – Donal Ryan
Published By: DoubledayPages: 224Released On: 13/08/2026 Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but they can’t seem to tell him anything about their own sister or why Jack doesn’t feelContinue reading “Where are the Kings – Donal Ryan”
The Memory Keeper – Abigail Johnson
Published By: PanPages: 304Released On: 30/07/2026 Sometimes ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference . . . Meet Gracie. At mid-life she’s fed up with her unhappy marriage and humdrum career, so when a new housing estate threatens to sever the last connection to her late father, the oak tree he planted as a child,Continue reading “The Memory Keeper – Abigail Johnson”
A Planet Called Happy – Riley August
Published By: Del ReyPages: 256Released On: 23/07/2026 Ellis appears to have it all – a great job, a loving girlfriend, and a loyal dog – yet each morning he wakes up feeling that something is missing. In a desperate quest for true happiness, he boards a luxury shuttle to Planet Happy, a hedonistic paradise whereContinue reading “A Planet Called Happy – Riley August”
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