Novels to Read for Pride Month

by Adam Silvera

€10.79

The second book and prequel in the No. 1 global bestselling They Both Die at the End series. What if you could find out your death date from a single phone call? Death-Cast is calling . . . will you answer? 'If They Both Die at the End broke your heart and put it back together again, be prepared for this novel to do the same. A tender, sad, hopeful and youthful story that deserves as much love as its predecessor.' Culturefly '[A] heart-pounding story [full] of emotion and suspense.' Kirkus  'An extraordinary book with a riveting plot.' Booklist Two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast make their first fateful calls.   It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict death, or is it an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die, given his serious heart condition. Valentino Prince has a long and promising future ahead of him and only registered for Death-Cast after his twin sister nearly died in a car accident.   Orion and Valentino cross paths in Times Square and immediately feel a deep connection. But when the first End Day calls go out, their lives are changed for ever - one of them receives a call . . . the other doesn't.   Told with acclaimed author Adam Silvera's signature bittersweet touch, this story celebrates the lasting impact that people have on each other and proves that life is always worth living to the fullest.    PRAISE FOR ADAM SILVERA: 'There isn't a teenager alive who won't find their heart described perfectly on these pages.' Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go 'Adam Silvera is a master at capturing the infinite small heartbreaks of love and loss and grief.' Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything  'A phenomenal talent.' Juno Dawson, author of Clean and Wonderland 'Bold and haunting.' Lauren Oliver, author of Delirium

by Casey McQuiston

€11.99

The royally romantic, enemies-to-lovers bestseller from Casey McQuiston, bestselling author of One Last Stop. Now a Prime Original movie starring Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez. What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? Alex Claremont-Diaz is handsome, charismatic, a genius - pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House ever since his mother first became President of the United States. There's only one problem. When the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between Alex and Prince Henry, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family and state devise a plan for damage control: stage a truce. But what begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon they are hurtling into a secret romance that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations . . . 'I loved every second' - Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six 'Absorbing, hilarious, tender' - Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

by Alice Oseman

€12.99

*NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR* *Heartstopper Forever movie coming July 17 from Netflix* *HEARTSTOPPER: fastest ever selling graphic novel* *Winner of Best Book I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time - TikTok Book Awards* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met . . . until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. 'The queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.' - Gay Times

by Alice Oseman

€11.60

With special bonus content - a brand new story by Alice OsemanWINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2021A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe fourth novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and the graphic novel series Heartstopper - now a major Netflix series.It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean?Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush - but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day.As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight.But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her - asexual, aromantic - Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever.Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along?This wise, warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn't limited to romance.'A joyous, disarmingly honest book that seems to leap right inside the mind of a teenage girl' Independent [now iNews]'Loveless is an ode to friendship and platonic soulmates; this cosy blanket of a novel understandably won the YA Book Prize 2021'Irish Times'A joyful tale of self-discovery" The Bookseller

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

€10.79

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE PRODUCED BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is the beloved cult classic about family, friendship and first love, from award-winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. This lyrical novel will enrapture readers of John Green, Love, Simon and Call Me by Your Name.  Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has a unique perspective on life. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they develop a special friendship - the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about the universe, themselves and the kind of people they want to be. This incredibly moving and powerful Printz Honor Book follows two teen boys learning to open themselves up to love, despite the world being against them.  'A tender, honest exploration of identity' - Publishers Weekly  

by Cindy Pham

€10.99

Instant no.1 New York Times bestseller! Don't miss the dreamy limited edition sprayed edge first print run - available while stocks last! Enter the century-long dream of sleeping Princess Amelia, full of whimsy, magic and hidden nightmares . . . the debut queer Sleeping Beauty retelling by beloved BookTuber Cindy Pham. Corin doesn't have time for fairy tales. She's too busy surviving her war-torn reality. Then, her little sister runs off to find a mythical sleeping princess she believes can fix everything. Princess Amelia has been hiding in her dreams of ice castles, sunflower mazes, and star-filled oceans for a hundred years - but what exactly is she hiding from? When Corin follows her sister into the princess's sleeping world, she suspects there are darker secrets hidden deep inside the dreams. Should she stay in this whimsical paradise? Or should she return to the waking world, with all its horrors, and fight for a better life? 'Somberly beautiful' - Kirkus Reviews

by Stephen Daly

€8.99

'I know about the visions. I have your camera. Call me. Please.' When Michael is uprooted to Belfast, he isn't just hoping for a fresh start. He's determined to discover the truth about his dad's mysterious absence. But from the moment he arrives, he's plagued with visions of the city's troubled past. Michael begins settling into his new life and even meets a boy who helps erase the painful memories of his ex. But as the visions grow stronger and more intense, the only person he can really confide in is his new friend Meg. As Meg delves into the supernatural source of the visions, Michael begins to question whether events of the past are linked to his dad's disappearance. Can he use his powers to find his dad before he's gone forever?

by Madeline Miller

€12.49

**OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD** WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Captivating' DONNA TARTT 'A book I could not put down' ANN PATCHETT 'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUE Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear. 'An exciting, sexy, violent Superman version of The Iliad' GUARDIAN 'Sexy, dangerous, mystical' BETTANY HUGHES 'Beautifully descriptive and heart-achingly lyrical' DAILY MAIL

by Claire Lynch

€11.99

‘I’ll be thinking about it for ever’ Barbara Kingsolver ‘A gorgeously written story…a must-read’ Jennie Godfrey ‘Powerful and beautifully written… Lynch is a huge new talent in fiction’ Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month ‘I was caught from the first page and completely taken aback by this story. I loved it’ Clare Chambers A mother following her heart. A father with the law on his side. A child caught in the middle. 1982 Dawn is a young wife and mother hemmed in by village life. Then Hazel appears like a torch in the dark. Their attraction is instant and suddenly Dawn’s world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected. 2022 Maggie has always lived with an absence where her mother should be. Her father never speaks of it and it feels impossible to ask. Then an official letter arrives with news from the past, and Maggie must face a truth far bigger than just her family’s secret.

by Alice Winn

€11.99

WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR 'One of the best books of the last decade' Caro Claire Burke, number one Sunday Times bestselling author of YESTERYEAR 'If you haven't read it, you're missing out' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY ______________________ In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him too. When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him to the front. Ellwood and Gaunt find love in the trenches - but just as war brought them together, it can tear them apart… An epic, unforgettable love story between two soldiers in the First World War, In Memoriam is a breath-taking debut. ______________________ 'A genuine page-turner' Sunday Times 'BIRDSONG for a new generation' JOANNA QUINN, author of THE WHALEBONE THEATRE 'I can't remember the last time I was this invested in a love story' Sunday Telegraph 'Assured, affecting and moving' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of HAMNET 'Will smash your heart to smithereens' Daily Mail THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, March 2023 Preorder Alice Winn's dazzling and inventive new novel WORSHIP now!

by Adiba Jaigirdar

€10.99

Don't miss the sapphic sports romcom from Adiba Jaigirdar from the award-winning author of Hani and Ishu's Fake Guide to Dating All is fair in love and rivalry... Dina is done. She's burn out after years in corporate London and now is working in her family's struggling Bangladeshi restaurant. The last thing she expects is to be roped into coaching a football team of disadvantaged amateur players - or to say yes. Maya is back. She could have had a brilliant career, but it all went...well wrong. Now she's back home, back in her childhood bedroom. Her only escape is agreeing to coach her old secondary school's team. It doesn't take long for them to bump into each other again and for as long as anyone can remember, Dina and Maya were rivals. But will the very game that tore them apart bring them back together? An enemies-to-lovers and angsty queer Bend it like Beckham meets Cross the Line jampacked with quirky side characters who cannot help but intervene to push their uptight managers together.

by André Aciman

€11.99

THE BELOVED COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC, NOW A WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER During a restless summer on the Italian Riviera, a powerful romance blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father's house guest, Oliver. Unrelenting currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What grows from the depths of their souls is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration, and an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing they both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. Rediscover one of the great love stories of our time.

by Seán Hewitt

€10.49

When James meets Luke, everything changes - an exhilarating tale of hidden desire and sudden freedom in the wild countryside. THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2026 'An achingly beautiful story of first love' GUARDIAN 'Superb… Transcendent' SARAH PERRY 'Beautifully written, deeply felt' MICHAEL MAGEE 'Heart-rending… Propulsive' FINANCIAL TIMES James dreams of another life far away from his small village. Almost an adult, his newfound desires threaten to unravel his shy exterior. Then he meets Luke. Unkempt and handsome, charismatic and impulsive, he has been sent to stay with his aunt and uncle on a nearby farm. With the passing seasons, a bond emerges between them that transforms their lives. Yet James is never sure of Luke's true feelings and as the end of summer nears, he has a choice to make: will he risk everything for the possibility of love? *A Book of the Year for the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and BBC* READERS LOVE OPEN, HEAVEN 'My favourite book of the year' 'Gorgeous. I was completely transported' 'The intoxicating rush of first love. Five stars!' 'Breathtakingly beautiful. A story that stays with you' 'Heart-breaking but also triumphant. A must-read' 'The most truthful novel about love that I have read in a long time' 'It made my heart hurt in the best ways' HELEN MACDONALD 'Hewitt writes with such tenderness and grace' ANNE ENRIGHT 'Desire, yearning, fear… Intensely vivid' IRISH TIMES 'Gorgeous… Piercing, intimate and euphoric' COLIN WALSH 'Seán Hewitt is the real deal' BENJAMIN MYERS Open, Heaven was an Irish top ten bestseller w/c 28 April 2025

by Chloe Michelle Howarth

€11.19

It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend. Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love. Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah. But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. Neither will be easy, but only one will offer her happiness. Ideal for readers who: Seek beautiful queer coming-of-age fiction exploring intense secrecy, passionate first love and self-recognition. Care deeply about Lucy and Susannah as longing, community fear and agonizing choices close in on them. Understand the backdrop of a conservative 1990s Irish village as a powerful force narrowing every future path. Prefer intimate, sun-heated prose where emotional tenderness and social risk sit painfully close together.

by Rachel Reid

€9.49

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Heat rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Now a hit TV show on Sky/NOW TV The epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Rachel Reid. “The book that got me into hockey romance.” - NPR's Weekend Edition Nothing interferes with pro hockey star Shane Hollander's game. Now that he's captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won't let anything jeopardize that - definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate. Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane's not. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he's as cocky as he is talented. No one can beat him - except Shane. Publicly, they're enemies. Privately, they can't stop touching each other. The smart thing to do? Walk away, once a few secret hookups turn into a struggle to keep their relationship out of the press. The truth could ruin them both. But for Shane and Ilya, secrecy is soon no longer an option… Disover all 6 books in the Game Changers series! Book 1: Game Changer Book 2: Heated Rivalry Book 3: Tough Guy Book 4: Common Goal Book 5: Role Model Book 6: The Long Game Ideal for readers who: Enjoy captivating MM hockey romances where fierce public rivalry masks a deep private longing. Want to follow Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov through years of intense, secret attraction. Are interested in the pressures of professional sport, locker-room scrutiny and high-profile celebrity expectations. Expect a spicy, emotionally charged romance delivered with sharp banter and plenty of angst.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

€9.49

***THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** 'The read of the summer' SUNDAY TIMES 'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER 'Beautifully written, immersive' THE TIMES 'Our favourite TJR novel yet' COSMOPOLITAN 'I absolutely adored this' BRYONY GORDON READERS ARE SAYING... 'So emotional by the end that I could hardly speak' - Reader Review, 5***** 'Melted my heart by the end' - Reader Review, 5***** 'Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of a really great love story' - Reader Review, 5***** 'Taylor Jenkins Reid's best book yet' - Reader Review, 5***** An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle programme about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston's Johnson Space Centre, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant. Atmosphere is a soaring story about the transformative power of love - this time among the stars. 'Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?' DAILY MAIL 'Thrilling ... heartbreaking ... uplifting. ... I loved it' KRISTIN HANNAH, author of The Women 'NASA? Space missions? The 80s? This is a collection of all the things I love. ... Thrilling' ANDY WEIR, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian 'Packs a hefty emotional punch' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Breathtaking' HEAT 'Unputdownable' GRAZIA Ideal for readers who: Are partial to historical fiction where NASA ambition, romance and women’s lives intersect. Want to follow Joan Goodwin through the highs and lows of astronaut training and emotional risks. Wish to see the 1980s space shuttle era viewed through a deeply human lens. Savour sweeping storytelling filled with glamour, yearning and lift-off tension.

by TJ Klune

€14.99

Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket.' V. E. SchwabThe world is ending in thirty days. A wandering black hole is approaching Earth, and soon, everything will be gone. For husbands Don and Rodney, forty years of marriage suddenly feels like no time at all.One last road trip. One final chance to say goodbye.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea comes a story about what we owe the people we love when time runs out. Don and Rodney are in a race against the clock, driving from Maine to Washington State to settle unfinished business before the sky breaks.Is it enough to burn bright, even if nothing remains of the ashes?Along the way, they encounter a world choosing how to spend its final moments-from impromptu weddings and bright bonfires to those simply sharing a final meal. Under a kaleidoscope sky and a cracked moon, Don and Rodney must look back on a lifetime of highs and lows and ask the ultimate question: was our best good enough?A bittersweet, life-affirming masterpiece about love, legacy, and the beauty of a life well-lived. Ideal for readers who: Want a queer love story about legacy when the world has only thirty days left. Enjoy speculative fiction that uses apocalypse to sharpen everyday tenderness. Like road-trip novels full of farewells, humour and unfinished business. Appreciate bittersweet stories asking what it means to have loved well.

by Douglas Stuart

€15.99

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo. Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for decades. While Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, John is dismayed by his son's long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As the seasons pass, everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled. John of John is the heartbreaking story of a young man's return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation. It confirms Douglas Stuart as one of the great British writers at work today. Ideal for readers who: Follow Douglas Stuart for tender, exact writing about class, family and longing. Like literary fiction rooted in place, memory and the pull of home. Want a character study shaped by art, faith, masculinity and island life. Appreciate slow-burn emotional tension between generations who cannot quite understand each other.

by James Baldwin

€11.99

Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time 'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy. 'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian 'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibìn 'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

€15.99

A love story that will last a lifetime Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her PhD at the Sorbonne, drinking and smoking far too much, and sleeping with a married woman. The moment the two women meet the spark is undeniable: but their encounter turns into far more than a summer of love. It is the beginning of a relationship that will define their lives and every decision they have yet to make... Erica and Laure's love story spans decades, marriage, children, secret trysts, and the agonising changes – both personal and political – that might mean they can be together, after all. But when life brings them within touching distance again, will they be brave enough to seize a future together? Almost Life is a story of longing for the paths not taken, and the almost lives we live. Ideal for readers who… love sweeping, decades-spanning romances shaped by chance meetings and lasting consequences are drawn to emotionally intense stories of longing, secrecy, and second chances enjoy character-driven literary fiction set against personal and political change want a love story that explores marriage, children, and the choices that redefine a life like reflective novels about the paths not taken and the “almost lives” we live