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'She has examined the heart of man with an understanding ... that no other writer can hope to surpass' Tennessee Williams Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant...

The first, fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional' A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight...

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMATISATION FOR RADIO 4 - AVAILABLE ON BBC SOUNDS This is the new, revised edition which includes recently discovered new material including letters and diary entries...

Ernest Hemingway's most decadent novel- Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans loose-living on money from home. Discover Ernest Hemingway's most decadent novel 'He's so damned nice and he's so awful. He's...

The Booker Prize-winning masterpiece from one of the twentieth century's most important and entertaining writers. Charles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation. He...

From USA Today bestselling author Leia Stone, Mated Girl is the fourth and final book in the addictive Wolf Girl series, about a girl who is finally able to unleash...

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history Read this stunning new translation...

The international bestselling, TikTok sensation, addictive, twisty thriller, full of dark family secrets and deadly stakes - now in a global cover look! She came from nothing. Avery has a...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 'How am I to dress up in my finery,...

A dazzling collection of poetry by the greatest Latin-American Poet of our time The perfect gift for Valentine's Day Selected Poems contains Neruda's resonant, exploratory, intensely individualistic verse, rooted in...

A superb translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening, strange and visionary short fiction After Franz Kafka's death, in perhaps the most important of all acts of...

Penguin Classics relaunch The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter...

The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial...

A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she is swept back to the Sydney of a hundred years ago...

Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! Ooh stickers! Join in the fun with Bluey and Bingo in this jam-packed activity book. Open a burger shop, make a pavlova,...

A hilarious new book by bestselling children's author Charlie Higson, perfect for fans of Adrian Mole. Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) best friend Felix and...

Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you...

Here's theDiary of A Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself book like you've never seen it before. Now with dozens of pages of hysterically funny new content AND a brand new cover, everyWimpy...

Penguin Classics relaunch Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence...

Outcast and mute, Euchrid Eucrow of Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of preachers, incest and ignorance. When the God-fearing folk of the town declare a foundling child to be...

The controller stood back. 'Right,' he said. 'Spin 'em!' The man flipped the piece of wood and the coins spun up into the air above his head and dropped down...

Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! Colour in the grannies, a game of Featherwand, a trip to Rug Island and more in this fun-filled colouring book. Bluey is...

A thrilling Choose Your Own Adventure book based on Netflix's Stranger Things! A thrilling Choose Your Own Adventure book based on Netflix's Stranger Things! Are YOU ready to journey to...

Explore the world of Hairy Maclary and the gang with this rollicking, frolicking sticker activity book. Get ready to play with Hairy Maclary and his friends in this fun-filled sticker...

The iconic study of the Haitian revolution by one of the founding fathers of Caribbean scholarship, now in Modern Classics for the first time In 1791, inspired by the ideals...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Journey into space with Polish scifi master Stanislaw Lem. The whimsical time-loops of Ijon Tichy's cosmic adventure 'The Seventh Voyage' are...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one Unfailingly wise and...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books \"All Frenchmen know you have to become civilised between eighteen and twenty-three and that civilisation comes upon you by contact with...

A dazzling and sweeping new novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry! When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little...

If you want a vibrant, chemical-free vegetable garden, companion planting is the solution If you want a vibrant, chemical-free vegetable garden, companion planting is the solution. Did you know tomatoes...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch. This foul fiend - the greediest croc...

A beginner's guide to Mandarin Chinese, introducing essential everyday words and phrases with an accompanying audio app Do you want to learn the world's most spoken language? This easy-to-use beginner's...

An acknowledged classic of military history, Anzac to Amiens is compelling and compulsory reading for every Australian interested in the nation's bloody coming of age. The First World War was...

In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of...

The much-loved picture book classic by award-winning Janet and Allan Ahlberg. PEEPO! has become a classic for babies and toddlers. It follows a baby through the day in a style...

The Communist Manifesto changed the face of the twentieth century beyond recognition, inspiring millions to revolution, forming the basis of political systems that still dominate countless lives and continuing to...

Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever...

Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals is a charming and comic autobiographical novel. Fleeing the gloomy British climate, the Durrell clan move to Corfu carrying the bare essentials of...

An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe's largest state - the Holy Roman Empire A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from...

New to Black Classics from 20th c. Hannah Arendt's authoritative and controversial report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in...

If you were enthralled by Capote's In Cold Blood, read The Executioner's Song WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW O'HAGAN In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then...

Iron Curtain is an exceptional work of historical and moral reckoning, and a haunting reminder of how fragile freedom can be. Chosen 16 times as a 'Book of the Year'...

The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario...

The bestselling and seminal work from one of our foremost commentators on religion. The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000...

Foucault's seminal work on torture, punishment, discipline and the prison system, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time In the Middle Ages there were gaols and dungeons,...

A riveting new history of Spanish imperialism, and the men who laid its foundations The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends...

The imperfect and unfinished story of the battles for women's rights, and of the complicated women who fought them Well-behaved women don't make history- difficult women do. 'This is the...