Published By: HQPages: 352Released On: 22/10/2026 Noémi Blanc loves happy endings. In fact, she runs a cosy bookshop brimming with them. Following a friend’s tragic accident, Noémi is sworn off adventures (and love), and even refuses to bake her mouth-watering, crowd-attracting cookies. Shay Cassidy craves adventures. In a whirlwind of costumes, he opens a pop-upContinue reading “The Christmas Cookie Bookshop – Anita Faulkner”
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Murder Most Cryptic – Alys Cummings
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 08/10/2026 Nina is a promising young journalist. She’s also an alcoholic. Once a week, she attends a recovery group in the local church hall. When a stranger walks in one night, the group think they might have a new member. Until he promptly drops dead. The police believe it’sContinue reading “Murder Most Cryptic – Alys Cummings”
The Midnight Lodge – Carly Reagon
Published By: SpherePages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Tom Wade arrives at a remote coastal lodge desperate to salvage his PhD and his fragile marriage to Julia. But as the couple settles into the windswept house, old secrets begin to surface – echoes of betrayals and a haunting presence that refuses to rest. Locals say this partContinue reading “The Midnight Lodge – Carly Reagon”
The Booker Prize 2026
For some foolish idea, a few years ago I decided to buy and read the whole longlist of the Booker Prize, and it’s a tradition I can’t really afford but do continue to do. When the longlist was announced this year, I realised I’d already read 2 of them, and owned 4 others, so IContinue reading “The Booker Prize 2026”
Goodnight Silver – Abi Elphinstone
Published By: Simon & Schuster Children’s BooksPages: 304Released On: 27/10/2026Illustrated By: Olivia Lomenech GillReading Age: 8+ ‘One last word revealed itself to them stitch by stitch, across the top of the map, until it shone like gold: Whisperfell.’ Emmy doesn’t believe in miracles. In her experience, hoping for extraordinary things never ends well. So, whenContinue reading “Goodnight Silver – Abi Elphinstone”
Life Out of Order – Audrey Niffenegger
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 560Released On: 13/10/2026 Alba DeTamble is a time traveller, slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her. But the hardest thing she carries isn’t the burden of futures she can’t understand, or pasts she cannot change – it’s a secret: she is in love with two different people. Each ofContinue reading “Life Out of Order – Audrey Niffenegger”
Together For Christmas – Emma Heatherington
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 22/10/2026 Cara Mallon is facing Christmas alone when she arrives at Ashford Castle, six months after her fiancé called off their winter wedding. She hopes launching her travel business with a festive press trip will provide the distraction she needs. When Cara meets charming travel blogger Dermot Walshe, sparks beginContinue reading “Together For Christmas – Emma Heatherington”
The Sugar and Spice Bookshop Bakery – Jennifer Page
Published By: AriaPages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Louise Dearnley has spent her life editing perfectly neat love stories, where heartbreak leads to fresh starts, charming small businesses bloom, and happily-ever-afters are guaranteed. But now in her forties, she’s quit her job – and no, she doesn’t want to talk about why – and returned home toContinue reading “The Sugar and Spice Bookshop Bakery – Jennifer Page”
The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris
Published By: FirefinchPages: 384Released On: 22/10/2026 In 1942, the Nazis come for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, eleven-year-old Josie flees to the only person she trusts: her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, secretly an operative in the French Resistance. Andrée takes her in as a member ofContinue reading “The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris”
Rowan – Bex Hogan
Published By: ZephyrPages: 304Released On: 08/10/2026 Many years ago, Rowan’s ancestor followed a white hare and disappeared without trace. Since then, her descendants have warned the women of the family against the magic of the cunning, shape-shifting hare – known often to be witches in disguise. Centuries later, Rowan, heartbroken and yearning to escape, ignoresContinue reading “Rowan – Bex Hogan”
