Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic...

Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and...

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's classic and much-loved homage to train travel.

The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass...

Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of...

'E.H. Carr, author of the monumental History of Soviet Russia, now proves himself to be not only one of our most distinguished...

A searing indictment of evil in Hitler's Germany. Hendrik Hofgen is a man obsessed with becoming a famous actor. When the Nazis...

In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences,...

It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of...

Smurov, a fussily self-conscious Russian tutor, shoots himself after a humiliating beating by his mistress' husband. Unsure...

The Empress Helena made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at...

A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew...

Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational Brooklyn Crucifixion. Into it he poured all the anguish and...

Watermark is Joseph Brodsky's witty, intelligent, moving and elegant portrait of Venice. Looking at every aspect of the city,...

Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by The Times and Telegraph

'Astonishing... Like the great Russian novels, these...

'Ring for your maid, and when she comes in we'll pounce upon her and tear off her face. I'll wear her face tonight instead of...

Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's ninth. He and his gang of...

'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'
Biting and timeless...

How do you solve a mystery when you can't remember the clues?
Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to...

Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking...

Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking...

Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking...

The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden...

During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash. In these tales that draw...

A timeless travelogue from the leading light of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac's Lonesome Traveller is a jubilant celebration...

'We are mistaken when we say that 'It isn't the same for them as it would be for us', and that people bred in the slums can...

George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a...

But, my dear friend, what lie are you living?' 'Why, of course, the lie that we're here to uplift our poor black brothers instead...

Breathtaking... The stories are special. They stand in their own right as lovely vignettes of the lives of the lonely, broken and...

Charmer, fabulist and tailor to Panama's rich and powerful, Harry Pendel loves to tell stories. But when the British spy Andrew...

'England is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and...