Fiction

'One of the tragicomic classics of the AIDS era' The Nation Mimi Smithers, forty-something housewife and aesthete manquee, has moved with her Union Carbide husband from Tehran to Westchester. Life...

A cult crime classic about pool-playing, hard drinking and a search for a meaningful life Jack Levitt - teenaged orphan and small-time criminal - lives off his wits, dividing his...

A new anniversary edition of Eric Schlosser's international bestselling expose of how the fast food industry has shaped the world 'The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the...

Tough guy Jack Ryan goes looking for a missing lowlife and finds himself in a whole lot of trouble... Motor city process server and ex-thug Jack Ryan is very good...

Detroit comes to the Holy Land as a mixed bag of gangsters arrive looking for revenge Al Rosen was doing just fine, hiding out in Israel - until he decided...

A brilliant story of revenge and counter-revenge in Atlantic City After being shot by a mugger, Lt Vincent Mora is convalescing in Puerto Rico. There he meets Iris, a beautiful...

Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the...

A new translation of Lady Nijo's diary - one of classical Japan's greatest literary works Lady Nijo's A Tale Unasked (Towazugatari) is the last, and arguably the finest, among classical...

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance- an African diplomat's guide to Africa In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a...

Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'I will not read it; I should never sleep again' A doctor performs an experiment on a...

A masterful translation of Suetonius' renowned biographies of the twelve Caesars, by the award-winning historian and The Rest Is History podcaster Tom Holland The ancient Roman empire was the supreme...

A new edition of Kipling's well-loved fables, edited by Judith Plotz The Camel gets his Hump, the Whale his Throat and the Leopard his Spots in these bewitching stories which...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 'It was characteristic of her that she always...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as...

One of America's most influential and admired short story writers, new to Penguin Modern Classics From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers have evoked such a multitude...

The final volume in the new Penguin Ibsen series- superb modern translations of four of Ibsen's greatest plays In these four unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the complex nature...

A new translation of this haunting collection of short stories that evoke 1930s Ferrara, with an introduction by Ali Smith Isolated lives and a lost world are evoked in these...

First paperback publication of the essential tales drawn from the acclaimed new translation This is the essential one-volume edition of Tales from 1,001 Nights, drawn from the acclaimed landmark translation...

The final masterwork that was nearly destroyed, from one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century Dr Philip Wild, a man of brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is...

A masterpiece of American literature, Call It Sleep is a glorious ode to the migrant experience David Schearl arrives in America in his mother's arms. Waiting for them is a...

Spain's greatest and most well-loved modern poet, Lorca has long been admired for the emotional intensity and dark brilliance of his work, which drew on music, drama, mythology and the...

In The House of Bernarda Alba, a tyrannical matriarch rules over her house and five daughters, cruelly crushing their hopes and needs. The other plays here also portray female characters...

C. P. Cavafy is one of the most singular and poignant voices of twentieth-century European poetry, conjuring a magical interior world through lyrical evocations of remembered passions, imagined monologues and...

Set in the First World War, Journey's End concerns a group of British officers on the front line and opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a...

First time in Penguin Classics for the remarkable autobiography of 'the black Florence Nightingale' Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's...

Based on the authoritative Edinburgh text which returns to the first edition of 1815 and manuscript Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places...

A new translation of one of the literary wonders of the medieval world and the greatest source of knowledge of Viking lore in existence Compiled by an unknown scribe in...

First paperback publication of Laura Barber's new selection Here are poems to take you on a journey from the 'suddenly' of love at first sight to the 'truly, madly, deeply'...

A collection of poems exemplifying Romantic aesthetic ideals, whose unique beauty lies in their revolutionary exploration of the 'overflow of powerful emotions recollected in tranquility', Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William...

Included in THE TIMES Best Historical Fiction Books of 2025: 'A lively new perspective on a grimly familiar tale' The world's most famous unsolved serial killer mystery, told from the...

'I always see the twists coming - but not this time ' LEE CHILD Don't miss the jaw-dropping new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Clare Mackintosh! YOU THINK YOU KNOW...

The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group...

The ultimate Rome story Fresh from triumph in Britain and Gaul, Caesar is marching on Rome with his legions of hardened veterans. To unseat Pompey, now dictator of the empire,...

Among the emerald hills of the Lake District sits the village of Thimblebury and Wordsworth Cottage, its garden bursting with wildflowers. It is the perfect place for village nurse Ottilie...

A withering takedown of four billionaires (from Andreessen to Zuckerberg) who are selling us fantasies while the world burns. At a time when multiple crises are compounding to create epic...

When a high-school senior investigates the death of a star hockey player at her elite Jesuit school, she discovers the rot at the heart of the institution - and the...

In what Jeneva Rose declares a "chilling and atmospheric" tale, Nola Strate, a late night radio host in Portland, Oregon, listens to stories of hauntings and cryptic sightings for a...

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNS "Not just the extraordinary conclusion to the trilogy, but a work that contains its own fully-rounded plot . . . Brilliant" V al...

The new novel from the number one bestselling author of Cold Mountain - a stunning portrait of the devastation left by the American Civil War, as seen through the eyes...

'Stunning, moving, and remarkable' Nguyen Phan Que Mai , internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust Child 'A celebration of complicity and love among women' Pilar Quintana ,...

SCARPETTA, A BRAND NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, IS NOW ON PRIME VIDEO NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER. NOT EVEN SCARPETTA... During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief...

'A cracking mystery' GUARDIAN 'Entertaining, intelligent, and effortlessly readable' SUNDAY TIMES 'Stunning' NEW YORK TIMES 'A kickass mystery from a superb storyteller' DAVID BALDACCI, author of The 6:20 Man 'Tense...

LONGLISTED FOR SCTOLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2024. THE ENCHANTING NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2022 WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE FAIR BOTANISTS. 'Gripping' Good Housekeeping 'S...

THE UNMISSABLE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES - NOW ON AMAZON PRIME! 'A series that will keep you turning the pages long into the night ' Rebecca...

'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun 'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail ' Hugely inventive and wise, we...

' Blew my mind! One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read!' ' Wow! Jaw-dropping' ' All expectations were exceeded . . . will have you creeping up...

THE INSTANT TOP 10 BESTSELLER Can YOU guess who killed Jamie Lawrence? 'Impossible to put down' HELEN FIELDING international bestselling author of Bridget Jones's Diary 'I adored it' GILLIAN MCALLISTER...

Versailles is the story of an expansive spirit locked in a pretty body and an impossible moment in history. As the novel begins, fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette is traveling from Austria...