• Girls Online by Zoe Sugg

    The incredible #1 bestselling debut novel from YouTube phenomenon Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, now in paperback. Contains exclusive extracts from the sequel.

    I have this dream that, secretly, all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we realize that we all feel the same, we can all stop pretending we’re something we’re not… But until that day, I’m going to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life.

    Penny has a secret.

    Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love – and capturing every moment of it on her blog.

    But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny’s cover – and her closest friendship – forever.

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  • Honour By Elif Shafak

    From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Loveand The Architect’s Apprentice, Honour is a tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures.

    ‘A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate’ Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

    ‘My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten . . .’

    Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love – following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them – carried in the blood.

    Their eldest is the boy Iskender, who remembers Turkey and feels betrayal deeper than most. His sister is Esma, who is loyal and true despite the pain and heartache. And, lastly, Yunus, who was born in London, and is shy and different.

    Trapped by the mistakes of the past, the Toprak children find their lives shattered and transformed by a brutal act of murder . . .

    A powerful novel set in Turkey and London in the 1970s, Honour explores pain and loss, loyalty and betrayal, the trials of the immigrant, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tears families apart.

    ‘Vivid storytelling… that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love’ Sunday Telegraph

    ‘Rich and wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins and ends, Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family’s heartbreaking story – a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men and women trying to grow within ancient ways, all the while growing past them. I loved this book’ Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress

    ‘[Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Aamer Hussein, Andrea Levy, Hanan al-Shakyh and Leila Aboulela, who offer us fictional glimpses of London’s Others’ The Independent

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  • The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak

    The Architect’s Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul.

    ‘There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together…’

    Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.

    So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan’s court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chota’s back to the furthest corners of the Sultan’s kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahan’s fortunes forever.

    Filled with all the colour of the Ottoman Empire, when Istanbul was the teeming centre of civilisation,The Architect’s Apprentice is a magical, sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger.

    ‘A gorgeous picture of a city teeming with secrets, intrigue and romance’ The Times

    ‘Shafak’s most ambitious novel yet her best – generous and imaginative’ Independent

    ‘Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience’ Financial Times

    ‘Fascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power’ Sunday Times

    ‘Intricate, multi-layered, resplendent, vividly evoked, beautifully written’ Observer

    ‘Sumptuous, absorbing, moving’ Independent on Sunday

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  • The Book of Gold Leaves by Mirza Waheed

    The Book of Gold Leaves by Mirza Waheed

    The Book of Gold Leaves by Mirza Waheed‘ is a heartbreaking love story set in war-torn Kashmir. In an ancient house in the city of Srinagar, Faiz paints exquisite papier mache pencil boxes for tourists.

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