Guardian's Top 100 Novels of All Time

Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved, Toni Morrison is one of the finest novelists of our times. 'Song of Solomon...profoundly changed my life' Marlon James Macon 'Milkman' Dead was born shortly...

Author: Doris Lessing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 The landmark novel by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter. Three maps and eight illustrations. A wealth of source and...

A deluxe illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's horror classic - the first story in a bold new direction for the MinaLima Classics, the best-selling series from the renowned design studio...

Published to great acclaim and fierce controversy in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment has left an indelible mark on global literature and on our modern world. Declared a PBS...

Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the...

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...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of David Copperfield Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this...

George Eliot's masterful classic, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are...

Vladimir Nabakov's shocking masterpiece, now in a beautifully designed clothbound edition Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then...

A chilling collection of Henry James's finest ghost stories, now in a wonderful Clothbound Classics edition In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of...

The searing, tragic French classic in a gorgeous clothbound edition Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of...

In America at the turn of the twentieth century, when society abounds with movers and shakers such as Houdini, J.P Morgan, Henry Ford and Emma Goldman, and the sultry rhythms...

Penguin Classics relaunch. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE was written towards the beginning of Hardy's career as a novelist and can be considered one of his most representative works. In...

Dickens' last completed novel portraying a dark, macabre London Our Mutual Friend centres on an inheritance - Old Harmon's profitable dust heaps - and its legatees, young John Harmon, presumed...

Most highly praised debut novel in recent years One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics...

Sue Bridehead, his last heroine, is an extaordinarily complex woman - an English Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina. Jude Fawley, the stonemason excluded not by his wits but by poverty...

'One of the most compelling and influential works of English literature in the last century' - Independent WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TIM BUTCHER The silence of the jungle is broken...

Dive into a world of romance, village life, and even a little silliness in Jane Austen's timeless novel. Despite the fact that Jane Austen set out to write a story...

Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that...

'A phenomenal, transfixing?work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington 'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and...

Beautifully illustrated by Alice Tye, this is a cornerstone of modernist fiction and an incisive critique of wealth, class and the inescapable heartache of lost love. In his blue gardens...

Featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler, this fine collector's edition of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations is a must-have for book lovers and literature fans. One of English literature's...

An iconic novel dressed in a fierce design by acclaimed fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. This couture-inspired collection also features Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, The Scarlet Letter...

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...

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...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror, with a new introduction and notes by Carolin Duttlinger A terrifying psychological trip into the...

Author: F Scott Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 The world and his mistress are at Jay GatsbyÕs party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Trial is the terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary 'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary 'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition...

A special student edition of Orwell's dystopian classic, featuring an introduction and study notes Winston Smith lives in a world that controls every action and thought of its citizens through...

One of the greatest novels ever written, now in a wonderful new clothbound edition Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it....

Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, now in a collectible Deluxe Edition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the author's birth A Penguin Classics...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall' Beautiful,...

Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition Since the original, prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of one of the most subversive anti-war novels ever written - reading Catch-22 is a rite of passage. Set...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful. A beautiful, hardback edition of the iconic crime classic, now a MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. Tom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life...

Dickens's great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound edition This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts...

When an unbridled schoolmistress with advanced ideas is in her prime the classroom can take on a new identity and no one can predict what will happen. Jean Brodie is...

VINTAGE VOYAGES- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Encountering an eccentric cast of characters along the way, Sebald confronts the frailty of...

'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century' Elias Canetti 'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during...

New to Black Classics The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English...

One of the great novels of the twentieth century, now in a wonderful new cover The Rainbow chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period...

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or...

With introductions by Carol Ann Duffy and Valentine Cunningham In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party...