Literary writers who attract the very best reviews and who have either won or been shortlisted for the most prestigious literary awards.

Swimming Underwater Sheena Joughin
Poetry and love blend in Joughin's tragi-comic novel set in contemporary London and 1960s Norfolk about a young girl's obsession with a man she can never have.

The Kingdom of Ashes Robert Edric
The astonishing new novel from one of the UK's finest literary writers

Pay it Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde
Three imperfect people. One perfect idea . . . The extraordinary, inspirational novel from the author of Love in the Present Tense

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne
What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil?

A Quilt of Dreams Patricia Schonstein
The harsh and brutal realities of South Africa's past with its raw and sore racism, are brilliantly interlaced with enchantment, tenderness, forgiveness and hope.