Fiction

A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope...

When an unbridled schoolmistress with advanced ideas is in her prime the classroom can take on a new identity and no one can predict what will happen. Jean Brodie is...

Evelyn Waugh's hilarious debut novel, with an introduction by Barbara Cooke Sent down from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position...

The acclaimed Top Ten Bestseller that tells you everything you need to know about your dog 'Every dog lover, dog owner or prospective dog buyer should read this book' John...

The 50,000 copy bestseller, soon to be a major Spielberg film In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows...

'Is it possible to read a book about the men who profited from the financial crisis and enjoy it so much that you laugh out loud? In the hands of...

'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read' Andy McNab We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went...

An astonishing new collection of poems from one of the most brilliant and iconic artists in contemporary culture Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since...

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house - home to three people and a dog....

'Greene threatens to do for string theory what Stephen Hawking did for black holes' New York Magazine 'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book....

An edition to mark Slinky Malinki's 30th anniversary! Slinky Malinki steals anything from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages, to a clock! Our hero is...

The Reference Relaunch is a major event in reference publishing - Penguin Dictionaries are getting a brand new look Roget's Thesaurus ranks as one of the greatest English language reference...

'Martin Hammond's modern prose version is the best and most accurate there has ever been' - Peter Levi in the Independent The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary...

New critical introduction, outlining the novel's publishing history, and discussing its reception, the character of Little Nell, Dickens's style, and the illustrations The tale of Little Nell gripped the nation...

Following the enormous success of HITLER- HUBRIS this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding...

Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can't remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's brilliant new novel. Two women. Twenty years of secrets. And a...

The latest novel in the Will Trent series from No.1 bestelling author, Karin Slaughter. Discover the eighth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE Men as they really are... An ingenious book from the exceptional Granta Best Young British Novelist SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE...

A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILM Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen,...

A provocative novel about the desire and duty to procreate, from the author of the critically acclaimed How Should A Person Be? 'Confronts the philosophical questions raised by childbearing and...

A tale of trust, betrayal, love and evil starring the hugely popular ex-Sith-Jedi female bounty hunter. Asajj Ventress. Based on unproduced episodes of Star Wars- The Clone Wars, this thrilling...

Is a happy ending possible for Grey and Ana? The final novel in the addictive Fifty Shades trilogy. Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, the Fifty Shades trilogy will obsess you,...

A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural \"swerve\" known as the Renaissance. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012 Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man...

Reissue of the unforgettable novel from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, with a fabulously refreshed cover perfect for the psych-susp market. ____________________________ You think you have the perfect life. You're...

The first Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. 'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 'Her characters, plot, and...

The fifth Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. Discover fifth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 'Her characters,...

'The next Bill Bryson.' New York Times Winner of the Best Narrative Travel Book Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers The Danes are the happiest people in the...

The essential Star Wars gift of 2017, celebrating 40 years since A New Hope 40 Years. 40 Stories. Experience Star Wars- A New Hope from a whole new point of...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian- a searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW...

The second Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. Discover second book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 'Her characters,...

AN AMERICAN CLASSIC FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING MASTER THRILLER WRITER. He thought it was his dream job... It turned into his worst nightmare. When Mitch McDeere qualified third in his...

A new look for the second Brunetti novel from award-winning crime writer Donna Leon 'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard...

Both a prequel to the world-renowned Trainspotting, and an alternative version of it, Skagboys is Irvine Welsh's greatest work. *Number #1 Bestseller** BEFORE TRAINSPOTTING CAME SKAGBOYS Mark Renton has it...

Will she ever uncover the secrets about her past? From the multi-million copy bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsive, heart-wrenching read. A house on fire. A...

The thriller that launched Hannibal Lecter's legacy of evil. Now fans of the new Sky Living TV series Hannibal can read the books that launched a legend. _________________________ THE LEGENDARY...

BOOK ONE IN THE CICERO TRILOGY FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Masterful' Sunday Times 'Gripping and accomplished' Guardian 'Truly gifted, razor-sharp' Daily Telegraph Ancient Rome teems with ambitious and...

The multi-million copy bestseller and an extraordinary memoir about the transformative power of education THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK Selected as a book of the year...

The fourth Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. Dive into the fourth novel in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author....

The New York Times bestseller that reveals why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to make your message stick - now in a vibrant reissue 'This book is...

The bestselling rock autobiography of all time. Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney, he is an icon and a living legend. He has...

'Brilliant and compelling - one is constrained to follow to the end' Spectator The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart...

The seminal novel that changed the face of British fiction - repackaged for a new generation. Read the seminal bestselling novel that changed the face of British fiction and inspired...

A major book from the author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence. Social Intelligence does for relationships what Emotional Intelligence did for emotions- brings readers a radically different way of thinking...

Definitely not for the faint hearted. This short story collection has been described as 'the most original work of fiction this year' Guardian Haunted is a novel made up of...

'A kind of mercurial elegy. . . Some extraordinary passion leaks through Barthes' lucid prose' Peter Ackroyd, Spectator 'May be the most detailed, painstaking anatomy of desire that we are...

'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times 'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese...

'A story of the voluptuousness of doom' Thomas Mann With astonishment Aschenbach noticed that the boy was entirely beautiful. Ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach is on holiday in Venice when...

A brilliant patchwork of codebreaking mathematicians and their descendants who are striving to create a data-haven in the Philippines...trust me on this one' Guardian A gripping and page-turning thriller that...