Fiction

A masterful tale of murder and intrigue in a small French town, from the celebrated author of the Maigret series Nobody mentioned the victims, or the terror that had gripped...

A gripping new translation of Simenon's cinematic tale of greed, guilt and the cruel workings of fate 'There were some weeks that were painful, nerve-racking. At the office or at...

From a world-leading microbiome scientist and surgeon with over two decades of experience comes Dark Matter, a pioneering guide to hacking your microbiome for a healthier life. Our microbiome -...

A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated literary detective 'The truth was, Maigret knew nothing! Maigret felt. Maigret was sure he was right, would...

A new translation of a twisting detective novel from the celebrated author of the Maigret series Hector Loursat, a lawyer in the small town of Moulins, has lived as a...

A new selection of stories featuring the celebrated literary detective, Inspector Maigret An ageing boxer caught in a love triangle. A wealthy Parisian family on the brink of collapse. A...

The definitive expose of the rise and fall of Boeing and the death of the aviation industry Boeing's story is the corporate scandal that's transfixed the world like none since...

A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, a classic in a new translation for the first time in 150 years Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated...

This is a deeply practical and readable book, which will take you on an expedition through the anatomy of the most fascinating - and mysterious - of organs. World-leading neuroscientist...

Retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares a powerful new leadership model As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal discarded a century of management wisdom and pivoted...

Can you not like sport and be Australian? When it comes to sport, Australians are mad. Completely, irrationally insane. It's the closest thing we have to a culture. From Don...

An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicist The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications...

Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics....

The bestselling physicist returns with a thrilling account of the search for the 'God Equation' This is the story of a quest- to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated...

Travel back to a world at war, with the thrilling children's history series 'Everything was ready. The air was thick with excitement. This was D-Day . . . Prepare to...

Journey back to the world of the Tudors, with the celebrated children's history series 'Winter has come; and in a far distant land, a warrior queen is expecting a child...'...

An acclaimed historian of ideas shows how capitalist extremists profit from the collapse of the democratic nation Look at a map of the world and you'll see a neat patchwork...

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than...

A breath-taking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanity For the first time since the Neolithic, we have the opportunity to transform not only our food...

An essential work outlining the origin and ongoing reality of global racism, from Britain's leading authority on Black Studies. The New Age of Empire destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the...

The bestselling, no-holds-barred expose of the people who are wrecking our democracy, by the master storyteller of our times The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran...

An evocative exploration of the origins and impact of one of our most intimate and essential possessions Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool- through the stories of these five fabrics, Sofi...

A myth-busting tour of the body's hidden foundations from a pioneering evolutionary biologist Why do so many diets lead to more weight gain? Do more active people have faster metabolisms?...

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and...

The hilarious and universally lauded memoir of life as the daughter of a gun-toting, all-American Catholic priest When the expense of a medical procedure forces the 30-year-old Patricia to move...

The Master of the Big Story is back If you thought Wall Street was about alpha males standing in trading pits hollering at each other, think again. That world is...

A spellbinding exploration of the emergence of the digital age and an unsettling vision of what comes next In a world where humans coexist with technologies they no longer control...

A new anthology of 100 years of artists', film makers' and architects' manifestos In this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony...

A new translation of one of the best-loved and most important books of Christianity, by the Very Revd. Robert Jeffery One of the most influential and well-loved books of Christianity,...

New to Penguin Modern Classics One of the premier Japanese novels in the twentieth century, THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel....

Penguin Classics relaunch The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In THE BIRDS, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the...

A fascinating study of Athenian political machinery, containing invaluable insights into Athenian democracy Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis...

A reissue of this phenomenonally bestselling book with new material about how to connect with your angel THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'The world has discovered a modest...

A new, modern look for Sebald's classic trilogy of books - Vertigo, The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn - 20 years after the tragic death of one of our...

Detective Alex Cross is chasing an elusive murderer called 'The Family Man' in the 30th instalment of the bestselling Alex Cross series. They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no...

A small town, enemies to lovers romance from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Devney Perry. Winslow Covington believes in life, liberty and the letter of the law....

One of Inspector Maigret's strangest and most compelling cases The discovery of a dismembered body in the Canal Saint Martin leads Maigret into a tangled, baffling case involving a taciturn...

Hermann Hesse's magnum opus and a twentieth-century classic In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game...

Author: Norman Mailer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 From one of the major innovators of New Journalism, Norman Mailer's The Fight is the real-life story of a clash between...

Author: Sigmund Freud Format: Paperback Number of Pages:  326 This volume brings together Freud's main contributions to the psychology of love. His illuminating discussions of the ways in which sexuality...

Author: Andy Warhol Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 In this autobiography, published in 1975, the private Andy Warhol talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success; about...

Twenty-one key essays and poetic writings on nonviolence and reconciliation by Vietnamese peace activist Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh Be inspired by 21 key writings onnonviolence and reconciliationby Vietnamese peace...

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in what remains of a Britain ravaged by revolution. His every move is monitored by the Thought Police, who are responsible for...

'This is one of those books that will go down as the seminal work - the determinative work - in this field ... Terrifying.' -Rachel Maddow The first definitive account...

Since the 1980s Judith Brett has been helping to shape Australians' conversations about politics, bringing a historian's eye to contemporary issues and probing the psychology of our prime ministers. Her...

WITH EXCLUSIVE DEATH ROW INTERVIEW Years after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and brought the city of Los Angeles to a standstill, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture...

In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz revealed how the process of our education, or "domestication," can make us forget the wisdom we were born with. Throughout our lives, we...

In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to...