'The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme' Bertrand Russell

Published shortly after...

The arrival of two newcomers in the quiet village of Mellstock arouses a bitter feud and leaves a convoluted love affair in its...

Villette is Charlotte Bronte's powerful autobiographical novel of one woman's search for true love, edited with an introduction...

Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations Books I-III laid the foundations of...

An electrifying modern classic - Kneale's sweeping adventure story vividly brings a past age to life

In 1857 when Captain...

Pugin was one of Britain’s greatest architects and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in...

The Autograph Man follows one Alex-Li Tandem: a twenty-something Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and...

English Food reveals the richness and surprising diversity of England's culinary heritage. Fully updated and revised by Jane...

'A reference bible... inspirational in the way that it opens up new possibilities for vegetables' - Daily Mail Jane Grigson's...

When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning, he unwittingly reopens a chapter...

A seminal work of dystopian fiction that foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia, Yevgeny Zamyatin's We is a powerfully...

Every day, in every court and tribunal, advocates represent us all - Crown and defendant, landlord and tenant, rich and poor,...

The Quincunx is an epic Dickensian-like mystery novel set in 19th century England, and concerns the varying fortunes of young...

Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in...

The definitive guide to mathematical problem solving, from one of the great teachers of the twentieth century

George Polya's...

In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs....

Boll... , Aichinger...

Much maligned in pre-war Germany, the short story enjoyed a creative rebirth in 1945. Initially imported by the Allies, the form...

The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby’s party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In...

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover the classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined by...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign...

A producer. A novelist. An actress.
It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert...

If it had happened to you, you would have run away too.
Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed...

'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of...

'Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner' Dolly Alderton

When it comes to...

Perfect family, perfect house, perfect life; Jane, Madeline and Celeste have it all... or do they? They are about to find out...

Find the liar. Find the killer . . .
Amelia White didn't expect her career as a reporter to start like this: by finding a young...

The worldwide phenomenon continues as Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts and accept the consequences of their...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new...

Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults...