Most Popular Books Published in October 2023

The complete, authoritative collection of Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, including classic stories like "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," along with seven previously unpublished...

A badminton guy falls for a basketball girl. Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on...

A collection of fungal wonders...and terrors. In this new anthology, writers reach into the rich territory first explored by William Hope Hodgson a century ago: the land of the fungi. Stories range from noir to dark fantasy, from steampunk to body horror...

Jenny Erpenbeck’s much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporates Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is...

The phenomenal #1 bestseller – preorder Marianne Williamson’s latest, picking up where A Return to Love left off: The Mystic Jesus This mega-bestselling spiritual guide has become a classic. Marianne Williamson shares her...

Inspiring poets from Ben Jonson and Alexander Pope to W. H. Auden and Robert Frost, the writings of Horace and Persius have had a powerful influence on later Western literature. The Satires of Persius are highly idiosyncratic, containing a...

We are convinced Olivie Blake was destined to write in ANY genre. Take your hand, put it in her hand (that's also holding a pen) and trip into this wonder of a novel. From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas...

The iconic Chuck Palahniuk is back and as in-your-face as ever before. Join Otto and Cecil, two privileged brothers who cure their boredum by murdering their help. Tackling major societal themes like excessive wealth and class divides, this is Palahniuk...

One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant...

The gorgeous Chinese fantasy epic steams forth with a boy love romance at its core. Mo Ran continues to face his own ambitions and his fiery passion for his teacher.ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART BURN HOTTER.Chu Wanning has slumbered for five years since Mo Ran...

Perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom, From Blood and Ash and The Witcher, BLOOD & STEEL is an epic romantic fantasy with enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn spice, found family, and a sprawling world of magic and monsters.⁣ With her death foretold, Althea...

Lucan (M. Annaeus Lucanus, 39–65 CE), son of wealthy M. Annaeus Mela and nephew of Seneca, was born at Corduba (Cordova) in Spain and was brought as a baby to Rome. In 60 CE at a festival in Emperor Nero's honour Lucan praised him in a panegyric...

From the author who brought you A Thousand Boy Kisses comes the new emotional novel, A Wish For Us.A symphony of hope.A symphony of love.A symphony of them.Cromwell Dean is a rising star in the British music scene.Broody, talented and handsome, thousands...

A House Beautiful Best Design Book to Buy NowIn an increasingly cramped world, a modern guide to opening up your living space-and your life-using the ancient principles of feng shui.The practice of feng shui, centuries old and rooted in ancient...

Few bathing ponds are frequented by as many renowned writers as the Kenwood Ladies, by Hampstead Heath. This unashamedly indulgent collection of essays paints an idyllic picture of a little spot of pastoral paradise in the heart of the big city. A...

The multi-award-winning SF masterpiece from one of the greatest SF writers of all timeRama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the Solar System. A perfect cylinder some fifty kilometres long, spinning rapidly, racing through space, Rama is a...

The thirteenth novel in Émile Zola’s great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity’s capacity for compassion and hope.Etienne Lantier, an unemployed...

Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of...

A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery.   Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to...

Wisdom that transcends time. The long dead Roman emperor’s thoughts and fancies are still so relevant to your everyday ups and downs. Delivered in digestible bits, read one a day to set your mind right, or binge them all and let simmer over time.A...