Fiction

Le Carre's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending...

One of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought In 1762 Jean Calas, a merchant from Toulouse, was executed after being falsely accused of killing his...

A jazz novel, a sermon and a song of praise to the richness of African-American experience From Ralph Ellison - author of the classic novel, Invisible Man - the long-awaited...

Forster's story of Anglo-Indian society under the Raj, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town...

A new translation in the Penguin Maigret series- the inspector uncovers some poisonous family politics. The moon must have risen above the mist, which was now faintly incandescent, and, when...

A simple peasant seeks spiritual fulfilment in this apparently artless tale of popular piety 'Here, see my belongings- a bag of dry crusts on my back and the Holy Bible...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery When Theseus, Duke of Athens, learns that the ruler of Thebes has killed...

From the peerless author of The Lottery, a spectacular new volume of unpublished and newly discovered stories, essays, letters and drawings Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie...

Kafka's last great, unfinished novel - the book that hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who...

A chilling historical mystery set in 16th-century Prague from a true literary crime writer 'The emperor's mistress had been murdered, and the world had been taken hold of and turned...

Conrad's last great novel, featuring one of his most fascinating heroes, Victory is a psychological thriller, a tragic romance and a commentary on the lies that we tell ourselves. Axel...

An arresting, mysterious, hypnotising novel by the Man Booker-shortlisted writer Deborah Levy A group of hedonistic West European tourists gather to celebrate Christmas in a remote French chateau. Then an...

Fast, thrilling, compulsively addictive - a timely novel about our obsession with the internet, from one of our greatest storytellers When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the...

International literary superstar Dave Eggers on the biggest subject of them all - the state of the world . . . In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary,...

A ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Carribean community, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred...

From Walkley Award-winning writer Gary Linell comes the true and epic story of George Scott, an Irish-born preacher who becomes, along with Ned Kelly, one of the nation's most notorious...

From Walkley Award-winning writer, Gary Linnell comes the greatest Australian story never told - until now. 'Always compelling, very entertaining.' Daily Telegraph 'A fabulous yarn. Highly recommended.' Better Reading He...

A rifle-shot of a novel - crisp, fast, shocking - The Shepherd's Hut is an urgent masterpiece about solitude, unlikely friendship, and the raw business of survival. In one terrible...

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Set in Queensland during World War II, this breath-taking historical novel is inspired by a true wartime story that has remained a well-kept secret for over...

Anna Funder's Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Stasiland is an Australian classic, the definitive account of tyranny and resistance in the former East Germany. WINNER OF THE BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE...

This mesmerizing, award-winning Australian novel has sold close to 5 million copies globally and was made into a DreamWorks film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. The Light Between Oceans...

'Excellent... Harrowing, humane and brilliant.' - The Times (UK) 'Excellent... Harrowing, humane and brilliant.' - The Times (UK) How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so...

'One of the best novels of recent years, a complete success'-Le Monde (France) 'One of the best novels of recent years, a complete success'-Le Monde (France) Following years of unrequited...

A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement in Australia by Booker Prize-winning author Tom Keneally. A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement...

In the tradition of Atonement and Birdsong, the Durance sisters leave Australia to nurse on the front during WWI and discover a world beyond their imaginings. In the tradition of...

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. A...

The chilling and darkly original novel from New York Times #1 bestselling author Candice Fox. The third in her award-winning Bennett and Archer series, set in Australia. 'If you love...

The Spy tells the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to break the conventions of her time, and paid the price. When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was...

Spanning two centuries, Nicole Alexander's compelling novel is a story of love and faith, destiny and betrayal, in a land as richly diverse as the secrets it keeps. In the...

A compelling account of Australia's bloodiest and most significant battle of the Vietnam War, in time for the battle's 50th anniversary, by critically-acclaimed war writer David Cameron. On the afternoon...

In perhaps his boldest and most personal novel, Tom Keneally explores the journeys of modern Australians alongside the imagined story of ancient Learned Man whose remains were discovered in Western...

What happens when you discover the man of your dreams is going out with your best friend? 'The Wrong Girl is funny, charming and lots of fun. Zoe's writing is...

What if the only way to keep your job was to antagonise your boss? 'I am absolutely terrified of losing a job I absolutely hate.' Stephen Maserov has problems. A...

An award-winning crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterious death on New Year's Eve 1989 leads to a shocking murder investigation 32 years...

An animal's-eye view of humans at our brutal worst and our creative best, Only the Animals asks us to believe again in the redemptive power of reading and writing fiction....

A novel about discovering who you are, where you're going, and what matters to you most. Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, 'Is this it?' Linda knows...

Each of the overlapping stories in Tim Winton's The Turning centres on a transformation; together they form the bestselling Australian collection of the last three decades. Tim Winton's characters are...

The Riders, the novel that brought Tim Winton his first Booker Prize shortlisting, charts an odyssey across Europe, a transfixing journey through the underworld of every lover's nightmare. Fred Scully...

Based on real people and events, All That I Am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their...

David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas. 'Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the...

One of the great observers of Australian life, Henry Lawson looms large in our national psyche. Yet at his best Lawson transcends the very bush, the very outback, the very...

Tim Winton's Breath, winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, is a story about the wildness of youth and learning to live with its passing. Tim Winton's Breath, winner of...

From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the unlikely story of his scheming father Martin, his crazy Uncle Terry and how the three of them upset - mostly unintentionally -...

From bestselling author Michael Pollan comes a radical challenge to how we think about drugs Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is...

An incisive and deeply practical essay from the acclaimed author of Don't Touch My Hair Stop the denial Stop the false equivalencies Interrogate whiteness Interrogate capitalism Denounce the white Saviour...

Hinduism provides an invaluable introduction to its schools of thought and the very different ways in which it is practised and interpreted. K. M. Sen discusses the evolution of Hinduism's...

The story of the universe in thirty cosmological conundrums In the constellation of Eridanus there lurks a cosmic mystery. It's as if something has taken a huge bite out of...

An urgent, comprehensive inquiry into how nature enriches the human psyche - and of the startling risks we face in leaving it behind 'Beautifully written, movingly told and meticulously researched...