The Secret Kingdoms

M. A. Carrick

Orbit

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city's filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look. Derossi Vargo has always known. He has sacrificed more than anyone imagines to car...

Terry Pratchett

Ladybird

‘Incredibly funny, compulsively readable' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . 'What shall we do?' said Twoflower. 'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival. As it moves towards...

Elif Shafak

Penguin

The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ***** There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on th...

S. F. Williamson

Harper

The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn't worried. She's going to follow the rules, get...

Timothy Snyder

Vintage

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range over pits and ravines. They had been murdered in the lawless killing zones created by the German colonial war in the East, many o...

Rosalinda Ruiz Scarfuto

Penguin

Musing at Mont Blanc dives into the deep crevices of the European Alps with inspiring glaciers and the rare beauty of two women, 200 years apart, confronting their intimate relationship with the natural world for unexpected outcomes. Mary Shelley Wollstonecraft created Dr. Frankenstein and Rosalinda discovered the unique landscape that inspired the novel, whilst creating her ow...

Yukio Mishima

Vintage

A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They reg...

Agatha Christie

Harper

Rachel Schneider

Penguin

Jane Marguerite Tippett

Hodder & Stoughton

'ASTONISHING' THE DAILY MAIL 'STRIKING' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'RADICAL' TATLER Described by The Telegraph as 'Edward's truth' Once a King is the never before seen and unfiltered story of King Edward VIII, the original royal renegade, who abdicated his throne and left the royal family to pursue his own destiny. Fifteen years after having abdicated the throne to marry the woman he ...

Uketsu

Penguin

A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others. More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it's your turn.[Bokinfo]. ...

Philip K. Dick

Gollancz

Science fiction. A theological detective story in which God is both a missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime. The schizophrenic hero, a Dick alter-ego named Horselover Fat, begins receiving revelatory visions through a burst of pink laser light. As a coterie of religious seekers forms to explore these messages, they are led to a rock musician's estate, where a...

Dave Boling

Pan

A heart-rending tale of love, war, and survival set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. In 1935, Miguel Navarro flees his Basque fishing village to escape conflict with the Spanish Civil Guard. He seeks a new life in Guernica, the heart of Basque culture, where he discovers not only a fresh start but also Miren Ansotegui, a charismatic dancer. The two find a love th...

Lynn Painter

Simon & Schuster

Leonora Nattrass

Viper

Paul. Richardson

Abacus

The story of the real 'good life' of an off-grid existence in rural Spain Paul Richardson fled the city to live on the land in a rough-and-tumble village on the edge of Europe. Immersing himself in the culture of his remote Spanish community, he learned the traditional arts of animal husbandry and vegetable growing, wine-making and home distilling, and made bread from the rye ...

Arkady Strugatsky / Boris Strugatsky

Gollancz

When Maxim Kammerer, a young space explorer from twenty-second-century Earth, crash-lands on an uncharted world, he thinks of himself as a latter-day Robinson Crusoe. Eager to establish first contact with the planet's humanlike inhabitants, he finds himself increasingly entangled in their primitive way of life. After his experiences in their nightmarish military, criminal justi...

Alison Weir

Vintage

On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. T ...

Alix E. Harrow

Pan

Laurie Gilmore

Harper

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Gilmore, comes a brand new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow! The closer the proximity, the stronger the spark... Phoebe and Theo have been best friends for years, never anything more, despite the sparks between them. And after ignoring her desire for so long, Fee has become adept at ignoring their conne...

Elif Shafak

Ladybird

In One Brief Moment All Eternity is an astonishing new novel by the bestselling, prize-winning novelist Elif Shafak. Spanning decades and continents, from revolutionary 19th century France to Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, it is a profound meditation on creativity in times of political crisis and war, asking what literature can hope to offer when the world feels broken. Building a...

Ana Huang

Abacus

He can resist any woman in the world...except for the one he shouldn't want. Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn't do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter. Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string...

Amber Smith

Penguin

THAT WAS THE WAY I USED TO BE YOU'VE SEEN THE WAY I AM NOW THIS IS THE WAY WE BECOME You've seen Eden, Gen and Amanda stand up to Kevin. Now, in the wake of the jury's decision, the girls are expected to move on while still grappling with the aftermath of a trial that turned their lives upside down. Amanda is attempting to finish high school, Eden is still learning what it mean...

Abby Jimenez

Abacus

Veronica Roth

Harper

The worldwide sensation as you've never seen it before. Step into a bold new Divergent series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. Beatrice Prior stands on the brink of a decision every person in her world must make: five factions, five futures, five lives. She has a plan: she's going to make the bravest choice, and leave Abnegation behind to join Dauntless,...

Barbara Kingsolver

Faber & Faber

The landmark new novel from the Global Bestseller, Double Women's Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver. ...

Enni Amanda

Harper

Pre-order now to get the limited deluxe paperback with stenciled edges!My boss's hot, chaotic son just crashed my luxury art retreat. I feel like running for the hills, but he's begging for my help, and I can't afford to lose my job.An all-expenses-paid autumn break in the mountains at a luxury art retreat? As a broke single mom, I can't believe my luck. Until my boss's whirlwi...

Adalyn. Grace

Penguin

Ali Hazelwood

Penguin

New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood's intoxicating paranormal romance novella duology—together for the first time in print and ebook!Read the captivating dark academia romance in Bound, then flip your book over to unleash the dangers of forbidden love in Unbound. BoundA reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are bound by an arcane text—in more wa...

Madeline Miller

Bloomsbury

From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is ...

Rina Kent

Penguin

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. Love is impossible. Hate is an open game. Kimberly He was once my best friend. Now he's my worst enemy. Xander Knight is heartbreakingly beautiful. Ridiculously popular. Brutally cruel. A knight in name only - Xander is not here to save anyone. Xa...

Maureen Johnson

Harper

Return to the world of Truly Devious as Stevie Bell and her friends travel to New York to solve a murder in the next standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even she can't figure out what happened with her boyfriend, David. What she needs is a dist...

Ashley Herring Blake

Abacus

Legacies and hearts collide when a woman embarks on a film project about an extraordinary family's rich history in this bewitching romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake - perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan Sasha Sinclair is used to being alone. Her parents, successful documentary filmmakers, died in a car accident ...

Hannah Bonam-Young

Bedford Square Publishers

A fake girlfriend. A real best friend. One very complicated lie... The day Clara started her new (dream) job as an assistant to her photography idol, she was met with an assumption that caught her off guard and stunned her silent. Suddenly, she has to bring a girlfriend to the gallery's opening in a few weeks - all because she choked up and failed to correct her boss that she...

Min Jin Lee

Harper

'Profoundly generous and humane' DOUGLAS STUART 'Engrossing ... brilliantly imagined' COLM TÓIBÍN 'Extraordinary' TARA WESTOVER 'A novel I didn't want to end' ROXANE GAY Min Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of Pachinko, returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty. John and Helen Koh and their three chi...

V. L. Bovalino

Orbit

A ruthless spy. A deadly mission. A thief who could ruin it all. The Thief and the Traitor Bride is a standalone romantic fantasy set in the world of the Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling novel The Second Death of Locke. Nore Gordon is a woman of many talents: she can speak a variety of languages, disguise herself in plain sight, and has made a name for herself as a succ...

Yang Shuang-Zi / Lin King

And Other Stories

Ottessa Moshfegh

Vintage

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD 2016 Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times, Observer and Daily Telegraph Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling. - Robert ...

Becky Manawatu

Penguin

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTION WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL aue (verb) to cry, howl, groan, wail, bawl. (interjection) expression of astonishment or distress. Taukiri was born into sorrow. Aue can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of th...

M.john Harrison

Ladybird

Rebecca Perry

Penguin

She is a curator, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. A replica pie, half-eaten, perched on a small desk in the servant's quarters. A fruit bowl, filled with artificial apples, pomegranates and pears, with one piece missing. It should feel as though her subject has just left the room; the air should be alive with their energy. B...

Elizabeth Strout

Ladybird

FROM THE PULITZER-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED ELIZABETH STROUT COMES A STUNNING STANDALONE NOVEL OF LOVE, LONELINESS AND NEW BEGINNINGS 'Emotionally stunning, devastatingly wise . . . her best novel yet' RACHEL JOYCE 'A moving, tender and wise novel about a committed teacher who is utterly confounded by the emotional complexities of daily life. This might be Elizabeth Strout'...

Douglas Stuart

Panmacmillan

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Tóibín'To r...

Marlon James

Ladybird

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS 'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .' The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings - a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal. So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston ...

Luke Kennard

Phoenix

Kit Haley

Penguin

'There are so many tennis books in 2026, but out of all of them, THIS is the one to read' ? ? ? ? ? 'I devoured this book, for fans of Heated Rivalry this is the perfect next read for you' ? ? ? ? ? 'Kit Haley, you've made me a fan of tennis' ? ? ? ? ? Discover the sweetest and steamiest tennis romance sensation of the summer - perfect for fans of Rachel Reid, The Open Era and ...

Agatha Christie

Harper

The special edition hardback of Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, with a gorgeous new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a...

Julia Langbein

Penguin

" A LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A wild, wonderful essential novel' Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had 'Will remind you why you fell in love with reading' Oprah Daily, Best Book of Spring 2026 'Outrageously funny novel about hunger, desire, and the vulnerable' Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here Forty-year-old Jean Dornan cannot escap...

John Dapolito (Ed.)

Ybernia

Rebecca F. Kuang

The Borough Press

The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* 'Addictive' Grazia 'Hugely entertaining' Observer 'Provocative' Mail on Sunday THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY. IT'S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL. When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opp...

S. A. Chakraborty

Harper

Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the stre...

Jeremy Black

Penguin

A wonderfully concise and very readable history of Spain, perfect for travellers This is the extraordinary story of Spain, from early tribalism and Roman rule to the Moorish conquest, Spain's eighteenth-century revival under the Bourbons, the Peninsular War and revolution in Spanish America right up to the catastrophic civil war and Franco's totalitarian regime. A key theme fr...

Giles Tremlett

Head Of Zeus

Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles.'Tremlett is a fascinating socio-cultural guide, as happy to discuss Spain's World Cup win as its Moorish rule' Guardian 'Negotiates Spain's chaotic history with admirable clarity and sty...

Giles Tremlett

Bloomsbury

1474. Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania-- and Isabella ascended the throne, a female ruler in a male-dominated world. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon not only united their kingdoms, but began a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Tremlett chronicles Isabella's colorful life as she led her country out of the Mid...

Henry Kamen

Yale

"In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new-and thought-provoking-view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences...

J. H. Elliott

Penguin

Cardinal Richelieu is one of the best known and most studied statesmen in European history; his Spanish contemporary and rival, the Count-Duke of Olivares, one of the least known. The contrasting historical fortunes of the two men reflect the outcome of the great struggle in seventeenth-century Europe between France and Spain: the triumph of France assured the fame of Richelieu...

Nigel Townson

Penguin

A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first'Spain is different, ' proclaimed the Franco regime in the 1940s, keen to attract foreign tourists. For the most part, the world has agreed. From the end of its 'glorious empire' in 1898 to the dazzling World Cup victory in 2010, the prevailing narrative of modern Spain has emphasized the cou...