Abacus Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Stories and ideas since 1973. An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group.

Ancestry
Simon Mawer
We're thrilled that Ancestry has been longlisted for the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Congratulations to Simon Mawer! 🎉 Read more about the longlisted books here: https://t.co/siww2K9eew @smamawer #WlaterScottPrize #HistoricalFiction https://t.co/kfr9nZOraA
Hardcover, 2022
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
'I would follow Dennis Lehane anywhere' - @LeeChildReacher Small Mercies is the brilliant new novel from @dennis_lehane, bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island. Pre-order it now @Waterstones : https://t.co/Vcj4dyjZf1 https://t.co/D8MVNWCrRR
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane
We wer delighted to see SMALL MERCIES by @dennis_lehane chosen as thriller of the month in yesterday's @ST_Culture 🙌 https://t.co/W590J63M9Z
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
From the author of Mystic River and Shutter Island, @dennis_lehane's new novel, #SmallMercies is every bit as deserving of a big screen adaptation 🍿 'A brutal, thrilling and relentlessly clear-eyed portrait of a city riven by fear and hatred' @MoSArtsCulture Read it now! https://t.co/DHK1vTbhGr
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hourglass
Keiran Goddard
"A love story with a most unexpected narrator and a delicate, crystalline poetry of moments stitched together to make an unexpectedly resonant narrative" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💛 Hourglass waits for you: https://t.co/5Zb8XyWFKv #LiteraryFiction @keirangoddard1 #LoveStory #FictionReads https://t.co/wHZawcaE8p
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Policeman
Ben H. Winters
For fans of The Last by Hanna Jameson, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, The Last Policeman by Ben Winters and Minority Report Put the The Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen on your reading list: https://t.co/VEY0SIMjqY @Mullenwrites #CrimeFiction #SciFi #DetectiveFiction https://t.co/B0ZyaEFBoJ
Paperback, 2013
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
Celeste Ng
'It happened so slowly that you might not even notice it at all, like the sky turning from dusk to dark.' This beautifully wrought dystopian novel from the author of Little Fires Everywhere is essential reading for our times. #MissingHearts Pre-order: https://t.co/tGqAEttwTM https://t.co/MltwBbyVNZ
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
The awkward and lovable hero of Andrew Sean Greer's bestselling and prize-winning novel #Less returns in this unforgettable road trip across America. 'Jokes and wit and joy packed into every page' - Russell T Davies #LessIsLost is out in paperback today 🌾 https://t.co/9NMLquixUH
Paperback, 2018
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blind Spots
Thomas Mullen
"If you like police stories, sci-fi and speculative fiction this is a great page turner for you!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dive into The Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen: https://t.co/fcawy4NXcx @Mullenwrites #CrimeFiction #SciFi #DetectiveFiction https://t.co/6nYq9fCOn4
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
Edwidge Danticat
In her stunning literary debut, Edwidge Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti. Breath, Eyes, Memory has been reissued with a new introduction from Bernardine Evaristo. Dive in https://t.co/C9DTFx9Ro1 #AbacusDecades @BernardineEvari https://t.co/8GNkPOasRN
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book