Lionel Shriver Books

If you're partial to novels that tackle big issues head-on, Lionel Shriver's your author. This American-born, UK-based writer doesn't pull her punches, tackling everything from school shootings in her bestseller 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' to the US healthcare system in 'So Much for That'. Shriver's got a knack for crafting complex characters & thorny situations that'll have you mulling them over long after you've turned the last page.

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We Need To Talk About Kevin: Serpent's Tail Classics

Mania: The latest novel from the award-winning author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

A Better Life: a new 2026 literary novel exploring the politics of immigration, by Sunday Times bestselling author and Orange Prize winner

Should We Stay or Should We Go: Hilarious new literary fiction book from the award-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin

The Post-Birthday World: A Masterful Adult Fiction Story of Contemporary Romance and Difficult Choices

Abominations: A Times Book of the Year from the cultural iconoclast and award-winning author of We Need To Talk About Kevin

A Better Life: a new 2026 literary novel exploring the politics of immigration, by Sunday Times bestselling author and Orange Prize winner

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047: The unputdownable Sunday Times bestselling satirical political fiction novel

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

The Motion of the Body Through Space: From the award-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin

The Standing Chandelier: A Novella

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