Fiction

**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...

Rejacketed edition of the darkly gripping novel by the Ockham Prize-winning author of Lioness Tom Stone is madly in love with his wife Ann. Pushing forty and expecting their first...

'A spellbinding masterpiece' SANTA MONTEFIORE 'Isabel Allende is a literary treasure' KRISTIN HANNAH 'A captivating novel of love and war from one of our most revered storytellers' KATE MORTON The...

The instant internationally bestselling outrageously unputdownable debut for fans of Bunny , Bat Eater and Yellowface 'An absolute masterpiece' STYLIST 'You'll enjoy this nail-biting life-swap ride through the glossy influencer...

Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper. SOLVE THE MURDER TO SAVE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WORLD THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A...

**The international bestseller** An unforgettable historical debut set in Second World War Brussels: exploring love, resistance and courage in all their forms 'I adored it ... It finds courage and...

Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 'Impressive' Sunday Times 'Audacious' Scotsman 'Beautifully written' Michelle Paver What the years have buried is about to be exposed... The gloomy fortress of...

WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK AWARDS - FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES , GUARDIAN , SCOTSMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A beautiful book ......

Three families united by a terrible event must survive a deadly wedding in this latest gripping thriller from INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Rebecca Heath, author of The Summer Party and The Dinner...

Is Harlow Hayes an innocent popstar or a heartless murderer? It's time to find out... I'm a global sensation adored by millions, and my star only seems to keep rising....

For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts that haunt a...

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...

A classic of Italian literature, this epic and unforgettable novel recounts one man's long and turbulent life in revolutionary Italy At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti...

New to Penguin Modern Classics, a madman's erotic obsession is twisted into fairytale in Nabokov's precursor to Lolita Nabokov described this novella, written in Paris in 1939 but only published...

New to Penguin Modern Classics with a new introduction by E. L. Doctorow on the seventieth anniversary of its first publication It was the war to end all wars, the...

'Superb... As fresh, vivid and vital as this morning's headlines.' LEE CHILD 'Absolutely fabulous... I never wanted it to stop.' ANTONIA FRASER From a vast siege camp built outside Calais'...

'A spellbinding tale of love, lust, magic and betrayal in Imperial Russia... I couldn't put it down' Santa Montefiore A city burning. A revolution raging. A woman on the run....

'Le Carre meets The Durrells - A Stranger in Corfu is suspenseful, vivid and impossible to put down' - TOM HOLLAND 'Laced with thrills' EVIE WYLD 'Utterly gripping' ADAM RUTHERFORDOn...

A long-suffering employee in a big corporation has summoned up the courage to ask for a raise. But as he runs through the looming encounter in his mind, his neuroses...

The Storyteller gathers for the first time the fiction of the legendary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, best known for his groundbreaking studies of culture and literature, including Illuminations ,...

The transformative story of war and love as a beautiful clothbound hardback, part of the Penguin Modern Australian Classics series August, 1943. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp...

LAURA PURCELL'S SPINE-TINGLING HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS OUT NOW As featured on the Radio 2 Book Club Some doors are locked for a reason... Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is...

A Finalist for the 2026 Locus Awards A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness. When four isolated elderly people...

All that is hidden will soon be revealed . . . 'Steeped in atmosphere , sprinkled with suspense and vivid characters ... An engaging , entertaining read' Daily Mail 'A...

MESTRA -THE NEW SHORT STORY BY MADELINE MILLER OUT 29 SEPTEMBER A SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE....

'Absolutely unforgettable' READER REVIEW 'Unlike anything I've ever read before' READER REVIEW THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER On a mysterious island where crime does not exist, a seemingly impossible...

**Don't miss Ashley's brand explosive book HOT GIRL MURDER CLUB out now** THE ADDICTIVE THRILLER FROM TIKTOK FAVOURITE AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR ASHLEY WINSTEAD. 'Impossible to put down once you start......

'Tense, twisty, and packed with shocks' RILEY SAGER Six friends. One college reunion. One unsolved murder. Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned every detail of her triumphant return...

An immersive, sweeping and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War. I knew as I made my way home that there was no...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 'Funny, fast-paced and dark... with dialogue that absolutely crackles' ELODIE HARPER...

An estate on the line. A marriage of convenience. A bride with a hidden past... Read the spellbinding new Regency novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner. AN ESTATE ON THE...

A young British nurse experiences the devastating Spanish Civil War and the dark side of the espionage game in this gripping World War Two thriller from Graham Hurley. 1936. Anglo-Breton...

Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fear that the lawyer Coppelius, a strange night-time visitor who used to come to his house to conduct alchemical experiments with his father -...

'Bloody and beguiling.' THE TIMES 'A salty, action-packed saga.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Perfect for Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell fans.' DAILY EXPRESS Spanning the sacking of England's south coast by...

Don't miss LION HEARTS , the final heart-stopping novel in the Essex Dogs trilogy from bestselling historian Dan Jones - available to pre-order now. 'Draws you in page by page....

From the internationally bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter comes an explosive story about seeking justice for a past that won't let you go. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Smith is on the run....

' Boudicca's Daughter is Elodie Harper's masterpiece.' Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia 'One of the best books I have ever read.' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen 'Certainly my...

An estate on the line. A marriage of convenience. A bride with a hidden past... Read the spellbinding new Regency novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner. AN ESTATE ON THE...

First published in 1962, Men in the Sun is both a classic of Arab literature, and of what Kanafani himself would term 'resistance literature'. Three Palestinian men embark on a...

After a horrific murder, a sleuthing English teacher will need a Christmas miracle to prove a condemned man innocent. Colourful Christmas lights dapple the family homes in the idyllic lakeside...

'A zeitgeisty rags-to-riches tale' DAILY MAIL 'An off-beat slice-of-life novel' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD The bestselling South Korean phenomenon, To the Moon is a bittersweet tale of wealth and class, female...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER AWARD 'I'll be following Bailey Seybolt the way I follow Tana French' Kate Brody 'Twisty and compelling' Tracy Sierra Everyone...

**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM** **THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE-BESTSELLER** 'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE ___________________________________________ The...

'The most beautiful, perfect love story-it's my favourite Annabel Monaghan novel yet!' - Paige Toon, internationally bestselling author of Seven Summers Rules for a True Love Story: There are none....

**Don't miss Ashley's next explosive book HOT GIRL MURDER CLUB available to pre-order now** Twilight meets True Detective in this creepy Southern Gothic thriller, from TikTok sensation Ashley Winstead. 'One...

THE THRILLING NEW HISTORICAL ADVENTURE NOVEL FROM BOYD AND BETH MORRISON - DUEL OF BEASTS - AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW! The thrilling new historical adventure in the Tales of the...

'Paul Halter is France's answer to John Dickson Carr' Martin Edwards The ultimate locked-room mystery. In Paul Halter's The Fourth Door , the impossible becomes reality. A haunted room. An...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LISA SCOTTOLINE RETURNS 'A compelling thriller with dashes of romance and excellent twists!' New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author, Karin Slaughter When Julia's...