21st Century History

Delve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times . From the rock'n'roll pioneers of the 1950s to the pop superstars of the...

The brilliant new novel from the Queen of royal-rom-coms 'Refreshingly vulnerable and timelessly romantic' BONNIE WOODS All Lady Alice Walpole wants is to be swept off her feet, but she...

Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci. Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge...

"Scott Jennings is a Patriot from the Great State of Kentucky... A Revolution of Common Sense was directly inspired by my Inaugural Address and the many Common Sense actions we...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Never Never comes the twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming, the first book in the Love Me with Lies trilogy!...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 ... 'GENIUS' A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the SPECTATOR , MAIL ON SUNDAY , NEW STATESMAN...

With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby...

"Sarah Goodwin is the queen of the survival thriller. The Private Jet is an exquisite parcel of danger and heart-racing suspense." DANDY SMITH THE HIGHER YOU FLY... In the dazzling...

How to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks: if you had the power between life and death, what would you do? Thea...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers and The Spymasters now turns his sharp eye towards the historic 2024 presidential race, providing the definitive, insider account of the...

One dead wife is tragic. Two looks like murder... ________ ' Motherland meets Big Little Lies , It's Always the Husband is a totally addictive, up-all-night read. A masterclass in...

Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery, from someone who lived through the Whakaari White Island volcanic eruption. "I heard...

*Lucy Foley's new thriller - Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel , the brand new Miss Marple novel - is available to pre-order now * ________ For starters, everyone here...

Don't miss the perfect Christmas present for yourself (or for that best friend who would definitely help you hide a body...) --------------------- Anna's Christmas Eve To Do List: 1. Wrap...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Hacienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the...

THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson's SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN series. The Coven is reunited but...

One night can change your life. Forever. 'Such a brilliant writer and this was another 5 star book for me' Reader Review 'Hugely immersive and emotional' Reader Review 'An emotional...

From bestselling author John Crace comes a blisteringly hilarious tour through the whirlwind of post-Brexit Britain, from the ousting of Boris to the dawn of a new era . ....

WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD - BARBARA GITTINGS LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES FICTION AWARD 'Stirring,...

THE NUMBER 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 An Irish Times Book of the Year 2024 Ireland is a strikingly...

From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, explaining the one thing you really need to know...

The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. 'Sixty special forces against 100,000 - a feat of British arms to take the breath away' Frederick Forsyth. They were branded as cowards and accused...

How to Lose a Country is a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don't march fully-formed into government; they creep. Award-winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the...

The young artist and writer Yevgenia Belorusets was in her hometown of Kyiv when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of February 24, 2022. For her and millions...

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three...

In 1998 Nathaniel was just another history student on a comfortable career trajectory of high school to college to white collar job. Then he went to a lecture by a...

From the author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven , this piercing, genre-bending debut follows two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war in a stunning...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025, David Szalay's captivating and astonishingly moving novel about the forces that make and break our lives Through chance, luck and choice, one man's life...

' Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES 'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping'...

'I couldn't put it down!' Sarah Morgan The uplifting new story of fresh starts and second chances from the Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James After a long and seemingly...

*The deliciously entertaining new novel from the award-winning writer and comedian, MARK WATSON* 'Funny and thought-provoking' ADAM HILLS 'A heartwarming story of happenstance' iPAPER --------------- That's three sashimi rolls. Two...

A New York Times #1 Bestseller An Amazon #1 Bestseller A Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Financial Times and...

An acclaimed economist's observations on four years of events that have shaped the world In this new volume drawn from his columns for the French newspaper Le Monde , renowned...

A major new history of the two most important British secret service networks in the First and Second World Wars Intelligence gathering was essential to both sides in the First...

A bold new account of Europe's plight as it faces political fracture, economic stagnation and external challenges from the U.S., China and Russia Today, Europe finds itself in a fast-changing,...

Russia is struggling to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield. But can it win the war for influence? Simon Sharman is out for revenge, pursuing the assassin of his former colleague...

'A great accomplishment . . . A wonderful reflection of an extraordinary sweep of history' - Barack Obama For 16 years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany. She led the...

Catalogue to a major traveling exhibition focused on Banksy, the world's most popular graffiti artist whose real identity remains unknown despite his domination of the global street art scene for...

A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years The conventional wisdom about globalization is wrong. Over the past forty years...

Late one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo-China's leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08-and took him away. When Liu...

Expand your cooking repertoire with 100 recipes created and illustrated by a stellar array of international contemporary artists. Creativity doesn t stop at an artist s studio door for many,...

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 This is the history of the institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy, from the World Monetary and...

'Funny, inspiring and uplifting' Nina Stibbe 'Raging, outrageous and joyous' Nikki May 'A must-read for all people-pleasers! ... Explosive, funny, thought-provoking' Good Housekeeping From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes...

From the Wall Street Journal 's award-winning international investigations team comes a spellbinding account of a spy war between the U.S. and Russia that transformed into a ruthless game of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Book of the Year for The Times, Financial Times and Waterstones 'This isn't a book; it's a case for revolution' CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES...

Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera . . . Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights...

You're trapped underground. There's no way out. And there's a killer on the loose... 'Full of twists and amazing turns that will have you guessing till the very end!' reader...

'A page-turner... you'll get your money's worth out of this one' Stephen King 'Riveting' Sunday Times 'Linwood Barclay is a flat-out master of the modern thriller, and I Will Ruin...