Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species.

It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to...

Too often we take for granted and neglect our libraries, parks, markets, schools, playgrounds, gardens and communal spaces, but...

Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried...

Former Prime Minister and the country's longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the...

Three lives collide, not one of them will emerge unchanged - the exhilarating new novel from the author of the Patrick Melrose...

A timely and powerful must-read on how the big tech companies are damaging our culture – and what we can do to fight their...

Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her. Damian has...

From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: surprisingly emancipated, strikingly beautiful, markedly...

‘A masterly work of profound research and reflection, objective and humane’ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph

What would...

Pietro, a lonely city boy, spends his summers in a secluded valley in the Alps. There, surrounded by meadows and peaks, he begins...

How have feelings come to shape the world around us? Why has politics become so fractious and warlike? What might the future...

In the small village in Provence where Stefan Hertmans has made his home, people have long spoken of an ancient pogrom and hidden...

Collingwood Ingram, born in 1880, became known as 'Cherry' for his defining obsession. As a young man, he travelled to Japan and...

Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of...

Bestselling travel writer Horatio Clare joins an icebreaker for a voyage through the ice-packs of the far north.

'We are...

Gun Love is a hypnotic story of family, community and violence. Told from the perspective of a sharp-eyed teenager, it exposes...

One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, 17-year-old Luisa does not return home from school. Instead, she boards a bus to the Pacific...

The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas...

A satirical and daring collection of short stories exploring black life from one of America's rising stars.

'Makes you shake...

What if anyone could have a baby? A boldly original and unforgettable novel from a rising star.

Now we have equality. Now...

A bewitching tale of first love, shattering grief, and the dangerous magic that draws us home.

Mara's island is one of stories...

Judy Murray provides the ultimate insight into life with her tennis champion sons Andy and Jamie.

What happens when you find...

Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe’s name written all over it. Is it enough to bring...

Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her...

Just moved into a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly’s pub for a pint,...

A devastating coming-of-age story about a woman caught in the wrong era, from the bestselling author of The Woman in...

'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.' Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 - the year he was...

Is my experience real?

Or just a movie in my head?

Am I no more than a super computer?

You are your brain,...

Thomas needs to speak to his mother before she dies.

But he's set to give a talk to a conference of physiotherapists in the...

Can horses feel shame? Do deer grieve? Why do roosters deceive hens?

We tend to assume that we are the only living things able...