Sailor, former henchman and trouble-accruing gangster, travels from Chicago to Santa Fe, New Mexico, looking for revenge and for money. But it's hard to make a dishonest buck when everything seems to be against him. It is Fiesta, it is hot, thousands of...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksRumi’s verses have been a balm for readers’ souls for over eight centuries. This exquisite selection brings together some of the Persian mystic’s most profound, evocative and...

Stanislaw Lem is perhaps the most original and influential European science-fiction writer of the twentieth century.The Cyberiad, one of Lem's most beloved works, follows the exploits of the Trurl and Klapaucius, two ingenious 'constructors'. In...

''Do I wish to keep up with the times? No. My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can''The great American poet, novelist and environmental activist argues for a life lived slowly.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit...

During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for.In Jane Austen’s breezy and entirely biased telling of English history, Mary, Queen of Scots is a scandalously wronged victim, Elizabeth I is a wicked villain and most...

‘Trees are not just living things, but feeling beings, like us. Better keep a watchful eye over them…’ Ezo spruce, hinoki, cherry blossoms. Persimmon, maple, cypress. The trees of Japan cast a spell on those who visit its...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff''s classic version of Proust, published in three volumes. This third volume includes The Captive, The Sweet Cheat Gone and Time Regained.Proust''s masterpiece is one of the...

One of the greatest translations of all Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes. This second volume includes The Guermantes Way and Cities of the Plain.Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth...

What can death teach us about life? 'A remarkable late-life achievement' Aachener Zeitung'Masterful' Süddeutsche Zeitung'A profound discussion on life and death' SRF'A wise and honest book' Mannheimer Morgan At seventy-six,...

Juvelian has finally found true love . . . but she must save her father before she can have her happily ever after. This manhwa adaptation of Hong Heesu's webnovel is now available in English print for the first time.It’s official: Lady...

This rediscovered novel with a killer vintage soundtrack screams "summer reading"'THE TIMES 'A singular voice'NEW YORK TIMES'Tondelli shaped the sound of a generation'PARIS REVIEWSummer 1983, Rimini.Against the crowded panorama of the Adriatic Riviera,...

'A WRITER OF GREAT WARMTH AS WELL AS SKILL' GUARDIANA man and a woman, who have only known each other for a few hours and must soon part, sit in an airport café and invent an entire shared life together. A father, wearing only his underpants,...

Welcome to the gutters of 1970s Paris – and the transgressive, darkly comic world of City of Rats.When pet rat Gouri finds himself locked out of his owner’s apartment, he has no choice but to strike out alone onto the pavements of Paris...

THE #1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES   Welcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop.   HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD AND TRANSLATED INTO 20 LANGUAGES In Japanese legend, cats are symbols of good luck. If you are kind to them, they'll return the...

LIVE. READ. RESIST.Mitch, a passionate bookseller, is arrested one morning for committing an unthinkable crime: selling books that have been banned. After five years in prison, all Mitch wants to do is to regain his freedom and settle back into his...

A New York Times Most Anticipated Book of 2026, from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Celebrated professor of astrophysics, Gunn Haven, has often found people stranger and more frightening than...

The bestselling international phenomenon, now wrapped up in a gorgeous, special festive gift edition - the perfect stocking filler for a loved one.What would you do if you could go back in time?In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has...

Meet The Kamogawa Food Detectives in A Serving of Hope, translated from the Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood. This bestselling, heartwarming sleuthing series can be enjoyed separately, in any order, or binged all at once!'Feel-good and foodie themes...

'A precisely rendered coming-of-age story. Vivid, touching and immensely enjoyable'DAVID SZALAY, AUTHOR OF FLESH'As I read Black September, I kept thinking of Fellini's great film, Amarcord - the young boy's world, the...

**WINNER 2018 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE**'Even better than his first' Daily TelegraphIndia, 1920. Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of Calcutta Police must investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharaja's son.....