Gabriel Wyner speaks five languages fluently. He didn't learn them as a child, pick them up in high school, or major in them in college--he learned them in the last several years, mostly working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple...

Devastatingly acute and acerbically funny, Doshi’s forensic account of a toxic mother-daughter relationship skewers themes of betrayal, regret and memory in incisive prose.   Empire's Pick for The Best Books Made By Women in Fiction 2021 Shortlisted...

The first complete new translation for 25 years of the acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature. Lady Murasaki's great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of love, betrayal and death at the Imperial Court. At the core of this epic is...

(Available after 10-14 days) In Oe's masterpiece of the human condition and family psychology, estranged brothers Mitsusaburo and Takashi have long since left their family home in a remote forested valley on Shikoku, in the south of Japan: Mitsusaburo...

'Murakami weaves textured layers of reality into a shot-silk garment of deceptive beauty' - Independent on Sunday Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he...

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan...

The life-changing international bestseller that started a global movement - now updated with the new 21-Day Essentialism Challenge and an exclusive excerpt from EFFORTLESSHave you ever found yourself struggling with information overload?Have you ever...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism comes a book devoted to a simple principle: getting great results doesn't have to be so hard.Do you ever feel likethings are so much harder than they need to be?you know something is important,...

Following on from Long Road to Mercy, A Minute to Midnight sees the second outing for FBI Agent Atlee Pine in a new series from the bestselling master of crime. Haunted by the childhood trauma of her twin sister’s kidnapping, Pine sets out on a deeply...

The first in a new Devon-set crime series from the accomplished creator of the Shetland and Vera novels, The Long Call sees a troubled detective returning to the community he turned his back on. Plotted with Cleeves’ customary deft skill and introducing...

The Seven Sisters is a sweeping epic tale of love and loss by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake...

Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters,The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series of love and loss, based loosely on the mythology surrounding the famous star constellation.Ally D'Apliese is about to compete in one of...

Set on the coast of Sicily, The Safety Net is the twenty-fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.***Adapted for BBC4's Inspector Montalbano series***Vigata is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish...

'An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.' Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'The sprightly narrative and vivid evocation of turn-of-the-century Poland make for an enjoyable tale.' Guardian 'It's fun and sparky and the...

The author of The Psychology of Time Travelreturns with a spellbinding, genre-busting tale of family drama, crime, and magical dolls charged with emotions.  The Kendrick family have been making world-famous dolls since the early 1800s. But their...

A female narrator looks back on her childhood in a coming-of-age novel set before the First World War. Ruan is an intelligent and imaginative child, who gradually comes to understand the nuances of the adult world around her, as she moves from the Manse,...

It is too often accepted that during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was the male writers who developed and pushed the boundaries of the weird tale, with women writers following in their wake - but this is far from the truth. This new...

Jed Cummings is no stranger to supernatural happenings, though he would wish otherwise. When he receives an ominous request from an old friend, he is unsettled. Though he and Simon Pomeroy were like brothers during their army days, they have lost touch...

In this retelling the events of Fifty Shades Freed from the viewpoint of Grey, Christian and Anastasia’s marital bliss is soon to be tested by old rivalries and insecurities that rise from their entangled past.Relive the sensuality, the romance, and the...

Myth and folklore from West Africa to Ancient Greece, vibrantly reimagined in bold, striking prose; Love in Colour beautifully illustrates the timelessness of classic storytelling. Shortlisted for the Empire Book of the Year 2020 Bolu Babalola finds...