'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'.
So Virginia Woolf described...

Sweden's elite are under attack.

Two rich and powerful men have been murdered, and in the face of mounting panic - and media...

Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.
'Why...

Lasting for six long years, the Blitz transformed life in the capital beyond recognition, marking a time of almost constant...

Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its...

Virginia Woolf began writing reviews for the Guardian 'to make a few pence' from her father's death in 1904, and continued until...

The subjects of Salman Rushdie's collection of non-fiction range from The Wizard of Oz, U2, India and Indian writing, the death...

In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric, wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published...

"You're always good on ideas, Tom..."

An American art collector is claiming that the expensive masterpiece he bought is a...

Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.

'She...

'Barbecued billygoats!'

Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide...

Four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near an all-black town in America in the mid-1970s. The inevitability of this...

In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles’ life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive...

A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre,...

Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern...

In this non-fiction novel – road trip, confession, and erotic tour de force – Emmanuel Carrere pursues two consuming obsessions:...

'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!'

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed...

In 1992 Arvid Jansen is thirty-eight, divorced and paralysed by grief. More than a year has passed since the tragic accident that...

'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'

This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a...

'Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? - You think wrong!'
This is the story...

Desai... , Моррисон...

A stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood, selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite.

The story of...

A quiet night in the neighbourhood pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive. A funeral party teeters on the...

Rediscover Gladys Mitchell – one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L....

A unique and captivating collection of Hemingway's writings on war, including extracts from his unparalleled war novels, some...

Haroun: What's the use of stories that aren't even true?

I asked that question and the Unthinkable Thing happened: my father...

Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in...

Kendi... , Blain...

Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading...

A Greek gangster arrives in Stockholm, only to be murdered in a macabre fashion at Skansen zoo, his body consumed by...

She will change the way you see the world . . .

Elizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration. Neil is just one of...