Discover Virginia Woolf's landmark essay on women's struggle for independence and creative opportunity A Room of One's Own is one of Virginia Woolf's most influential works and widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women's movement...

Richardson recounts one of the most thrilling stories in archaeological history in bravura style, as a working-class boy-turned-scholar discovers a vanished city, dabbles in espionage and takes tea with all-powerful rulers. For centuries the city of...

In Not to Read, Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading that also offers a kind of blurry self-portrait, or literary autobiography. Whether writing about Natalia Ginzburg, typewriters and computers, Paul Leautaud, or how to be...

this is the recipe of lifesaid my motheras she held me in her arms as i weptthink of those flowers you plantin the garden each yearthey will teach youthat people toomust wiltfallrootrisein order to bloomFrom Rupi Kaur, the top ten Sunday Times...

Amsterdam 1654: a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life. Following the sudden death of her husband, twenty-five year old Catrin leaves her small village and takes a job as housekeeper to the successful Van Nulandt merchant family...

Urgent, compelling and powerfully direct, The Future We Choose is a call for action to tackle the environmental catastrophe from two leading experts in the field – Christiana Figueres, the former UN Secretary for Climate Change, and Tom...

Embrace off-grid green living and imagine a more sustainable future with the original guide to self-sufficiency. For over 40 years, John Seymour has inspired thousands to make more eco-friendly choices with his advice on living sustainably. The New...

The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First is back with an entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting new thriller. Welcome to the reality game show that'll scare you to death! Have you got what it takes to last the night? Five...

The affecting and empowering prequel to Can You See Me? and Do You Know Me? tackles the crucial issue of autism diagnosis with great sensitivity. Taking place before Can You See Me? and Do You Know Me? this standout prequel follows Tally through her...

How far would you go to save someone you love? And what if that someone was ... not exactly human? Guy Schermerhorn, brilliant young professor of psychology and disciple of the pioneering Dr Moncrieff, is making a name for himself on the talk show...

Once more blending Clinton’s insider knowledge with James Patterson’s storytelling pyrotechnics, the hugely anticipated sequel to The President is Missing finds ex-president Michael Keating facing a deadly threat to his daughter from a ruthless assassin...

Humanity has always had a complicated relationship with sexual intercourse and Lister’s breezily accessible and wickedly witty tour through centuries of slap and tickle is a truly eye-opening history.  This is not a comprehensive study of every...

From post-Cold War espousal of unrestrained capitalism to mania for social media, the former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama delivers a deeply researched and insightful volume about where America has gone wrong and what the country...

An instant New York Times Bestseller!“Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary fever—and it happens to be a rippingly good read.” —Wired“This crisply written and well-paced book reads like an all-caps...

Bursting with wild imagination and littered with singular imagery, Vandermeer’s apocalyptic sci-fi thriller flings climate change, identity politics and conspiracy theories into a psychedelic narrative blender with glorious results. A speculative...

From the bestselling author of Children of Time, this magisterial space saga follows the crew of a lone rescue vessel travelling the galaxy after the destruction of Earth, with the future of humanity in their hands. This high-stakes space-based...

The first literary study of its kind, Costa’s enthralling analysis of bilingualism’s benefits and challenges throws light on all manner of neuro-linguistic avenues that would otherwise remain hidden to any layperson. Scholarly yet highly readable and...

Hooks’s incisive and nuanced book on the nature of love challenges assumptions and offers a fascinating analysis of the effects of affection in our private and public lives. The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all...

Stimulating, warm and hugely enjoyable, Spiegelhalter’s tour de force about the role and relevance of statistics in our daily lives encourages us to examine our beliefs and assumptions around numeric data. Engaging and truly eye-opening, The Art of...

A fitting, parting gift: Brief Answers to the Big Questions rekindles that excitement we shared as booksellers when A Brief History of Time became the phenomenon it was, Hawking’s zeal and spirit undimmed to the last. Professor Stephen Hawking was a...