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The names on the spines.

Each Basil & Pepper author writes for one kind of reader and keeps writing for them, book after book.

Cal Oakes CookbooksCal Oakes writes cookbooks for people who want to eat well all week without cooking every night. Each book is built around a single Sunday session: one shopping list, a clear running order, and containers in the fridge by dinnertime.

Cover of Sunday High-Protein Meal Prep for One or Two by Cal Oakes

Cover of Sunday High-Protein Slow Cooker Meal Prep by Cal Oakes

Cover of Sunday High-Protein Meal Prep, UK Edition by Cal Oakes

Nell Harrow Puzzle booksNell Harrow makes books you finish with a pencil in hand. The murder mysteries are solved by elimination: read the clues, cross out the suspects, and unmask the killer with logic alone. Every case has exactly one answer, and every solution is printed in full.

Cover of Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles by Nell Harrow

Cover of The Christmas Lights Murder by Nell Harrow

Cover of Jumbo Word Search by Nell Harrow

Vera Kincaid Dark romance · 18+18+Vera Kincaid writes dark romance set behind the gates of elite colleges, where family names open every door and power is never shared quietly.

Cover of Savage Heir by Vera Kincaid

Cover of Cruel Heir by Vera Kincaid

Lottie Ambrose Clean romanceLottie Ambrose writes clean small-town romance: cosy settings, slow-burn feelings and endings worth the wait.

Cover of A Merry Little Arrangement by Lottie Ambrose

Gideon Thale Stoicism & self-helpGideon Thale translates the Stoics for people with busy minds. His books pair short passages from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca with plain-English commentary and a daily practice.

Cover of Stoicism for Overthinkers by Gideon Thale

Ellis Monroe Study guidesEllis Monroe writes study guides for people preparing for a test that matters. The US citizenship guide covers all 128 civics questions with clear answers and a method for remembering them.

Cover of US Citizenship Test Study Guide 2026-2027 by Ellis Monroe