Narrative theme: Social issues

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The bookbinder of Jericho
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When the men of Oxford University Press leave for the Western Front, Peggy, her twin sister Maude and their friends in the bookbindery must shoulder the burden at home. As Peggy moves between her n...
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The secret book club
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‘A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken’ Abby Jimenez, bestselling author of The Friend Zone

‘A charming romcom a...
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Eileen
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The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father’s carer in his squalid home and her day jo...
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The scarlet letter
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Hester Prynne’s daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair, but no one knows Pearl’s father’s identity. Hester’s refusal to name him brings condemnation upon her, ...
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Fight club
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Fight Club – a place where young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers can fight each other barehanded – is the invention of Tyler Durden, a dark, anarchic genius who plans...
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Light in August
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Joe Christmas, a man doomed, deracinated and alone, wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his god-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pu...
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It starts with us
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Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for...
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
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Two kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there. Their love of video games becomes a shared...
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The winners
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The breath-taking new novel from the multi-million copy bestselling author of A Man Called Ove beautifully captures all the complexities of daily life and explores questions of friendship, l...
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All The Lovers In The Night
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From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes a deeply moving story about a woman searching for meaning in contemporary Tokyo.
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The it girl
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The compulsive new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Ruth Ware.Â
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The change
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‘This was one of those books that just keeps giving ? I cannot explain how much I loved this book ? It’s a thriller, it’s about friendships, it’s about finding your path, i...
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Lessons in chemistry
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastin...
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Elizabeth Finch
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Elizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration – always rigorous, always thoughtful. With careful empathy, she guided her students to develop meaningful ideas and to discover their ...
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Miss Aldridge regrets
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‘A brilliant murder mystery with shades of Agatha Christie and The Great Gatsby . . . a glamorous and fun read’ Reader review ?????
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The Painted Veil
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‘She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference’Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsati...
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All Your Perfects
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Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes and secrets that they have built up over the years are now tearing them apart. But the one th...
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Standing Her Ground
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A celebration in stories of some of the most influential and groundbreaking women writers in the English language.
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The Line of Beauty
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of Beauty is exquisitely written, wryly funny and powerfully moving – a perfectly realized tale of our times.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
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In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in ...
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Blue Ticket
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Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you children. A blue ticke...
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American Dirt
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‘American Dirt’ explores the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border, a journey which thousands of migrants make each year. Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yes...
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The authenticity project
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Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing the truth about his life. Leaving the notebook on a ta...
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Kim Jiyoung, born 1982
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Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male te...
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1984
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The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and ...
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