21st Century History

Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality' - when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation....

Learn the secret - or die trying Has ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope finally got out of his depth? That's the question Ben faces when the hunt for a missing girl...

Politics in the West has become unpredictable and tumultuous. In recent years, voters have deserted the political centre like never before. Whether it's Trump, Brexit, Le Pen, Tsipras, or even...

When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"-a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this...

'The definitive chronicle of changing times for so many who love the sport' Ian Herbert, Daily Mail 'The Yearbook stands for authority and integrity' Martin Tyler 'The first reference book...

The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab. It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted. A...

'Funny, uplifting and warm' Sunday Times bestselling author PHILLIPA ASHLEY 'Beautifully written, the characters leap from the page' Million-copy bestselling author SUE MOORCROFT The Unretirement is an uplifting story about...

Learn the secret - or die trying Has ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope finally got out of his depth? That's the question Ben faces when the hunt for a missing girl...

'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...

For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry. A story that crosses time and...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider- the only book you need to read on this subject. *An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book...

The definitive expose of the rise and fall of Boeing and the death of the aviation industry Boeing's story is the corporate scandal that's transfixed the world like none since...

A brilliant new theory of how society works from one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain...

An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change- how it will force us to change where - and how - we live We are facing a...

Why did Rome fall - and what can it teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist investigate Over the last three centuries,...

Niall Ferguson's pithy, digestible polemic on the decline of the West The Great Degeneration is a powerful - and in places polemical - indictment of an era of negligence and...

Don't miss the third adrenaline-filled, action-adventure in the Joe Mason series! When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only...

The final book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade What's inside was a nightmare. What's outside is...

With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin...

The follow-up to the sensational #1 Sunday Times bestseller Her Majesty's Royal Coven All is not as it seems within the halls of Her Majesty's Royal Coven... Despite thinking they've...

The gripping and emotional novel from the million-copy bestselling author of PS, I Love You She knows your secrets. Now discover hers... You've never met anyone like Alice. She sees...

THE FOURTH VOLUME OF MICHAEL PALIN'S BESTSELLING DIARIES A new millennium, and a new chapter for Michael Palin unfolds. With a Hemingway travel project testing his confidence, doubts creeping in...

She thinks it was murder. But if she can't trust herself, can anyone else? Nancy North and her boyfriend Felix are making the move across London to Harlesden. A new...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year In this spectacular, newsmaking expose that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its...

She's no damsel in distress, and he's certainly not wearing shining armour. But one knight can change everything... Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era....

A summer that changed everything. A second chance to put things right. ~~~ 'Heart-warming, funny, and completely brilliant!' Jaimie Admans Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little...

The Sunday Times number one bestselling debut novel 'Absolutely outrageous. A total snigger-fest.' SINDHU VEE 'Unputdownable. Thoroughly enjoyable and twisted.' KATERINA DIAMOND Welcome to a hen do where revenge is...

'Gritty, compelling storytelling' Daily Mail 'Dark, tense, action-packed, and so, so clever ... I couldn't stop until the very last page. Outstanding' Andrea Mara, number one Sunday Times bestselling author...

Winner of the Booker Prize 2021 - discover the powerful story of a family in crisis. WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 Discover the Sunday Times bestselling story of a...

A ground-breaking and thought-provoking book on innovation and what it takes for a new company to prosper, from the co-founder of one of the most successful tech start-ups in history...

The much anticipated publication of John le Carre's last complete novel now in paperback Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a...

A stunning, shattering debut novel about two Black British artists falling in and out of love Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black...

A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose...

A groundbreaking history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people...

The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously....

In this urgent book, we learn why a small island in the East China Sea will be central to the world's future An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters...

The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades By the end of this decade, AI will exceed human levels of...

From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...

The high-wire true story of the millionaire trader, who won the finance game and then blew it wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the...

The definitive history, now revised and updated with a new final chapter covering Russia's role in the world in 2020 Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror...

The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to...

The definitive story of the Great Financial Crisis and how it continues to haunt our lives In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers,...

How do you find something that doesn't exist? Find out, in the most joyful mystery of 2025... 'A perfect crime caper.' Woman & Home 'Comic, thrilling and ultimately moving.' The...

'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...' It...

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF A...

Set over one sizzling summer comes a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday...

The fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business...