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Parenting teens is not for the faint of heart but Madeline, Jane and Celeste have been through worse. It's been a decade since the school trivia night that changed their lives forever and now they're living blissfully ordinary suburban lives. But when an anonymous grisly package arrives at the local high school, and a man in a green Volvo is...

TAIPEI STORY is the electrifying new novel by bestselling literary phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang, a profoundly moving coming-of-age story that explores first love, second language and final goodbyes – all set against the backdrop of one unforgettable summer in Taipei. Yale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei hungry: for family, for culture, for connection. But her summer of discovery quickly...

Look at her. How serene she is in her long white dress, eyes closed like a stone copy of herself. Perhaps she lives on air. We would like a little piece of her – a hank of hair, a pared fingernail slender as a new moon, a wisp of skin peeled from a sunburned shoulder…England, the near future.Dumped by her...

From Harry Whittaker, the co-author of the instant No 1 international bestseller Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, comes an epic mystery set in the world of the Seven Sisters.Reader favourite antiquarian bookseller Orlando Forbes - first introduced in The Shadow Sister - returns in this dual timeline saga. When Orlando uncovers a hidden cache of manuscripts in an old Harrow rectory, his investigation...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GLOBAL SENSATION LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY RETURNS . . .   Peck & Peck tells the irresistible story of a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck. Batter Gray is worried about his future....

A twisting, richly atmospheric crime novel set within the gothic splendour of St Paul's Cathedral in Dunedin.When organist Sybil Marsden plunges from the cathedral's loft to the stone floor below, her death is ruled a tragic accident. Only Ivo Hart - a lowly police administrator more comfortable with filing systems than people - senses something amiss. Armed with a single,...

The astonishing, emotional epic from Michael Robotham: a mystery, a coming-of-age tale and a love story wrapped into one, set against the simmering tensions of a small Australian town. I look along the road and notice how many people are standing outside their houses or watching from doorways and windows. Staring. Studying. 'Do you think this town will ever forgive...

The finest book yet from the bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest—an ageing man with an unreliable mind plans the final days before he flies to Switzerland. A mesmerising portrait of an aging man's last pilgrimage, from the New York Times best selling author of The Girls and The Guest. A private plane cuts through the winter night,...

#1 bestselling author John Green makes his much-anticipated return to fiction with a behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story that brilliantly confronts the private cost of a public life. For rising young actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, being cast in the buzzy biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old is the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. They’re on the verge of breaking out,...

I wanted to go back to Mid-World, which was always the Territories by another name - Stephen King This is Stephen King and Peter Straub's epic and unforgettable finale to the Talisman Trilogy (including the novels The Talisman and Black House) and a wrapping up of the fate of the worlds in King's iconic, fiercely beloved Dark Tower epic. It...

Min Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of the major global bestseller Pachinko, returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic that follows one family as they reckon with ambition and moderation, love and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty. John and Helen Koh and their three children – Bo, DH, and Mido – are building new lives in Korea when they find their...

Marlon James's triumphant return to the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings 'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .' The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings—a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal. So when eight gay men meet for...

A 'Book to Read in 2026' in the Guardian, New Statesman, and Irish Times A 'Best Book in 2026 So Far' in The Daily Telegraph 'I don't think I'll read a better book this year, perhaps decade' - Helen Macdonald, The Observer 'Harrison is without peer as a chronicler of the fraught, unsteady state we're in' - Olivia Laing 'The...

‘A perfect novel … on the knife’s edge of hilarity and tenderness’ JONATHAN LETHEM From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers comes Dodge City, a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the Vietnam draft. 1967, California. Lee Clarke is a strait-laced twenty-three-year-old, happily in love and ambling along at college until an...

Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance and prequel to Conform. 'Ariel Sullivan is a writer to watch' - Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses Twenty-three-year-old Sasha Cadell knows time is running out in the...

Signed Edition exclusively designed with ombre sprayed edge and exclusive extra content from the author They call them Crown Vic and Baby Blue… From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Atmosphere, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a daring story of two friends chasing their biggest score yet – and risking everything that holds them together. As any...

Two women, bound by blood and betrayal, must break silence across centuries—or be silenced forever, in the dazzling new novel by New York Times bestselling author Madeline Martin. In present day, Lilith Legare's life is unraveling. Since her mother's death, strange things have been happening—plants turn toward her touch, animals linger in her path, and the birthmark on her arm...

How does life go on in the face of irreconcilable loss? How can the irredeemable find redemption? Unrivalled storyteller Wm. Paul Young leads us back to the great questions of human existence in this long-awaited sequel to one of the world's most beloved and widely read books of the last twenty years – The Shack. Ten years after the devastating...

In his third life, Kinnosuke belonged to a famous author. Now, in his ninth, he wants nothing more to do with humans, who bring nothing but trouble and suffering. Drawn to the city in search of food, he comes across the Hokuto-do Bookshop, owned by a curious woman who has already given a home to four contented cats. Soon Kinnosuke...

Once upon a time, women were drowned in the river and the only witnesses were the crows in the trees. The Puritans blamed Eve for the sins of the world. That was when we began to meet in the name of Lilith, Adam's first wife—banished for refusing to do as she was told. By the 1950s, Cambridge, Massachusetts feels far...

The landmark new novel from the Global Bestseller, Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver. You've taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another 'emotionally raw, riotously entertaining' read as you meet Livia. Here's my question: How does a person step in front of a train and leave everything right there? Livia Bohusz misses her big brother, Cyrus. But since the day...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Islands of Abandonment, comes a new book about our relationship to the natural world. This book takes us into the wild – deep into dark forests, to the top of mountains and into the heart of deserts. It addresses our deep yearnings to be awed and inspired by landscapes that remain beyond our...

This summer, dive into Tom Lake – the breath-taking new novel from Ann Patchett. A Reese Witherspoon and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick ‘A new Ann Patchett novel is always cause for celebration ... and Tom Lake is one of her best’ i ‘This comforting summer read has it all ... Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships’...

From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Atmosphere, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a daring story of two friends chasing their biggest score yet – and risking everything that holds them together along the way. They call them Crown Vic and Baby Blue… From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Atmosphere, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of...

A story about the risks we take to protect the ones we love What happens when an ordinary family is pushed to breaking point? Molly Fitzgerald and her husband Jesse are no strangers to trauma. Molly's mum went missing on 9/11 and didn't come home. Molly now heads a disaster response unit. Jesse's family was torn apart by a court...

A second-chance romance following a young woman who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past six years, only to find that she apparently married the one man she can’t stand—her arrogant and infuriating former boarding school rival. Molly Graham’s day can’t possibly get any worse after she wakes up in a hospital bed with a head...

Book 27 in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series "I am a fortunate woman to have such an eventful life," observes Mma Ramotswe of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Perhaps, but there are times when rather too much seems to be happening, and a quieter life might seem rather attractive. This latest...

One of the true classics of psychological suspense, about a writer and his No. 1 fan. Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he's writing to stay alive. Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And now...

The eagerly awaited new novel by beloved Australian author Monica McInerney. Lola Quinlan is eighty-six. If her time on earth is running out, she's not leaving quietly. Against the wishes of her family in South Australia, she's flying alone to Melbourne for a week. They think she's in search of distraction and entertainment. The truth is, she's looking for a...

'I wanted to go back to Mid-World, which was always the Territories by another name' - Stephen King This is Stephen King and Peter Straub's epic and unforgettable finale to the Talisman Trilogy (including the novels The Talisman and Black House) and a wrapping up of the fate of the worlds in King's iconic, fiercely beloved Dark Tower epic. It...

In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries—and fails—to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over....

From the bestselling author of Turncoat comes a powerful new novel. As the pressure of fatherhood tightens its grip, sleepless nights and rising tensions begin to erode Hepa's sense of control. When the line between fear and reality begins to blur, can he be trusted with his own son? Hepa hasn't slept properly in four months. His newborn son, Wi,...

Find the dress of your dreams, then run for your life. Nestled at the bustling foothills of the pyramids lies the iconic Albi Bridal Boutique, where three sisters are about to break the shackles of tradition to fight for their futures. When Mariam Albi was tragically killed, the responsibility of running the business was thrust upon eldest daughter, Sarah. Bound...

Return to a world where love defies time—and the next generation rewrites the rules, with the long-awaited sequel to the timeless, bestselling phenomenon The Time Traveler's Wife. The long-awaited sequel to the multi-million-copy bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife. Alba De Tamble is a time traveler, slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her. But the hardest thing she carries...

When Farah's husband has an affair (she f*cking knew it), her group chat doesn't offer platitudes. They offer Mykonos. A free luxury villa, thanks to Vivian's DJ toy-boy. Clubs, beaches, boats, cocktails, and a week free from school lunches, perimenopausal insomnia and husbands waking them at 5am for run club. But the five friends arrive with more than just new...

From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy. Maur's life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise... Their answers may lie...

Published to coincide with the new Netflix TV series, adapted by Dolly Alderton and starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden: the nation's favourite novel, introduced by the beloved, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love and Good Material. Pride and Prejudice begins with a timeless encounter: "No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that...

One of the most acclaimed novels of 2025: the International Booker Prize longlisted tale of witches in seventeenth-century Denmark from one of the most exciting writers on the planet. The Wax Child proves Olga Ravn's ahead of the game. She's the strangest - and best - young novelist in Europe' Telegraph, The Greatest Books of 2025 It was a black...

‘I could not put it down’ MADELINE CASHThe acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel. The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a larger world that won't stop changing. At 27, Pella’s life looks settled: she’s a recent...

Set in a fictional country in the present day, this is a story told through the eyes of an ex-military dog, Etna. After surviving years of a devastating war, Etna decides one night to leave the men he has fought alongside and return home— to the place where he was taken from when he was young, in the thin but...

'An iridescent contemporary folktale' LUCY ROSE 'A mesmerising novel' OBSERVER 'Sparkles like unearthed treasure' KALIANE BRADLEY Agnes, a young forensic anthropologist, homesick and adrift in the North of England, is heading to a coroner's office to identify a body. But this body, found in a moss-layered bog, is not like any she has seen before - its bones prove it...

An immersive, sweeping and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War. I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever. Against this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau—freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier, and wanted man—journeys to find...

A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She's a good sport. Would you just make it up? she said. The film star M is one of the most recognisable faces of our time. Her image is everywhere. It has been like that since she was a...

For the first time in print comes a collection of five short stories in the Edgar award-winning Kate Burkholder series, PLUS one new, never-before-published story, from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo.When two young boys don't return home from an innocent afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must track them down before the first winter storm of the season...

LitRPG fans: there’s a new player in town. In the first book in Ryan Rimmel’s fantastical The Mayor of Noobtown series, a young man dies only to find himself the hero in a strange new world. It could be worse. You could be stuck with a literal shoulder demon. For Jim, it’s very much worse. Because after dying and being...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025 Named A Best Book of 2025 by Vox, Elle, NPR, Bustle, Marie Claire, Chicago Review of Books, Chicago Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Them, Xtra, and Autostraddle Matty Maggiacomo's March Book Club Pick "Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of one of America's most popular prejudices...

The unmissable debut from the 2023/2024 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize winner. WINNER OF THE #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE; A NEW NORTHERN MASTERPIECE. A SERVICE95 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 Salam is a standard bearer for a new generation of literary novelists - GUARDIAN A future classic. Salam is about to become a completely essential voice in fiction -...

An epic and profound new novel from Sebastian Faulks, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Birdsong. 'Beautifully written and deceptively deep novel of moral choice set in the aftermath of the Second World War. The characters are as utterly convincing as the story' — Antony Beevor. Philip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine...

‘May well be the most perfectly constructed, moving, and beautiful novel I've ever read’ ANN PATCHETT Acclaimed Pulitzer-Prize winner Yiyun Li, returns with a sweeping historical epic, following two extraordinary musicians on the rise. In Dublin, as the eighteenth century nears its end, a young musical virtuoso comes of age. John Field is able to hear notes in the air,...

‘It’s true what they’re all saying. Bad Words is truly a masterpiece of a novel, blending literature and romance to create a thought-provoking, vulnerable and incredibly entertaining love story’ Stylist This rivalry is setting the literary world on fire – but who will survive the flames? When Selina Chan, New York’s fiercest literary critic, slams Parker Navarro’s latest novel, he...

The Centre by Hannah Tunnicliffe is a gripping, utterly immersive novel that pulls readers into a darkening vortex of lies, manipulation, and coercive control. With a striking setting and vividly drawn characters, Tunnicliffe captures the unsettling intimacy of power and vulnerability with piercing insight. A compulsive read. – Rose Carlyle, author of No One Will Know and The Girl in...

Revolution in the Heart is a collection of 15 brand new stories by a group of celebrated authors, all inspired by one of the iconic figures in all of science fiction and fantasy: the legendary and award-winning Ursula K. Le Guin. From the appearance of her first work of short fiction in 1962 to the publication of the last in...

How far would you go to bring back the only person who ever felt like home? 'A riot in novel form by an author with an utterly singular, original vision. Public Access Afterworld will leave you breathless and desperate for a sequel' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time 'Jane Schoenbrun has the literary voice I've been famished for....

This Collector's Edition features marbled oceanic edges and endpapers, gold foil, and a reading group guide. A New York Times Bestseller • A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick Soon to be a Netflix Film Remarkably Bright Creatures is an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender. —Washington Post After Tova Sullivan's husband...

A hilarious story of found family that proves it's never too late to discover who you are. Eli McCann writes with humour and tenderness about an unlikely collection of people who don't expect to need one another—and then do. This book will make you laugh and leave you quietly grateful for what remains after the thing that once held a...

'An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief' NEW YORK TIMES 'A story of love and youth and pain that will have you clutching at your heart... One of the best novels I've ever read' ANDREW SEAN GREER 'A novel of dignified beauty' OBSERVER 'A masterly piece of writing, rich with insight and detail, and a curiously moving optimism'...

A kingless world—though it was an outcome Dokja chose—even he could not have foreseen the disastrous consequences of his decision. Separated from his companions, he is forced to witness how low humans can sink without anyone to impose order. Even worse, forfeiting the power of the Absolute Throne means he will have to fight the Catastrophes of the fifth scenario...

'If seeing someone cry while reading a book makes you want to pick it up immediately, let me save you the wait - this is that book.' 'This book deserves six stars... I feel like I'm going to throw up, but in a good way.' 'If you loved Boys of Tommen... but also a Mad Max post-apocalyptic type world, then...

The heart-stopping new historical adventure by the bestselling author of The Soldier's Daughter. While war rages across the city of Valletta, a local barkeeper's daughter, Valentina Camilleri, is on the cusp of womanhood when Flight Lieutenant Peter Fox falls out of the sky from his Spitfire and into her world. In that fateful moment, he captures not just her imagination...

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...

Set against the backdrop of mid-century Parisian glamour and the timeless art of perfumery, a captivating tale of resilience, love, and the intoxicating pursuit of passion. Élodie Limeaux's beloved mother, Aurore, was the most legendary perfumer in France before World War II, renowned for the exquisite fragrances she created for the family company, the House of Limeaux. Now in her...

Over a million copies sold! Discover the story that has captivated readers around the world... "Enjoyable and gripping" - Guardian "One of the best historical novels you are likely to read" - Christine Dwyer Hickey "A sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story" - New York Times "An inventive epic" - Elle "Timeless" - Daily Mail In an Italian monastery, an...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘It’s reactionary to believe in God in our days,’ I said, ‘but I am the devil, so I may be believed in.’ When corrupt landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered awaiting an illicit rendezvous, his estranged sons immediately fall under suspicion. Was it Dmitri, the reckless hedonist engaged in a...

A gorgeous new sun-soaked story about family, friendship and fresh starts from number one international bestselling author, Nicky Pellegrino. Ever since she was a little girl, Aria has dreamt of riding in the Palio de Siena. She grew up hearing stories of Romplicollo, the only female jockey to have ridden in the Palio, and she has wanted nothing more than...

A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature This is the why of us. October in the parish of Faha, County Clare – the beginning of the season of spirits. Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the...

A riveting and epic family drama set in WWII-era Norway, award-winning author Lars Mytting's The Night of the Scourge is the final novel in the internationally bestselling Sister Bells trilogy. Butangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit and hypersensitivity of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once...

From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two...

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo, and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three...

When I opened my eyes, I was no longer myself. I had become the villainess of a zombie apocalypse, with a zombie’s teeth buried in me. And yet… I didn’t die. When I returned unscathed, everyone looked at me as if I’d risen from the grave. Just one bite, I thought. These were the people who had abandoned me. Surely,...

The first volume of a stunning graphic novel edition of the no. 1 Sunday Times phenomenon, Fourth Wing, adapted by Rebecca Yarros herself! Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders as you've never seen it before . . . Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now,...

The first volume of a stunning graphic novel edition of the no. 1 Sunday Times phenomenon, Fourth Wing, adapted by Rebecca Yarros herself! Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders as you've never seen it before . . . Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now,...

‘I’m a seventy-three-year-old woman, Tristan; I am practically invisible. I’m exactly the sort of person you need to pull off this caper. Oh my God, I can’t believe I just used the word “caper” in a sentence referring to myself!’ Tristan Barclay, art historian, minor TV celebrity and Belvedere Tours leader, is reluctantly embarking on his final tour of European...

Winner of the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize People went on about death bringing friends together, but it wasn't true. The graveyard, the stony dirt - that's what it was like now . . . Despite the three women knowing each other better than their own siblings, Sylvie's death had opened up...

Set me as a seal on your heart, for love is stronger than death. Spanning many years, travelling across Australia's vast continent and through some of Europe's great cities, The Submerged Cathedral is a beguiling, heartbreaking story of paradise and the fall, of sacrifice and atonement, and of sisterly love and rivalry. Most of all, however, it is about an...

Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest short story writers in literary history, brings to life the everyday with unmatched nuance, wit, and psychological depth. This curated collection features his finest tales—stories of love and loneliness, absurdity and ambition, the tragic and the comic—woven together with a deep understanding of human nature. From bustling provincial towns to quiet introspections, Chekhov's stories...

'A blockbusting explosion of toxic masculinity' Spectator In a busy maternity ward, first-time father Dan meets Jada, a dad welcoming his fifth - no, sixth? - child into the world. But Dan and Jada come from very different places: both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready...

Enrich your passion for reading as you immerse yourself in this carefully curated boxed set of three timeless masterpieces by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Each novel in this collection offers a profound exploration of the human psyche, moral dilemmas, and societal structures. With unflinching insight and literary brilliance, Dostoevsky's works challenge readers to confront the darker corners of the soul and question...

World's Greatest Classics is a beautifully curated collection of ten literary masterpieces that span across genres, themes, and eras. From thrilling adventures and gothic horror to philosophical reflections and timeless romances, this box set is a treasure trove for every reader. Whether you're a seasoned book lover or just beginning your literary journey, these classics promise insight, excitement, and enduring...