An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, THE SAFEKEEP sees tensions between two women in early-60s rural Holland reach boiling point over the course of a sweltering summer. Winner of the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction: waterstones.com/book/the-safek…

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There are still tickets available for tomorrow's evening with Dexys' great Kevin Rowland at The Robin! Book your places here: therobin.co.uk/js_events/kevi… #Wolverhampton

Just announced! The Artist by Lucy Steeds wins the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025. An intoxicating tale of art, love and secrets set across a sun-drenched Provençal summer in 1920; find our gorgeous new edition with ribbon marker here: waterstones.com/book/the-artis… #WDFP

Following a young journalist set on penning a piece about a reclusive painter, our Fiction Book of the Month is THE ARTIST, Lucy Steeds' intoxicating tale of creativity, possession and freedom. Winner of the 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize: waterstones.com/book/the-artis… #WBOTM

One family. Two missing children. A mystery that won’t stay buried… Following the inscrutable Van Laar family and their odd reactions to the disappearance of their children, our Thriller of the Month is THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore: waterstones.com/book/the-god-o… #WBOTM

Hooray!🥳 We’re so delighted that The Artist by Lucy Steeds is Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month. We can’t wait for more readers to discover this incredible debut & escape to 1920s Procence🎨🌾✨

Kate Summerscale uncovers the lives of Reg Christie’s victims, the tabloid frenzy around their deaths, and the truth about what really happened at 10 Rillington Place in THE PEEPSHOW, our sensational and unputdownable Non-fiction Book of the Month: waterstones.com/book/the-peeps… #WBOTM

An Archivist, their brother and their space-faring cat Pumpkin must race to save what matters most in our wonderfully beguiling and uplifting Science fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month, Riley August's THE LAST GIFTS OF THE UNIVERSE: waterstones.com/book/the-last-… #WBOTM

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Both dark and luminous, poignant and wickedly funny, Alan Hollinghurst traces the journey of Dave Win over half a century against the backdrop of an ever-changing Britain in our Fiction Book of the Month, OUR EVENINGS: waterstones.com/book/our-eveni… #WBOTM

Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a case that involves a Buddhist monk and the corpses of a woman and a cat in a shallow grave in MURDER AT THE BLACK CAT CAFE, our dizzyingly clever Thriller of the Month by Seishi Yokomizo: waterstones.com/book/murder-at… #WBOTM

Weaving an intricate tale of sorcerers, booksellers and the occult in a mystical version of London, our Science-fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month is Alan Moore's magnificently written, genre-busting and hilarious THE GREAT WHEN: waterstones.com/book/the-great… #WBOTM

Touching, funny and thoughtful, our Non-fiction Book of the Month THE SECRET PAINTER is Joe Tucker's fascinating biography of his artist uncle that doubles as a revealing discourse on art, class and the complexities of the human psyche: waterstones.com/book/the-secre… #WBOTM

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James Timpson (CEO of Timpson) unveils the secrets of 'upside-down management' in our Non-fiction Book of the Month THE HAPPY INDEX, the refreshing and revelatory guide to long-term success and personal contentment: waterstones.com/book/the-happy… #WBOTM

London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets. Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons. Our YA Book of the Month is S.F. Williamson's epic, unputdownable enemies-to-lovers fantasy, A LANGUAGE OF DRAGONS: waterstones.com/book/a-languag… #WBOTM

Enter an extraordinary magical adventure about family, fate and finding the courage to be truly yourself in our fantastically imaginative Children's Book of the Month, Philippa Leathley's INKBOUND: waterstones.com/book/inkbound/… #WBOTM

A poignant and wickedly funny novel, a rediscovered Japanese gem, a genre-busting fantasy, a fascinating biography, a revelatory guide, a unique, dragon-filled tale and an extraordinary magical adventure... Which Book of the Month will you pick? waterstones.com/campaign/books… #WBOTM