The inspiration for the new Netflix series,and Lupin, starring Omar SyA selection of the very best adventures of Arsène Lupin, France's most famous gentleman thiefThe poor and the innocent have nothing to fear from suave trickster and master of disguise Lupin; often they profit...

The inspiring story of an orphan who roseand to become a queen and the voice of freedom.Here is the long-forgotten story of Begum Hazrat Mahal, queen of Awadh and the soul of the Indian revolt against the British, brought to vivid life by a...

THE INSTANTand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLER'A stunning piece of modern fantasy writing'and RJ Barker'Totally addictive. A truly riveting tale about law, war, morality and justice'and Novel NotionsNO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAWThe Empire of the Wolf simmers with unrest. Rebels, heretics and powerful patricians all...

The International Bestseller now in paperback. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone else,...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'My oshi was on fire. Word was he'd punched a fan'High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group...

The internationally acclaimed author of The Dream Life of Sukhanov now returns to gift us with Forty Rooms, which outshines even that prizewinning novel.Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating. Olga Grushin is dealing with...

The internationally bestselling novel by the author ofA Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil,andRosemary's BabyWith an Introduction by Peter StraubFor Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind...

The Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that 'God is dead' and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his...

The kind of book that has you screaming "Yes! Yes! Yes! Now I get it!" on almost every page' Caitlin Moran'Dr Taylor sets out a compelling case . . . gives voice and agency to women who have experienced trauma and violence'and Morning StarShe...

The landmark work on race in America from James Baldwin, whose life and words are immortalized in the Oscar-nominated filmand I Am Not Your Negro'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation'James Baldwin's...

The latest magical mystery tour de force from one of Britain's most original novelists - winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award for Behind the Scenes at the Museum. On a peat and heather island off the West Coast of Scotland, Effie and her...

The legendary Hotel Magnifique is like no other: a magical world of golden ceilings, enchanting soirees and fountains flowing with champagne. It changes location every night, stopping in each place only once a decade. When the Magnifique comes to her hometown, seventeen-year-old Jani hatches...

The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds...

The Lion and the Unicornand was written in London during the worst period of the blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution. His fullest political statement, it has been described as 'one of...

The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in The Gay Science (1882) and went on to challenge the...

The lives of people both famous and obscure are filled with moments when their dirty laundry sees daylight. At such times we witness the reversibility of success, of prominence, but also come to terms viscerally with our own most vulnerable selves. We cannot stop...

The Marsh Arabs (penguin Classics)

The Ministry of Utmost Happinessand takes us on a journey of many years-the story spooling outwards from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old Delhi into the burgeoning new metropolis and beyond, to the Valley of Kashmir and the forests of Central India, where war is...

The misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver certainly are extraordinary. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see...

'The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes and the saturnine face, that this was a spirit, not a man.'Three ghostly tales from a master of the form, 'The Signalman', 'The Trial for Murder' and the title story, 'To...

'The most magnificent novel ever written' Sigmund FreudThe murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, driven to breakdown; the...

The most prescient of British public intellectuals' Pankaj Mishra,and Financial TimesUpdated with a new foreword and two new chapters of John Gray's writing.Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why do beliefs that humanity can be improved end in farce or horror? Is atheism a...

The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original' and The TimesAfter a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the and Aeneid and to honour the emperor Augustus by praising his legendary...

The Most Venerable Book (also known as The Book of History) is one of the Five Classics, a key work of Chinese literature which preserves some of the most ancient and dramatic chronicles of the history, both real and mythological, of the Chinese state....

THE MOTHERS is a dazzling debut about young love, a big secret in a small community and the moments that haunt us most.All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our...

The moving and life-affirming bestseller, perfect for anyone who loves unforgettable storiesLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND A RICHARD andamp; JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK'I absolutely lovedand Because of You. Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and...

The nail-biting third novel in the Night Angel series, from international bestseller Brent Weeks -and an astonishing and epic tale of magic, violence and revenge.A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm...

The Nebula and Locus Award-winning fourth novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin gets a beautiful new repackage. In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had...

The new book from the bestselling author of Why Women Are Blamed for EverythingAngry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever norms or...

The new high concept thriller from the author of the word-of-mouth sensation THE ONE - soon to be a Netflix original series.The newand Black Mirror-esque thriller from the author of the word-of-mouth sensation THE ONE - soon to be a Netflix original series._________________________Five strangers...

The New Husband is a riveting thriller about the lies we tell ourselves from D. J. Palmer, the author of Saving Meghan. What makes Simon Fitch so perfect? -He knows all her favorite foods, music, and movies. -Her son adores him. He was there...

The new novel from the author of Normal People. ***PRE-ORDER NOW*** Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a...

The New Wilderness

THEand NEW YORK TIMESand BESTSELLERAN OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER READING PICKA BETWEEN THE COVERS NOVEMBER 2022 PICK'Will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng'sand Little Fires Everywhere'and ELLE'Destined to be a feminist classic - kept me up at night' PANDORA SYKES'Theand Handmaid's Taleand for the Squid...

The next pulse-pounding chapter in Chip Zdarsky's sprawling saga of New York City's Guardian Devil, starring Elektra Natchios in her new role as Daredevil -- and spinning directly out of the shocking revelations in the pages of DEVIL'S REIGN! Elektra is the world's deadliest...

THE NO. 1and SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLER 2023 THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IN 2023!EVERY GENERATION HAS ONE GREAT LOVE STORY.THIS IS OURS.'Beautifully written. Clever, lively, funny, compelling'and NINA STIBBE'Marian's most moving, emotive and brilliantly written book yet'and 5***** READER REVIEW'Funny, heartbreaking, achingly real. Gorgeous....

The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer'and The Times'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation'and Daily TelegraphTom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and...

The No.1 New York Times bestselling author brings us a searing and timely novel that explores the most volatile issue of our time-domestic violence.Caroline Shelby has come home to Oysterville. And in the backseat of Caroline's car are two children who were orphaned in...

The No.1and Sunday Timesand bestseller and the epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series.A divided kingdomAn impossible choiceThe ultimate battle . . .After a lifetime of fighting, the great warrior Lord Uhtred is ready to hang up his sword. But as long as...

The novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief. Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another - yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami's license plate is yellow....

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.Once upon a time, Jacks Morgan had dreams.She would have a career and travel the world. She would own a house on the beach, and spend long nights with her boyfriend strolling under the stars.But life had other ideas. First Martha...

The number one Sunday Times bestseller. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a short gift book of festive diaries from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt.Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . . but 1.4 million NHS...

THE NUMBER ONEand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLERAN INSTANTand NEW YORK TIMESand BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTIONAand BETWEEN THE COVERSand ANDand GOOD MORNING AMERICAand BOOK CLUB PICK'BEAUTIFUL' Jodi Picoult, 'UPLIFTING'and i,and 'BRILLIANT'and Daily Mail,and 'AMAZING' Joanna Cannon, 'ABSORBING'and New York Times,and 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING'and IndependentNora's...

The only surviving trilogy from ancient times - a story of murder, madness and justiceAeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war.and Agamemnonand depicts the hero's...

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the Stateand (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies. Under this...

The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past...Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she...

THE PEARL is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy,...

The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?' Elizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one...

The perfect book for Erika Foster fans. It has all the same vibes - but MORE. I actually think this is Robert Bryndza's best book yet''A gripping read that I could not put down''What an absolutely stunning start to what promises to be a...

THE PERFECT CURL-UP READ FOR CAT LOVERS'Bewitching... as self-possessed and comforting as - well, a cat'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'A book about kindness and love, and how the smallest things can provide happiness'and STYLIST___It's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side.Nana is on a...