Ron Rash has been acclaimed as ‘the best American novelist I have come upon in the last twenty years’ (Scotsman), a writer with...

A handful of disparate lives converge at a remote seaside inn: a lovelorn professor, a renowned painter, an inscrutable...

When Tash, daughter of a Russian oligarch, is sent to an English boarding school, she is new to the strange rituals of the girls...

‘A cat is only ITSELF, representative of the strong forces of life that won’t let go’
For Charles Bukowski there was something...

Named Wales’s Greatest Novel
This outstanding novel tells of one boy’s journey into the grown-up world. By the light of a full...

‘He stretched himself. He rose. He stood upright in complete nakedness before us, and while the trumpets pealed ‘Truth! Truth!...

What if going back means you could begin again?
Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the city streets...

Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis,...

Revenge of the Lawn is Richard Brautigan in miniature and contains no fewer than 62 ultra-short stories set mainly in Tacoma,...

Sarah and Jack have never doubted that they are made for each other.
But there is someone in Sarah’s family who will not...

George and Serena Pemberton arrive in the wilds of the North Carolina mountains to build a life together in a rural logging town....

At seven years old, Nainoa falls into the sea and a shark takes him in its jaws – only to return him, unharmed, to his parents....

In a coastal village in medieval Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive against the odds. With his...

France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour, a young silkworm breeder, has to...

Marcus Conway has come a long way to stand in the kitchen of his home and remember the rhythms and routines of his life....

A heartbroken American writer starts a story about an ice-cold sombrero that falls inexplicably from the sky and lands in the...

The debut work, a short story collection from the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of Under the Skin, The Crimson Petal...

Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried...

When Daniel's mother dies, he is brought under the protection of the AMO: the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. It is an...

Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of our place in the universe. Richard Holloway takes us...

When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. Laidlaw begins...

No one will forget

In a grimy flat in Glasgow, a homemade bomb explodes, leaving few remains to identify its maker.
Detective...

A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 2
Edinburgh, 1849. Hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their...

Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular Science

Much of value has been written about sleep,...

Cairo at the very end of Ottoman rule. Behind the doors of the Automobile Club of Egypt, Egyptian staff attend to the every need...

Over one long, languid summer Edna Pontellier, fettered by marriage and motherhood, becomes acquainted with Robert Lebrun. As the...

The Bachelors displays the best of Sparkian satire, placing her at the heart of a great literary tradition alongside Waugh and...

Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short...

The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that...

In this dazzling collection, Nam Le takes us across the globe as he enters the hearts and minds of characters from all over the...