Nordic and Vikings

New to Penguin Modern Classics- a searing novel from Tove Ditlevsen, author of the wildly acclaimed Copenhagen Trilogy Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children's book writer and married mother of three,...

STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.' When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, discovers his father was murdered, he...

'Another outstanding geopolitical thriller in Hawksley's excellent Rake Ozenna series . . . carefully researched, action-packed, and suspenseful' -Booklist Starred ReviewMajor Rake Ozenna faces dangerous choices and deadly consequences in...

A gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB"A nerve-racking political thriller with the most exciting detective duo in a long time. Bring on...

'Dark and terrifying, utterly compelling' SARAH PEARSE********A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body.When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister's body has been pulled from an...

The charming and original story of a small, declining community's struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old...

'Top-notch' Good Housekeeping - BEST PARENTING BOOKS 'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom' Dr Rangan Chatterjee 'A well researched study injected...

For advice you can trust, look no further than Marco Polo. Stockholm Marco Polo Spiral Guide is a compact travel guide for people who have little time to prepare for...

THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN THE HILDUR SERIES - available for pre-order now! As Christmas comes to the west cost of Iceland, a corpse is found in a fish farming...

A new selection of poetry from the generation-defining author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated for the first time into English While Tove Ditlevsen is now famous around the world as...

Modern Nordic celebrates contemporary Scandinavian cuisine with a focus on local recipes that can easily be recreated at home. Filled with dishes that typify the food of this vast geographical...

From the internationally bestselling author of Quicksand , a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of childhood friends torn apart by gang violence and class differences. Dogge is from affluent Roennviken in Stockholm....

Nordic Noir goes Icelandic with the internationally bestselling Dark Iceland series launch Before Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsd ttir of the Reykjavik Police is forced into early retirement she is told...

' A remarkable debut novel' Sunday Times 'The best historical thriller I've read in twenty years' A.J. Finn ' A thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful story. Reading it is like...

Ever tried to learn German and found it too hard? Bestselling language coach Paul Noble has a quick and easy way to get you back on track with his unique...

Burke's hugely influential work - particularly in art - on the sublime and the beautiful Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely...

An astonishingly beautiful work of autofiction from one of Norway's most prominent literary writers Each summer of her childhood, the daughter visited her father at his remote Faro island home...

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 epic edition...

From the acclaimed writer of Ship of Shadows comes a brand-new snowy fantasy following the magical journey of one girl and her bear. Perfect for fans of Sophie Anderson's The...

'A beautiful, warm and touching story about what makes life worth living' Brage Prize Jury How would you spend your last day? And whom would you spend it with? Ferryman...

A murder A resident of small-town Visberg is found decapitated A festival A cultish hilltop community 'celebrates' Pan Night after the apple harvest A race against time As Visberg closes...

After her magnificent historical epic, The Beasts of Paris , Stef Penney returns to her heartland in this tense thriller set in a small Scandinavian town. Nordland. A region in...

Explore Iceland with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the country's trendiest places, and get tips on shopping and what to do...

Effi Briest is only seventeen when she is married off to Baron von Innstetten, travelling to live with him in a provincial town on the remote Baltic coast of Prussia....

A masterful new translation of one of Kierkegaard's most engaging worksIn the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to let go of earthly concerns by considering the lilies...

The searing conclusion to the Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology that began with the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling A Fate Inked in Blood. A shield maiden fights to break the...

'This is an extraordinary book. It moves in and around you like a ghost. I feel lucky to have experienced it' -- Daisy Johnson - author of Everything Under In...

A Guardian Top 5 Best Translated Fiction Book of the Year Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature The award-winning, deeply moving novel-in-verse about the struggle and persistence...

An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home, but try as he might to tame the land, its wild magic endures. For centuries...

'Top-notch' Good Housekeeping - BEST PARENTING BOOKS 'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom' Dr Rangan Chatterjee 'A well researched study injected...

'A beautiful, warm and touching story about what makes life worth living' Brage Prize Jury How would you spend your last day? And whom would you spend it with? Ferryman...

The charming and original story of a small, declining community's struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old...

A riveting, funny coming-of-age story- the first volume in Pirkko Saisio's award-winning Helsinki trilogy 'Grandpa says everyone should leave me alone. If I want to be a boy, then I'm...

'With equal parts of birch wood and passion, we keep the flames alive. We cook all our ingredients over an open fire. Charcoal and smoke are our most powerful tools....

The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their...

A feminist cult classic about love, independence and what it means to be an individual, translated into English for the first time 'I want to have him, I really do....

An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . . Discover the new locked-room mystery by the Sunday Times bestselling author Once a...

An extraordinary and hugely topical story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world. he Orientalist is the extraordinary story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world...

A gripping, suspense-filled thriller from the author of the internationally best-selling Hammarby series. A deadly secret haunts a group of strangers who cross paths in the snow of a Swedish...

One day John Mortimer is checking a reference in his "Complete Shakespeare" when the page falls open in the middle of "Henry VI, Part II" and his eye catches hold...

An insight into the splendour, squalor and energy of everday Roman life Perhaps more than any other writer, Juvenal (c. AD 55-138) captures the splendour, the squalor and the sheer...

A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history, from a distinguished expert in the field Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword Far from being just...

'A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery' - Val McDermid An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. A cryptic...

KNIFE is the brand new Harry Hole thriller from Jo Nesbo where Harry will come face to face with a deadly foe **THE No.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'This is the...

From the No.1 bestselling author of the Harry Holes series comes Headhunters - fraud, double-crossing and murder in a thriller where nothing is what it seems.... 'Keeps the twists and...

The first title in the acclaimed Inspector Wallander series. One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. When he reaches...

It is winter and Inspector Kurt Wallander receives an anonymous tip-off; two days later, a life raft washes up on a beach, in it lie two men, both shot dead...

"A windswept, wave-tossed, altogether irresistible novel of literary suspense - I truly didn't want it to end" A. J. FINN"In its scale, scope and ambition, The Sea Cemetery is truly...