Fiction

An official tie-in edition to accompany Sofia Coppola's highly anticipated new film based on this atmospheric novel of sexual tension and Southern gothic When an injured Union soldier is found...

One of the most chilling and compassionate of Simenon's extraordinary psychological novels 'One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so much so that his...

New anthology of stories about the Great War An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and...

An erotic and intricate novella from one of the most enigmatic and important figures in Brazilian literature 'Yes, bastard, you're the one I love' A pair of lovers - a...

A tense and thrilling novel of death and love, new to Penguin Modern Classics Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when...

One of Isaac Bashevis Singer's most personal works, new to Penguin Modern Classics It is Warsaw in the 1930s. Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of...

Published in 1972,Enemies, A Love Storyis an astonishing novel that blends humour and pathos to create a rich, humane portrayal of a man who cannot escape his past. Herman Broder,...

Singer's haunting second novel, new to Penguin Modern Classics Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills....

A powerful 1931 portrayal of a German town on the brink of chaos, from bestselling author Hans Fallada It is summer, 1929, and in a small German town a storm...

Sabato's wonderful noir detective novel with a new introduction by Colm Toibin in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan...

Reissued in Modern Classics in the run up to the 50th anniversary of its first publication The novel tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who...

First time published individually in Modern Classics, together with I, CLAUDIUS Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his...

Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century- a man who survived one of the ugliest times in history, yet who was able...

Seventeen-year-old Milde is from the Outskirts, a place beyond the mountains where the dirt is corpse-rich, where mothers and daughters, banished from society, make their living - without rights, access...

'Every story needs a happy ending. And you can't have yours until you find the bookstore.' 1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore stands covered in overgrown vines. A...

'Chilling, tragic, and utterly immersive. ' ' This book. Wow, Just, wow! A beautifully written and unforgettable story. I can't stop thinking about it' Occupied France, 1944 In the shadow...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK 'Sheer joy' Graham Norton, author of Home Stretch 'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' Joanna Cannon, author...

A gripping new psychological thriller from S. J. Watson Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. Now, ravaged by the...

'Mine is an experimental case. It's pushing a man to confess to a political crime, the last instalment of a forgotten era.' In this taut novella set in the Dolomites,...

YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE... Kate Irving arrives at her grandfather's cottage at Frenchman's Creek in the dead of night with her young son, a small suitcase and...

Only edition in print First published in 1861, Humiliated and Insulted plunges the reader into a world of moral degradation, childhood trauma, unrequited love and irreconcil able relationships. At the...

Only edition in print Found in the Codex Atlanticus of Leonardo da Vinci's writings and drawings, 'The Prophecies' are a collection of enigmatic divinatory pronouncements, some punning and playful, others...

We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams...

First novel in a new historical trilogy set in Ancient Pompeii. Amara is a slave at the Wolf Den - the city's infamous brothel. But just because she's a slave...

When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it's with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure, and like a stranger to his family,...

Germany, 1940: "Can't I say goodbye?" I cry, cupping my hands over my mouth, my heart pummeling my chest. Tears cloud my eyes as the Nazis dragging away my beloved...

'I work in an office. I take cards out of a file. Once I have taken them out, I put them back in again. That is it'. Twenty-three-year-old Frits -...

Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no...

A young woman named Izumi, details her turbulent twenties in thirteen disarmingly candid vignettes, set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo. Seamlessly delivering ennui alongside snark,...

'This series will soon become a Netflix series... so get in on the ground floor while you still can' Esquire Imagine a universe patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. Imagine...

'Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel' WIRED On his fourteenth birthday, right before his eyes, Chen's parents are incinerated by a blast of ball lightning....

A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem . On an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of...

'A book that truly encapsulates the warmth and joy of summer' Stylist 'Hotter than the rest of your TBR' Cosmo 'Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read' Ali Hazelwood,...

Collide is the first book in the Off the Ice series The second novel, Spiral , is out now a nd the third, Revolve, will be out in October. You...

**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK W OMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK 'An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms...

**WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE ** **A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS READER FAVOURITE** 'A gripping tale of one woman's extraordinary adventures ... Saltblood is a triumph of...

* ORDER MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE NOW - THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM ISABEL ALLENDE * A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'A testament to love, survival...

WINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS, FIVE BAFTAS, and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES . STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FAVOURITE Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION 2024 'It's a clever book ... [Im Seong-sun] offers readers his razor-sharp observations on consumer capitalism and what it means...

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'Joan is an unforgettable anti-heroine. I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about her' ELIZABETH DAY 'So insanely good and true and twisted it'll make your teeth sweat' OLIVIA WILDE...

An unforgettable novel of mothers and daughters, wives and muses, secrets and outright lies 'Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller' THE TIMES 'Such a powerful book' RICHARD...

______________ **A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** ***A BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE QUEEN CONSORT'S READING ROOM*** ______________ 'Stunning' - Lisa Taddeo, author of THREE WOMEN 'Warm and wise' -...

_______________ 'Surreal and unsettling' - Observer Cultural Highlight 'Wise, comical and exceptionally relatable' - Zeba Talkhani 'Quietly hilarious and deeply attuned to the uncanny rhythms and deadpan absurdity of the...

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BY THE WINNER OF THE 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 'Riveting and heartbreaking ......

STELLA RIMINGTON'S THE HIDDEN HAND IS OUT NOW 'Races along at breakneck speed. Packed with insider information, this is not one to miss' M. W. CRAVEN One lie put the...

The Sunday Times bestseller AD 54. Claudius is dead. Rome is in turmoil. And two brave heroes of the Roman army face the challenge of their lives. Simon Scarrow's DAY...