Summer Reads

One of Elena Ferrante's Top 40 Books by WomenG.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty,...

Dostoesky's drama of sin, guilt and redemption transmutes the sordid story of an old woman's murder by a desperate student into the nineteenth century's profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel. Grim in theme and setting, the book nevertheless...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,...

Now in paperback, the third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the...

The debut novel from the author of My Brilliant Friend in a brand-new edition Following her mother's untimely death, Delia sets off on a breath-taking odyssey through the chaotic, suffocating streets of her native Naples in search of the truth about her...

A pioneering force for change in both racial prejudice and issues of gender and sexuality, Audre Lord was a maverick literary talent who ranged over poetry, prose and polemic with equal assuredness. Your Silence Will Not Protect You brings together some...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement"A smart, lively book about the value of silence and solitude."--Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People - O: The...

'Tim Grover is the master of mental toughness. This book is the blueprint for discovering what you are capable of achieving, getting results you never imagined, reaching the highest level of success - and then going even higher.' - Kobe Bryant For more...

Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM. From the exclusive beaches of Monte Carlo to the verdant grounds of Maxim de Winter’s stately home Manderley, Daphne du Maurier’s gothic classic transports the reader into a social and psychological world of...

There are few modern writers more widely recognized for their brilliance than Cormac McCarthy, and this is him at his best, eviscerating the traditional Western novel and shining bright lights on the atrocities committed in America’s westward...

We swoon for a tale about the book world. How could we not? Look at the website you’re visiting! And, after dipping into Ashley Poston’s adult debut you will fall in love with this book as well. Poston’s got our number. We’ve got Poston’s The Dead...

This novel is an absolute delight! A Valentine’s Day version of Groundhog’s Day, The Do-Over by Lynn Painter is a book I absolutely flew through! If you loved her first book, Better than the Movies, then get ready for this...

This atmospheric reimagining of the Korean folktale “The Tale of Shim Cheong” follows Mina on a heroic journey through the Spirit Realm to appease the Sea God and bring her village peace once and for all. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a must-read...

(Available after 3-20 days) What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object in the field of death?   In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae...

The first book of the New York Times bestselling Remnant Chronicles.“Fantastical.” —USA TodayShe flees on her wedding day.She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection.She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.She is...

Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury. Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied...

In this sparkling collection of a career’s worth of writings, Laing discusses the many faces and forms of art as a veritable antidote to the frailty, falsity and flux of the political climate we live in. In this remarkable, inspiring collection of...

'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you...'At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and...

A fortune teller once told Mila she'd find a man who would take her breath away. She refrained from telling her it would be literally while Mila ran for her life. Having always done what is expected of her, Mila dresses the part, only dates college boys...