Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out…Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea's champion striker until the...

Birdsongand is a mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations between WW1 and present day.THEand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLER1910. Amiens, Northern France.and Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, arrives in the French city to stay with the Azaire family. He falls in love with...

Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.'Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell's magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and...

Blood andamp; Sugarand is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor.June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver's mark.Some days later,...

Books make beautiful Christmas gifts, and they'll be swept away by this warm hug of a book!'A tour de force' Sarah Winman, author ofand Still LifeThis is the story of an old English manor house by the sea, with crumbling chimneys, draping ivy and...

Boothand is a triumph!' Ruth Ozeki'Accomplished, immersive and profoundly satisfying' Cathy Rentzenbrink'Her finest, most beautiful novel to date' Neel Mukherjee'Effortlessly resonant... breathes rich imaginative colour in her characters'and Daily Telegraph'Karen Joy Fowler's novels are wildly inventive and deservedly popular'and Daily Mail'In its stretch and...

Born during the conflict of 1971, Raees Ali finds his entire life entwined in the political upheavals of Pakistan-something his grandfather, Dost Ali, also goes through during the partition and the following wars.From the time of his birth, we follow Raees Ali into the...

Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to...

Bridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the second chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed . . .It is AD 367, and Roman Britain has fallen to the vast barbarian horde which has invaded from...

Bridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the third and final chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed . . .AD 375 - The Dark Age is drawing near . . .As Rome's legions abandon their...

Bright, pacy... Fans ofand Downton Abbeyand will adore this, and it would be surprising if the book weren't made into a luscious mini-series'The Sunday Times'A captivating and page-turning novel about a fascinating family. Fantastic'and Sineadand MoriartyThe Irish Top Ten Bestseller. Step inside the extraordinary...

Brooklyn, 2001. It is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress - the very same dress that...

Brutally violent,and Blood Meridianand is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land. It is the work that sealed Cormac McCarthy's reputation as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers...

Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down.A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary...

BURNING BED In her youth, her fiery temper and wild ways earned her the nickname Naughty Nellie. But this close kin to Marshal Billy Vail is no killer--at least Billy doesn't think so. A jury in Carson City disagrees, and they've sentenced Nellie to...

Busy bringing up her motherless brothers and sisters, romance is the last thing on Lily Thorpe's mind. But when the handsome preacher Matt Gibson asks Lily to return with him to Australia as his wife, she finds it very hard to say no. But...

But every day she receives a dozen red roses, with a threatening letter attached.

By Adrianna Cuevas, author of 2021 Pura Belpre Honor Bookand The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez,and comesand a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the...

By the author of A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar, an LA Times bestseller: a beautiful and gripping story of love and betrayal, set in 1920s Jerusalem and 1930s Sussex Jerusalem, 1920: eleven-year-old Prudence feels tensions rising as her architect father launches an eccentric...

By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women 's Prize for Fiction Summer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love....

By turns thrilling, dramatic and inspiring, this is the story of Jane Austen's life as you've never heard it before.It is 1809 and Fanny and Anna have just been launched on to the ruthless Regency marriage market by Fanny's mother (think Mrs Bennet). But...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' -and Theand Sunday TimesFollowing on fromand Dissolutionand andand Dark Fire, Sovereignand is the third gripping historical noveland in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' -and Theand Sunday TimesHeartstoneand is the fifth spellbinding mystery in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.England, 1545.and England is at war. Henry...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' -and Theand Sunday TimesRevelationand is the haunting fourth book in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.England, 1543.and King Henry VIII is wooing Catherine Parr,...

C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' -and Theand Sunday TimesWinner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger,and Dark Fireand is the second thrilling book in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel...

Cairns intends to murder the hit-and-run driver who killed his young son, but when his intended victim is found dead and Cairns becomes the prime suspect, the author insists that he has been framed. An old friend of Cairns calls in private detective Nigel...

Can Lady Philippa Ware forgive the man who once shattered all her youthful dreams? Discover the passionate and heartwarming new novel on the redemptive power of love fromand New York Timesand bestselling author Mary Balogh, described by Julia Quinn as 'one of the best'!Philippa,...

Can Styrkar, the fearsome warrior known as the Red Wolf, finally achieve his revenge against the hated Conqueror? Theand exciting new historical adventure in the Wolf of Kings series.England, 1069.and King William has finally stamped his authority on thisand conquered kingdom. His lands are...

'Captivating …There's a breadth of humanity in An Unsafe Haven which is very moving. I loved the sense of Lebanon and of what is unique and precious about the Arab world' Helen DunmoreSet in contemporary Beirut, a rich, illuminating and deeply moving novel about...

Carefully researched, vivid, and passionately told, this is the story of a fascinating new Nero' - Madeline Miller'Gripping' - Barbara Taylor Bradford'A refreshing and original interpretation of Rome's infamous ruler' -and Sunday ExpressFromand New York Timesand bestselling author Margaret George,and Emperor Nero: The Splendour...

A lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a...

Celebrate 20 incredible years of OLOGY with this special edition ofand Egyptology -and the journal of lost adventurer and Egyptologist, Emily Sands.With a stunning gold foiled cover featuring three "jewels" - and with its creation overseen by TGH James, ex keeper of Egyptian Antiquities...

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKSWinner of the Man Booker Prize,and The Line of Beautyand is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in Margaret Thatcher's 1980s Britain.There was the soft glare of the flash - twice - three times - a gleaming...

CERN Institute, Switzerland: a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered with a mysterious symbol seared onto his chest.The Vatican, Rome: the College of Cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Somewhere beneath them, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion.In...

Ceylon is on the brink of change. But Kairo is at a loose end. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hard-working mother blows off steam at her cha-cha-cha...

Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic childhood far from home have left her struggling for her way in life.Bea, Charlie's eccentric grandmother, who is convinced a reunion with her...

Charlie's experiences at the Battle of Kohima and the months he spent lost in the remote jungles of Nagaland during the Second World War are now history. Home and settled on a farm in Norfolk and newly married to Claire, he is one of...

'Charming characters, a cross-Atlantic setting, jazz, cocktails, sex and a brilliant murder mystery. You couldn't ask for more! I loved it' Harriet Tyce 'This is a cracker. A thoroughly absorbing and thought-provoking historical crime novel that oozes glamour' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Last Act of...

Charting the rise and fall of an ambitious young social climber in a cruel, monarchical society, Stendhal'sand The Red and the Blackand is translated with an introduction and notes by Roger Gard in Penguin Classics.Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his...

Chilling.'and Vogue'As unusual as it is alluring.'and Elle'Delightfully disturbing.'and Refinery 29'Very powerful.'and Sayaka Murata'Disquieting.'and Paula Hawkins'You will be obsessed.'and Leila SlimaniThe Woman in the Purple Skirt is being watched.and Someone is following her, always perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes;...

Chosen as a book to watch out for in 2023 by and The Times, and Observer, and Guardian, and Irish TImes and and and Scotsman An epic the north has long deserved' and FINANCIAL TIMES and A sensational piece of storytelling … A singular...

Chosen as an isolation read by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: 'A wonderful book which gives the reader an understanding of life in post-revolution Moscow'OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD -Soon to be a major TV series starring Kenneth Branagh***'This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise....

Chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's online book cluband The Reading RoomA dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, Booker-shortlisted author ofand 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built...

Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America's past-and it includes a special PS section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more.Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close...

Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold and the terror of his isolation. To drink there is a pool of...

CJ Sansom meets Shakespeare in Love - a historical thriller with a swashbuckling twist and a hero like you've never seen him beforeWhen he's caught out by one ill-advised seduction too many, young William Shakespeare flees Stratford to seek his fortune.Cast adrift in London,...

Claire Ashcroft has good reason to despise Viscount Grayson Sutherland. A wildly unpredictable man with a frightening reputation, Sutherland is responsible for a death that deeply pains her. She'd kill him if she could. Instead, she'll employ her feminine wiles to make him pay....

Claire Nixon and Adam Parker each have a painful past too heavy to carry alone. Claire once tried to push Adam away but his relentless pursuit of her heart made her walls come crumbling down, and now they know they're much stronger together than...

Claire Nixon is a twenty-year-old college dropout with a secret she'll never tell. Then she meets sexy Adam Parker. Claire knows the flirting is harmless, but guys like Adam mean trouble. Then a seemingly innocent comment spurs a bet between them: if Adam can...

Clementine is a seventy-two year-old reformed con artist with a penchant for impeccably tailored suits. Her life of crime has led her from the uber-wealthy perfume junkies of belle epoque Manhattan, to the scented butterflies of Costa Rica, to the spice markets of Marrakech,...