As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic...

Edward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian era but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power...

Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the...

From the author of Half of the Human Race (Channel 4 TV Book Club) comes an intricate and thrilling tale of love and conspiracy...

So how did such this extraordinary man get erased by history? Why are there no statues of 'Monsieur Humanity' as his troops...

A kiss that just won't happen. A disco at the end of the world. A teenage goth on a terror mission. And OAP kiddie-snatchers, and...

'For God's sake, hold on!'

On a stormy night off the coast of Scotland, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying test...

‘I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one’

Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very...

Read this 19th-century childhood adventure story that confronts the reality of racism in America.

'There comes a time in every...

‘Wait, wait! Save us! What’ll we do?’

Simon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to...

Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' -...

‘Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?’ Titty asked.
‘Because of his heart’ said Peter Duck

The...

It is 1948 and a young American couple arrive in France for a holiday, full of anticipation and enthusiasm. But the countryside...

Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out… the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the...

At the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. It is the fixed point in a book that spans three hundred...

In The Day of the Locust a young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in LA full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon...

In this powerfully influential series of short stories, James Joyce captures uneasy souls, shabby lives and innocent minds in the...

Come Away! Come Away!

The Darling children are tucked up in bed when Peter Pan bursts in to their nursery. Peter and his...

Bursting with rich descriptive detail, discover the classic world of Treasure Island.

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest -...

'"Stand firm'" said Peter, "and wave like mad!"'

They were not railway children to begin with. When their Father mysteriously...

Read the ultimate classic comforting coming of age fantasy story.

'Don't you know a sand-fairy when you see one?'

I dare...

'It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at...

'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'

Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and...

Rediscover the favourite childhood classic.

What little girl can turn a whole household upside down and breathe new life back...

"Ho! ho! I am the Toad, the motor-car snatcher, the prison-breaker, the Toad who always escapes!"

Tired of spring cleaning,...

"You saved your mistress's life, Beauty! yes, you saved her life"

Black Beauty is the prettiest young horse in the meadows,...

'Password Emil!'

Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time. He doesn't like the look of his fellow...

'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'

Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself?...

Rediscover this classic tale of adventure.

The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty,...

In the doorway of an elegant New York apartment, blood seeps over silk negligee, over polished wood floors and plush carpet: a...