Guardian's Top 100 Novels of All Time
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The Color Purple: Now a major motion picture from Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg
Author: Alice Walker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'A lush celebration...
Frankenstein
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful deluxe gift edition...
White Teeth
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Never Let Me Go
In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of...
Moby-Dick
Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws,...
The Road film tie-in
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Dracula
Bram Stoker's timeless gothic tale, now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition. Originally published in 1897, Dracula is one of the most enduring and influential works of literature ever...
The Known World
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Metamorphosis
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short works by the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith One morning, ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up to...
Things Fall Apart
A brand new imprint from Penguin Classics Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most...
Fiction Classics Bargain Book Box
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Fiction Classics Bargain Book Box (17 Books) This collection spans the breadth of foundational literature, encompassing gothic horror, psychological realism, and essential folklore. It balances the stark existentialism of early...
The Road
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Author: Cormac McCarthy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It...
The Handmaid's Tale
'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She...
My Brilliant Friend: The Neapolitan Novels, Book One
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The God of Small Things: Winner of the Booker Prize
Author: Arundhati Roy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The Asian literary phenomenon of the 90s. More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie,...
Don Quixote
The definitive translation of the world's greatest novel TRANSLATED BY EDITH GROSSMAN Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever...
The Trial
The classic translation of Kafka's great work of psychological horror 'It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary' Rediscover Kafka's classic work...
The Color Purple: The modern classic, now a major motion picture produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg
Author: Alice WalkerFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 240g, 272 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED...
Half of a Yellow Sun
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'WINNER OF WINNERS' CHOSEN AS SERVICE95 BOOK CLUB'S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR...
The Brothers Karamazov: Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa
'In this new translation one finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky's original' New York Times Book Review FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY Dostoevsky's beautiful writing...
The Road
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In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1: Swann's Way
The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth century In the opening volume...
Pale Fire
Nabokov's suspenseful whodunit and one of his most acclaimed works The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with...
The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 NOW AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED FILM STARRING VIGGO MORTENSEN "So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent" Daily Telegraph...
The Line of Beauty
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The Left Hand of Darkness: A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A rich and complex story of friendship and love' GUARDIAN 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart'...
The Transit Of Venus
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A Farewell to Arms: The Special Edition
A special edition of Hemingway's powerful autobiographical war classic, including the author's 1948 introduction, his early drafts, and all of the 47 alternative endings WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK HEMINGWAY...
The Remains of the Day
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go . In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will...
The Waves
Woolf's innovative modernist novel, in a new Black Classics edition Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social...
A Fine Balance: The epic modern classic
Author: Rohinton Mistry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 In mid-1970s urban India - a chaos of wretchedness on the streets and slogans in the offices - a chain of...
The Road
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The End of the Affair
'One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language' William Faulkner WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALI The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah,...
My Brilliant Friend
The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls...
Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
Herman Melville's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Overa century and a half...
Things Fall Apart
Arguably Achebe's most important novel, Things Fall Apart has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than fifty languages Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive, famous...
Giovanni's Room
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 1: The Way by Swann's
Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition- 'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the...
The Talented Mr Ripley
'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' - The Times 'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph Tom Ripley is...
White Teeth
Author: Zadie Smith Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London One of the most...
Dracula
Author: Bram Stoker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Step into the chilling world of Dracula, where Count Dracula, the legendary vampire, haunts the shadows of Victorian England. This Gothic horror...
The Handmaid's Tale: Vintage Quarterbound Classics
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's classic dystopian novel. 'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian Offred is a...
The Magic Mountain
This European masterpiece from the Nobel prizewinner explores the lure and degeneracy of ideas in an introverted community on the eve of World War I As Seen on BBC Between...
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his...
Frankenstein (Painted Editions)
Frankenstein , the frightening classic tale, is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal...
Our Mutual Friend
'Our Mutual Friend', Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not...
Life and Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series): **AS HEARD ON BBC
The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history The great Russian 20th-century novel...
The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classic Russians Series)
The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history 'A masterpiece - a classic...