In his third life, Kinnosuke belonged to a famous author.Now, in his ninth, he wants nothing more to do with humans, who bring nothing but trouble and suffering. Drawn to the city in search of food, he comes across the Hokuto-do Bookshop, owned by a...

In his third life, Kinnosuke belonged to a famous author.Now, in his ninth, he wants nothing more to do with humans, who bring nothing but trouble and suffering. Drawn to the city in search of food, he comes across the Hokuto-do Bookshop, owned by a...

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE 'A hypnotic dissection of memory, trauma and belonging' New Statesman 'This attempt to imprint upon humanity the experiences of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in a way that only a novel can achieve deserves to be...

'So biting and refreshingly honest that the real world feels just a little more ridiculous by comparison'Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux'Honest, intelligent and funny'Andrea Abreu, author of Dogs of SummerLife is like a supermarket.Her name is...

*THE JAPANESE BESTSELLER, TRANSLATED BY SHANNA TAN, TRANSLATOR OF THE BESTSELLING SENSATION WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP* 'Cooking can't be measured in hours or minutes. The ingredients are in front of you, but you need to carefully consider...

‘One of those rare writers who can conjure horror and compassion with a lyricism as defiant as it is terrifying’ MARIANA ENRIQUEZ, author of Things We Lost in the Fire   My mother lingered on the threshold between my life and my...

Meet the irrepressible Hafni – in the new novel from Helle Helle’s world of they. 'Colourful, intricate and surprising, a whole rich world in microcosm.' Polly Barton, author of What Am I, A Deer? Hafni says she’s getting...

  “Enchanting and insistent” Clyo Mendoza’s Silencio is an enchanting work of dreamlike, at times even psychedelic, poetry that inherently resists any attempt to read it as a linear narrative using pure logic. It takes some...

'Gripping, poetic' Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine'An unforgettable read' Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's KeySometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living.When Irène joins the International Tracing Service, she...

In a city strained by fear and uncertainty, lives intersect in fleeting moments of intimacy, loss, and endurance. Hush Now, Canary unfolds through a polyphonic structure, giving voice to the living, the displaced, the imprisoned, and the dead, each...

Dark, compelling, and wickedly smart ... deliciously twisted thriller Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is TrueBy turns gory, shocking, macabre and often very funny, you wont be able to put it down Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent...

A charming murder mystery from the internationally bestselling author for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, as well as classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie_______________'The perfect murder mystery' JANICE HALLETT'A true...

'Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature' Haruki Murakami 'Vastly refreshing ... Soseki doesn't shrink from seeking and finding exquisite pearls of beauty'Guardian ''The greatest Japanese novelist of the...

A young man's passion for his father's mistress turns tragic in this deft Russian novel by the author of modernist masterpiece The Spectre of Alexander Wolf.“The Gazdanov revival... is nothing short of a literary event.” —Times...

A couple’s search for a rural paradise on the Caribbean coast takes a sinister turn in this darkly ironic modern classic.   When J. and Elena swap the parties and culture of the city for a simpler life on Colombia’s remote Caribbean...

Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar for twenty-first-century Japan, a young woman suffering from depression embarks on a series of darkly comic domestic disasters that lead her to question whether she is worthy of loveTwenty-five-year-old Yasuko...

Mysterious, unsettling, but darkly poetic, this magical realist novel echoes the timelessness of García Marquez and Faulkner. Set in the mythic village of Phan, the novel follows a tangled web of characters haunted by buried secrets, ancestral...

'A panoramic, ambitious tale.' The Times'Exceptional.' Salman Rushdie'Powerful.' Christine Mangan'Captivating.'ElleFrom the internationally bestselling author of Lullaby, The Country of Others is perfect for fans of Elena...

‘This is where she would like to belong, here in the kingdom of women, where words are sharp but gazes are soft.’In 1970s Helsinki, a revolutionary storm is blowing through Pirkko Saisio’s university. She has moved out of her...

‘Bound to tug at your heart strings’ ELIZA CHAN‘Ahistorical K-drama brought to life on the page’ JUNE HUR‘Asweeping, romantic tale about reforging your own destiny’ JIHYUN YUNA tale of star-crossed lovers, political...