2024? There's a book for that

Julius Taranto’s wickedly satirical and refreshingly irreverent debut is fiercely contemporary and bound to get people talking. Helen, a graduate student on a quest to save the planet, is one of the best minds of her generation. But when her irreplaceable advisor’s student sex scandal is exposed, she must choose whether to give up on her work or accompany him to RIP, a research institute which grants safe harbour to the 'cancelled'. This provocative novel examines the price we are willing to pay for progress and asks us what it means to be a good person.

Technology that marks children as future criminals. An app bringing medical diagnoses to a remote tribal community. A British poet, an Indian doctor and a Chinese activist in exile. In this propulsive, illuminating work, Madhumita Murgia, AI editor for the Financial Times, shows how automated systems are reshaping lives all over the world.

Duck into some dark Victoriana with this addictive piece of historical fiction. Constance Horton has disappeared, and her sister, Maude is determined to find her. Having boarded a ship heading for the Arctic, disguised as a boy, Constance was apparently the victim of a 'tragic accident', but Maude isn't so sure. Armed with her sister's journal, she sets out to get justice. It's a journey that takes her deep into London's sinister underbelly, via public hangings, dangerous men and Madame Tussaud's. But Maude has a certain darkness all her own. . .

Long Island is the long-awaited sequel to Colm Tóibín's prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life; twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future. But then a man with an Irish accent knocks on their door, and everything changes. Did Eilis make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?

When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the '90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight. But fast-forward to twenty years later, and married life, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are being forced to face their demons. Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria, Wellness is a powerfully affecting novel about how we change, grow and age. It is a story of a marriage, middle age, our tech-obsessed health culture, and the bonds that keep people together.