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'Wondrous - brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set pieces. Not simply the most original novel I've read in years - it's also one of the best' The Times OVER TEN...

An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the window of a sports car....

'Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction-a consistent and well-realized portrait' The New Yorker By the author of Stoner, the surprise international bestseller After the brutal...

A triptych of allegorical fables told in Calvino's ingenious genre-defying style. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of...

'The best thing he has ever written' Observer Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies. 'A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn...

Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting Ernest Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting. 'I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and...

The gloriously moving and extravagantly filthy cult classic from the internationally bestselling author of Submission Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a...

The first novel in Mishima's masterful Sea of Fertility tetraology Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich...

'A brilliantly inventive novel... Malouf puts on a dazzling literary display in this arresting, original, lyrical work' Wall Street Journal In the first century AD, Publius Ovidius Naso, the most...

The first in the gripping Wereworld series, soon to be a major Netflix animated series. 'You're the last of the Werewolves, son. Don't fight it . . . conquer it.'...

Four modern classics by the great South African writer, J. M. Coetzee, re-released with stylish new covers and accompanied by introductions from some of Australia's brightest writing talents. There was...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jared Thomas, Me, Antman & Fleabag is full of black humour - a warm and deliciously funny story...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Claire G Coleman, Mazin' Grace is a moving reimagining of a mother's girlhood, told by her daughter. Growing...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jackie Huggins, Is That You, Ruthie? is a remarkable memoir that recounts, with characteristic humour and honesty, a...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Melissa Lucashenko, Bitin' Back is a rollicking comic novel that nimbly blends the realities of small town prejudice...

Another compelling chapter in the life of Felix, hero of the award-winning series of books that began with Once and Then. Shortlisted - Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2010 Shortlisted -...

A timely story of queer love and survival set against the backdrop of a climate change apocalypse, this book is Station Eleven and The Last of Us meets All that's...

Truth or Dare turns deadly in this explosive sequel from the internationally bestselling author of One of us Is Lying. Book Two of the Bayview Trilogy. The sequel to the...

When a professional gambler is shot dead all except Maigret suspect his mistress is to blame Maigret is called to the home of professional gambler, Felix Nahour, who has been...

Maigret is determined to track down the murderer of a burglar who he had known for thirty years Set against a high-profile hunt for the latest criminal gang to hit...

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (author of Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns) is a teen romance with a twist, exploring the tragic business of being alive...

When Adeline Yen Mah's mother died giving birth to her, the family considered Adeline bad luck and she was made to feel unwanted all her life. Jung-ling's family considers her...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library "I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I...

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Room with a View by E. M. Forster '"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future....

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library "The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else,...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Howards End by E. M. Forster 'The poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love,...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 'I cannot allow any man to -...

The anniversary paperback edition of our new On the Origin of Species edited by Professor William Bynum This exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William...

The first of the well-loved Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden reveals Trollope's ability to write satirically and hopefully about his society The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester...

Oscar Wilde's only novel- dark, captivating and intensely Victorian WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional...

Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century master Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong....

There is one adventure from Will's time as a Ranger's Apprentice that is yet to be told... There is one adventure from Will's time as a Ranger's Apprentice that is...

The first book in a breathtaking new series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan. How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the...

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

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 magical edition...

Now available in a stunning new edition, Elaine Forrestal's goldrush fever historical novel will capture the imagination of readers with Clara Saunders' story. It's 1892, and 14-year-old Clara Saunders is...

The first book on the New York Times bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel - breathless action, pin-sharp plotting and a hero and heroine to root for!...

A selection of ground-breaking short stories, from the author of Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf tested the boundaries of fiction in these short stories, developing a new language of sensation, feeling...

A playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend Vita Sackville-West. Orlando has always been an outsider . . . His longing for passion,...

Hi guys, ever since I was little I only had one dream - to win a gold medal at the Olympics. When I was twenty-seven years old, my dream came...

A comic masterpiece that has never been out of print since it was first published in 1889, Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat includes an introduction and notes...

A gripping tale of adventure that has enthralled readers since it was first published, John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is edited with an introduction and notes by Sir John Keegan...

Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel...

A new edition of Gaskell's witty and poignant comedy of country town life Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is...

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. When young prince Hamlet is...