Funny, brutal, and "profoundly original" (Libération)—an electrifying double narrative about the creative and destructive potential of friendship between women, from one of the most surprising and prolific voices in French literature. It...

Celebrating 10 years of the original and bestselling almanac Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including tide tables, sunrises and moon phases; wildlife and folklore; seasonal...

When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from an alphabet created by a deceased writer whose papers she once worked on. But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further...

LAUGH-OUT-LOUD, SILLY, SPOOKY-THEMED STORIES FROM THE HILARIOUS WORLD OF WIMPY KID!   Fans of Greg Heffley and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney get a chance to dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious imagination of Rowley...

'FASCINATING' Guardian | 'WE LOVE THIS BOOK' Blackwells | 'THE BEST GIFT BOOK THERE IS' IndependentA GUIDE TO LIVING IN DARK TIMES, FROM PEOPLE WHO REALLY DIDBursting with wisdom and artwork from the Middle Ages, this handy...

'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire . . . History at its most gripping' Daily Telegraph on The Lion HouseA ground-breaking, present-tense reconstruction of the life and world of one of the most consequential figures in world history,...

A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 ‘Learned, entertaining and highly approachable’ BOB MORTIMER ‘A treat’ ALICE LOXTON ‘Five stars from me…’ AL MURRAY An...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Waterstones Book of the Year ‘The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastings’s portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the...

Bestselling historians James Holland and Al Murray tell the unflinching story of the eight surrenders that brought victory to the Allies and ended the Second World War.‘A gripping, eye-opening and satisfying new account’ The...

QUEEN OF EGYPT. WARRIOR OF ROME. THE FATE OF AN EMPIRE. The Roman Republic is crumbling, torn apart by rivalries. Egypt is a wellspring of wealth, but its rulers have squandered their advantage and ended up hopelessly indebted to the protection racket...

One summer, two boys and a secret that could change everything... A fun and romantic coming-of-age drama for fans of Geek Girl, The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Princess Diaries.Two weeks ago and a few thousand miles away, Della was...

A teenage ghost in love with life becomes bound to the house of the grieving artist who accidentally summoned her in this thrilling YA horror story.Hot Dog wants nothing more than to be a real human girl with real human friends. But no one notices her...

A sharp, funny and achingly tender story of obsession and loneliness from the award-winning, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss'So smart, so funny, so moving. I absolutely loved it' BONNIE GARMUS'Heartbreaking, hilarious, and deeply hopeful...

THE PHENOMENAL BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL FROM THE MASTER OF THE PLOT TWIST. MORE THAN 7 MILLION COPIES SOLD "A top-class literary thriller" The Times "The cleverest, creepiest book you'll read this year" Daily Telegraph August 30, 1975. The day of the...

Shortlisted for the 2016 CWA International Dagger*READ THE MILLION-SELLING JAPANESE CRIME PHENOMENON, NOW A UK BESTSELLER.SIX FOUR.THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE.THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE.THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT.For five days in...

Meet Lisbeth Salander - the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide."As vivid as bloodstains on snow . . . a perfect introduction to the unique strengths ofScandinavian crime fiction"LEE CHILDLisbeth Salander gets under the skin...

*Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022* "A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Marin from the first page to the...

A quietly unsettling exploration of class and friendship, against the backdrop of societal and political change in a near future Scandinavia.  Petra and Johannes seem made for one another. A lawyer and a doctor. Well brought up, ambitious. Their...

The complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial.“An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic,...

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FANTASY TRILOGY ?Praise for THE ENDING FIRE trilogy? 'Epic in scope, its worldbuilding as intricate as filigree. THE FINAL STRIFE sings of rebellion, love, and the courage it takes to stand up...