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

The first novel in Pat...

'Do not open - destroy.'

The words on the envelope he has found are written in Kath's hand, but Glyn ignores his wife's...

'My mother began me one evening in 1968 on a table in the cafe of the town's only cinema . . .'

One hot summer a stranger...

From the day that Sheba Hart joins the staff at St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a...

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

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

A stunning early novel by the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home, Deborah Levy.

Like her namesake...

'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...

The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly...

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

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

'The unhappiness that I need and long for... is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the...

'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the...

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

'My mother died...

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 Great Gatsby is a dazzling social satire, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece and a milestone in twentieth-century literature,...

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

Classic storytelling from a bestselling author. Gallico's most famous story, The Snow Goose, is set in the wild, desolate Essex...

One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is...

New Penguin Essentials edition of the heartbreaking classic of the roaring twenties, Tender is the Night by F. Scott...

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

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

It is many years since God sent the Tribulation to punish the forebears for their sins, and in the rural settlement of Waknuk...

Owen Mackenzie's life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. His marriage to his college sweetheart is...

A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, published as a Penguin Essential for the first...

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

Barry Hines's A...

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

Penelope Lively's Booker Prize winning classic, Moon Tiger is a haunting story of loss and desire, published here as a Penguin...

Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020

The Mosquito Coast - winner of the James Tait...

'You girls are my vocation . . . I am dedicated to you in my prime'

Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference....

'When I opened my eyes and sat up in bed Nora was shaking me and a man with a gun in his hand was standing in the bedroom...