Most Popular Books Published in October 2023

Sparks fly in this delightful novel about two burned out professionals who meet at a ramshackle resort on the British seaside—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher.“I devoured The...

Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our modern world. In The Greek Way, Edith Hamilton captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (New York Times) the spirit of the golden age of Greece in...

A portal fantasy retelling of Peter Pan, this is the kind of story that could tick a lot of your favorite boxes. Told in the Neverland you'll remember, you may never look at Peter (or Hook) the same.Never…is an awfully long time. Growing up,...

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com!Upon meeting up with Amane-san and his friends at a cosplay event, Marin and Wakana learn about a group cosplay shoot they’re putting together...

Komi has a smartphone, which should make getting to 100 friends easier, but she doesn’t know how to use it. The humorously angsty series marches on!The journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation.Socially anxious high school student...

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the...

Alain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compassion and wisdom.   “Alain de Botton, one of our era’s most uncommonly perceptive, lyrical, and lucid existential contemplatives.”...

In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the...

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...

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...

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...