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

The classic book that inspired Kes, the famous film, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

Barry Hines's A...

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is...

Exploring issues of colonialism, faith and the limits of comprehension, E.M. Forster's A Passage to India is published as a...

'You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you...'
Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her...

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is bestselling author Marina Lewycka's hilarious and award winning debut novel, now...

"As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about...

Nobel Laureate and two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace, J. M. Coetzee tells the remarkable story of a nation gripped...

Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the...

'The actress arrived in his village the only way one could come directly . . .'

In spring 1962 American actress Dee Moray's...

'Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father's eyes they were imaginary. . . This conception of...

Truman Capote's dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffany's that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is...

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate...

A hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas and one of the best-loved comic novels of all time, Cold Comfort Farm by...

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover Orwell's personal account of life on the streets beautifully...

'Snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly...

'My name is Eva, which means "life", according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy...

Nobel Laureate and two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K, J. M. Coetzee reimagines...

'Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers...

From Booker-shortlisted author Elif Shafak, Honour is a gripping tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures.

'My mother died...

Winner of the Booker Prize, the beautiful, romantic and gorgeously philosophical Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner is part of our...

Alec and Jerry shouldn't have been friends: Alec's life was one of privilege, while Jerry's was one of toil. But this hardly...

If you can persuade a cat you can persuade anyone. This is the essential guide to getting your way. Jay Heinrichs, award-winning...

Shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award, and published here as a Penguin Essential for the...

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the...

'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life'
William...

'Connie was aware, however, of a growing restlessness...It thrilled inside her body, in her womb, somewhere, till she felt she...

From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls

The first novel in Pat...

Nobel prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells a tale of an unrequited love that...

'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as a mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd...