FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF The Dutch House AND Tom Lake 'One of the most beloved authors of her generation'Sunday Times When Daphne notices an older gentleman following her around the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she doesn’t expect it to be Eddie – her former stepfather. Married to her mother for a short time when...

🍃 'THE BOOK OF THE SUMMER' Mick Herron 🍃FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NORTH WOODS'LYRICAL and JOYFUL' Sarah Jessica Parker'Told with WARMTH and WIT, Mason's prose shimmers in this immersive ode to stories, to the land, and its people' Lucy Steeds, author of The Artist'A CHARMING, FUNNY, EXHILARATING Vermont adventure' Clare Fuller, author of Swimming LessonsMiles Krzelewski is a devoted...

84 Charing Cross Road meets A Man Called Ove in this Radio 2 Book Club pick—a heartwarming, witty story about the life of an extraordinary woman, told through her letters. In her letters to family and friends, we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp—stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written...

Inspired by the mapping of Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, Land, the new novel from the author of Hamnet, is at once intimate and epic: a portrait of a family navigating a legacy of upheaval and loss with love and hope. On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great...

Internationally bestselling and prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's new novel tells the story of a chance incident in a man's life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, and free will in a capsizing world. Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a...

A BOLD AND BITING SATIRE. WILL HAVE YOU GASPING TO THE FINAL PAGE — Nita Prose WICKEDLY FUNNY, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE — Abigail Dean INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE — Ashley Audrain SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR AND LACED WITH DARKNESS — Clare Mackintosh The Stepford Wives meets The Handmaid's Tale — Hannah Deitch My name was Natalie Heller...

‘What sets Valeria Luiselli’s new novel apart is its clarity, its immediacy, its vividness’ COLM TÓIBÍN ‘Inventive, brilliant, playful … dazzles on every page’ KATIE KITAMURA From the award-winning author of Lost Children Archive, Valeria Luiselli, comes a wondrous, tender and expansive new novel about family, memory and time. A mother and a daughter take off on a road trip...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings 1980s New York to vivid, unforgettable life. 1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real estate development and a Wall Street unchained by Reagan-era predatory capitalism. Up in Harlem, successful...

Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden. After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson is left with nothing to his name, except for a potato field and a homemade still to make liquor. But Algot is smart, ambitious and resourceful, and it’s not long...

Irresistible, all-consuming and decades-spanning, this is the love story of theyear, told from the perspective of everyone but the main characters. Clara and Seb are about to fall in love.They don't know it yet.But everybody else does. When Clara and Seb meet in a quiet corner of London, it's the start of something. Shewants to be a director. He's an...

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Tóibín'To read John of John is to move to...

Wedding bells chime in this thrilling addition to The Housemaid series – a short story from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden… This edition features exclusive content from Freida McFadden’s upcoming, not yet announced hardcover release! Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life. I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few...

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial...

On a bright summer night in 1990s Connecticut, fourteen-year-old Emily Vidal stands on her parents' lawn, watching the adults arrive. Her mother is hosting a lavish birthday party for her father, even though he is about to leave her for another woman. Adrift between her feuding parents and eccentric neighbours, Emily is closer than she knows to the choices and...

This is not a romance, but it is about love - and set in a cute coffee shop! One crescent moon, an azure cat takes over the running of the Full Moon Coffee Shop. The evening's first customer is an ageing mother living alone in a crumbling cottage perched on a sea cliff. Fujiko hasn't seen her only daughter, a...

One of the greatest storytellers of our time - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing Annie Colwater's only child has just left home for school in England. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he's in love with a younger woman. Left alone in the beautiful California house which was once a home, Annie...

When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur, his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in...

The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese café that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo café, you're offered something irresistible—not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love... In Before I Knew...

The highly anticipated new novel from the author of the word-of-mouth hit Talking at Night—a love triangle story you'll never forget. One bright blue day in February, Nora's partner Robin proposes unexpectedly. They'd always agreed that they didn't need a wedding. But after a happy decade together, Nora says yes. Why wouldn't she? The answer lands on the night of...

From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes the second book in the devilishly steamy Seasons of Carnage trilogy where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense - and where love is ripe for ruin 🌊🌹🔪💋 It's time to reap what you sow. Cape Carnage is blooming with secrets, and they're ready to harvest. But every time Nolan...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Elsie Silver comes a small-town, forbidden, rivals-to-lovers romance, the first book in the brand-new Western romance series Emerald Lake. Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He’s looking for a paycheck to save his family’s farm from bankruptcy. So, when he agrees to be the leading man on a hot...

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO METAL SLINGER, AKA THE BOOK WITH THE PLOT TWIST THAT BROKE THE INTERNET Sail the seas. Master the blade. Protect your heart. What would you do to have it all? READERS ARE GOING WILD FOR *METAL SLINGER* ‘The BEST plot twist to ever grace my Kindle’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The author is a mastermind. Romantasy is back!!!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐...

Charlie deletes other people's worst moments for a living; ironic, considering she's been trying to forget her own for years. When her consciousness starts spontaneously ejecting from her body, Charlie becomes the first known case of a bizarre new phenomenon - and the unwilling centre of a global crisis. And an immortal sheep might be the key to everything. As...

The latest deliciously dark novel from bestselling author, Liz Nugent. If my sister hadn't been beautiful, none of it would have happened. Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family's world to implode. Across decades, the...

Jane Harper's Force of Nature meets the wild and atmospheric setting of The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah in this twisty, stay-up-all-night thriller about family, love, and loyalty, and the fight for survival in the most beautiful but dangerous New Zealand wilderness. On the remote West Coast of the South Island, vast forests stretch out between mountain ranges and rugged...

A powerful literary debut from an astonishing new Kiwi voice, focusing on the Indo-Fijian indenture system and how it affected generations across the Pacific.Rajasthan 1888: Avani Rathod, a nomad of the Banjara community, is summoned to teach a blue-eyed colonial officer the trees of her region, but instead is misled into indenture to the sugarcane plantations of Fiji. While on...

The latest novel from Charlotte Grimshaw, best-selling author of The Mirror Book. A woman haunted by family denial, secrets and a shadowy figure . . . While her brother Cedric spirals into addiction, Alice Lidell finds herself confronted not only by his decline, but by memories of the past. From their chaotic Auckland childhood to her present day life, Alice...

An always hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking new novel from the publishers of Marian Keyes and Dolly Alderton. Seed is raw, hilarious and so lifelike I kept forgetting I wasn't reading about real people. I felt every frustration, every high and every low as if these women were my friends. A heartfelt, funny, unforgettable read. I loved it. - Rachael Johns Four...

Rita considered the dead. Shut her eyes. Rolled their names around her brain. Stacked each person in order like folded laundry, warm and crisp from the sun. She wondered how her name would sound amongst them. In the rural reaches of Auckland, the women of the eclectic Gordon family gather for Christmas. They may push each other's buttons, but know...

With an expert eye for light and shadow, Shapiro traces the contours of sorrow, regret, and the luminous moments of bliss we hold close. Poignant, redemptive, electrifying. - Catherine Chidgey After the death of their young daughter, Penny Whittaker and Adam Riggs are struggling. Penny's lifelong dream of becoming a successful artist has stalled, and Riggs, battling an addiction to...

1942 in Wellington, and the war has never felt closer. Lorna's older brothers are overseas fighting for their lives, and as the war in the Pacific rages on, 20,000 American troops are sent to keep New Zealand safe. Few are happy about it—the locals want their own boys back, and the Americans find their post at the end of the...

See How They Fall by Rachel Paris is a gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The novel masterfully weaves together suspense, intrigue, and unexpected twists, creating a story that is impossible to put down. In the quiet town of Ashford, secrets begin to unravel when a mysterious stranger arrives. With each turn of the...

When Grace inherits her late father's beloved restaurant in Maiden's Cove, it feels like a lifeline. Escaping her controlling husband, she returns to her enchanting childhood hometown with her young daughter. In the magical surrounds of Maiden's Cove, where rumours of mermaids abound, Grace reconnects with her best friend Isla. Grace and Isla were inseparable until the summer that tore...

If you and I are in the same ='entertainment venue' for this ='stand-up comedy special' and I am ='my body' and you are ='my audience' I run to you and shout your name into the dark, in the hope you are there. Yes, you='dear reader'='attentive listener'. This is a story about the end days of a tech company and its...

A ghost moves into a woman's apartment and begins to cough up teeth. A town keeps building as the sea prepares to take it back. A daughter inherits hunger like an heirloom. In this collection of short stories set along a shifting coastline, the boundaries between body and memory, human and nonhuman, landscape and ocean begin to slip and strain....

As a rumour spreads about a teacher sleeping with a student, a group of teenage girls are jolted into new awareness of their own vertiginous sexuality. Ripples move outward in unexpected directions: the saxophone teacher directs the girls in rehearsing their desires, and the local drama school adapts the scandal for a show. Every action is a performance, and every...

A child disappears in broad daylight—and no one sees a thing. Three-year-old Oliver, known as Apple Man, vanishes from a remote car park while his young father, Scott, carries fishing gear down to the beach. When he returns, the car is empty. His son has vanished without a trace. Apple Man's mother, Fae, gets the call that shatters her life....

Tim Corballis’s first novel since Our Future Is in the Air  (2017), NOVA is an inventive, genre-defying, funny novel that imagines a future in which people and their worlds talk to each other.Set on NOVA, a self-contained world launched into deep time, the story unfolds through conversations between Kalla, a former councillor uneasy with consensus and ceremony, and System, the voice of all NOVA’s...

'We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.' The separating seas in these fourteen beautiful and thought-provoking stories are variously wide, wild and deadly. They segregate islands that are both physical and metaphorical, and isolate the disparate characters that inhabit them. And yet, beneath the surface of each uniquely individual tale lies...

A melting glacier gives up its secrets, a man is murdered in his ritzy beachside home, and the Christchurch detectives get to work. Two mysteries, two separate investigations... or are they? A handful of Christchurch rich listers start eyeing their assets and shaking in their Jimmy Choos, but the police are cold on the trail until once again Detective Jack...

It’s the 1990s, and Paper Husbands are finally making headway – they’ve got a song on high rotation on student radio and have been given the opportunity of a lifetime to open for UK legends, Shimmer. The disappearance of frontman Pete shatters those plans, leaving the rest of the band to lead decidedly non-rock ’n’ roll lives in the years...

A year after a brutal shootout left her lover dead, ex-police sergeant Honey Chalmers is a hot mess, drinking too much and eating too little, working casual gigs for a shady firm of private investigators — while holding conversations with a ghost. A desperate father asks her to investigate his missing son — a double-murder suspect last seen during the...

Nate, a grieving widower, is determined to honour his late wife and find a way to have the child they were desperate to raise together. After various attempts to identify a suitable surrogate come to nothing, Nate is compelled to try something radical.He travels to London to take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. As things progress, he becomes caught...

One busy afternoon in her studio, Auckland fashion designer Deirdre Smythe receives a phone call from the police. The remains of a mountaineer, killed 30 years earlier in a fall on Mount Tasman, have been discovered on a glacier in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. The body could be that of a ski-mountaineering instructor who was Dee’s one-time lover. While coping...

Enter the realm of the Astromancer... In this award-winning illustrated series for younger fans of Percy Jackson, Māori myths and monsters come to life! Join the Astromancer and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and meet Ruapakanga and his albatross warriors! 'An epic fantasy quest' - Magpies 'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood'...

Malachite is the start of a dark academia romantasy series that gives you enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn, elemental powers, forced proximity, found family and the perfect amount of spice...     Malachite. Opal. Agate.   Three stones, three powers, three magical units.   Choose your unit ... and hope that it chooses you back.     Arianell Nocthare has been waiting her...

A new novel from the best-selling author of The Space Between. Two worlds, two women, one story . . . In 1793, eighteen-year-old Catherine is sentenced to transportation on the Tempest, a convict ship bound for New South Wales. Trapped below deck with scores of women, she endures storms, brutality and loss, while dreaming of freedom on the shores of...

Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives. When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we'd made a terrible mistake. The one thing they didn't warn us about was the murders . . . The Bookshop Detectives are on the case! In this rollicking new adventure, Garth and Eloise (and Stevie) must sniff out a prolific...

Jack Reacher, \"the coolest continuing series character\" (Stephen King), returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child. The world’s bestselling hero is back in a brand new, high-octane adventure! ‘She knew that finding Reacher would not be easy . . .’ Washington DC. General Susan Turner needs help from the only guy she knows will get...

Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in 2025 with his 30th adventure - a brand new, pulse-pounding read from global No.1 bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child. 'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' DAILY MIRROR THE 2025 JACK REACHER THRILLER Jack Reacher will make...

Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child. Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had got there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn...

From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. On Monday, September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, "Should I continue?" "Yes," she said. "I like it." From global bestseller and creator of Jack...

The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one...

You do not mess with Reacher, in Lee Child's irresistible number one bestseller. You do not mess with Jack Reacher. He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his anonymity and solitude. So when a member of his old Army unit finds a way to contact him, he knows this has to be...

The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one...

Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in 2025 with his 30th adventure—a brand new, pulse-pounding read from global No.1 bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child. 'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' —Daily Mirror THE 2025 JACK REACHER THRILLER Jack Reacher will make three stops...

The very first book by number one bestseller Lee Child, which introduces his iconic hero Jack Reacher. 'This was the first Jack Reacher novel and with its lean, spare prose it has one of the most intriguing heroes of our times and displays a gift for explosive drama.' Daily Express Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles...

Jack Reacher is back - facing his most implacable enemy yet. Coming soon to Amazon Prime Video. "You'll be left with a thumping heart and a racing pulse but, be warned, Chapter 63 will give you nightmares." (Evening Standard) Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. There are twelve things to look for....

The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child offers a thrilling continuation of the much-loved Jack Reacher series, promising a high-octane narrative that grips from the very first page. Set in the gritty backdrop of Chicago in 1992, the story ignites with a mysterious incident in a hospital. A patient wakes to find two enigmatic strangers at his bedside. They...

Echo Burning, another heart-stopping page-turner from the number one bestseller Lee Child, features the enigmatic and relentless Jack Reacher. Amidst the hellish heat of a Texas summer, Reacher finds himself adrift and in search of a ride through the vast, empty landscape. Fate intervenes when a young, rich, and beautiful woman named Carmen stops to offer him a lift. Carmen...

Blue Moon by Lee Child delivers yet another adrenaline-pumping thriller featuring the unbeatable Jack Reacher. In this riveting instalment, Reacher finds himself in a city without a name, where chaos reigns supreme, and two rival criminal gangs vie for dominance. Simply passing through, Reacher quickly realises that some random encounters can have fateful consequences. His keenly trained instincts kick in...

From the mind of the world's number one bestseller, Lee Child, comes The Visitor, a chilling and addictive thriller that plunges Major Jack Reacher into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a serial killer. With his unparalleled skill set and undying sense of justice, Reacher faces one of his most unsettling challenges yet. Two female army officers, once...

A masterpiece of suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! “The truth about Reacher gets better and better.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, eyes on the road. Another man next to him, telling stories...

The Hero by Lee Child is an engaging exploration into the enduring mythos of heroes that span cultures and eras. In his first non-fiction work, Child ventures beyond the fictional realms of his iconic Jack Reacher series to delve into what makes a hero. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, heroes have always...

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ... In Match Up, an unparalleled anthology brought to life by the most celebrated crime writers of our time, Lee Child's iconic Jack Reacher partners with Kathy Reichs' meticulous forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan, to catch a cunning killer who operates under the radar. Val McDermid’s brilliant profiler, Tony Hill, and his steadfast ally, DCI Carol...

Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child showcases Jack Reacher in a new, intense adventure that fans of high-octane thrillers won't want to miss. Reacher is traversing a desolate Arizona road when he stumbles upon an eerily abandoned Jeep, the only vehicle for miles, ominously crashed into a solitary tree. Under the unforgiving desert sun, the scene is...

The dynamic second thriller from the number one bestselling author of Killing Floor, Lee Child, Die Trying promises a rollercoaster of suspense, action, and intrigue as former military policeman Jack Reacher once again finds himself in the heart of unexpected trouble. Jack Reacher, a loner wandering through life, is strolling nowhere in particular when he finds himself on a Chicago...

Jack Reacher, the quintessential action hero and former military policeman, is back in another chilling and deadly adventure in The Midnight Line by Lee Child. This gripping narrative follows Reacher as he wanders through a small town in rural America. During a chance encounter in a pawn shop window, he spots something that sets him on a new mission: a...

In The Hard Way, author Lee Child delivers another electrifying thriller featuring the indomitable Jack Reacher. This time, Reacher finds himself plunged into a dangerous game of cat and mouse that takes him from the bustling streets of New York City to the quiet, rolling landscapes of the English countryside. The enigma begins when Reacher witnesses a man nonchalantly crossing...

From the world's number one bestseller comes The Affair, a gripping Reacher thriller that marked a pivotal moment in Jack Reacher's storied career. It is March 1997, and a brutal crime has taken place in a small Mississippi town: a woman has her throat cut behind a bar. The town is located near a large army base, raising immediate questions—could...

In Personal, Jack Reacher, the iconic loner and former military policeman, embarks on a gripping new adventure that spans continents and delivers thrilling action at every turn. Returning to Lee Child's number-one bestselling series, this novel takes Reacher from the bustling streets of Paris to the historic heart of London, as he races to prevent a global catastrophe. When a...

In Gone Tomorrow, the 13th novel in Lee Child's thrilling Jack Reacher series, Reacher finds himself pitted against an implacable enemy in the heart of New York City. As a former Military Police Major, Jack Reacher is trained to notice things others miss and to act decisively in critical situations. This expertise is put to the ultimate test when he...

From master storyteller Stephen King comes a thrilling new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters. When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents...

Soon to be a major motion picture coming September 2025 In this powerful novel from master storyteller Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, the tale of the contestants of a gruelling walking competition is unveiled, where there can only be one winner—the one that survives. In a dystopian near-future, America has fallen on hard times. Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about...

The Shining by Stephen King is a spine-chilling masterpiece that delves into the horrifying and supernatural. The story revolves around the Torrance family: Jack, Wendy, and their five-year-old son, Danny, who possesses an extraordinary psychic ability, referred to by the hotel's cook, Mr Hallorann, as "shining". This gift allows Danny to see the horrific past and foreboding future of the...

WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF HAPPILY EVER AFTER Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed...

Stephen King's The Life of Chuck is a 'phenomenal' (USA Today) tale of life and legacy - and now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan out in the UK from August 2025. Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition in June. Originally featured in the...

The Bachman Books is a compelling collection authored by Richard Bachman, a pseudonym for the world-renowned writer Stephen King. This volume brings together three gripping novellas that delve into dystopian futures, human resilience, and chilling socio-political commentaries, showcasing King's masterful storytelling ability. The Long Walk envisions an ultra-conservative America, where an annual event known as "The Long Walk" is the...

Misery by Stephen King is a gripping psychological thriller that pulls the reader into a world of fear, obsession, and survival. Renowned author Paul Sheldon has enjoyed great success with his popular romance series, featuring the beloved character Misery Chastain. After deciding to finally end the series and pursue more serious literary ambitions, he pens what he believes to be...

Pet Sematary by Stephen King is a haunting tale that explores the darkest corners of grief, family, and the boundaries of life and death. When Dr Louis Creed and his family move to the quaint town of Ludlow, Maine, they believe they have found an idyllic new beginning. The house is rambling and old, offering comfort and a sense of...

In The Stand by Stephen King, humanity is brought to its knees by an unstoppable plague, an influenza strain known as "Captain Trips," which devastates the globe, wiping out nearly the entire population. As civilisation collapses, survivors are haunted by vivid dreams that pull them towards two opposing figures: the benevolent, elderly Mother Abagail and the sinister Randall Flagg, the...

It's not just a game when you're running for your life. Every night they tuned in to the nation's favourite prime-time TV game show. They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich. They all watched the ultimate live death game as the contestants tried to beat not the clock, but annihilation at the hands...

Carrie, Stephen King's electrifying debut novel, delves deep into the harrowing high school experience of Carrie White, an outcast teenager who discovers she holds a terrifying and powerful gift. This compelling narrative of despair and revenge established King as a master of horror and continues to grip readers with its intense and vividly depicted storyline. At the core of Carrie...

'Turn off the television – in fact, why don't you turn off all the lights except for the one over your favourite chair – and we'll talk about vampires here in the dim. I think I can make you believe in them.' Salem's Lot is a small, seemingly tranquil town in New England, home to the usual assortment of gossips,...

The Institute by Stephen King is a gripping and thrilling story of a group of extraordinary children fighting against an ominous and malevolent institution. Nestled deep in the dense forests of Maine lies a clandestine government facility known simply as the Institute, where children with exceptional abilities like telekinesis and telepathy are held captive. They are subjected to relentless scientific...

The eagerly awaited paperback edition of the No. 1 bestseller featuring a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider, and three additional irresistible novellas. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of...

Now a major HBO and Sky Atlantic limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn. The Outsider by Stephen King is a masterfully crafted thriller that delves into the darkest corners of human nature and the supernatural. The story begins with a chilling discovery: the mutilated body of an eleven-year-old boy is found in a town park. All evidence — including fingerprints and...

The Green Mile takes readers on a hauntingly atmospheric journey into the depths of Cold Mountain Penitentiary, an oppressive place where hope is scarce and despair is omnipresent. Set in 1932, this poignant narrative centres around the lives of the guards and inmates on E Block, the death row where those doomed to walk "the Green Mile" face their inevitable...

Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his...

'A dazzlingly shapeshifting novel... equally good at action scenes and in-depth psychology' The Sunday Times 'A thriller with a surprisingly heartfelt and redemptive ending, Billy Summers is a compelling and engrossing read' Sunday Express From legendary storyteller and No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, whose 'restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained' (The New York Times Book Review), comes...

The first standalone novel in Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch)—and the basis of Mr Mercedes, an AT&T Audience Original Series starring Brendon Gleeson. Described as 'the best thriller of the year' by Sunday Express, the No. 1 bestseller introduces retired cop Bill Hodges in a race against time to apprehend a killer. Mr...

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King is an enthralling battle between good and evil, continuing the haunting saga for the millions of devoted readers of The Shining. This gripping narrative also stands on its own, welcoming newcomers to Stephen King's extraordinary world. The story centres on Dan Torrance, the once-young boy from The Shining, now a middle-aged man still haunted by...

A beautiful hardback classic edition of King's first published novel, CARRIE, produced for the fiftieth anniversary, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie—the first step towards social acceptance by her high...

A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night. As you read, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round from behind to clutch and lock themselves, white-knuckled, around the throat. This is the horror of ordinary people...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the film classic Stand by Me - is now available as a stand-alone publication. We'd all listened to the Ray Brower story . . . he was a kid...

ONE BESTSELLING BOOK, TWO MAJOR MOTION PICTURES: the blockbusting film of It (2017) will be followed by IT CHAPTER TWO in 2019! Welcome to Derry, Maine. At first glance, this quaint town is just like any other: familiar, well-ordered, and seemingly a pleasant place to raise a family. But beneath the surface lies an ancient, shape-shifting horror that has haunted...

Set against the backdrop of the fertile Salinas Valley in California, East of Eden is a profound and compelling novel by John Steinbeck, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. This masterful narrative charts the intertwining destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—across multiple generations. Steinbeck's intricate portrayal of human nature and enduring exploration of moral themes...

46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?

When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov....

A collectible new Penguin Classics series offers beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets. In 1855, Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass. The volume received great praise from leading Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This encouragement led to what would become a lifelong project, as Whitman expanded and rewrote the volume until his death...

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As Heathcliff's bitterness...

A new translation of Dostoyevsky's great novel of suffering and sickness. Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with "a truly beautiful soul" and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society. The novel begins when the innocent epileptic Prince Myshkin...

Beautiful new clothbound edition of Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure, and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There, he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but...

A guaranteed best-seller - a brilliant new edition of one of Penguin's top-ten classics - more than 35k of the Black Classic edition sold every year. Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, where she endures loneliness and cruelty, and at a charity school with a harsh regime. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence...

The acclaimed new translation of Tolstoy's masterpiece, for the first time in Black Classics after the successful hardback and Red Classics editions—10,000+ hardbacks and, by the time of Black Classics, 20,000+ of Red Classics sold. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's...

The definitive version of Jane Austen's timeless novel of love's triumph over adversity. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane,...

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a profound journey into the mind of one of the most revered Roman Emperors. This introspective collection, written in Greek, was never intended for publication and serves as a private journal where Aurelius explores the depths of his philosophical reflections. As a ruler of a vast empire, he faced immense challenges and responsibilities, and these...

46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Launched in 2015, the extraordinarily successful Little Black Classics series has now sold nearly 1 million copies in the UK alone and over 2 million worldwide, making their way into retailers such as Tesco and the series' most popular book. This...

A powerful and essential tale of female freedom This internationally acclaimed masterpiece by one of Iran's most important and influential writers traces the interwoven destinies of five women - including a wealthy middle-aged housewife, a sex worker and a schoolteacher - as they arrive by different paths to live together in an abundant garden on the outskirts of Tehran. Drawing...

In Letters from a Stoic, Lucius Annaeus Seneca imparts timeless wisdom through a series of epistles addressed to his friend Lucilius. The letters encompass a myriad of topics centred around the moral and ethical underpinnings of Stoic philosophy. Each letter is a profound reflection on life, offering practical advice on how to live virtuously, manage one's emotions, and achieve peace...

A 75th anniversary edition of Steinbeck's undisputed masterpiece, a panoramic vision of the betrayal of the American dream. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from...

Madonna in a Fur Coat, the international bestselling tale of love and loss in 1920s Berlin, is now available as a Penguin Classics paperback. "The pain of losing something precious can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache." A shy young man leaves his home...

In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. Yet, by placing a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his...

A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald, author of Offshore, in Penguin Modern Classics. A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is...

46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.

A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor—these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new...

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a profound philosophical work that transcends time and remains incredibly relevant today. Comprising the innermost thoughts and reflections of Aurelius, who was Emperor of Rome from AD 161 to 180, this book provides timeless wisdom and guidance. Rather than a narrative-driven plot, it consists of personal notes kept by Aurelius, intended as a source of...

The Odyssey by Homer is a monumental epic that has enthralled readers for centuries with its rich tapestry of adventure and human struggle. It chronicles the perilous journey of Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, as he strives to return home after the fall of Troy. During this ten-year odyssey, Odysseus confronts myriad dangers, both natural and supernatural, that test...

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is a seminal examination of the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century. Through a profound and thorough analysis, Arendt explores the complex mechanisms and underpinnings that facilitated the emergence of totalitarian regimes, specifically delving into the horrors of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Soviet Union. Arendt masterfully dissects the various elements that contribute...

Dark Days by James Baldwin is a powerful collection of essays that vividly reflects on Baldwin's own experiences of racial prejudice and systemic injustice in mid-20th century America. As a seminal voice in the civil rights movement, Baldwin unflinchingly explores the deeply entrenched racism that pervades society and envisions a more equitable and hopeful world. Through these searing essays, Baldwin...