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Summer Reads 3-for-2

Find the freshest writing to read by the pool and on the beach this summer.

Dive in to our curated Summer Reading selection of bestselling novels, prize-winning literary fiction, crime thrillers, classic novels, fiction in translation and a dash of some of the smartest non-fiction, all in paperback.

Use code Summer3for2 in the checkout to buy any three titles below for the price of two (UK & EU shipping). Offer Expires on Sunday 16 August 2026.

Novels At a Glance

In a hurry? Here are some quickfire recommendations from the Faber team.

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Watch us Dance combines the youth, vibrancy and allure of André Aciman with the historical fiction force of Maggie Shipstead, and…

Watch Us Dance
Leïla Slimani
£9.99
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This instant classic is a masterpiece in storytelling from one of the worlds best-loved novelists. A once-in-a-generation novel, it breaks and…

Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Barbara Kingsolver
£9.99
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From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel – the story of one man’s epic fall from grace.

Caledonian Road
Andrew O’Hagan
£9.99
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The first in Rachel Cusk’s critically-acclaimed trilogy, shortlisted for the Folio Prize and the Goldsmith Prize and longlisted for the IMPAC…

Outline
Rachel Cusk
£9.99
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Visceral, speculative body horror from Eliza Clark, author of Boy Parts and Penance – the first collection from this major voice…

She’s Always Hungry
Eliza Clark
£9.99
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‘A forgotten classic: darkly funny and startlingly contemporary, full of witty one-liners and stop-you-in-your-tracks observations about romance, work, and life.’ (Monica…

Ex-Wife (Faber Editions)
Ursula Parrott
£9.99£8.99
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An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
£9.99
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An utterly chilling, compulsive story of a murder among teenagers, on the eve of the historic Brexit vote, by a major…

Penance
Eliza Clark
£9.99
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The perfect country house crime novel: Knives Out in book form, packed with deadly charm.

The Kellerby Code
Jonny Sweet
£9.99
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The second book in Rachel Cusk’s critically-acclaimed trilogy, shortlisted for the Goldsmith Prize.

Transit
Rachel Cusk
£9.99£8.99
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Following the novels Outline and Transit, Kudos completes Rachel Cusk’s trilogy with overwhelming power.

Kudos
Rachel Cusk
£9.99£8.99
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Miss Margaret Finch – the perfect 30s heroine and a young woman who will carve a space in your hearts alongside…

The Misadventures of Margaret Finch
Claire McGlasson
£9.99
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From the author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed system of intimate, fractured relationships.

Second Place
Rachel Cusk
£9.99
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The new novel from the author of the celebrated Open City – a powerful and masterful exploration of what makes a meaningful life…

Tremor
Teju Cole
£9.99£8.99
Night of Baba Yaga

A no-holds-barred queer gangland thriller from Japanese debut Akira Otani for fans of Chain Gang All Stars, Bullet Train and Tender is the Flesh.

The Night of Baba Yaga: the multi-award winning cult Japanese thriller
Akira Otani
£9.99
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A Quirke Mystery from the bestselling author of Snow.

Holy Orders
John Banville
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‘Absorbing, atmospheric’ Guardian ‘A romp of a read, a compelling fix’ Scotsman

The Silver Swan
John Banville
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A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper

For some people there are no rules, only prices – James Ellroy meets Michael Connolly in a gripping, must-read thriller about…

A Violent Masterpiece
Jordan Harper
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In the Booker-longlisted novel from the author of Assembly, a viral longread exposé raises more questions than it answers.

Universality: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025
Natasha Brown
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In the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award-winning Golden Child, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind…

Love Forms: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025
Claire Adam
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The author of instant bestseller Geneva returns with an unmissably twisty psychological thriller

The Cut
Richard Armitage
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A dead body and a missing Shakespeare play lead to a faculty of suspects in this modern murder mystery

Marked for Death
R. O. Thorp
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An outrageously witty tragicomedy-of-manners about a queer black teenager coming of age, introduced by Mendez, author of Rainbow Milk.

Ladies Of The Rachmaninoff Eyes (Faber Editions)
Henry Van Dyke
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The breakout novel from a literary star – brilliant and deeply relatable from ‘One of the best writers alive today.’ STYLIST

A New New Me
Helen Oyeyemi
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Ife’s new husband is arrested at their wedding – for the murder of his ex. Now Ife must decide who to…

Kiss Marry Kill
Yemi Dipeolu
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The wondrous, elemental novel from a ‘writer of show-stopping genius’ – about nature, people and the sliver of time we have…

Helm
Sarah Hall
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A memorably dark and playful mystery about childhood sweethearts and a very bad marriage.

Kill Your Darlings
Peter Swanson
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The brand new novel from the global bestselling author – a tender love story with resonant themes of regret and longing.

Room on the Sea
André Aciman
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The first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen.

Murder at Gulls Nest
Jess Kidd
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An intense story of passion, jealousy and family from the trailblazing, award-winning Eimear McBride.

The City Changes Its Face
Eimear McBride
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A gripping and deeply moving story of grief, race, trauma and the preservation of the memories of those who cannot speak…

Orange Laughter
Leone Ross
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Lose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss (‘a masterpiece’).

Queen (Faber Editions): Introduced by Sarah Moss
Birgitta Trotzig
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Three mobsters. Two detectives. A deadly race against time.

Sounds Like Trouble
Pamela Samuels Young, Dwayne Alexander Smith
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Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the critically acclaimed second collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like…

Walk the Blue Fields: ‘Pure magic.’ Colm Toibin
Claire Keegan
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Crime & Thriller

Psychological dramas, crime classics and page-turning adventures: browse books that will make any journey pass quickly.

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The wildly twisty and devilishly clever new thriller from the bestselling author of The Plot. ‘Insanely readable.’ Stephen King.

The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz
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The latest in Nicola Upson’s wildly successful historical cosy crime series starring the novelist Josephine Tey. A murderer stalks the set…

Shot with Crimson
Nicola Upson
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A bitingly witty and compulsive crime novel about the bad behaviour of the rich and powerful from rising star Charlotte Vassell

The In Crowd
Charlotte Vassell
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A stunning, multi-voiced, period piece – tackling race, gender politics, and the volatility of mid ’60s America – from one of…

Lady in the Lake (2024 Edition)
Laura Lippman
£9.99
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A mouthwatering debut and ‘one of the most uniquely fun and campily gory novels in recent memory’ (New York Times)

A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers
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International bestseller Murder Mindfully is a riotously entertaining crime novel about finding inner peace – violently.

Murder Mindfully
Karsten Dusse
£9.99
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Endless days on the beach, sundrenched evenings by the BBQ, the perfect holiday? Or the perfect cover…This unmissable novel will have…

The Family Retreat
Bev Thomas
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Irresistible, sun-kissed follow up to the top ten bestseller Snow, from the Booker Prize winning author.

April in Spain
John Banville
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The superlative Golden Age detective returns in a haunting mystery set at the dawn of the Second World War

Dear Little Corpses
Nicola Upson
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From Swedish crime sensation Tove Alsterdal: immerse yourself in the long summer days of this claustrophobic community as detective Eira Sjödin…

We Know You Remember
Tove Alsterdal
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The no. 1 internationally bestselling High Coast series returns with a case that entangles Detective Eira Sjödin’s own family with a…

Deep Harbour
Tove Alsterdal
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Agatha Christie meets Made in Chelsea in this bitingly funny police procedural packed with the suspense, wit, and energy of Knives…

The Other Half
Charlotte Vassell
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New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman returns with a dark, timely thriller about painful secrets

Prom Mom
Laura Lippman
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Classic Novels from Faber

Resissues of classic crime novels, radical voices from the Faber Editions series and much more.

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A classic seaside psychological thriller from author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Uncle Paul: ‘Britain’s Patricia Highsmith’ and the ‘grandmother…

Appointment with Yesterday
Celia Fremlin
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One family’s skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery from ‘Britain’s Patricia Highsmith’ and ‘the grandmother…

Uncle Paul
Celia Fremlin
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Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic 1967 dystopia …

Termush (Faber Editions)
Sven Holm
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The ‘creepily prescient’ (Margaret Atwood) dystopian ‘masterpiece’ (Emily St. John Mandel), lost for forty years: in a nightmarish Britain, THEY are…

They (Faber Editions)
Kay Dick
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This thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a forgotten feat…

The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions)
Emeric Pressburger
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The amphibious cult classic: this magical tale of a suburban housewife’s affair with a frogman is ‘seductive’ (Margaret Atwood), ‘genius’ (Patricia…

Mrs Caliban (Faber Editions)
Rachel Ingalls
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The bestselling modern classic: Milan Kundera’s iconic novel of love and politics in communist Czechoslovakia is ‘a dark and brilliant achievement’…

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
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Lose yourself in the tortured love lives of expats in 1920s Paris in this iconic cult classic.

Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
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Lose yourself in this classic 1950s Cold War spy thriller tracking a British secret agent in Communist Serbia by the celebrated…

White Eagles Over Serbia
Lawrence Durrell
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