Stefan Zweig’s seminal memoir recalls the golden age of pre-war Europe – its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating...

Perfectly paced and brimming with passion – twenty-two tales from a master storyteller of the twentieth century
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In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand...

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the island’s most important...

A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the...

A twisty puzzle in which the reader is the detective, examining a series of creepy floorplans for clues
A sinister hidden...

The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of Strange Pictures
Eleven strange buildings. One terrible...

Can you solve the mystery of the tattoo murder?
Tokyo, 1947. At the first post-war meeting of the Edo Tattoo Society, Kinue...

Can you solve the puzzle of the Noh Mask Murder?
Death and madness have haunted the Chizui family for years. Now a strange...

In the seaside city of Kamakura, a student is drawn to an enigmatic older man who swims at the same beach. The man becomes his...

An eccentric artist is found brutally murdered in a room locked from the inside. His diaries reveal dabblings in alchemy and...

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan, a maze of sloping floors and strange staircases,...

The greatest work by the founder of modern Russian literature – a timeless story of vanity and love, in a startlingly modern...

The selected works of one of Russia’s greatest writers, including ‘The Queen of Spades’, ‘The Stationmaster’ and a selection of...

A delightfully witty and mordant modern classic from Finland: the story of a journalist who befriends an injured hare and embarks...

In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers – the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen – use their strict father’s...

The story of Coco Chanel’s life, as told by her to Paul Morand
Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St Moritz at the...

Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels compelled to return it to its...

Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois...

How far would you go to enjoy a cigarette?
When headhunter Fabrice Valantine faces a smoking ban at work, he decides to undergo...

From the bestselling author of The Red Notebook
In 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, astronomer to King Louis XV, sets sail for India....

At breakneck pace and with wondrous detail, Benjamin Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories...

In a scintillating mix of fact and fiction, The MANIAC tells of the dark foundations of our modern world and the nascent era of...

A young boy returns obsessively to a supermarket sandwich counter, entranced by the beauty of the woman who works there. Her...

Ice will soon cover the entire globe. As the glacial tide creeps forward, society breaks down. Hurtling through the frozen chaos...

The essential stories of one of the twentieth century’s greatest and most influential writers
No one has captured the modern...

Ichiyo Higuchi, Japan’s first professional female author, wrote about daily life with unprecedented intimacy and honesty. This...

Emil Sinclair is a troubled young outsider. But everything changes when he meets Max Demian, a mysterious and charismatic older...

An inspirational classic from Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha is a beautiful tale of self-discovery
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Nofar is just an average teenage girl – so average, she’s almost invisible. Serving customers ice cream all summer long, she is...