The Life To Come

Laurie Gilmore

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dream Harbor series, comes a new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow. The darker the woods, the bigger the secrets... Ruby Bellerose lives on the edge of the woods, in a cottage more akin to a fairy tale than modern day life. Her love life is practically non-existent, and she keeps away from the whisper...

Javier Cercas

A landmark work of European literature, Anatomy of a Moment is Javier Cercas's masterful documentary novel about Spain's 1981 attempted coup. ...

Damian Barr

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC'Crackles w...

Aysegül Savas / Savas Aysegã1 / 4L

Acclaimed author of The Anthropologists Aysegül Savas's acute and tender first collection explores the distances we keep, and those we try to close, in the age of connectivity. A researcher abroad in Rome eagerly awaits a visit from her long distance lover, only to find he is not the same man she remembers. An expat meets a childhood friend on a layover and is dismayed by her ...

Mariana De' Carli

The Crowd gets sexier, more tanned, and far more dangerous. Welcome to Marbella, where the sun is hot and the secrets are lethal. Get ready for more skin and more schemes where the rich go to disappear against the backdrop of the Mediterranean.After a dramatic departure from London, Mansour remains as Paze's sole insider in The Knightsbridge Crowd. Paze finds herself in a new c...

Helen Comerford

THE END IS BREWING ... Love, lattes, and world-ending drama - life just got a lot less cosy for Lydie, teenage daughter of Death. The cosy romcom/fantasy obsession you didn't know you needed. Come for the cinnamon rolls, stay for the apocalypse. Lydie, the daughter of Death, a retired Rider of the Apocalypse, is obsessed with 'cosy'; cosy books, cosy job in the family café, ...

E. M. Forster

A new selection of E. M. Forster's exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series 'We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our...

E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster's beloved classic and sharp critique of imperialism A Penguin ClassicWhen Adela and her elderly companion Mrs. Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the "real India," they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. B...

E. M. Forster

Miss Lucy Honeychurch is on a tour of Italy with her cousin and chaperone Miss Charlotte Bartlett when she encounters the young George Emerson, on a similar tour with his father. George finds himself drawn to the pretty, spirited Lucy, while Lucy is intrigued by George's rejection of "proper" behavior. Despite her attraction to George, Lucy later becomes engaged to Cecil Vyse, ...

E. M. Forster

A new selection of E. M. Forster's exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series 'We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our...

E. M. Forster

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activitiesand additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. A Room with a View, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. ...

E. M. Forster

'"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that."' E.M. Forster is best known for his exquisite novels, but these two affecting short stories brilliantly combine the fantastical with the allegorical. In 'The Machine Stops', humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground, enmeshe...