Most Popular Books Published in October 2023

Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another; the nature of space and time, the role of...

Goncharov was the leading Russian writer of the 1850s and, as the author of The Same Old Story, was regarded as "the real heir to Nikolai Gogol". But the publication of Turgenev's first full-length novel, A Nest of the Gentry, in 1859, at around the same...

The first unabridged publication of Goncharov's masterpiece, which took him twenty years to finish. This new translation is by the award-winning translator Stephen Pearl.After his university studies and a short stint in the army and the civil service,...

Filled with dreams of pursuing a career as a poet, the young Alexander Aduev moves from the country to St Petersburg, where he takes up lodgings next to his uncle Pyotr, a shrewd and world-weary businessman. As his ideals are challenged by disappointment...

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.  At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can...

Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesA master criminal and a master detective are locked in battle. Who will win?They call her the 'Dark Angel'. Queen of Tokyo's underworld, Mme Midorikawa is famed for her beauty, her jewels and the tattoo...

Nicholas Sparks meets The Empty Man in this modern Southern Gothic horror about a palm reader swept up in a disturbing missing-child case with a twist you won’t see coming. After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced...

Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory. This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their...

The haunting young adult gothic romance classic that launched Virginia Andrews' incredible best-selling career. Up in the attic, four secrets are hidden. Four blonde, beautiful, innocent little secrets, struggling to stay alive... Chris, Cathy, Cory and...

The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, technofeudalism, in which the owners of big tech have become the world's feudal overlords.* A GUARDIAN BEST FORTHCOMING BOOK OF 2023 * THE TIMES BIGGEST...

Wall Street Journal BestsellerUSA Today BestsellerAmazon BestsellerWhen we talk about debt and its impact on our economy, we almost always mean “government debt.” However, this is only a small part of the picture: individuals, private firms,...

International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition.In a chamber overlooking the...

A heart-wrenching and heart-warming YA romance that builds an inspiring love story around a history of trauma. The Way I Am Now is a deftly told story that grapples with all-too-real themes. Eden and Josh decide to give their relationship...

Code Red is what thrillers are all about — scintillating action, a strong hero and villains you love to root against. All that, and a plot that engages remarkably well with the modern world. Mitch Rapp returns to make a mortal enemy of...

Matthew McConaughey is known around the world for a variety of admirable reasons. When his best-selling Greenlights hit book stores in 2020, McConaughey's influence and inspiration somehow reached an even higher level. Now, paired with gorgeous...

“Wise, funny, touching, wide-ranging, deep-delving; whip-smart dialogue and graceful, paced sentences, thousands upon thousands of them. Written by a novelist with the eye of a poet, and a poet with the narrative powers of a novelist, this is a...

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical dressmaker commissioned for a royal wedding finds herself embroiled in scandal when a gossip columnist draws attention to her undeniable...

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and...

The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.'If the...

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must track down a nuclear torpedo before it unleashes World War III in this electrifying new installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the...