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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Ghostly Stories
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Songlight: They Are Hunting Those Who Shine - Moira Buffini - English Book
Winner of YA BOOK PRIZE 2025. They are hunting those who shine... Don't be deceived by... Sideantal: 480. Genre: skønlitteratur
Mr Salary (4, 2019) | Sally Rooney
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all. Yea
Intermezzo - Sally Rooney - English Book
A deeply emotional story that explores grief, love, and family bonds through the lives of two very... Sideantal: 448. Genre: skønlitteratur
Intermezzo (4, 2025) | Sally Rooney
THE GLOBAL #1 BESTSELLER AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN THE GUARDIAN, TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, IRISH TIMES, LONDON STANDARD, INDEPENDENT, OBSERVER, NEW STATESMAN, iNEWS, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE SKINNY, CITY AM,
The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School - Sonora Reyes - English Book
No one knows Yami is gay, least of all her mum, and Yami intends to keep it that way... Until, uh... Sideantal: 400. Genre: samfund og historie
Parade - Rachel Cusk - English Book
A groundbreaking novel that explores art, womanhood, and violence through interwoven lives. Parade.. Indgår i serien: faye serien. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
Freezing Point - Anders Bodelsen - English Book
A chilling dystopian tale where death no longer exists and society controls your fate. Bruno faces a... Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
D1 Blossomise
** A Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller **Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, brings new perspectives and energy to a timeless poetic subject. Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its melancholy disappearance.
Scenes from an Impending Marriage (3, 2011) | Adrian Tomine
At the behest of his soon-to-be wife, Adrian Tomine set out to create a wedding favor for their guests that would be funnier and more personal than the typical chocolate bars and picture frames. What started out as a simple illustrated card soon grew into
The Story of Ferdinand (4, 2017) | Munro Leaf
Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand . . . Unlike all the other little bulls who run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights Ferdinand would rather sit under his favourite cork tree and smell the flowers.
Bathroom Boogie (4, 2017) | Clare Foges
The tiles become a dancefloor The light a disco ball Its called the bathroom boogie The most splashy bash of all! When the children go to school and the adults go to work . . . the Bathroom Boogie starts up and all your favourite bathroom friends come
Veg Patch Party (4, 2020) | Clare Foges
Glastonbury with veg! From the bestselling picture book team behind Kitchen Disco . The vegetables start waking up They stretch and rise and shine - They set up lots of stages, Cos its VEGGIE PARTY time! Mud, rain, vegetables. A winning combination!
Mia and the Secrets of Lunis (4, 2024) | Janelle McCurdy
Praise for the series:Thrilling, highly imaginative and action-packed. Louie Stowell, author of Loki A page-turning adventure. A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Full of danger and excitement. LoveReading4Kids , Debut of the MonthW
Meanwhile In Dopamine City - Dbc Pierre - English Book
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020! From the Booker Prize-wining author of Vernon God Little.... Sideantal: 400. Genre: skønlitteratur
The Unnamable
The Unnamable - so named because he knows not who he may be - is from a nameless place. He speaks of previous selves ('all these Murphys, Molloys, and Malones. . ') as diversions from the need to stop speaking altogether.
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath - English Book
Esther Greenwood lands a coveted internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, believing it...
Lord of the Flies (4, 2011) | William Golding
William Golding''s Lord of the Flies is a dystopian classic: ''e xciting, relevant and thought-provoking'' (Stephen King). W hen a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? ''One of my favorite books - I read it every
Conversations with Friends (4, 2018) | Sally Rooney
** Sally Rooney''s new novel Intermezzo is available in paperback now ** ''A nuanced, page-turning portrait.'' Zadie Smith ''Brilliant.'' Marian Keyes A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships. Sunday Telegraph The critically-acclaimed debu
Klara and the Sun (4, 2022) | Kazuo Ishiguro
*The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller**Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021**A Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick* ''A delicate, haunting story'' The Washington Post ''This is a novel for fans of Never Let Me Go . . . tender, touching and true.'' The Times
Beautiful World, Where Are You (4, 2022) | Sally Rooney
** Sally Rooney''s new novel Intermezzo is available in paperback now ** THE SUNDAY TIMES AND GLOBAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER WINNER OF NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD ACROSS ALL FABER EDITIONSA tour de force
The Death of Francis Bacon
Unfinished. Man Dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed. Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's mind.
Why We Remember: Revealing The Hidden Power Of Memory - Charan Ranganath - English Book
The New York Times bestseller! Memory is far more than an archive of the past. This groundbreaking.. Indgår i serien: demens. Sideantal: 304. Genre: krop og sind
D1 The Owl and The Nightingale
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRYIt is the current Poet Laureate who has done the most to bring medieval poetry to contemporary audiences . The disputed issues still resonate - concerning identity, cultural habits, class distinctions and
D1 Lord of the Flies
When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong?'One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years. ' (Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games)A plane crashes on a desert island.
Normal People (4, 2019) | Sally Rooney
** Sally Rooney''s new novel Intermezzo is available in paperback now ** AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ''The literary phenomenon of the decade.'' Guardian ''The book that defined a generation.'' Stylist ''A Tube stop-missing
Small Things Like These (4, 2022) | Claire Keegan
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES ''TOP 5 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS
The Wolf Border
''One of the finest writers at work today.'' Damon Galgut ''A writer of show-stopping genius.'' Guardian ''So vivid, so visceral, so vital.'' Val McDermidFor almost a decade Rachel Caine has turned her back on home and worked in Idaho at a reservatio
Never Let Me Go (4, 2006) | Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrated by Kathy, now 31, this book hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love
On Connection (4, 2022) | Kae Tempest
Beneath the surface we are all connected . . . ''An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'' MATT HAIG '' On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'' MAX PORTER '' On Connection came to me when I needed it most, and reminded me tha
Never Let Me Go (4, 2010) | Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrated by Kathy, now 31, this book hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love
Long Way Down (4, 2018) | Jason Reynolds
WINNER of the UKLA SHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie Medal A New York Times Bestseller. ''A masterpiece... Jason Reynolds is a literary genius who gives voice to a generation.'' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give ''Heartrending.'' Sunday Times
Outline (4, 2018) | Rachel Cusk
#14 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century'' SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND THE FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC PRIZE ''A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.'' Monica Ali, New York Times ''On
On The Calculation Of Volume I - Solvej Balle - English Book
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, winner of the 2022 Nordic Council Literature.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang, vindere af nordisk råds litteraturpris. Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
On The Calculation Of Volume Iii - Solvej Balle - English Book
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and Winner of the Nordic Council Prize for.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
On The Calculation Of Volume - Solvej Balle - English Book
Tara Selter finds herself among many in a vast villa near Bremen, navigating a new kind of.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
D1 Normal People
A powerful work of non-fiction and the natural sequel to The Shock of the Fall.
Lord of the Flies (4, 2004) | William Golding
First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognised as a classic, one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern novels. This edition, which includes an introduction and notes by Ian Gregor and Mark Kinkead-Weekes, meets the demand for it
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (4, 2000) | Milan Kundera
40th anniversary edition of the bestselling modern classic: Milan Kundera''s iconic novel of love and politics in communist Czechoslovakia. ''Shamelessly clever ... Exhilaratingly subversive and funny.'' Independent ''A modern classic ... As relevant now
Report to Greco (4, 2001) | Nikos Kazantzakis
Kazantzakis's autobiographical novel Report to Greco was one of the last things he wrote before he died. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in Crete, still occupied by the Turks, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Ita
N.P. (4, 2001) | Banana Yoshimoto
N.P. is the title of a last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer. Written in English while he was living in Boston, the book may never see print in his native Japan: each time a new translator takes up the task, death gets in the
Goodbye Tsugumi (4, 2003) | Banana Yoshimoto
An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside, Goodbye Tsugumi is an enchanting novel from one of Japan''s finest writers.Banana Yoshimoto''s novels have made her an international sensation. Now she returns with a magical,
Fear and Trembling (4, 2004) | Amelie Nothomb
''Ingenious . . . With great delicacy, Nothomb updates the age-old divide between East and West in this delectable little book.'' O, The Oprah Magazine Amélie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yum
Ted Hughes (4, 2004) | Ted Hughes
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an acces
The Damned Utd (4, 2007) | David Peace,David (Author) Peace
The hugely acclaimed novel of ''70s football and the turmoil of the game''s most charismatic and controversial manager, from the bestselling author of GB84 and Red or Dead . One of Mike Atherton''s ''Top Ten Best Sports Books'' in The Times In 1974 th
Waiting for Godot (4, 2006) | Samuel Beckett
Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it''s awful.'' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in ti
A Fine Balance (4, 2006) | Rohinton Mistry
''A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.'' Independent India, 1975 . An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide for
Drown (4, 2008) | Junot Diaz
Originally published in 1997, Drown instantly garnered terrific acclaim. Moving from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, these heartbreaking, completely original stories established Díaz as one of conte
Nocturnes (4, 2010) | Kazuo Ishiguro
* Kazuo Ishiguros new novel Klara and the Sun is now available * In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the hush-hush floor of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we en
The New York Trilogy (4, 2011) | Paul Auster
The contemporary classic from ''our supreme post-modernist'' (Ian McEwan) - expanding the possibilities of the noir detective novel - whose writing ''shines with intelligence and originality'' (Don DeLillo) The New York Trilogy is the most astonishing wo
Open City (4, 2012) | Teju Cole
The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald. A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the streets
An Artist of the Floating World (4, 2013) | Kazuo Ishiguro
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME** FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEVER LET ME GO SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 1948: Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II,
A Grief Observed (4, 2013) | C. S. Lewis,C.S. Lewis
The perennial classic: this intimate journal chronicling the Narnia author''s experience of grief after his wife''s death has consoled readers for half a century with its '' sensitive and eloquent'' magic (Hilary Mantel) ''An intimate, anguished accoun
Fragrant Harbour (4, 2013) | John Lanchester
''It''s Hong Kong,'' she said. ''Heung gong. Fragrant harbour.'' Fragrant Harbour is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia''s last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England to seek his fortune, and finds it in running Hong Kong''s b
Tampa (4, 2014) | Alissa Nutting
Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She is attractive. She drives a red Corvette. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed and devoted to her. But Celeste has a secret. She has a singular sexual obsession - fourteen-year-ol
Solaris (4, 2016) | Stanislaw Lem,Lem Stanislaw
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and sp
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (4, 2016) | Max (Author) Porter,Max Porter
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES/ PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDWINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARDWINNER OF THE EUROPESE LITERATUURPRIJS ''Amazing and unfo
The Black Album (4, 2017) | Hanif Kureishi
Shahid is a clean-cut student, trying to make an impression on his college lecturer, Deedee Osgood, who gives his spirits a lift when she takes him to a naked rave party. Shahid''s academic prospects are threatened by the intervention of his gangster brot
The Buddha of Suburbia (4, 2017) | Hanif Kureishi
A BELOVED CLASSIC - WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH ''A naughty, bubbly book.''ZADIE SMITH''Wickedly funny.'' NEW YORK TIMES ''Utterly irreverent and wildly improper, but also genuinely touching and truthful.''SALMAN RUSHDIE My name is Karim Amir, an
The Poisonwood Bible (4, 2017) | Barbara Kingsolver
**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD ** TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEWITH OVER 7,000 5* REVIEWS ''A masterpiece.'' MARIAN KEYES''Breathtaking.'' SUNDAY TIM
Harsh Times (4, 2022) | Mario Vargas Llosa
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever." Financial Times Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind
The Colony (4, 2023) | Audrey Magee
AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 Vivid and memorable. SARAH MOSS ''Luminous.'' Observer ''I utterly A
Erasure (4, 2021) | Percival Everett
#20 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century'' Adapted into the Oscar-nominated major motion picture, American Fiction . By the twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees and James. Truly brilliant. Los Angeles Review of B
Penance (4, 2024) | Eliza Clark
A Guardian Best Book of the Year A Dazed Best Novel of 2023 An unmissable banger. ALICE SLATERA meta-meditation on the mysteries, malice, and minutiae of adolescence. TOM BENNYouve never read anything like this. JULIA ARMFIELD Do you know what happene
A Certain Hunger (4, 2022) | Chelsea G. Summers
''Irresistable.'' Megan Abbott ''A gory, gorgeous feast of a book.'' Kiran Millwood Hargrave ''This book is crazy. You have to read it.'' Bon Appetit Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious and adventurous appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table
A Load of Old Balls (4, 2024) | James Harkin,Anna Ptaszynski
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS'' Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.'' ALAN DAVIES ''The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent.'' SPECTATOR Did you know that Henry VIII
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty (4, 2023) | Akwaeke Emezi
LITTLE ROT, the new novel from Sunday Times Bestseller Akwaeke Emezi, is out now. She''s landed in the perfect place . . . to fall for the wrong man. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCEA ZOELLA BOOK CLUB P
The Other Half (4, 2023) | Charlotte Vassell
One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. ERIN KELLY A fresh, bitingly witty take on the whodunnit. RED The night before Ruperts 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonalds catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot. The morning af
Shy (4, 2024) | Max Porter
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY ''Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.'' GEORGE SAUNDERS ''Beautiful and haunting.'' KEVIN BARRY ''The strangest, most beguiling and affecting of all
Big Swiss (4, 2023) | Jen Beagin
** SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SERIES STARRING JODIE COMER ** A YOU MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR ''A startlingly funny sex comedy with dark undertones thats high on quirk and scabrous wit.'' Sunday Times, ''Books of the Year'' By turns funny, eccentric and r
Boy Parts (4, 2023) | Eliza Clark
FROM THE AUTHOR OF SHE''S ALWAYS HUNGRY AND PENANCE A GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023 ** INCLUDES THE SHORT STORY GOTH GF ** Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp. JESSICA ANDREWS Will make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eye
The Rest of Our Lives (4, 2025) | Benjamin Markovits
'Excellent . . . this compelling depiction of life at a crossroads is a male counterpart to Miranda July's All Fours.' Guardian
A Deadly Inheritance (4, 2025) | Charlotte Vassell
One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. ERIN KELLY** Available for pre-order now ** Two murders. Rosie wakes up at 3am already feeling the twinges of a brutal hangover an afternoon spent day drinking with her uni pals has left her rather th
Long Way Down (The Graphic Novel) (4, 2026) | Jason Reynolds
AND THEN THERE WERE SHOTSEverybodyran,ducked,hid, tuckedthemselves tight. Pressed our lips to thepavement and prayedthe boom, followed bythe buzz of a bullet,didn't meet us. After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps.
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath - English Book
I was supposed to be having the time of my life .. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a.. Indgår i serien: sylvia plath. Sideantal: 240. Genre: skønlitteratur
The Town
In an unnamed, dead-end town in the heart of the outback, a young writer arrives to research small settlements that have vanished into oblivion.
A Life's Work - Rachel Cusk - English Book
A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early... Sideantal: 240. Genre: biografier
Homo Irrealis: Essays - André Aciman - English Book
The bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the essay form with this... Sideantal: 256. Genre: krop og sind
Moon Palace (4, 1990) | Paul Auster
Paul Auster''s enthralling adventure story from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy : ''a literary voice for the ages'' ( Guardian ) It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not belie
Lord of the Flies (4, 1997) | William Golding
This dystopian classic, which has sold over 25 million copies, is ''e xciting, relevant and thought-provoking'' (Stephen King). W hen a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? ''One of my favorite books - I read it eve
Asleep (4, 2001) | Banana Yoshimoto
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN ''Enchanting.'' TIME OUT The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist. JAPAN TIMES ''Sensitive, refined and graceful.'' i-D [Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.'' SPECTATOR Mourning her lost lover, a woma
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (4, 2009) | Junot Diaz
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY #11 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century'' A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar''s sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming t
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (4, 2010) | T. S. Eliot
A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot''s beloved cat poems Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats , containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler. Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr
Never Let Me Go (4, 2010) | Kazuo Ishiguro
**OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE #9 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century'' Brilliantly executed. MARGARET ATWOOD A page-turner and a heartbreaker. TIME Masterly. SUNDAY TIMES One of the most acclai
Remains of the Day (4, 2010) | Kazuo Ishiguro
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro''s beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, emba
Zorba the Greek (4, 2016) | Nikos Kazantzakis
This moving fable sees a young Greek writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has
Come Closer (4, 2021) | Sara Gran
''A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror.'' Francine Toon, author of Pine There was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on. Strange noises in the apartment.Impulsive behaviour
The Orange and other poems (3, 2023) | Wendy Cope
My heart has made its mind up And I''m afraid it''s you. The Orange provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain''s wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets.In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Co
The Bell Jar (4, 2001) | Sylvia Plath
A modern classic. Guardian A near-perfect work of art. Joyce Carol Oates Sylvia Plath is a major cultural icon who continues to inspire new generations of female readers. The Bell Jar is one of the defining novels of the 20th century. I was supposed to
Fool for Love (4, 1984) | Sam Shepard,Catherine Stone
''Set in a desolate motel room on the edge of the Mojave desert, the play has something of the timeless universality of a Greek tragedy . . . Like ancient classical drama, too, the action is at once brief and relentless. By the end of the 90-minute play
Testaments Betrayed (4, 2004) | Milan Kundera
An invigorating novelistic essay, rich in literary wisdom, from the i nternational superstar author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. ''A masterpiece.'' Independent ''Nothing so much as a gauntlet, thrown down by Kundera for both novelists and their
Tokyo Year Zero (4, 2008) | David Peace,David (Author) Peace
Brilliant. New York Times Remarkable. Irish Times August 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors.Against this extraordinary historical backdrop, Tokyo Year Zero opens with the discovery o
The Museum of Innocence (4, 2010) | Orhan Pamuk
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A deeply moving portrait of a torturous love affair that shows Istanbul in all its complex beauty. An enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.'' The Guardian Intimate and nuanced . . . a classic, spa
A Pale View of Hills (4, 2010) | Kazuo Ishiguro
*Kazuo Ishiguros new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* Kazuo Ishiguros highly acclaimed debut, first published in 1982, tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter.Retre
The Unconsoled (4, 2013) | Kazuo Ishiguro
* Kazuo Ishiguros new novel Klara and the Sun is now available * Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give . . .On first publication in 1995, The Unconsoled was m
The Invention of Solitude (4, 2012) | Paul Auster
'' One day there is life . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death. ''So begins Paul Auster''s moving and personal meditation on fatherhood, The Invention of Solitude . The first section, ''Portrait of an Invisible Man'', reveals Auster''s memo
Ayoade on Top (4, 2020) | Richard Ayoade
A message from the Captain: On behalf of myself and the entire Ayoade team, welcome to Ayoade on Top . At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin-crew dramedy ever filmed: View from the Top , starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Buckle up for the f
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (4, 2019) | Michelle McNamara
** NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES FROM HBO AND SKY ** WINNER OF THE GOOD READS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018 The masterful true crime account of the Golden State Kil
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (4, 2018) | Martin McDonagh
After months pass without a culprit in her daughters murder case, Mildred Hayes pays for three signs challenging the authority of William Willoughby, the town''s revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon, a mothers boy with a penc
Kudos (4, 2019) | Rachel Cusk
''One of the most astoundingly original and necessary books I''ve ever read.'' Guardian ''A landmark in twenty-first-century English literature.'' Observer ''A perfect synthesis of form and content.'' Deborah LevyA woman on a plane listens to the stran
Transit (4, 2018) | Rachel Cusk
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE ''A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.'' Monica Ali, New York Times ''Tremendous from its opening sentence.'' Tessa Hadley, Guardian ''A work of cut-glass brilliance.'' Financial Times I
Returning to Haifa (4, 2018) | Ismail Khalidi,Naomi Wallace
You haven''t asked, but yes, you both may stay in our house for the time being. And use our things. I figure it''ll take a war to settle it all. A compelling story of two families - one Palestinian, one Israeli - forced by history into an intimacy they di
The Devil You Know (4, 2022) | Eileen Horne,GWEN ADSHEAD
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the 2024 BBC Reith Lecturer Compassionate and fascinating. GUARDIAN Extraordinary. THE TIMES Recalibrated my empathy dial.'' NEW STATESMAN Fascinating. SUNDAY TIMES ''Deeply humane.'' IRISH TIMES ''Exceptional.''
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (4, 2021) | Lawrence Durrell
Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. ''Stunning. '' André Aciman ''Masterly ... Casts a sp
Prospero's Cell (4, 2021) | Lawrence Durrell
Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. ''In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.'' New York Times In his youth
The Farmer's Wife (4, 2024) | Helen Rebanks
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Beautiful. Daily Mail ''True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical'' Kate Mosse ''Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.'' Observer ''Beautiful and very honest.'' CAITLIN MORAN ''It''s quite an achievement to shine a light of t
Me and Mr Jones (4, 2025) | Suzi Ronson
From the stylist behind David Bowies Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.'' Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and genius. Few can
Demon Copperhead (4, 2023) | Barbara Kingsolver
#1 NEW YORK TIMES READERS BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRI
Enchantment (4, 2024) | Katherine May
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER '' It will do your soul good to read this.'' NIGELLA LAWSONA balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering . Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the
Foster (4, 2022) | Claire Keegan
From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These, a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland''s most acclaimed writers . AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE DAVY
The Banshees of Inisherin (4, 2022) | Martin McDonagh
The screenplay of the latest macabre and haunting comedy from the writer of In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Winner: Best Screenplay, BAFTAs 2023 Winner: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023. Winner: Best Screenplay, Venice
Never Let Me Go Twentieth Anniversary Edition
A gorgeous 20th-anniversary edition of this beloved modern classic, complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize-winning author.
Malone Dies
'Malone', writes Malone, 'is what I am called now. ' On his deathbed, and wiling away the time with stories, the octogenarian Malone's account of his condition is intermittent and contradictory, shifting with the vagaries of the p
The New York Trilogy Faber Modern Classics
A trilogy of three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find Faber Modern Classics
On receiving an early copy, Evelyn Waugh remarked 'If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady, they are indeed remarkable. 'She's horrifyingly funny . Her stories - her intelligence and passion - can restore reason to minds unhin
Cosmopolitan
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Oxygen Mask
and so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generations, now you know. It is a reminder of how, in uncertain times, we can cling to the simple things for respite, for hope. A reminder of how c
Missing
What happened to your baby?'Missing grips from start to finish, with a shocking finale you'll never see coming.' Margot Douaihy, author of Scorched Grace'DI Martha Allen is a sympathetic protagonist, drawing the threads together and di
101 Sonnets (4, 2012) | Don Paterson
Poets have been fascinated and challenged by the sonnet ever since it was imported from Italy to England in the sixteenth century. With its fourteen lines, inexhaustibly variable, it has met particular needs of almost every major poet from Thomas Wyatt
Buried Giant (4, 2016) | Kazuo Ishiguro
THE NEW NOVEL FROM KAZUO ISHIGURO - MISS LAMBERT STEPS ABOARD DANGER - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off acro
Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats (4, 2015) | T. S. Eliot
A stunning new gift edition of this much-loved classic, with the celebrated black-and-white illustrations by Edward Gorey. Cats! Some are sane, and some are mad.Some are good, and some are bad . . . The whimsical 1982 Old Possum''s illustrations have been
Republic of False Truths (4, 2022) | Alaa Al Aswany
'' Glorious'' Observer '' Amazing '' André Aciman '' Masterly '' Sunday Times '' Blistering '' Financial Times General Alwany is a pious man who loves his family. He also tortures and kills enemies of the state.Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
When Stars are Scattered (4, 2020) | Omar Mohamed,Victoria Jamieson
''It may be the best graphic novel I''ve read.'' The Reader Teacher ''This beautiful memoir is not to be missed.'' Booklist ''A fantastic graphic novel.'' New York Times ''An outstanding book.'' LoveReading *SHORTLISTED - UKLA BOOK AWARDS* A heart-wre
D1 Parade
WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE'A brilliant, stark and unsettling feat. ' Observer'Thoughtful and true . . Cusk is a disciple of the truth and she helps us to see. ' Independent'Cusk's most formidable, radical and compell
Venice
Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past.
Walk The Blue Fields - Claire Keegan - English Book
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the long awaited second collection from the... Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster - English Book
The New York Trilogy is a remarkable collection of three interconnected novels by Paul Auster,.. Indgår i serien: storytelling. Sideantal: 320. Genre: skønlitteratur
Government Inspector
The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy.
Girl In A Band
In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extr
The Hawk in the Rain
Features a collection of poems on the themes of competition and the struggle for survival. This title includes poems, such as: 'The Jaguar', 'The Thought-Fox' and 'Wind'.
4 3 2 1 - Paul Auster - English Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017. On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only... Sideantal: 800. Genre: skønlitteratur
The Red-haired Woman - Orhan Pamuk - English Book
Shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize for best work of literary fiction translated into English.... Sideantal: 288. Genre: skønlitteratur
Betrayal
After an initially guarded response from the critics, the work was rapidly reevaluated and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play the following year. Set in London and Venice the play has an innovative chronology that opens at the end of an affair and wo
The Discomfort Of Evening - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld - English Book
Winner of the Booker International Prize 2020! One of Vogue's Top Five Debuts of 2020, one of... Sideantal: 288. Genre: skønlitteratur
Second Place - Rachel Cusk - English Book
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021! From the acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of... Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
The War of the End of the World (4, 2012) | Mario Vargas Llosa
The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and b
Field Work
From his remarkable debut in 1966, Seamus Heaney pioneered the poetry of our times across five decades of cultural and political change, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. This collection contains some of his best-loved poems, 'Oy
Find Me - André Aciman - English Book
In this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, the author of Call Me by Your Name... Sideantal: 256. Genre: skønlitteratur
Asteroid City - Wes Anderson - English Book
The screen play of the new film - starring Scarlett Johansson and Tom Hanks - by Wes Anderson,... Sideantal: 152. Genre: skønlitteratur
On The Calculation Of Volume Ii - Solvej Balle - English Book
The second volume of the landmark European masterpiece about a woman lost in time. - I was sure that.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
Baumgartner - Paul Auster - English Book
And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his... Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
The Secret of Scent (4, 2007) | Luca Turin
''Meet Luca Turin, a renegade scientist and perfume critic with an extraordinary sense of smell.'' Newsday Funny, irreverent and passionate, The Secret of Scent opens the lid on two worlds - the glamorous and highly lucrative realm of the perfume maker
Death of a Naturalist (4, 2006) | Seamus Heaney
On its original appearance in 1966, Death of a Naturalist won the Cholmondeley Award, a Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.''His words give us the soil-reek of Ireland, the colourful violence of his childhood
Encounter (4, 2010) | Milan Kundera
A passionate and provocative defence of art from the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Are we living in an era that no longer values art or beauty? This is Kundera''s passionate defence of the creators who remain viscerally important to him, a
Running with the Kenyans (4, 2013) | Adharanand Finn
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner - Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world''s biggest long-distance races,
Blood on the Altar (4, 2013) | Tobias Jones
One Sunday morning in 1993 a 16-year-old girl named Eliza Claps goes missing from a church in the centre of Potenza, Italy. Shortly before her disappearance, Elisa had met Danilo Restivo, a strange local boy with a fetish for cutting women''s hair on the
Conquerors (4, 2016) | Roger Crowley
''A rare gift . . . The story he has to tell may be a thrilling one but not every historian could tell it so thrillingly.'' Financial Times ''Magnificently rip-roaring history . . . Bursting with colour and excitement.'' Dominic Sandbrook As remarkable a
And the Sun Shines Now (4, 2017) | Adrian Tempany
WINNER OF THE NEW WRITER AWARD AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE GORDON BURN PRIZE AND FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDSFEATURED IN THE OBSERVER''S SPORTS WRITERS'' BOOKS OF THE YEAR And the Sun
Empires of the Sea (4, 2013) | Roger Crowley
Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture
Being You (4, 2022) | Professor Anil Seth
A GUARDIAN , ECONOMIST , NEW STATESMAN , FINANCIAL TIMES AND BLOOMBERG BOOK OF THE YEAR ''I loved it.'' MICHAEL POLLAN ''Fascinating.'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Awe-inspring.'' NEW STATESMAN ''Brilliant.'' CLAIRE TOMALIN, NEW YORK TIMES ''A brilliant
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible (4, 2017) | Peter Pomerantsev
** HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER - AVAILABLE NOW** ''Electrifying.'' Anne Applebaum ''Mesmerising.'' Financial Times ''Seductive and terrifying in equal measure.'' The Times ''Required reading.'' Observer A jo
Normans in the South, 1016-1130 (4, 2018) | John Julius Norwich
Chronicling the other Norman invasion, The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, perhaps the most extraordinary European adventurer between the times of Caesar and Napoleon. In one year, 10
The Inheritance (4, 2020) | Matthew Lopez
The most important American play of the century. Daily Telegraph Inspired by E. M. Forsters novel Howards End , and set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to be a gay man today
Wild Thing (4, 2025) | Sue Prideaux
A TIMES , DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST , NEW STATESMAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 20
Time's Echo (4, 2024) | Jeremy Eichler
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE AND THE WINGATE PRIZE A work of extraordinary power, beauty and human feeling. Sunday Times , History Book of the YearProfoundly moving. Edmund de WaalA most rare book: extraordinarily powerful magisterial, meti
The Cost of Sexism (4, 2022) | Professor Linda Scott
A GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 FINANCIAL TIMES AND McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR An urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passion
John and Paul (4, 2026) | Ian Leslie
The Sunday Times bestselling biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history.
Dead-End Memories (4, 2024) | Banana Yoshimoto
''Poignant . . . deeply nostalgic.'' GLAMOUR ''Strange, melancholy and beautiful.'' BRANDON TAYLOR''The supreme poet of solitude.'' SPECTATOR There was no past, no future, no words, nothing just the light and the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in t
Small Things Like These (3, 2024) | Claire Keegan
A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan''s multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE
Ariel
Includes many of the author's best-known poems such as: 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', that were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her d
The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194 (4, 2018) | John Julius Norwich
When on Christmas Day, 1130, Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was fantastically cosmopolitan; and to an
The Premonition
From the beloved, bestselling author of Kitchen, comes a deeply haunting, heartwarming exploration of loneliness and painful memories set in Japan.''Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.'' Daily Mail '' Reading Banana Yoshimoto is like taking a bra
The Crafty Art of Playmaking
From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the experts, how to cope with rehearsals), this book provides a complete primer to the art of playwriting.
Finding the Raga
A revelatory and very personal exploration of Indian classical music from 'one of his generation's best writers' (Guardian). Winner of the 2022 James Tait Black Biography Award.
Long Way Down The Graphic Novel Winner, Kate Greenaway Award
The award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff.
Fight Night
Poignant, hilarious and deeply moving, Fight Night is a girl's love letter to the women raising her and a tribute to one family's fighting spirit.
Happiness Falls Export Edition
We didn't call the police right away. Later, I would blame myself, wonder if things might have turned out differently if I hadn't shrugged it off, insisting Dad wasn't missing missing but just delayed, probably still in the woods looking fo
Munichs
**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** 'Peace writes the boldest and most original British fiction of his generation. ' RICHARD LLOYD PARRY, NEW YORK TIMES 'Hypnotic. ' GUARDIAN, on Red or Dead 'Probably the best novel ever written about
Caledonian Road
From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.May 2021. London.Campbell Flynn - art historian and celebrity intellectual - is entering the empire of middle age. Fu
World Within A Song Music That Changed My Life And Life That
A mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy.
The Rest of Our Lives
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025Moving, smart and life-affirming. OBSERVER ''Why aren''t all novels like this?'' THE CRITIC ''A triumphant twist on the great American road novel.'' GUARDIAN ''So funny, wise and knowing.'' CLARE CHAMBERS What''s lef
D1 Che Guevara
In Che: A Revolutionary Life, Jon Lee Anderson and José Hernández reveal the man behind the myth, creating a complex portrait of this passionate idealist. Combining Anderson's unprecedented access and research with Hernández's emotionally grippi
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (4, 2006) | James Shapiro
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Baillie Gifford ''Winner of Winners'' award in 2023 How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow
The Strangest Man (4, 2009) | Graham Farmelo
''A monumental achievement - one of the great scientific biographies.'' Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the Costa Biography Award-winning account of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. He was one of the leading pion
Contested Will (4, 2011) | James Shapiro
For two hundred years after William Shakespeare''s death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe - have been propose
The Bell Jar (3, 2013) | Sylvia Plath
I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles
Schumann (4, 2021) | Judith Chernaik
Schumann: The Faces and the Masks is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ever since his attempted suicide and early death in an insane asylum. Schumann was a key figure in the Rom
RAW (4, 2018) | Lamont U-God Hawkins
The Wu-Tang Clan is American hip-hop royalty. Rolling Stone called them the best rap group ever and their debut album is considered one of the greatest of all time. Since 1992, they have released seven gold and platinum studio albums with sales of more
A Guest in the House (4, 2025) | E.M. Carroll
A New York Times'' Notable Book of 2023Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/ComicsWinner of the Lammy Award Winner for LGBTQ+ ComicWinner of the The Doug Wright Award for Best Book ''Carroll''s voice is unique and powerful and I, for one,
Nature Matters (3, 2025) | Mona Arshi,Karen McCarthy Woolf
Revitalising conversations around environmentalism and ecopoetics, this new gathering of African, Asian and Caribbean diaspora voices is both urgent and inspirational.There has been a welcome surge of nature writing in recent years. Yet this has raised qu
Everything to Play For (3, 2023) | Anna Ptaszynski,James Harkin
Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves and No Such Thing As a Fish podcast hosts James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski. From sport''s weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, each c
John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs - 'The first new Beatles story in decades'
A majestic biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history. John & Paul begins in 1957, when two teenagers in suburban Liverpool meet and decide to play rock n'roll together. It ends twen
The Kellerby Code (3, 2024) | Jonny Sweet
''Magnificent.'' Richard Osman Razor-sharp. Erin Kelly ''Fresh, frightening, bittersweet and brutal.'' Chris Whitaker ''Catnip for fans of Saltburn. '' Guardian ''Brilliant.'' Matthew Baynton A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK He''s found a l
Barbie (4, 2023) | Noah Baumbach,Greta Gerwig
Nominated for 8 Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay She''s everything. He''s just Ken. The exclusive screenplay of the film phenomenon by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach. *Featuring an exclusive introduction by Greta Gerwig and
Keegan (3, 2025) | Anthony Quinn
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW From the author of Klopp , a funny and insightful look at one of Britains greatest and strangest football greats. He was stranger than he knew than any of us knew. England captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Fa
What Art Does (3, 2025) | Brian Eno,Adriaanse Eno,Bette Adriaanse
Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us.Curious and playful, richly illustrated, ful
Toy Fights A Boyhood - 'A Classic of Its Kind' William Boyd
A future classic of memoir by one of the greatest writersat work today
Sundog
Scott Walker is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant, serious and intelligent of artists today. Walker's iconic lyrics will proudly follow in the footsteps of other famous musicians who have been published by Faber & Faber, including Jarvis Cocker,
The Park Bench
Fans of The Fox and the Star, The Man Who Planted Trees and Richard Linklater's Boyhood will find this intimate graphic novel about a simple park bench - and the people who walk by or linger - poignant, life-affirming and brilliantly original.
Tell Me What I Am 'Beautiful, Haunting.' Louise Kennedy
Well-written, incredibly tense and chilling in parts.' 5* reader review'A book to savour and appreciate as well as enjoy.' 5* reader review'This is such a powerful story of love and family.
How To Win An Information War The Propagandist Who Outwitted
Pomerantsev is emerging as the pre-eminent war reporter of our time. ObserverFrom one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn f
Happiness Falls 'I Loved This Book.' Gabrielle Zevin
Eugene - her younger, nonspeaking teenage brother. As the Police struggle for leads, and her mother and twin brother struggle to keep things together at home, Mia gains access to key clues about her father's disappearance.
A Year Of Living Curiously 365 Things Really Worth Knowing
There are tales of footballing bees and Viking mice, the beginning of the thesaurus and the end of the library of Alexandria. Spend just two minutes a day with this glorious almanac of curious treasure and you'll end your year full of wonder and just
Holding The Line
It was the summer of 1983. Barbara Kingsolver had a day job as ascientific writer spends her weekends cutting her teeth as a freelancejournalist when she landed an assignment. Her mission: was to cover the PhelpsDodge mine strike.Overthe year that followe
Parade (4, 2024) | Rachel Cusk
A writer hides. A mother dies. A woman is attacked.InParade, Rachel Cusk creates a new documentary voice that operates on theborder between fiction and reality. It braids imagined characters with theactual, experience with the philosophical, to altering e
The Book of the Most Precious Substance
"A book with all of life's answers, if only you can find it. . "