Fiction

An anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis. A Penguin Classic...

Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan A Penguin Classic The Odyssey is literature's...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'People screamed. People sprang off the pavement ... \"The Invisible Man is coming! The Invisible Man!\"' With his face swaddled in bandages, his...

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, We the Living shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live...

New to Penguin Modern Classics on the 40th anniversary of first publication In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to...

Author: Kayla Edwards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 784 Nothing, not even love, may be enough to save them this time . . . the show-stopping fourth installment in the...

Author: Kayla Edwards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 768 Welcome to the city of Angelthene. We hope you survive . . . a thrilling new fantasy romance series perfect for...

A classic comic novel from one of Europe's finest writers 'I hate walking, he says, it seems so pointless to me. I walk, and while I am walking I keep...

A vivid philosophical tour de force that initiated ecological thought and writing as we know it today 'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,'...

Ishmael Reed's inspired comic fable of the ragtime era - hailed by Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred greatest books of the Western canon Ishmael Reed's inspired comic...

Henry Miller's landmark travel book, ready to be stuffed into any backpack In 1939 Miller left Paris and headed out with his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside,...

A new translation of this novel set in the demi-monde of the sun-soaked Riviera, part of the Maigret series Half an hour later, he was in Cannes ... White everywhere!...

Legends from the Ancient North brings together some of the magical texts that most influenced Tolkien 'I was in the East, battling giants, wicked-hearted women, who wandered the fells; great...

Li ge, the city of Simenon's youth, comes to life in this disturbing Maigret novel A vast emptiness. The room, in the darkness, seemed big as a cathedral. Warm currents...

A new translation of this gripping novel set in an insular fishing community, part of the new Maigret series It was indeed a photo, a picture of a woman. But...

Javier Marias's darkly humorous Oxford novel, new to Penguin Modern Classics The pretty young tutor Clare Bayes attracts many eyes at an Oxford college dinner, not least those of a...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library '\"A man's brain is a bomb,\" he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. \"My brain...

In this second part of John Galworthy's trilogy of love, power, money and family feuding, a new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting...

Jean Rhys's unique prequel to Jane Eyre, a masterpiece of twentieth century literature Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and is...

The Forsyte Saga is the first part of John Galsworthy's magnificent, well-loved Forsyte Chronicles, which trace the changing fortunes of the wealthy Forsyte dynasty through fifty years of material triumph...

A brilliant, yet brutal, portrait of a woman struggling to retrieve both life and love For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance...

Based on the story that inspired the Netflix samurai epic! As the 19th century comes to a bloody end, a sinister game of life-or-death brutally culls Japan's fading warrior class....

John Clarke was best known as Fred Dagg in New Zealand and for 'The Games' and 'Clarke and Dawe' in Australia. He was a performer, actor, writer, satirist and commentator....

The 'true' history of humanity's greatest moments, as told by comedian and TikTok sensation, Adrian Bliss History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have...

A radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will alter how we discuss climate change It has become habitual to think of our relationship with...

A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th-century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign. Augustus is one of the great what-ifs of the 18th century. He could have...

The Italian colour bible- a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designer Have you ever wondered why so many pencils are yellow? Why black...

The plant-based plan to heal your gut and restore good health, from The New York Times bestselling author and gastroenterologist Dr Will Bulsiewicz. The New York Times bestselling author of...

This special edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Last Straw features an exclusive cover image from the hit Disney+ original movie. Adapted from the third installment of Jeff...

A true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers- the literary crime that fooled the world - and the daring young booksellers who uncovered it...

The real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. Based on original archival research by...

Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the best-known figure of the ancient world- the Roman gladiator Bestselling author Harry...

Available in English for the first time comes the direct sequel to Shin'ichi Sakamoto's (#DRCL Midnight Children) manga series Innocent. At the dawn of the French Revolution, a family of...

A brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been misrepresented and co-opted over centuries for political, nation-building ends. By Professor Janina Ramirez, bestselling historian and author of FEMINA...

A comedy thriller about three New York con artists whose biggest heist goes awry The three confidence tricksters had a style that earned them millions. Silas was the leader, slick...

Townsend Warner's best-loved and most famous novel, telling the story of a middle-aged woman who gloriously becomes a witch Lolly Willowes, always so gentle and accommodating, suddenly announces that she...

A devastating novel set in wartime Italy from the great twentieth-century writer, in a new translation by Tim Parks Shortlisted for The Society of Authors Translation Award 2022 June, 1943....

A sparkling exploration of the four cardinal directions, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 Maps North, south, east and west- almost all societies use...

A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...

A new edition of this classic James novel, edited and introduced by Christopher Ricks After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'She knew of no wrong that he had done; he was not violent, he was not cruel; she simply believed that he hated...

An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a meaningless human tragedy. But one witness, a Franciscan monk, believes the deaths...

This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The End and The Expelled; these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to use French as...

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 This is the history of the institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy, from the World Monetary and...

Some of the best-loved stories in the world, originating in Persia, India and Arabia, retold especially for children.

Edith Wharton's acclaimed novel of love, duty, and half-known truths in Gilded Age New York society, with a foreword by bestselling author Elif Batuman Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'He stretched out his two long, lank arms, that looked like spider's claws, and seemed to embrace with them the expanse...

A window onto the past, full of fire and life- two immortal traditions as the English language has never seen them before SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR...