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The bluesy, gutsy, no-holds-barred memoir of jazz legend Billie Holiday \"I've been told that no one sings the word 'hunger' like I do. Or the word 'love'.\" Lady Sings the...

Witty and nihilistic essays from one of Central Europe's most remarkable philosophers A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning...

From the Norwegian explorer, a stunning meditation on the power of silence and how to shut out the world Behind a cacophony of traffic noise, iPhone alerts and our ever-spinning...

Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson this autumn with a collection of her finest, darkest short stories There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the...

The last novel in Simenon's celebrated series When an elegant but nervous woman appears in Inspector Maigret's office and reports her rich and successful husband missing, Maigret and Lapointe find...

One of the world's leading philosophers on how we can restore social solidarity and overcome our rancorous politics These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of...

'Hugely enjoyable. . . A spirited examination of the hypocrisy of the super-rich who claim they are helping the world' - Guardian What explains the spreading backlash against the global...

An acclaimed theoretical astrophysicist explores the end of the Universe. When will it take place? How is it likely to happen? How do scientists know? You're going to die. The...

We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in the wild from two brilliantly contrarian scientists The world is awash in...

One of the strongest and earliest arguments for the importance of female equality Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America...

A new departure in Penguin Classics- a book containing one of the greatest of all Renaissance woodcut sequences - Holbein's bravura danse macabre One of Holbein's first great triumphs, The...

A chilling new collection of Henry James's short stories exploring the uncanny, edited by Susie Boyt In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of...

Le Carre's ingenious mysery, featuring his most famous recurring character, George Smiley Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School- firstly by being the wrong sort, with...

New to Penguin Black Classics, the fully annotated edition of Mireille Ribi re's acclaimed translation Rumours that a ghost stalks the dark passages and cellars of the Paris Opera House,...

New to Penguin Modern Classics Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning...

At long last Ken Kesey's 1962 cult classic novel has entered Modern Classics series. Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal...

With prose that is every bit as raw, intense and bitingly honest as the world it depicts, Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave contains a new afterword by the...

An extraordinary novel of passion and discovery from Anais Nin, the master of erotic fiction Beautiful, bored and bourgeoise, Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for...

In 1926 de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Lateco re - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes....

'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell...

Evelyn Waugh's masterpeice, Brideshead Revisted is an extraordinary mediation on a lost world The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age...

For the first time in Penguin Classics, a new translation of Sappho's complete poetry More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west...

Reissued in Black Classics to coincide with the new translation of other two magnificent Bulgakov titles The devil comes to Moscow wearing a fancy suit. With his disorderly band of...

A new selection of seven of Dostoyevsky's best short stories, translated by Ronald Meyer The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories...

First time in Penguin Classics for Scandinavia's best known work of literature and the principal source for knowledge about Norse mythology The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all...

Asser's revealing account of one of the great medieval kings Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings....

A collection of Schopenhauer's powerful and inventive philosophy One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by...

Anne Bronte's first novel, offering a compelling insight into the world of the Victorian governess When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find...

A richly enthralling and evocative account of King Arthur Le Morte D'Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's richly evocative and enthralling version of the Arthurian legend. Recounting Arthur's birth, his ascendancy...

The thrilling sequel to Nesbo's debut novel The Bat, The Cockroaches sees Harry Hole sent to Bangkok to investigate the murder of the Norwegian ambassador Harry Hole is back in...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Top-class' The Times March 1943, the war hangs in the balance, and at Bletchley Park Tom Jericho, a brilliant young codebreaker, is facing a double...

Ernest's Hemingway's powerful autobiographical war classic - considered by many to be the greatest war novel ever written Ernest's Hemingway's powerful autobiographical story of war. 'I don't live at all...

An addictive new adult Formula One romance, perfect for fans of BookTok faves Hannah Grace and Lauren Asher. An addictive new adult Formula One romance, perfect for fans of BookTok...

A mesmerising new novel from the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The English Patient. **LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018** An elegiac novel set in post-WW2 London about memory,...

From international bestseller, Karen McManus, comes the explosive third and final thrilling instalment in the acclaimed One of Us... series. From international bestseller, Karen McManus, comes the explosive third and...

From the international bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying and Queen of Teen Crime comes a brand-new addictive thriller. Three former friends ditch school for old time's sake...

A new Penguin English Library edition of Jane Austen's tantalizing final work - set to be a major Andrew Davies ITV adaptation this autumn Written in the last months of...

Maigret delves into the sordid world of Montmartre nightclubs in this new translation Through the half-open door, Dr. Pasquier could be seen putting his overcoat back on and replacing his...

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this compelling and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die. Theodore...

The short story that inspired the play at the heart of BIRDMAN starring Michael Keaton, Ed Norton and Emma Stone This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among...

An introduction to the weird and unsettling world of H.P. Lovecraft, master of horror and pioneer of 'weird fiction' An introduction to the weird and unsettling world of H.P. Lovecraft,...

The third book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series. The third book in the...

The final instalment in the Magnus Chase series! Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award 2017 for Best Middle Grade & Children's! Loki the trickster god is free from his chains....

The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus. Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his...

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...

Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has...

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This...

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. \"A stodgy parent is no fun at all....