Classic Fiction

A Geisel Award winner! In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox—the hilarious trickster character featured in previous Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger—learns to solve a problem in an unexpected way. Fox has a problem: His kite is stuck in a tree! But every clever plan creates even more problems for him—and for all his...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Five Children and It. When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother go digging in the gravel pit, the last thing they expect to find is a Psammead...

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! Step into the dark and enchanting world of the School for Good and Evil with this stunning companion book. Ever Never Handbook by Soman Chainani brings the New York...

Eloise has been delighting readers for more than sixty years—though she’s still not a day over six. Celebrate with a beautifully illustrated hardcover edition of the original classic storybook with gobs of bonus material! Eloise is a very special little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. She may not be pretty yet, but she’s definitely...

This 1949 Little Golden Book is reissued with pride to celebrate Richard Scarry's 100th birthday in 2019! This irresistible story about a duck who's afraid to swim—and his loyal friends who will do anything to help him get over his fear—is back in print in the Little Golden Book line! Originally published in 1949, it was one of Scarry's first...

This spine-tingling volume collects some of Robert Louis Stevenson’s stories first published in the late 19th century for a new generation of young readers—featuring a freshly reimagined cover! Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories introduces us to Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respectable man, sociable and well-liked. However, his friends, Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield, become concerned when Dr....

First published in 1897, Bram Stoker’s classic tale of a group of English friends tormented by a ruthless vampire returns in this eerie edition with a freshly reimagined cover! When Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, journeys to the Carpathian Mountains to meet with a new client, his perception of reality warps as he experiences a series of paranormal events...

The newest journal in the Do One Thing Every Day series is the perfect prompted journal for kids ages 6-10 to unplug, think critically, and get creative! With this journal, kids can embark on a journey of creative exploration. Daily prompts range from mindful check-ins and drawing exercises to questions based on quotes from their favourite books. The journal includes...

Learn the darkest secrets of the most infamous Disney villains! This gruesome grimoire collects the deepest secrets and darkest spells of dastardly Disney villains like Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, Ursula, Mother Gothel, and Prince Hans. Look behind doors and lift secret flaps to uncover the villains’ personal keepsakes and collectibles, including the incantation the Evil Queen summoned to poison Snow...

Celebrating the twentieth anniversary, this is the story of Mothball, one of the world's most famous wombats - and where it all began. She is small. She is scared. She is lost. She is a baby wombat who needs a home. She is Mothball, a wombat destined to become famous. This is the (almost) true story of one small wombat...

In this funny rhyming story, Clark the Shark is excited about his new pet, Lulu the dogfish. He can’t wait to teach Lulu tricks and feed her lots of treats. But Clark discovers there's more to having a pet than he thought! Young animal owners and ones hoping for a pet will enjoy this funny book about pets and caring...

It’s not easy coming to the city all alone when you’re a young country girl. It’s even harder when a strange discovery sends you right back in time to 1841! Carly Mills: A New World is about to learn how dangerous Sydney can be for a lonely colonial girl… and how hard it is to move in a corset. Mrs...

Inspired by the talent and passion Australian Test cricketing great Nathan Lyon has for the game, this is the story of an ordinary kid with an extraordinary gift. Nice one, Garry! Ten-year-old Garry Keenan is about to discover he has a special cricketing ability, which is a dream come true, right? Well, it is, except that sometimes being first rate...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this new resized edition of Black Beauty complete with a bold new cover. 'Do your best wherever it is, and keep up your good name.' Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with...

A powerful and uplifting story about loving friendship, even through the hardest of times. Bear and Rat are the best of friends who do everything together, but Rat wonders if Bear will always be there to hold her hand, no matter what happens ...

Learn how to tell the time with Marty McFly and Doc Brown in this interactive board book with fun surprises on every page. Great Scott! Marty McFly is always late. It’s almost like he doesn’t know how to tell time. Sometimes he’s in bed when he should be at school. Other times he’s back at school when he should be...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this epic edition of Around the World in Eighty Days. One night, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the world in just eighty days, and the very next...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation, including this charming edition of Anne of Windy Willows. Now a young woman and with her romance with Gilbert Blythe beginning to flourish, Anne Shirley becomes Principal of Summerside High School. But Summerside is...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Anne of the Island. As her childhood friends get married and move away, Anne too leaves Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport. Although Priscilla Grant and Gilbert...

An all-new illustrated edition of the beloved classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery, featuring adorable artwork by manga artist Maki Minami! When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan to help them tend their farm on Canada's Prince Edward Island, they are shocked when an eleven-year-old girl is sent to them instead: the affable Anne Shirley. Despite their initial...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation, including this charming edition of Anne of Avonlea. Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is...

A masterful novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite it, by the author of the acclaimed Harlem Detective series. Thrill-seeking white teenager Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. The penitentiary is a place where terror and chaos reign, where corrupt guards inflict casual and insidious violence, where men isolated from...

Lord Dunsany mixes reality with fantasy in this forgotten collection of modern detective stories. Some are macabre, others have a lighter and more amusing touch, but every story stimulates the imagination and reveals the acknowledged master of the short story at his very best. Smethers is a travelling salesman for Numnumo, who make a relish for meats and savouries. He...

Not all murder victims are mourned, but the perpetrator must always be punished... For Robert Church, superintendent of the Parramatta Female Factory, the most enjoyable part of his job is access to young convict women. Inmate Grace O'Leary has made it her mission to protect the women from his nocturnal visits, and when Church is murdered with an awl thrust...

Don’t miss SomeONE In THE Water, Sarah Clarke’s gripping new summer thriller, available to pre-order now. 'You won’t know who to trust’ – Adele Parks, Platinum ‘A fast-paced tale of revenge.’ – Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet ‘Suspenseful, claustrophobic.’ – Katy Brent, How to Kill Men and Get Away With It 'A tense and twisty thriller.' – Nikki Smith,...

Being the skipper of the cutter that carries all supplies and communications between Tasmania and Maria Island is a powerful position, and a deadly one. When a boatman is murdered on a remote island off Van Dieman's Land, the authorities want to blame a famous, and very inconvenient, political prisoner. But the victim's history of blackmail prompts Monsarrat to look...

The Essential Harlem Detectives is a one-volume selection of four scintillating stories from the legendary Harlem Detectives series. This blistering, ground-breaking satire of Harlem's criminal underworld is penned by master crime-writer Chester Himes. A friend and contemporary of Richard Wright and James Baldwin—and every bit their equal—Chester Himes was the acclaimed author of literary novels, stories, and essays. He is...

Two great novels featuring hard-boiled Californian detective Philip Marlowe. Raymond Chandler created the fast-talking, trouble-seeking Californian private eye Philip Marlowe for his first great novel, The Big Sleep, in 1939. Marlowe's entanglement with the Sternwood family—alongside an attendant cast of colourful underworld figures—forms the backdrop to a story reflecting all the tarnished glitter of the great American Dream. The hard-boiled...

A darkly comic thriller following a cynical LA gumshoe who makes the catastrophic mistake of helping a 14-year-old find her dog... Serendipity Dahlquist is a headstrong roller-blading teenager living in LA who has lost her dog. She asks private investigator Leo Bloodworth to help her find the missing pet. In what proves to have been a moment of madness, Bloodworth...

She’s written murder mysteries before, but can she solve this real-life cold case? Just as Jen sits down to start writing her next murder mystery novel, she stumbles across a chilling real-life case: a man who claims he’s been wrongly convicted for murder. Time is running out for Jaylon as he needs a kidney transplant to save his life, something...

Like a darker, grimier version of Mick Herron's Slough House novels, this is a highly promising debut. Mail on Sunday Mesmerising. The Financial Times A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This requires a police...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of my favourite detectives…it reminded me of some of the old Sherlock Holmes cases' November 1930 After accepting an invitation to attend the ballet in snowy Salzburg, Miss Atalanta Ashford is shocked when a convicted jewel thief is found dead in the concert hall where the theft occurred a decade ago. Did he return to the scene of...

SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Journalist John Bailey and CIA officer Ronnie Johnson join forces to outwit their most deadly adversary yet. Winner, 2024 Danger Awards, People's choice award Shortlisted, 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Fiction ‘Ayliffe is a master of the genre.’ Sulari Gentill STEALING SECRETS IS A DEADLY GAME Someone wants Russian millionaire Dmitry Lebedev...

SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth – and expose a deadly enemy. Winner, 2024 Danger Awards, People's choice awardShortlisted, 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Fiction AN OLD WAR HAS A NEW BATTLEGROUND Someone wants Russian millionaire Dmitry Lebedev dead. After years flying under the...

A Quiet Place, described as a thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' by The Sunday Times, unravels a mysterious and unsettling tale. While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the distressing news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Despite Eiko's known heart condition, which made her death somewhat expectable, the circumstances leave...

An endlessly ingenious battle across Japan between dogged detective Akechi Kogoro and the many-faced thief Gold Mask. A frenzied test of wits between ace detective Akechi Kogoro and the seemingly superhuman and fiendishly clever villain known only as Gold Mask, this is one of Edogawa Rampo's most enjoyable and witty novels. The anonymous fiend, lurking imperturbably behind his glittering mask,...

Game Without Rules features two secret agents living in the English countryside who try—and fail—to live a quiet life in these hugely enjoyable crime stories. Behrens and Calder are two secret agents residing in the peaceful English countryside, desperately seeking a quiet life. However, despite their best efforts, they find themselves repeatedly obliged to confront and eliminate a host of...

A beautifully written new crime thriller you won’t want to miss! In a quiet village, darkness is closing in… A rural paradise… Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life. And he finally seems to have his wish – spending his days immersed in nature, and his evenings lazing by the fire. A terrifying secret… But the...

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost, and the unknown. The latest volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of Bodies from the Library includes the usual eclectic mix of pre- and post-war stories by classic crime and thriller writers. Unearthed from ephemeral publications, newspapers, and magazines, some of these "lost"...

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost, and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of Bodies from the Library includes the usual eclectic mix of pre- and post-war stories by classic crime and thriller writers. Unearthed from ephemeral publications, newspapers, and magazines, some of these...

Classic crime fiction's 'Indiana Jones' Tony Medawar unearths more unpublished and uncollected stories from the Golden Age of suspense, including John Bude, John Dickson Carr, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Julian Symons. ‘Five books in, and the selection here might well be the strongest yet. This series continues to delight with the high standard of forgotten gems that Medawar uncovers, and...

This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand. Mystery stories have been around for centuries—there are whodunits, whydunits and howdunits, including locked-room puzzles, detective stories without detectives, and crimes with a limited choice of...

Sherlock Holmes is the most famous of all fictional detectives but, across the Atlantic, he had plenty of rivals. Between 1890 and 1920, American writers created dozens and dozens of crime-solvers. In this thrilling, unusual anthology, editor Nick Rennison gathers together 15 often neglected tales to highlight American crime fiction's early years. The detectives that feature include Professor Augustus SFX...

Chef Charlie Hunter finds backstabbing among the online celebrities living in her little Chilterns village turning to murder, in the third of the Old Forge Café Mystery series. 'An irresistibly delicious mix of cooking and murder' - Tricia Ashley 'An excellent addition to this series' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Real reader review 'Very smart cosy mystery with a female restaurateur as the...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! An escape to Tuscany An unexpected invitation A murder at midnight… When novice detective Atalanta Ashford is whisked away to Italy by her friend, race car driver Raoul Lemont, she anticipates a happy holiday under the...

Keep the last words of your favourite Shakespearean heroes and heroines close to your heart with this delightful tiny book and pin set. Shakespeare gave every character on his stage a send-off to be remembered. This tiny book collects the best final quips, dying words, and exit lines from Shakespeare’s spectacular oeuvre. Paired with an enamel pin, this set is...

The harsh realities of the Great War prompt a reappraisal of values for Dominic Langton in this devastating conclusion to Martin Boyd's series. We rejoin Dominic as he journeys back to war, re-enlisting at the start of World War I. Leaving his wife in Australia to tend to their sheep farm, he heads back to England and reconnects with an...

In this number-crunching thriller, there's something rotten going on in state politics and an unlikely spreadsheet-wielding hero will need to step up to uncover the truth and protect the disadvantaged - but at what cost? Frances, a public servant, is struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her colleague Eric, and the death of her brother. Asked to...

A beautiful boxed set of four of Thomas Hardy's greatest works Set in Hardy's fictional realm of Wessex, these four charming novels have been brought together in a stunning clothbound set, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the moving and poetic story of Tess of the D'Urbervilles to the intensely dramatic tale of The Mayor of Casterbridge, this collection...

In the late afternoon of a day in February, the hottest of Australian summer months, when a brutal sun stood bronze above the river flats which you may see from the dormitory windows of Chatterton, Charles came to the school with his mother, walking from the railway station to the gates by a private path across a burnt, untidy field,...

A portrait of a family coping with changes wrought by the new twentieth century - the most popular of Woolf's books during her lifetime. Discover the most popular of Woolf's books during her lifetime - a powerful portrait of a family coping with changes wrought by the new twentieth century. The Years follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large...

For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, the most gifted of the Elves, and within...

A retelling of one of literature's great novels, Oliver Twist, from the point of view of Nancy, one of the most sympathetic, most maligned, and most tragic of Dickens's characters. For readers of The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks. Nancy has spent her whole life on the vibrant and gritty streets of Victorian London, first as one of...

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a beloved Gothic masterpiece of supernatural terror and a #booktok sensation, is now available in an exquisite hardcover edition. Featuring a foiled cover and distinctive interior design elements, it's an ideal gift for literature lovers, fans of gothic horror and allegorical literature,...

One of the great observers of Australian life, Henry Lawson has become part of our national psyche, and his short stories and verse have come to affect how we view our own country. Yet at his best, Lawson transcends even the very bush, the very outback, the very up-country, the very pub or selector's hut he conveys. The Penguin Henry...

The Vinland Viking Saga: Book 3 Anja has just settled into a new life on the silver shores of Vinland with her beloved, Bjorn. But then a local warrior bursts onto the scene seeking revenge, swearing to spill Viking blood. And so Bjorn must risk everything to save the woman he loves before she steps into the darkness and sets...

A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated literary detective. The truth was, Maigret knew nothing! Maigret felt. Maigret was sure he was right, would have bet his life on it. But in vain he'd turned the problem over a hundred times in his head, in vain he'd had every taxi driver in Paris questioned....

An opera house is a strange place... It's like working in a tinder box. When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one-time world-famous Heldentenor, has been poisoned....

Are all aspiring stand-up comics as tragic as Baby Reindeer? If William is anything to go by, the answer is possibly ‘yes’. Nostalgic, razor-sharp, and deliciously peculiar, this is a weird but wonderful comedy of manners by the award-winning author of The Tap Dancer. William is a lonely young man on the loose in the late 1960s. A disastrous appearance...

These accomplished, gothic-infused stories impress in terms of their range and unexpected twists - this is an exceptional debut collection that includes the title novella, The Gorgon Flower. A young woman is haunted by the disappearance of her grandmother, a brilliant mathematician whose research uncovered the basis for parallel universes. A botanist travels across the seas in search of an...

Rajkumar is only another boy, helping on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace, when the British force the Burmese King, Queen, and all the Court into exile! He is rescued by a farsighted Chinese merchant, and with him, builds up a logging business in upper Burma. Haunted by his vision of the Royal Family, he...

A history of the Malay Peninsula and the islands of the Archipelago. The Genealogy of Kings (Malay- Sulalat al-Salatin or Sejarah Melayu) is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution, and demise of the great Malay maritime empire, the Malacca Sultanate. The work, which was composed sometime between the 15th and 16th centuries, is considered...

"He had never got within measurable distance of what he called life, at all...deep down in him, he knew, was an enormous residue of vitality...It was like a buried treasure, jealously kept for the event of his one day catching up with life: not the bare scramble for a living that here went by that name, but Life with a...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him. Cats have long been considered creatures of mystery and magic. Worshipped as deities in some cultures, feared as harbingers of bad fortune in others, it's little...

Get ready for a wild ride through the Summer of Love with Dave Warner's newest crime novel, Summer of Blood. Two Australian police officers travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1967 in search of a missing young man, only to find themselves fully immersed in the world of music, free love, drugs, and hippie counterculture....

Such Is Life details the splendidly farcical and tragic reminiscences of philosopher and rogue Tom Collins, and is widely recognised as a defining work of Australian literature, taking its title from what were supposedly the outlaw Ned Kelly's dying words. As Tom drives his team across the plains of the Riverina and Northern Victoria, he gets wildly entangled in the...

The literary masterpieces of the three Brontë sisters in one volume: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This handsome leather-bound edition includes the most acclaimed novels of each of the Brontë sisters: Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Originally published under male pseudonyms in the 1840s, these three novels...

The story of a young modern Siamese girl and her quest for true love. Prisna Volume 1 and Volume 2 take place in 1938 in Phra Nakhon, Thailand, during a time when men and women were not equals. Marriage for women meant security, not love. Prisna is the youngest daughter among four girls and was the only one raised in...

The story of a young modern Siamese girl and her quest for true love. Prisna Vol 1 and Volume 2 take place in 1938 in Phra Nakhon, Thailand, during a time when men and women were not equals. Marriage for women meant security, not love. Prisna is the youngest daughter among four girls and was the only one raised in...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Oliver Twist. After Oliver Twist asks the nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the...

Jane Austen's Fashion Bible is a joyous celebration of the visual world created by the beloved Regency author. A stunning gift edition from Macmillan Collector's Library, Jane Austen's Fashion Bible features extracts from Jane Austen's novels and juvenilia, and focuses on the iconic styles and social settings of the era. Each excerpt is accompanied by a beautiful corresponding colour fashion...

From the award-winning translators Pevear and Volokhonsky, the complete prose of the most acclaimed writer of the Romantic era, one of the world's greatest storytellers. The archetypal Romantic, killed in a duel in 1837 at the age of 37, Alexander Pushkin was effectively the founder of modern Russian literature. Though famous as a poet, he was equally at home in...

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures! Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she has a tea-party, looks after a baby hedgehog, and helps to thatch a roof - whatever Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around....

Maurice Guest, Henry Handel Richardson's debut novel published in London in 1908, is set amidst the vibrant music scene of turn-of-the-century Leipzig, a cosmopolitan centre for the arts attracting students from across the globe. Among them is Maurice Guest, a young Englishman who becomes hopelessly enamoured with an Australian woman, Louise Dufrayer. This story chronicles the intensity of his overwhelming...

Charming, intelligent and forthright, the remarkable Madame Midas makes her fortune on the goldfields of Ballarat—and becomes the target of the villainous ex-convict Gaston Vandeloup, a charismatic Frenchman who soon makes himself indispensable to her mining operations. A companion piece to The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Fergus Hume's second novel is both a tightly plotted murder mystery and an...

Luha ng Buwaya is a novel that explores how the interlocking elements of a corrupt political system can be challenged by a people with eyes wide open. The story is set in the town of Sampilong, which is dominated by the conjugal dictatorship of Donya Leona and Don Severo Grande. They control the wealth and power in the town, manipulating...

The heartwarming classic is now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic fiction lovers, readers in high-school or college literature courses, and fans of annual reading challenges and "Required Reading" lists. The Little Women softcover edition: Presents Louisa May Alcott's beloved coming-of-age novel of the four March...

Previously unpublished stories by the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin. In September 1925, Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police. Not yet a bestselling author, Fallada had repeatedly embezzled funds to finance his alcohol and morphine addictions. Desperate to escape his demons, he sought a prison cell. Now court documents from Fallada's imprisonment have recently been rediscovered, and...

Shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award, Jasper Cliff is an outback gothic thriller set in a small town where people have a habit of disappearing. When Toby Bowman vanishes, his little brother Lachlan retraces a road trip to the last place Toby phoned from — a remote northern town called Jasper Cliff. There, Lachlan finds himself marooned at the dying...