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Stendhal's intensely personal and yet universal work on Love In 1818, when he was in his mid-thirties, Stendhal met and fell passionately in love with the beautiful Mathilde Dembowski. She,...

Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish...

A new edition of Christina Rossetti's poetry This new selection of Rossetti's poems brings together works by one of the most significant nineteenth-century English poets. It includes an illuminating introduction,...

The complete collection of Donne's poems, including his famous Holy Sonnets, 'The Flea' and 'The Sun Rising' No poet has been more wilfully contradictory than John Donne, whose works forge...

'Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a book to be settled into fully, tomorrow be damned. Funny, heart-hammering, wise.' The New York Times WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR...

A mesmerising collection of stories from the superb Richard Yates First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out...

2021 sees all of Alice Munro's backlist reissued in a new, modern look. These editions will appeal to a broad range of literary readers In these stories lives come into...

What does climate change mean? How will global warming affect our lives? Is it the cause of wilder storms and more frequent droughts? Are these events inevitable? Tim Flannery makes...

Known for his originality and courageous thinking on matters ranging from the treatment of animals to genetic screening, Peter Singer now turns his attention to the ethical issues surrounding globalisation....

Before Rai Sarris, Cashin was different. He moved more quickly then, he was less thoughtful, less easily spooked. But there are consequences when you've come that close to dying. For...

Truth is a novel about a man, a family, a city. It is about violence, murder, love, corruption, honour and deceit. And it is about the search for truth. At...

The globe-trotting spy thriller that inspired the action blockbuster Argylle , starring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard and Samuel L. Jackson, directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kingsman trilogy fame. One...

He's never lost a case. But can he outwit a killer? An exciting stand-alone legal thriller from the world's bestselling thriller writer. Stafford Lee Penney is the best defence lawyer...

The best-selling historian of medieval manuscripts discovers the most intimate surviving relic of Thomas Becket. The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of...

Obsession, intrigue - and revenge. Get ready for an all-night read with one of the twistiest thrillers of 2024. A woman falls to her death from a London bank's twenty-fifth-floor...

The smallest towns hide the darkest secrets . . . Drawing elements from the horror genre, this eerie standalone suspense thriller is perfect for fans of Stephen King. The dead...

The New York Times #1 bestselling novel What if Rumpelstiltskin isn't the villain of the story? By the following winter solstice, the miller would become the father of a baby...

It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in Jack's life has...

To be a hero's wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt. To be a hero's wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic...

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, a haunting and evocative tale of murder and loss of innocence in wartime Australia. Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, a haunting...

IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN. A Rizzoli & Isles bestseller. ___________ A KILLER WHO KNOWS HIS TRADE 'Gerritsen was a medic before she turned to writing, and her book...

There's so much more riding on this than a crown in this fun and fresh Cinderella fairytale reimagining. Happily Ever After is a total scam, but at least this time...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A masterpiece' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Ambitious, demanding and profoundly melancholy' GUARDIAN Dr. Robert Hendricks has just received a mysterious invitation. Psychiatrist Alexander Pereira has asked him to...

Bestselling author Lisa Gardner unites three of her most loved characters -Detective D.D. Warren, Flora Dane, and Kimberly Quincy - in a twisty new thriller, as they investigate a mysterious...

From the number one bestselling author and creator of the Netflix hit series, The Stranger, comes a riveting thriller starring a great new hero, Windsor Horne Lockwood III - or...

Three women are on the run, wanted for the murder of a high-ranking mobster in this stunning new stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer James Patterson. Includes bonus story...

Alex Cross must confront a criminal from his past before his master plan to frame him succeeds, in the twenty-seventh instalment in the bestselling series by James Patterson Could a...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Immersive' Guardian 'Stunning' Daily Express 'Riveting' Telegraph Victory is close. Vengeance is closer. Rudi Graf used to dream of sending a rocket to the...

The new novel from the iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON CRAZY RICH ASIANS RETURNS WITH THE GLITTERING TALE OF...

Finally back in print, a shockingly wry and funny coming-of-age novel from the inimitable Rosemary Tonks, author of The Bloater Brilliantly funny and brutal, this is the story of one...

Daudet's fascinating notebook, revived and translated by Julian Barnes. Alphonse Daudet was a highly popular nineteenth-century French novelist, whose work radiated humour and good cheer. Few knew that for his...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF AN OFFICER AND A SPY AND THE SECOND SLEEP 'A brilliantly constructed spy novel' Observer 'Grips from start to finish ... Superb' Mail...

You think you know the truth. The truth is you know nothing. The international number one bestselling author of Tell No One and Six Years is back with his next...

A biting satire of Chinese totalitarianism from the critically acclaimed author of Beijing Coma and Red Dust. 'One of China's greatest living novelists' Guardian Blending fact with fiction, China Dream...

From the bestselling author of The Wife and The Interestings comes a warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world ** Selected...

A page-turning and bittersweet novel following Daniel and his troubled marriage with Rosie, and the very different lives of her three sisters, as they navigate the period between the First...

Ian McEwan's brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel, now a major film starring Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity...

An electrifying debut novel from one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary fiction 'Weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling... Dive in for just a moment and you'll emerge...

The addictive No. 1 psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller and global phenomenon. 'Wondering if Into the Water...

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in the country? After...

The Hollow Bones implores us to pay careful attention to the crucial lessons we might learn from our not-too-distant history. 'I remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their...

This stunning debut is a compelling piece of historical fiction, set at the turn of the century, among the pearl merchants making their fortune in the ports of Western Australia....

An Australian literary hoax lies at the core of My Life as a Fake, Peter Carey's captivating, 'continuously startling' (John Updike) contemplation of the art world. In steamy, fetid Kuala...

The incomparable Oscar and Lucinda won Peter Carey his first Booker Prize, and the Miles Franklin Award. Oscar Hopkins, the hydrophobic, noisy-kneed son of a preacher, renounces his father's stern...

Peter Carey is at his inventive, brilliant best in His Illegal Self, a novel about a family who, once met, will never leave you. Che is the precocious son of...

A wickedly funny satire on modern life and families. The Catchprices may be the most spectacularly contentious family since Dostoevsky's Karamazovs. Granny Catchprice runs her family business, and her family,...

What do you do when you're told you've got terminal cancer at 50? Take up crochet, get religion and bow out gracefully? Or upend your life and spend every remaining...

The groundbreaking classic about economic rationalism and its effect on good, honest people. The groundbreaking novel about economic rationalism and its effect on good, honest people. At once humorous and...