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How do you find something that doesn't exist? Find out, in the most joyful mystery of 2025... 'A perfect crime caper.' Woman & Home 'Comic, thrilling and ultimately moving.' The...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake comes a stunningly beautiful tale about love, family and seeking a new life in the aftermath of tragedy Ebby Freeman's...

For readers of BREASTS AND EGGS and CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN comes Junko Takase's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel about the pressures of modern life, and the pleasure of eating well WINNER OF...

From #1 Sunday Times bestseller Irvine Welsh, the brand new novel in the CRIME series featuring former detective Ray Lennox OLD TRUTHS HAVE NEW CONSEQUENCES Ray Lennox is determined to...

The exciting new rural thriller from the bestselling author of WILD DOGS and NO TRACE. Someone is stalking gold hunters. Now a bushman is stalking them . . . Terry...

A chilling mystery novel from the award-winning author of bestsellers Cutters End, Stone Town and Broken Bay. Victim ... or killer? For the last decade, the small mountain town of...

'A thriller you won't want to miss!' says No.1 bestselling author of The Housemaid, Freida McFadden. In this gripping standalone novel from James Patterson, a woman facing mounting threats against...

A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carre's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George...

Set over one sizzling summer comes a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday...

From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty's debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture, and inheritance, and...

'A powerful achievement.' Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer 'Transcendent.' THE AGE 'Anam is a beautiful book. I loved its hypnotic rhythms, its restlessness, the way memories, dreams and ideas, like...

For the centennial of its original publication, a beautiful Deluxe Edition of one of Joyce's greatest works A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper For the centennial...

An anthology of some of the greatest poetry in the English language Poetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English...

R. J. Hollingdale's translation conveys the simple elegance of the original. Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the...

A wonderfully entertaining overview of all of psychology by a world expert Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you. Nothing is more...

Kohta Hirano's Hellsing is a worldwide phenomenon, a science-fiction-horror manga masterpiece of shocking intensity and wild ingenuity. Kohta Hirano's Hellsing is a worldwide phenomenon, a science-fiction-horror manga masterpiece of shocking...

Kohta Hirano's Hellsing returns in a new edition with revised translation and new graphic design. The manga that spawned the worldwide hit anime, Hellsing blends gothic horror, violent action, and...

Our lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it? Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as...

All of Orwell's brilliant writing on England and Englishness collected in a single volume Much of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this comprehensive collection, is concerned with England,...

New to Black Classics for this Classic Travel Book, with a new introduction by Jon Lee Anderson During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred...

Michael Hulse's new translation perfectly conveys the unsettling beauty of the original and is accompanied by an introduction on Rilke's life and the biographical and literary influences on the Notebooks....

The legendary ex-US Secretary of State on the world's foremost emerging superpower In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since...

This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in Penguin Classics This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in penguin classics and replaces...

The acclaimed magnum opus of one of Britain's most wide-ranging historians Capitalist enterprise has existed in some form since ancient times, but the globalization and dominance of capitalism as a...

Transform your nightly routine into a gateway to abundance and fulfillment with Do This Before Bed, where practical wisdom meets spiritual insight for tangible, life-changing results. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!...

From the USA Today bestselling author of the Brutal Birthright series comes the next generation. Miles Griffin will do anything to have Zoe Romero, even though she's pledged to someone...

From USA Today bestselling author Sophie Lark comes a brand new romantic thriller series in the Gothic, secretive beach town of Grimstone. From USA Today bestselling author Sophie Lark comes...

Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof *Featuring new bonus material Arnold Schwarzenegger's 77 Lessons...

The Birth of Sydney tells the story of the founding of one of the world's greatest cities. Tim Flannery's brilliant anthology reveals Sydney's strange and secret life from its unruly...

A proofreader tinkering with a historical text opens up a world of ambiguity and invention What happens when the facts of history are replaced by the mysteries of love? When...

How to handle life's manipulators and avoid being exploited by them, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Surrounded by...

The irresistible book by Bill Bryson which does for the history of the way we live what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science. In At Home, Bill...

A beautifully illustrated guide to London that takes you back in time This is a fascinating and unique guide to the capital that takes the reader off the beaten track...

The Female Brain is a thought-provoking, accessible and fun guide that will help women to better understand themselves and the men in their lives. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Louann...

The definitive translation of our history's founding legal document - translated with a new commentary by David Carpenter 'No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his...

The classic work about meetings and decision-making **The multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon** Do you regularly find yourself in long, unstructured meetings which end without a decision? Are you a team...

A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works - now fully updated to 2020 and the new 'Reiwa' Era Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one...

The classic life of Cromwell by one of Britain's great radical historians A nuanced biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking down Cromwell's life into different parts- fenland farmer and humble backbencher;...

We can all treat history with more respect. If we do, we might find that the cure for the Russia Anxiety is within reach ... Russia is an exceptional country,...

A magnificent book by a famous author on perhaps the greatest of all musical works Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in...

A new approach to ideas about war, from 'Britain's leading academic strategist' (Economist) Where should we look for new dangers? What cunning plans might an aggressor have in mind? What...

Dark, dreamlike love stories with a twist from the author of There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour's Baby In these dark, dreamlike love stories with...

Three works of erotic prose fusing sex and spirituality, new to Penguin Modern Classics In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly...

Paul Bowles's masterpiece explores the dangerous space between cultures, through the attempt of one young man to find his place in a fragmenting society Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham...

New translation of Dante's masterpiece by acclaimed Robin Kirkpatrick In Purgatorio Dante, having described his journey into Hell, narrates his ascent of Mount Purgatory with Virgil, as he encounters penitents...

An extraordinary investigation into human nature, by one of the most eminent international human rights lawyers The inspiration behind the hit podcast THE 100 TYPES OF HUMAN with DEXTER DIAS...

Two brilliant, witty and subversive stories from the modern master - cult classics for the 60s generation Things- A Story of the Sixties is the story of a young couple...

After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace...