20th Century History

The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world in this Sunday Times bestseller All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of...

Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times- do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? On 24 February 2022, Russia shocked...

Now the hit ITV true crime drama DES, starring David Tennant, and the follow-up documentary The Real 'Des' The definitive story of the Dennis Nilsen case featured in BBC's The...

From the creator of the smash hit podcast, a riveting deep dive into the roots of Q Anon, the rise of the extreme right in the US, a democracy in...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of one of the funny, heartbreaking, iconic coming-of-age novel. 'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink' is the...

This recently rediscovered novel from the author of The Second Sex is the compulsive story of two close friends growing up and falling apart. The lost novel from the author...

The bestselling debut that took 2016 by storm - a brilliant coming-of-age story with a dark heart- 'This book will break your heart and blow your mind' Lena Dunham A...

AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER- The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs Patriot is the unforgettable life story of...

The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse 'Scaffolding is like a perfect French movie of a novel...elegant, original and often very funny' Kevin...

A fascinating, frightening and sometimes funny window into an all-too recent world - everyday life in Britain in the shadow of the mushroom cloud The first book to tell the...

'One of my favourite books ever' Marian Keyes; 'Dazzling' Rachel Joyce; 'You'll devour every word' Katherine Heiny; for fans of Nora Ephron and Sorrow and Bliss, a heart-wrenching, laugh-out-loud celebration...

A new non-fiction title uncovering the life of golf superstar, Tiger Woods, featuring original interviews and reporting. What makes Tiger tick? How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all...

Step into the world of Katie Fforde where love, romance and the happiest of happy endings are just around the corner. The new novel by the number one bestselling author...

Los Angeles. Summer 1962. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. And Freddy-O is back. This is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative and profanely hilarious Los...

The definitive account of the Brink's-Mat Robbery to publish alongside a prime-time BBC 1 series. The real story that inspired the BBC drama, The Gold On Saturday, 26 November 1983,...

Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER The seven rules...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a mesmerising story of love, regret and a restless search for answers While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War...

The glorious Sunday Times bestseller from one of our greatest storytellers. French Braid follows one family's joys and heartbreaks, mistakes and secrets, from the 1950s right up to today. The...

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. The story begins in Moscow...

A rollicking, revelatory look at the tumult of the early 1990s and the rise of a new, more berserk America that birthed the Donald Trump Era THE NEW YORK TIMES...

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of...

25th anniversary edition of the bestselling debut about a party you'll never forget THE SMASH-HIT STORY OF LOVE, FRIENDS AND FLATSHARES TURNS 25 Meet the residents of 31 Alamanac Road...

Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen...

As featured on Obama's Summer 2022 Reading list and the instant No. 2 New York Times bestseller; which spans sixty years in the life of one Caribbean/American family Eleanor Bennett...

One of the world's bestselling storytellers, Lesley Pearse writes brilliantly about survivors. Why? Because she is one herself . . . Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she...

An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from \"The World's Greatest Living Explorer\" Ranulph Fiennes Co-opted by...

The story of AC/DC's legendary front man in his own distinctive voice 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The...

A ground-breaking exploration of how British empire has shaped the world we live in today from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland 2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former...

Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book by an expert professor shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them We are now...

An intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author Khaled and Mustafa...

Hilarious, intelligent and moving, Pnin is the tale of a generation irrevocably severed from its past Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously perched at the heart...

The iconic study of the Haitian revolution by one of the founding fathers of Caribbean scholarship, now in Modern Classics for the first time In 1791, inspired by the ideals...

The greatest novel of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful Clothbound Classics centenary edition Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th of June 1904, and...

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain's greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and...

The first novel in the Bernard Samson series is a dazzling return to Deighton's world of Cold War espionage Embattled agent Bernard Samson is used to being passed over for...

Jamie's most popular cookbook goes Mediterranean in this mouth-watering follow-up 5 Ingredients Mediterranean is everything people loved about the first book, but with the added va-va-voom of basing it on...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert reveals how climate battles and energy revolutions are mapping our future A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and...

Grayson Perry's irreverent, acclaimed look at the art world, now published in paperback Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that...

Steinbeck's lyrical and moving novel, now in an elegant clothbound edition The Pearl is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver,...

A must-have new edition of Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, featuring a cover illustrated by Alison Bechdel, the New York Times bestselling author of Fun Home, and a new foreword by Patricia...

The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman's Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak 'Magnificent... Pacy and packed with delicious details... Shipman puts you in the...

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germany. The war is over. But there are still secrets to be found amidst the ashes...

The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth...

US President Donald Trump has long complained that the nation's $3 trillion trade in goods deficit - when a country's imports exceed its exports - are evidence of global partners...

Empires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped borders, stirred conflicts, and set the terms of international politics. With the collapse of empire came a fundamental reorganisation of our world. Decolonisation...

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer...

' Beautiful ...Tessa Harris has made me appreciate historical novels in a way that I haven't in quite some time' 'Oh my goodness...this book was so unputdownable ...will never be...

PRE-ORDER THE INSTITUTE , THE NEW HIGH-CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY KATHERINE BRADLEY, OUT SPRING 2026. 'Frightening and timely, Bradley's The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If...