Summer Reads

The author of cult favourite The House in the Cerulean Sea returns with another uplifting slice of whimsical fantasy that gifts a freshly deceased jobsworth seven days to discover the meaning of a fun-filled existence. SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of “gloriously twisted” (Marie Claire) psychological suspense.SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN EMPIREOn a beautiful summer night in a charming...

THE BIMINI BON BESTSELLER (Sunday Times official!)A hilarious and inspiring guide to transforming your life through lessons from drag, by the UK's favourite drag queen and star of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Bimini Bon Boulash.SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN...

#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)An exhilarating spin-off from the word of Valdemar, this tale of blood magic and elemental creatures finds Duke Kordas attempting to save his duchy from the machinations of an evil emperor. Within the Eastern...

Set in Vienna during the First World War and in the looming shadow of the rise of Fascism, Faulks’s elegant, psychologically acute novel tracks a small group of individuals as they struggle to come to terms with the destruction of an old world and the...

Great British Bake Off winner and Comfort author Candice Brown shares the essential recipes that see her through life as she lives with anxiety and depression. SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN EMPIREMake your kitchen your happy placeCooking has always been about...

Mixing first-hand anecdote with expert advice, Emma Bunton’s accessible and light-hearted guide to surviving the first year of motherhood is an always reassuring and entertaining read.    SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN EMPIRE You have a baby! Isn't it...

SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN EMPIRESomerset, 1616. When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Jem, she's only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself and she is sent away to find...

SIGNED EDITIONS, ONLY IN EMPIREREESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE PAPER PALACE IS:“Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?”—Parade“A deeply emotional love story…the unraveling of...

From the bestselling author of the “glorious, heartfelt” (Rowan Coleman, New York Times bestselling author) novel The Magnificent Mrs. Mayhew comes a warm-hearted tale about two people brought together by fate. SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN EMPIRELaurie and...

Kwame Alexander’s New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal–winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. SIGNED EDITION, ONLY IN EMPIRE New York Times Bestseller ·...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August,and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War eraIn this...

In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians...

New York Times BestsellerA New York Times Notable BookNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus ReviewsFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)Shortlisted for...

Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality:...

The landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century, now on its 50th Anniversary.First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the...

A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it.   Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and...

'Asbridge can't help but tell a ripping yarn, often breezily dramatic, whipping the narrative along' -- The TimesA superb and definitive one-volume account of the Crusades, the impact of which still resonates to this day.In the eleventh century, a vast...

The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in...