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RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE SAMURAI DETECTIVES, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING SERIES OF THRILLING ADVENTURE AND INSCRUTABLE MYSTERYIn the months since their last perilous quest, a fragile calm has settled over Edo. Daijiro dedicates his days to training the first pupil of his quiet riverside dojo, while his father Kohei – a famed swordsman whose name still inspires awe – drifts through an uneasy retirement, his razor-sharp mind too restless for leisure. But such peace never lasts long in the shogunate.One chill autumn night, Kohei is set upon by a band of tsujigiri – lawless ‘street slashers’ who test their blades on the innocent. To his astonishment, the gang’s leader proves to be no mere rogue, but in fact one of the most important officials in the land. What begins as a chance encounter soon blooms into a deadly game of pursuit, vengeance and, finally, siege, as father and son are dragged into the city’s pitch-black heart. Other adventures soon follow, including the task of brin

Trailblazing author Isabel Waidner returns with an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and the possibility making oneself anew'A brilliant, strange and tender exploration of what it is to fail, keep failing, and fail better' Sarah Bernstein, author of Study for ObedienceTwo men meet in a flat in London. They are total strangers and yet they look remarkably alike. Lewis is grieving his dead wife; Korine is hiding from his very-much-alive one. Lewis never had children; Korine is an ambivalent parent at best. Lewis is an erstwhile actor, too depressed to attend the big audition that has just fallen into his lap. Korine has tried a dozen dead-end jobs but never pursued his acting dreams.Two men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.As If is an existential farce about the road not taken. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, it is a parable for the twenty-first century everym

The latest gripping instalment in the bestselling Nero trilogy follows empress Agrippina's ceaseless pursuit of absolute power for her son to rule over the Roman EmpireTravel to the heart of a Roman dynasty beset by power struggles and betrayal in this latest chapter of the tale of NeroAVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER IN PAPERBACK NOW__________The boy Nero lives. His mother Agrippina has married her way to power, tangling the Emperor Claudius in her skirts.The emperor may have a son and heir of his own, but Agrippina sees no obstacles to her ambition.Rome is a path through a marsh, lit by torches. Those who walk it are always one step from disaster – and the road itself is treacherous, slippery with blood.Claudius may have the world at his feet, but he has Agrippina in his bed.

The phenomenal internationally bestselling novel about a boy who has seven fathers in seven years: 'a little treasure of a book' - Fredrik BackmanTHE SENSATIONAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE'Bloody awful? Bloody brilliant, more like' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Pure joyous storytelling on every page … A little treasure of a book' FREDRIK BACKMAN'A delight from start to finish' JENNIE GODFREY'Flawless ... So sharp, so beguiling, so acutely observed' GUARDIANI’m fizzing. I love not being his son.Yes. I can feel it in my whole body. A great thrill – as if an adventure has begun. As if I’m the boy in a book about a boy who finds out his dad is the king of a magical and distant land.Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: his father is, in fact, not his father. And so begins a new kind of childhood, in which fathers come and go, arriving in red Volvos and sweeping his mother off her feet. Fathers ca

A powerful debut novel charting the faultlines that open in a farming family in North Wales as they wait for their son to return from the Iraq War'Beautiful and unflinching, Cloudless is a phenomenal debut' ANNA HOPE, author of Albion‘Attends to the bonds we have to family, landscape, global politics with uncommon attention, extraordinary depth and lightness of touch’ ELIZABETH O'CONNOR, author of Whale FallIt is autumn 2004 and in a farmhouse on the hills outside Llandudno, Catrin and John endure the agonizing wait for their older son to return from Iraq. His decision to join up has left them reeling, yet there are other battles at home: the working of the land that has been theirs for generations and what to do with their troubled younger son.Catrin’s childhood sweetheart comes back to their small town, forcing the boys’ doting mother to confront the life she might have had. And John, desperate to keep farm and family together, turns to ever riskier methods to stay afloat.As each mem

She’s fated to die. He’s the bringer of death. Together they’ll restore a divided kingdom, or burn it to the ground in this electrifying romantasy steeped in Norse mythology by million copy bestseller L. J. AndrewsLyra Bien wants only a quiet life, far from King Damir’s war and his hunger for magic. But when Roark Ashwood, the king’s silent and dangerously handsome soldier, invades her village, her secret is exposed.She is a melder. Gifted in bone, blood, and soul. Feared. Desired. Doomed.Claimed for the king, Lyra becomes a captive in Roark’s care. But escape is impossible when her jailor might be her only hope of freedom.Bound by secrets, drawn together by fire, they must decide: restore a kingdom built on lies, or burn it to the ground.

A moving reimagining of the man at the heart of Operation Mincemeat, brilliantly told by the celebrated wartime statesman, historian and author'Not a word is wasted in this gem of a 1950 novel, inspired by the secret wartime plan' The TimesA moving reimagining of the man at the heart of Operation MincemeatWilliam Maryngton has just one dream: to fight for his country, as his late father did. Devoted and honourable, he knows no fear – yet somehow, he always misses the battle; too young for the First World War, too old for the Second. Operation Heartbreak follows Willie’s life, through youthful idealism, love affairs and disappointed hopes, until, finally, he gets the chance to make a difference. Duff Cooper’s bittersweet novel, inspired by the real events of Operation Mincemeat, is a poignant tale of dreams of glory, and what it means to be true.‘Supremely moving ... Its ending is as unexpected as it is affecting’ Wall Street Journal

A riveting, funny coming-of-age story: the second volume in Pirkko Saisio's award-winning Helsinki trilogy'A Finnish masterpiece of autofiction... Saisio's Helsinki trilogy is a dreamy, complex and therefore so very human portrait of the formation of a great artist' Financial TimesA riveting, funny coming-of-age story: the second volume in Pirkko Saisio's award-winning Helsinki trilogyTeenaged Pirkko can’t decide which she hates most: God, her communist father, or her growing breasts. Grandpa has moved into the room long promised to her, and Mother, overworked and distant, tries to keep the peace between her headstrong daughter and husband. It's 1960s Finland and Pirkko has fun getting into trouble. That is, until her teacher suggests she might have what it takes to be a real writer. Then the historic summer of 1968 arrives, which Pirkko spends working at a Swiss orphanage where no one understands her and, as much as her family drive her mad, she’s homesick for the first time.As the wo

Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to change online dating forever.No-one expects it to end in tragedy.Twenty-five years later, Will gets an invitation: a dinner party. A chance to see the old gang again.But as soon as he arrives, something doesn’t seem right.There’s an unexpected guest. The hosts are clearly keeping a secret. And on the way in, Will is sure he heard crying.Everyone has something to hide about what really happened that summer.But only one of them is willing to kill to find the truth…

A Harvard professor shows how we can become better talkers - and why effective conversation will help us all thriveYou might already consider yourself a stellar conversationalist, but could you be even better? This book will help enrich your life, one conversation at a time.'Reading TALK is like having a conversation with the world's best conversationalist' Angela Duckworth_________Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and decision-making - but the science behind our everyday interactions, and how to improve them, is little known.In Talk, Harvard Professor Alison Wood Brooks provides fascinating insights into the power of effective communication. She gives you the tools that her MBA students say transform their lives, bringing together psychology, linguistics, sociology and neuroscience in her original framework:T – Topics – including the surprising impact of preparing topics before a conversationA – Asking – why we need to do more (and why we do less than we think)L – Levi

A dessert from the Hwawoldang is a ticket to a new life . . .Perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold'Thought-provoking and uplifting' Sun 'I adored this book . . rich, emotional and engaging' ***** Reader Review'We had K-pop and K-beauty - now it's time for K-lit! Thought provoking and uplifting' Fabulous Magazine'Amazingly beautiful and just what I needed at this point in my life' ***** Reader Review'Heart-warming and full of gratitude and happiness.I loved it. And the Korean pastries all sounded delicious' ***** Reader Review***Welcome to Hwawoldang, the pastry shop where every delicious bite comes with satisfaction for both the mouth and the soul . .. When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, the proprietor of Hwawoldang, she honours her final wish: to keep the shop open for one more month, between 10pm and midnight. Yeon-hwa hopes to learn the secrets behind Hwawoldang’s desserts, and the enigmatic woman who made them.But when one of the shop’s most loyal p

Unlike anything you’ve read before,The Wax Childis an extraordinary tale of witchcraft from one of the most visionary writers at work today'The Wax Childproves Olga Ravn’s ahead of the game. She's the strangest - and best - young novelist in Europe'Telegraph, The Greatest Books of 2025'Something truly special. A wonderfully weird novel full of lines that will rattle around in your brain'Sunday Times, Best Books of 2025'An incantation that explores womanhood, motherhood and bodily autonomy. Martin Aitken’s mesmerising, exquisitely precise translation is, literally, breathtaking.'Irish Times, Books of the YearIt was a black night in the year 1620 when Christenze Krukow made the wax child, when she melted down beeswax and set it in the image of a small human. For days, she carried it tucked beneath her arm, shaping it with the warmth of her flesh, giving it life. She fashioned for it eyes and ears that cannot open, and yet – it watches and listens.It looks on as Christenze is haunted by r

On the Six-Thousand Ship, things have started to feel changed. Since bringing aboard a number of strange objects from a newly discovered planet, the crew – both human and humanoid – have begun to feel a yearning. They want to be near the objects, to feel them pressed against their skin, but they also all now feel a curious new hunger for home: Earth, that place many cannot even remember.The Board of Directors are eager to understand more, and so instruct a commission to interview each of the employees. Those who are born dream of soil, the smell of warm asphalt, the sound of animals and birds. Those who are made know only what is programmed, and yet feel it deeply, truly. As their testimonies accumulate, a tapestry of longing and quiet rebellion emerges, blurring the lines between work and life, between human and machine.The Employees was the breakout novel from one of the most celebrated authors in world literature, and is now seen as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literary sci

On the first day of monsoon the old ramshackle building appears – this is The Rainfall Market. Inside: magical bookstores, hairdressers, perfumeries – anything your heart desires. But to enter you need a Ticket.And to get one you must write a letter telling of your misfortune. Lonely schoolgirl Serin dreams of a bigger, better life. And she can’t believe her luck when her letter of woe is answered with a Ticket.Accompanied by Isha the cat, Serin enters Rainfall Market. She has just two weeks to choose a perfect life in exchange for her misfortunes. But there is a catch.If she doesn’t find the dream life she seeks, she’ll be trapped here forever . . .

A powerful, sweeping tale of faith, love and friendship set across Istanbul and OxfordFrom Booker-shortlisted author Elif Shafak, comes a powerful tale of faith, love and friendship set across Istanbul and OxfordShirin, Peri and Mona, they were the most unlikely of friends. They were the Sinner, the Believer and the Confused.On a spring evening in Istanbul, Peri is on her way to a dinner party - a night of luxury a far cry from her upbringing.But when her handbag is stolen her world shifts violently. She starts to doubt how she got here: a traumatic Istanbul childhood, student years in Oxford, the rebellious professor who led her and best friends Shirin and Mona to question everything - Islam, love, life, even God - and the scandal that tore them all apart.Over one desperate night she tries to make sense of a past she has tried to forget - but can we ever escape who we once were?*** ELIF SHAFAK'S NEW NOVEL, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, IS AVAILABLE NOW ***

★《The Serviceberry》★ 《紐約時報》冠軍暢銷書，全球熱讀自然哲學之作★ 《Braiding Sweetgrass》作者全新作品★ 從一棵小小的莓果樹，看見「共享經濟」與自然智慧★ 一本重新思考富足、關係與世界的深刻之書植物學家與原住民學者Robin Wall Kimmerer以serviceberry樹為起點，探討自然界中的互惠與共享精神。她指出，人類社會的經濟模式長期建立在稀缺與競爭之上，而自然世界卻展現出另一種可能——以互助與關係為基礎的繁榮。《The Serviceberry》以詩意文字帶領讀者重新思考富足、社群與人類在自然中的位置。The instant New York Times bestseller: an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community'This book will nourish your soul, heart, and mind' Anthony DoerrAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most?Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the n

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India, fearing she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation

★2025年 Booker Prize 入圍名單。★2025年 Kirkus Prize 決選名單。這是一部橫跨印度與美國兩大洲的史詩級小說，描寫一對年輕男女在不同時空背景下，命運交織又分離的動人故事。Sonia：一位住在美國佛蒙特州、嚮往成為作家的印度留學生。她非常想家，並與一位年長的藝術家展開一段親密關係，但這段關係充滿控制與情感虐待，為她未來的生活蒙上陰影。在身心受創後，她回到印度，卻感覺更加孤獨。Sunny：一位來自德里的年輕人，在紐約擔任記者，努力在美國尋找未來。他對自己的美國女友和周遭環境感到困惑與疏離，同時也試圖擺脫母親過多的期望與家族的紛擾。故事的核心圍繞著 孤獨感 與 身分認同。當 Sonia 和 Sunny 各自感到越來越疏遠時，他們遠在印度的家人無法理解這種孤獨，並試圖為兩人安排一場會面，結果卻適得其反，在他們有機會相愛前就將彼此推開。小說細膩描寫了兩人如何在現代世界的疏離感中，共同尋找幸福與歸屬感，探討了國家、階級、種族、歷史以及代際之間複雜的連結。本書特別適合喜愛文字優美、富含思想性的文學小說讀者。這部橫跨數十年與不同大陸的史詩級家庭傳奇，深刻探討了移民在跨文化環境中的身分認同掙扎、傳統與現代的衝突，並深入刻劃了主角的內心世界與情感轉變。對於喜愛由角色驅動的深刻故事，以及熟悉作者 Kiran Desai 前作《繼承失落的人》的讀者來說，這本格局宏大且主題相似的最新力作，將會帶來一場豐富的閱讀體驗。BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST • KIRKUS PRIZE FINALISTA spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years—an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize–winning author of The Inheritance of Loss“A transcendent triumph . . . not so much a novel as a marvel.”—The New York Times Book Review“A

The third book in the GRAND SLAM series, a sizzling, sapphic, enemies to lovers tennis romancePre-order the new sizzling sapphic enemies to lovers taking place during the US Open!They’re rivals on the court. But off it? The real match is just beginning…Inés Costa, Spain’s golden girl, hasn’t scored a Grand Slam since her breakout two years ago. Now, injuries and sky-high expectations are breaking her serve.Enter Chloe Murphy: brash, brilliant, and America’s newest tennis obsession. With her eye on another US Open trophy, she’s not about to rally with a washed-up has-been like Inés — or fall for one.But when fate forces them to play doubles off the court, the tension is advantage: chemistry.The rallies get longer, the lines blur, and love might just be the ultimate game-changer.Tropes:· Sports Romance· Celebrity· Pro Athletes· Sapphic Romance· Forced Proximity· Open Door· Dual POV

The gripping and brilliant debut crime novel from the universally acclaimed creator of TV series BROADCHURCHTheSunday TimesbestsellerWaterstones Thriller of the MonthSoon to be a major ITV seriesDiscover the must-read mystery everyone’s talking about, from the showrunner of Broadchurch and Netflix's smash-hit new series, SEVEN DIALS‘A masterclass whodunnit’ Gillian McAllister‘Everything I love in a crime novel’Jennie Godfrey‘As unputdownable as you'd expect from the writer of Broadchurch’ Jenny Colgan--The body is found abandoned on the A35 in Dorset –tied to a chair, stag antlers on his head.It's Jim Tiernan, landlord of Fleetcombe’s The White Hart pub – and now a murder victim.Newly arrived DS Nicola Bridge has her work cut out. Fleetcombe is a picture-postcard village. Murder is the last thing on anyone’s mind.Except that here Nicola finds whispers, rumours, resentments and lie after lie.Because the smaller the village, the darker its hidden secrets . . .--More praise forDeath at Th

2026 British Book Award Winner-Science Fiction & FantasyIn this standalone dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy, while navigating a complex relationship with the man tasked to unearth the deepest secrets of her past.***THE RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT AND INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***A stunning collector’s edition and the perfect gift for any dark fantasy lover this Christmas!‘A work of quite staggering ambition. Detailed world-building, intricate plot, Gothic claustrophobia, wraps the readers in its dark embrace’ Daily Mail'Very readable' GuardianIn a world ruled by necromancers, a woman with missing memories threatens the dark order that keeps her captive - and the man sent to break her. Gothic in tone, epic in scope - this debut is destined to become a modern classic.Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner – of war and of her own fractured mind. The Resistance is crushed, her allies dead,

2026 British Book Award Winner-Science Fiction & Fantasy「妳到底還在守護什麼？妳再也救不了任何人了。」曾是前途無量的鍊金術師，海蓮娜‧瑪里諾如今成了戰俘，。她的同伴被屠殺、能力被封印、舊世界早已崩壞。戰後的帕拉迪亞王國由貪腐的貴族與墮落的死靈法師掌權，他們以邪惡的不死軍團奪得勝利，世界陷入渾沌。但為什麼海蓮娜‧瑪里諾需要被囚禁？根據紀錄，她只是芸芸眾生的一員，對戰局而言微不足道。她的記憶一片空白，身分成謎，敵軍開始懷疑：海蓮娜是否藏著改變戰局的關鍵秘密？為揭開塵封記憶，她被送往冷酷無情的高階死靈法師手下。在那座崩壞的莊園裡，她必須奮力守護殘存的人性與真實，因為那裡隱藏的祕密，遠比她所遺忘的更加致命。In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.\"What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.\"Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and

★ 教你在不確定世界中做出更好的選擇與判斷★ 從疫情、氣候到人生決策，一次看懂「風險」的真相★ 用最清楚易懂的方式，讓機率思維成為你的日常工具我們無法預測未來，但可以學會與不確定共存。在這個充滿風險與變數的世界裡，從健康、投資到全球危機，我們每天都在做選擇，卻往往忽略「不確定性」本身的存在。本書由英國最具影響力的統計學家帶領，透過真實案例與清晰解說，揭開機率與風險的運作方式。為什麼有些事情看似隨機，其實有跡可循？為什麼足球比賽有近四成取決於運氣？又為什麼兩副洗好的撲克牌幾乎不可能完全相同？作者用輕鬆幽默的筆法，帶你理解如何在資訊不完整的情況下更新判斷、做出更明智的決策。這不只是一本關於數據的書，而是一門關於「如何面對未知」的人生智慧。From the UK’s ‘statistical national treasure’, a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertainty‘Probably the UK’s greatest living statistician’ TelegraphFrom the UK’s ‘statistical national treasure’, a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertaintyWe live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How should we deal with what we don’t know? And what role do chance, luck and coincidence play in our lives?David Spiegelhalter has spent his career dissecting data in order to understand risks and assess the chances of what might happen in the future. In The Art of Uncertainty, he gives readers a window onto how we can all

Celebrating 90 Years of Penguin Michael Joseph publishing with the Mermaid collection:Helen McCloy'sThrough A Glass, Darklywith a foreword by Gillian McAllisterRediscover the brilliance of Through A Glass, Darkly in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.The jewel in the crown of the beloved Dr Basil Willing mysteries - when unassuming art teacher Faustina Crayle loses her second job in quick succession, only Basil can help, and it goes from bad to worse for Faustina when a body is found . . .With a foreword by Gillian McAllister‘They watch me all the time. In and out of the classroom, their eyes are always following me . . .’Quiet, gentle, young Faustina Crayle is dismissed from her teaching position at Brereton School for Girls after just a few weeks. She is given no explanation, but it’s clear certain staff and pupils fear her.Her friend and fellow teacher Gisela contacts psychologist and sleuth Dr Bas

Celebrating 90 Years of Penguin Michael Joseph publishing the Mermaid collection:Fay Weldon'sDown Among The Womenwith a foreword by Jenny ColganRediscover the brilliance of Down Among the Women in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.A classic from beloved national treasure Fay Weldon sees four women break the shackles of patriarchy and domesticity in 1950s London, from the author ofThe Lives and Loves of a She-DevilWith a foreword by Jenny Colgan‘Down among the women. What a place to be!’So says Wanda, a former radical who left her husband and raised her daughter Scarlet to be as liberated as she. But twenty-year-old Scarlet, with an abortion already behind her, is about to discover real liberation – as a single mother in Fifties’ London.Yet Scarlet’s not alone. Meet her friends: Sylvia, the born victim; respectable Jocelyn, willingly trapped in a dull, bourgeois marriage; Audrey, bristling to break fr

Celebrating 90 Years of Penguin Michael Joseph publishing with the Mermaid collection:Lettice Cooper'sFennywith a foreword by Jennie GodfreyRediscover the brilliance of Fenny in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.A richly evocative coming-of-age novel, Fenny follows a young English governess who falls deeply in love with Tuscany in 1933, even as she faces the pain of unrequited love and the shadows of political unrest.With a foreword by Jennie Godfrey‘The strange city through which they drove was the scenery of a dream . . .’Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick has never been abroad.But when her mother dies, this young woman finds herself taking a position as governess to an English girl in Florence in the summer of 1933.Little does Ellen realise how this girl, Juliet, and her family will claim her.For as the summer passes, Ellen falls so in love with Italy and her new home that she cannot bear to leave –

Celebrating 90 Years of Penguin Michael Joseph publishing with the Mermaid collection:Margaret Kennedy'sLucy Carmichaelwith a foreword by Lucy ManganRediscover the brilliance of Lucy Carmichael in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.Originally published in 1951 from the author of beloved holiday classicThe Feastcomes a glorious coming-of-age tale about a heroine whose wedding day does not go entirely to plan . . .With a foreword by Lucy Mangan***‘People seem to get over things, don’t they? I don’t know how, but they do – ordinary people. I’m very ordinary, so I expect I shall do what they do.’Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar. But no matter. Her loving and kind family never liked her explorer fiancé anyway.Instead of moping or falling into her supportive family’s arms, however, Lucy abandons their suburban home. Heading for the country, she takes up a teaching position in the industrial town of Ra

Divorce, madness and self-destruction: the unforgettable final novel from the great Danish writerThe unforgettable final novel from the great Danish writer and author of The Copenhagen Trilogy‘Recently escaped a long, unhappy marriage – aged 51, but youthful in spirit – wonderful son, aged 15 – household literary name – summerhouse – large flat in the city centre – temporarily incapacitated by a nervous breakdown – prefers a motorist.’Vilhelm is gone; the room where he and Lise once loved each other will soon be destroyed. When Lise places a lonely hearts advert in the newspaper, she sets off a train of tragicomic events that culminates in an annihilating, inevitable finale. Tove Ditlevsen’s final novel is a masterful conclusion to a great work of writing: a blackly funny and devastating tour-de-force that pulses with life even as it journeys towards death.Translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell

A window onto the past, full of fire and life: two immortal traditions as the English language has never seen them beforeA Penguin ClassicThe poets in this book are philosophers and statesmen; priestesses and warriors; teenage girls, concerned for their birthday celebrations; drunkards and brawlers; grumpy old men and chic young things. They speak of hopes, fears, loves, losses, triumphs and humiliations. Every one of them lived and died between 1,900 and 2,800 years ago.The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verseis a volume without precedent. It brings together the best of two traditions normally treated in isolation, and in doing so tells a captivating story about how literary book-culture emerged out of a society structured by song. The classical vision of lyric poetry as practised by the greatest ancient poets - Sappho and Horace, Bacchylides and Catullus - mingles and interacts with our expansive modern understanding of the lyric as the brief, personal, emotional poetry of a h

A landmark study of of one of the most controversial periods in history, from an eminent historian'A brilliant work of intellectual interpretation by our foremost historian of Enlightenment ideas. Whatmore rescues the Enlightenment from today's circular debates and places it where it belongs: in the pulsing, chaotic era of its genesis and demise' Christopher de BellaigueThe Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural rights and constitutional government prevailed. In this radical re-evaluation, historian Richard Whatmore shows why, for many at its centre, the Enlightenment was a profound failure.By the early eighteenth century, hope was widespread that Enlightenment could be coupled with toleration, the progress of commerce and the end of the fanatic wars of religion that were destroying Europe. At its heart was the battle to establish and maintain liberty in free states – and the hope that absolute

‘Sharing food is one of the purest human acts'Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.In What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating, in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable, to the comfortingly domestic, to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialized in this diary are a prism through which he reflects on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving. Through food he marks – and mourns – the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and prepares himself for what is to come.

Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' Freida McFadden'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker. Holly Jackson s adult debut is fresh, fun and impossible to put down' Chris Whitaker'An original and unique thriller that I ll be thinking about for a long time' Claire Douglas******In seven days Jet Mason will be dead.Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she s still waiting for her life to begin.She ll do it later, she always says. She has time.Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder.She suffers a catastrophic brain injury. The doctor is certain that within a week, she ll suffer a deadly aneurysm.Jet never thought of herself as having enemies.But now she looks at everyone in a new light: her family,

The 2024 Elizabeth Longford prizewinning biography of the founder of ImpressionismBased on thousands of never-before translated letters and unpublished sources, Jackie Wullschläger's enthralling biography is the first account of Monet's turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting. Deeply moving, it immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his art and the fullness of his achievement.

Discover the instant #1 New York Times bestseller!Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script.A TREATY SEALED IN MAGIC. A FATE BORN OF MONSTERS. A LOVE FORETOLD BY LEGEND.Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J.Maas and Rebecca Yarros, where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.I ve spent my life kneeling to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight.And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter

十四年過去了，昔日的青梅竹馬 Shiloh 和 Cary 再次重逢。年少時他們是最好的朋友，從未想過彼此之間可能有愛情。但一場婚禮邀請，讓 Shiloh 忍不住想問：他會出現嗎？而他們是否還有機會，重新寫下屬於兩人的故事？Fourteen years apart. One unexpected reunion. Is it too late to rewrite their love story?A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic – Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times’ Gabrielle Zevin‘A gorgeous book .. . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people.So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over’ Marian Keyes--Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were best friends, that’s all.But, somehow, everything changed. Both left town – took different paths – and suddenly it’s fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary. She’s been married, divorced, and is back living in the house she grew up in.But when she gets invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether

Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existed are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species can vanish forever, or as capable of pushing our planet to the verge of a sixth mass extinction?Extinction, Sadiah Qureshi shows us, is a surprisingly modern concept – and a phenomenon that’s not as natural as we might think. In Europe until the late eighteenth century, species were considered perfect and unchanging creations of God. Then in the age of revolutions, scientists gathered enough fossil evidence to determine that mammoth bones, for example, were not just large elephants but a lost species that once roamed the Earth alongside ancient humans. Extinction went from being regarded as theologically dangerous to pervasive, and even inevitable.Yet Vanished shows us that extinction is more than a scientific idea; it’s a political choice that has led to devasting consequences. Europeans and A

A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker Prize shortlisted author of My Name is Lucy BartonTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHORSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025'Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent' GuardianIt’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and what might have been.Lucy, meanwhile, befriends one of Crosby’s longest inhabitants, Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together i

“An odyssey of action and awe.” —The New York TimesThe remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide“What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet…”When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

A sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy – an incredibly exciting rediscovered Italian classicDuring WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family. But very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their ‘daughter’ – a loud little dog – and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the weather. And, worst of all, they speak with a nostalgic warmth about the region’s recently overthrown fascist regime…Translated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante, A House in Sicily is a brilliantly funny, razor sharp examination of family life in the shadow of the darkest period of modern Italian history, and the most exciting rediscovered European classic in de

Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year!SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORDLWIDEA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'A warm, funny gem of a novel'LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES'Masterful . . .I was delighted and moved'NEW YORK TIMES'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'CLARE CHAMBERS'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.'PANDORA SYKES'Tremendous'FREDRIK BACKMAN'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'FLORENCE KNAPP'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'WALL STREET JOURNALEvery morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them