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'One hardly knows where to begin in praising Zweig's work' - Ali Smith 'The Updike of his day... Zweig is a lucid writer, and Bell renders his prose flawlessly' -...

From the ancient Nile to the sacred Ganges to the mighty Mississippi-the rivers of the world wind through this glorious anthology from the world's great writers. Rivers and streams play...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT. A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told she must...

The unwashed man woken by kookaburras at first light and his unlikely friendship with Benny, whose life on the street started when he was ten years old; the young woman...

'Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duo's trademark humour' Daily Mirror 'These stories will make a perfect Christmas present for mystery fiction aficionados' Guardian 'Fast paced and packed with...

'An excellent story-teller, intense and skilful in planning and bringing off his effects' Daily Telegraph In these early Hemingway stories, which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live,...

A startlingly beautiful debut, Akil Kumarasamy's Half Gods brings together the exiled, the disappeared, the seekers. Following the fractured origins and destines of two brothers named after demigods from the...

A traveller embarks on a search for what lies beneath reality and finds villages where the dead walk at solstice, silkworm-like women live in cocoons, and a thousand men in...

A game between a woman's father and husband simmers and boils into scalding danger; a daughter creates an elaborate feast for her grieving mother; a solar eclipse burns emotions and...

An enterprising young man on the verge of losing his home in Addis Ababa pursues an improbable opportunity to turn his life around. A woman visiting her country of origin...

Black Adam brings old world justice to Kahndaq as Hawkman seizes control of the JSA and brings them to the turbulent Middle East for an epic battle! Black Adam brings...

The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. I was the guy who always...

A thrilling anthology of short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy and Uprooted, spanning each of her realms and including a sneak peak into the...

The remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: an engrossing story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayal 'Poignant and impressionistic . . . highly readable and...

Twenty-three of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America,...

Twenty of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America,...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of Angela Carter's feminist retelling of fairy tales - masterful, seductive and luminous. From familiar fairy tales and legends...

From the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time come eight mesmerising stories moving between Greek myth and the near future to explore how we...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Poe's most macabre and irresistible stories with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful deluxe...

A highly personal new collection of stories by the bestselling, twice Booker-winning cultural icon The new collection from the legendary Atwood is led by the story of a married couple...

A collection of delightful short stories from one of Ireland's greatest ever writers, Brian Friel 'A fake! A quack! A charlatan! Get a grip on yourself, woman! We'll say another...

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...

A masterfully rendered volume of Chekhov's stories from famed translators Pevear and Volokhonsky Chekhov's genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more...

The essential Star Wars gift of 2017, celebrating 40 years since A New Hope 40 Years. 40 Stories. Experience Star Wars- A New Hope from a whole new point of...

Definitely not for the faint hearted. This short story collection has been described as 'the most original work of fiction this year' Guardian Haunted is a novel made up of...

A New York Times Editors' Choice * One of The Washington Post 's 50 Notable Works of Fiction of 2023 * One of Chicago Public Library's Favorite Books of the...

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age - thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween. It is...

'Moving and vital' i NEWS 'A beautiful book' EVENING STANDARD 'Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible' DAILY MIRROR How do we give a voice to...

Emergence brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS Emerging Writers' Competition. Now in its third year, the anthology features stories...

'Enchanting...intriguing [...] A wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone.' The Wall Street Journal Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated...

Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories! Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches...

Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor'Triumphant' The Times 'Stellar' Daily Mail 'Exceptionally accomplished' The Scotsman 'Exquisite' Sunday Post In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries,...

Mariana Enriquez's A Sunny Place for Shady People is her first story collection since the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed . Featuring achingly human characters whose...

A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023 WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2018 'The real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing' MAX PORTER 'She has arrived in a class of...

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the latest volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of...

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub * Shondaland By the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enriquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart,...

Twenty-five of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'A thrilling love for the stuff of language ... Magical' JON McGREGOR 'Poignant and playful' DAILY MAIL...

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds , and series editor Heidi Pitlor. "There have...

'Brinkley's sentences are daggers' RAVEN LEILANI 'Extraordinary ... moving, compelling and virtuosic' OBSERVER 'A triumph' COLIN BARRETT An electric collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning...

A gorgeous hardback of Katherine Mansfield's best stories, selected by her biographer Claire Harman A beautiful new hardback edition of Katherine Mansfield's most vivid and distinctive stories. Katherine Mansfield was...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News, a collection of short stories inspired by the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. If he does not force his attention...

A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of stories of Africa from centuries past to the present, selected by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri. A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of...

From the author of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR, the bestselling companion read to LOST SOULS MEET UNDER A FULL MOON, adored by fans, now in English for the first...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' - Colm T ibin A housewife's life is shattered by a sudden...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'The disenchanted, the disadvantaged and the disinherited seem, at times of deep crisis, to summon up some sort of genius that...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books It's terribly important that I get in touch with a gentleman who may have stopped in here to buy flowers this...