The Secret Kingdoms

Adam Smith

Penguin

Adam Smith?s landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that self-interest will eventually come to enrich the whole community, as if by an ?invisible hand?. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves ? and each other. Th...

Ambrose Parry

Penguin

Edinburgh, 1847. Will Raven is a medical student, apprenticing for the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson. Sarah Fisher is Simpson's housemaid, and has all of Raven's intelligence but none of his privileges. As bodies begin to appear across the Old Town, Raven and Sarah find themselves propelled headlong into the darkest shadows of Edinburgh's underworld. And if either of them a...

Christina Lauren

Piatkus

The heart may hide, but it never forgets. Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos - the first and only love of her life - the careful bubble she's constructed begins to...

Matt Haig

Collins

The top ten bestseller from the author of The Midnight Library and The Humans. ...

Philip K. Dick

Ladybird

NOW AN AMAZON ORIGINAL SERIES 'Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find.' America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war - lies a neutal buffer zone in which legendary aut...

Carolina Orloff

Charco Press

From Mexico to Patagonia, the struggle for women's rights in Latin America comes alive in the voices of the artists and activists making the change. La Lucha gathers the voices of 30 artists, scholars, and activists, from 17 countries, actively engaged in the fight for women's rights in Latin America. From the patriarchy to femicide, to the inflections of identity embedded in c...

A. F. Steadman

Simon & Schuster

BLOODTHIRSTY UNICORNS. UNLIKELY HEROES. A MORTAL ENEMY. Don't miss this epic final adventure in the number 1 bestselling SKANDAR series, for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Eragon and Impossible Creatures. Pre-order THE FIRST UNICORN RIDER now to be one of the first to read an unmissable new magical adventure set in the incredible WORLD OF SKANDAR Skandar is in hiding af...

Ovid

Princeton Press

A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid's Remedies for Love—a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of loveBreakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a spouse's death was ranked as more stressful than a marital split. Is there any treatment for a breakup? The ancient Roman poet Ovid thought so. Having become famous for teaching the...

Jeff Kinney

Puffin

In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks. When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, figh...

Lize Meddings

Hoder

'Good or bad, Sad Ghosts stick together.' A heart-warming series about friendship, compassion and finding your kindred spirits. When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there, they start The Sad Ghost Club - a secret society for the anxious and alone, a club for people who think they don't belong. But when a third ghost wants...

Freida Mcfadden

Poisoned Pen Press

A brand-new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden - the master of riveting suspense and emotional twists that readers can't get enough of. *** The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed... Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the re...

Colombe Schneck

Simon & Schuster

'This is valuable writing. It has immense vitality. You will encounter a female narrator whose direct and bright-eyed stare at the world, and her self, is without shame or faux modesty. At the same time, it is also a deep study of existence, at various ages and stages in life.' -- Deborah Levy 'Swimming is a dreamy, bruised, and carnal book that pretty much no American would w...

Hannah Arendt

Penguin

Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without politics, and no politics without freedom. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They...

Merle Nygate

Phoenix

'Simply put, Merle Nygate is one of the best spy novelists writing today.' I.S. Berry 'Sophisticated and pulse-pounding writing' Express 'Powerfully evoked... drawn with insight and sensitivity, bringing a strong sense of authenticity' Financial Times In the aftermath of Hamas's October 7th attack on Israel, Mossad's London station chief Eli Amiram is fighting battles on all fr...

Lemony Snicket

Harper

Dear Reader, There is nothing to be found in 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution... ...

Alice Oseman

Hoder

*NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR* *FASTEST EVER SELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL* *Read it before you see it: Heartstopper Forever movie coming soon from Netflix* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Everyone in school know...

Juan Gómez-Jurado

Pan

The highly anticipated sequel to Juan Gómez-Jurado's number 1 international bestseller, Red Queen, now an original series streaming on Amazon Prime. Antonia Scott is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve the most dark, devious and dangerous crimes. In southern Spain, in the Costa del Sol, a key mafia figure is found brutally murdere...

Simon & Schuster

Alix E. Harrow

Pan

Chelsea Curto

Panmacmillan

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...

Yang Shuang-Zi / Lin King

And Other Stories

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...

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 ...

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...