An infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most talked about magazines of all...

Coming home to small-town Texas means facing the past and embracing the future in this touching novel about the family we choose by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. After thirteen years away, Tina O’Grady returns to her...

From #1 New York Times bestseller Julie Murphy comes a heartfelt and hilarious tale of a woman who thinks life and love have passed her by until she’s thrown into her grandmother’s quirky world of octogenarian free love...

A Scottish sapphic Gothic horror debut for fans of Rebecca and The Hacienda.You are afraid of the border places. You are afraid of the fork in the road.Fleeing her mistakes in Glasgow for a marriage of convenience, Norah Mackenzie’s...

HER RISE TO POWER, PAID IN BLOODÒdòdó’s home city of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yorùbáland. Under their new oppressive ruler, conditions for Òdòdó and the other women...

Readers are LOVING The Tiny Magic Bookshop 'This book feels like the cosiest hug of all' 'Magical realism + Grief + Learning to trust yourself' 'I want to work in Lamplight books!' 'Creeps into all your dark corners and lights them up with a cosy...

A stunning gift edition of the age-old tale of Odysseus and his journey.This epic poem by Homer, believed to have been written between the eighth and ninth centuries BC, continues to be essential reading for young and old alike.The Odyssey follows...

In Oru L'ore is the only one without agbára - the ability to harness power from the sun. And must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani.But when the gods declare Alawani an Àlùfáà, he must be...

One land, three curses. One quest for freedom… She was searching for the sea – but found a war. Arianwen has a private hunger: to stand on the shore and listen to the music of water she has only ever imagined. When a bone harp falls into her...

An earthy, bewitching and ferocious new novel by the bestselling author of When I Sing, Mountains Dance Nestled among rugged mountains, in a remote part of Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, bandits, deserters, ghosts, beasts and demons, sits...

'What a wonderful book!  The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject -- this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career' Lucy Worsley  To Queen Victoria she was Aunt Julie; to Catherine the Great...

'A wonderful book' TOM HOLLAND'Marvellous... highly entertaining' EMMA SOUTHON'Orator gives us a Cicero for our times... Compelling and beautifully written' EVE MACDONALDA gripping new biography of one of the most influential and...

Read in an afternoon. Remember for a lifetime.In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, James Hawes tells the story of Europe's most admired and feared country, from Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel. With more than 100 maps and images, this is a...

The Renaissance is one of the most studied and celebrated eras of history. Spanning the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of modernity, it has come to symbolise the transformative rebirth of knowledge, art, culture and political thought in Europe...

NOMINATED FOR THE 2026 MILITARY HISTORY BOOK AWARDS No campaign during World War Two contained more spinetingling drama, outstanding courage and heartbreaking tragedy than the Arctic convoys. Yet they – and the multifaceted Battle of the Arctic...

'Delightful … Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times We all know how the people of Pompeii died. But what about how they lived? __________ In 24...

'An ideal introduction to French history for almost any reader.'LITERARY REVIEW‘A perfect digest… Distilling 2,000 years’ worth of history in a 255-page book that ends with an image of Zinedine Zidane at the Olympics is no mean...

‘Expertly blending instruction with amusement, King presents serious lessons for our times and reminds us why the past should not be forgotten if a better future is what we desire’ INSIDE STORYRanging across more than a thousand years,...

Explore the Ancient Roman Empire as you’ve never seen it before with the acclaimed anthropologist and Sunday Times bestselling author of Domination, Alice Roberts.AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4Join Professor Alice Roberts as she travels two...

'One of my favourite epics of all time' – SAMANTHA SHANNON 'Breathtaking' – SAARA EL-ARIFI 'A cunning political fantasy' – SHANNON CHAKRABORTY 'Captivating' – ANTONIA HODGSON 'Vicious, brutal,...