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Engleby by Sebastian Faulks (Vintage £7.99) A change of pace for Faulks, a modern fable about a journalist with a sinister past. Buy the book from Books First £7.59 includes free delivery

The Importance of Being Kennedy by Laurie Graham (HarperPerennial £7.99) Graham proves herself the perfect holiday read once again in this funny and poignant account of the early years of the Kennedy clan. Buy the book from Books First £7.59 includes free delivery

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (Fourth Estate £14.99) The New York immigrant experience, as seen through the surprising lens of cricket, in a literary novel that took America by storm this spring. Buy the book from Books First £13.49 includes free delivery

Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan (Abacus £11.99) Five short stories, about innocent African children confronting corruption, that announce the arrival of a significant new literary talent. Buy the book from Books First £10.79 includes free delivery

Fly in the Ointment by Anne Fine (Bantam Press £16.99) Fine is on sparkling form in this witty domestic drama about a woman seeking to make amends for her disastrous mothering skills with her adorable baby grandson. Buy the book from Books First £15.29 includes free delivery

Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (J Murray £18.99) This gripping literary novel about the 19th-century opium trade will leave readers impatiently awaiting its sequel. Buy the book from Books First £17.09 includes free delivery

The Outcast by Sadie Jones (Vintage £7.99) The death of a boy's mother sends him into a tailspin of trouble, in an impressive debut shortisted for this year's Orange prize. Buy the book from Books First £7.59 includes free delivery

Remember Me by Melvyn Bragg (Sceptre £17.99) Bragg's most personal novel to date, an affecting tale about an unhappy marriage that ends in tragedy. Buy the book from Books First £16.19 includes free delivery

The Truth About These Strange Times by Adam Foulds (Phoenix £7.99) This funny, poignant debut, about the relationship of two loners, won this year's Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. Buy the book from Books First £7.59 includes free delivery

Redemption Falls by Joseph O'Connor (Vintage £7.99) From the author of Star of the Sea, an epic tale of loss and forgiveness in civil-war America. Buy the book from Books First £7.59 includes free delivery.

The Dig by John Preston (Penguin £7.99) Preston proves himself a literary talent to watch in this taut tale of the uncovering of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial site. Buy the book from Books First £7.59 includes free delivery

The Standing Pool by Adam Thorpe (Cape £16.99) An English family disturbs some long-buried secrets in a Languedoc farmhouse in this eerie slice of gothic. Buy the book from Books First £15.29 includes free delivery

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