Fiction

A foundational work of Black Radical critical theory, now to be widely available here for the first time Any struggle must be fought on a people's own terms, argues Cedric...

An uproarious exploration of Carribean immigrant experience from one of the great writers of the twentieth century Moses thinks he's got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is...

In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet- her children Shirley Jackson skewered the trials...

John Kenneth Galbraith, one of America's foremost economists, follows the incredible economic rise and fall that lead to the great crash of 1929 No account of the financial insanity of...

Darkly comic aphorisms on time, mortality and human relationships from one of the twentieth century's great philosophers 'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it...

A bestselling collection of short stories from the American master storyteller Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior First published in the late 1990s and a bestseller at the time, this...

A Kafaesque marvel and a biting satire of bureaucracy, medicine and modern life In Tokyo, in the middle of the night, an uncalled-for ambulance arrives to spirit away a man's...

Kobo Abe's existential and entertaining masterpiece 'This is the record of a box man' The streets of Tokyo have been seeing a strange phenomenon recently - people who have decided...

The acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, reissued with a new PMC jacket Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer- this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets as a child,...

Stella Gibbons' hilarious comic novel of rural life, new to Penguin Modern Classics When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend...

From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's world 'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a...

The incredible eyewitness account of wartime resistance, now in paperback 'Insistently asks the question- What would you do? Would you fight, or acquiesce, or collaborate? ... Karski was deeply patriotic...

A collection that includes three of Camus's most personal and lyrical books- The Right Side and the Wrong Side, Nuptials and Summer This volume contains some of Camus' most intimate...

The adventures of one of Lem's most endearing characters, Pirx- a 'space truck driver' and everyman in Outer Space Mission- vertical launch at half booster power. Ascent to ellipsis B68....

New to Penguin Modern Classics- a captivating exploration of the work of one of Italy's most influential - and least understood - painters Throughout his masterpiece, In Search of Lost...

New to Penguin Classics, the international bestseller by one of Europe's pre-eminent literary figures The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a masterful retelling of the ancient myths and fables...

The most acclaimed volume of poetry by the legendary 'Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet' I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old...

Depicting a young woman's life in Nazi Germany, this is the masterpiece from the author of Child of All Nations Nineteen-year-old Sanna just wants to drink her beer in peace,...

A brilliant feminist novel from Weimar Germany, from the author of Child of All Nations Gilgi knows where she's going in life- she's ambitious, determined and fearless. She's not even...

A devastating semi-autobiographical novel and the first volume of Kerouac's memoir cycle Gerard Duluoz was born in 1917, 'a sickly little kid with a rheumatic heart'. Based on Jack Kerouac's...

A heart-breaking road-trip across America, based on Kerouac's own memories of childhood It's 1948, and when ten-year-old Pictorial Review Jackson's guardian dies, his older brother Slim appears. Together, the two...

From the queen of domestic horror, this is a masterpiece of domestic comedy Shirley Jackson's 1953 classic about life with her husband and four children in rural Vermont is one...

A hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin, from the author of Child of All Nations Doris is going to be a big star. Wearing a...

A celebration of one of the most curious and playful literary groups of the twentieth century Brought together for the first time, here are 100 pieces of 'Oulipo' writing, celebrating...

Available in English for the first time, The Chandelier is one of Lispector's most radical books and a key part of what made her a Brazilian legend 'She found the...

Pavese's seductive masterpiece of memory and betrayal in the Italian countryside, in a vivid new translation by Tim Parks Having made his fortune in America, Eel is magnetically drawn back...

Pip switches identities, sexes, and centuries in Kathy Acker's brilliant experimental explosion of literature, sex and art 'New York City is very peaceful and quiet, and the pale grey mists...

A soaring, sensual coming-of-age novel, by the legendary 'Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet' If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me...

New to Penguin Classics, this is the funny and deeply moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England Self-important and more or less friendless,...

Witty and nihilistic essays from one of Central Europe's most remarkable philosophers A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning...

Baldwin's fourth novel recounts a lifetime of grappling with love, loss and identity 'Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it' At the...

Mailer's masterful account of the 1968 presidential conventions, a snapshot of sixties turbulence Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War is raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy have just...

One of the finest American novels ever written, Norman Mailer's classic account of the Philippines campaign of WW2. Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during...

The final novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a celebration of the American midwest with Cather's strongest heroine at its heart Jim and ntonia meets as children in...

The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman Thea Kronberg, a young girl from a small town in...

'A stunningly inventive fantasy about cosmic travel' - The New York Times 'There were two kinds of landscape characteristic of the inner planets of the Sun- the purposeful and the...

Marc Chagall's colourful, hilarious, dream-like autobiography Chagall was born in Witebsk in White Russia, the son of a herring merchant who lived opposite a laundress and a chimney sweep. After...

The third and final novel of le Carre's 'Karla Trilogy', Smiley's People now published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time The murdered man had been an agent -...

Considered a masterpiece of the genre, le Carre's preeminent spy novel is new to Penguin Modern Classics Magnus Pym, ranking diplomat, has vanished, believed defected. The chase is on- for...

Le Carre's singular story of a cautious man plunged into recklessness, published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Aldo Cassidy is the naive and sentimental lover. A successful,...

A novel of tremendous political relevance - adapted into a critically-acclaimed film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman - and new to Penguin Modern Classics A half-starved young Russian man in a...

Enthralling and thought-provoking, The Little Drummer Girl is le Carre's only spy novel set in the Middle East, and is now published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time....

The second book in le Carre's 'Karla Trilogy', The Honourable Schoolboy is a new addition to Penguin Modern Classics It is a beleaguered and betrayed Secret Service that has been...

The gripping story of a husband's personal odyssey to find justice - adapted into an award-winning film in 2005 starring in Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz - and new to...

The story of two friends whose dubious relationship spans West Berlin in the 1960s through the Cold War to the age of present day terrorism is new to Penguin Modern...

A tale of intense friendship and almost overwhelming grief amongst the frozen fjords of rural Norway In winter, the black ice cracks like a gunshot across the lake, growing thicker...

Part biography, part detective story- the extraordinary life of the eccentric writer Frederick Baron Corvo One summer afternoon A.J.A. Symons is handed a peculiar novel called Hadrian the Seventh and,...

New to Penguin Classics, Lewis's 1935 bestseller about a demagogue who becomes president of the United States is 'frighteningly contemporary' It's 1935 and discontent is rife in America. From the...