The Penguin Book Of Spiritual Verse

John Polidori

A triptych of vampire stories to make your blood run cold, in a Little Black Classics edition 'Twilight, in these southern climates, is almost unknown; immediately the sun sets, night begins' Danger lurks in the dead of night. Written during the infamous gathering that also produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, John Polidori's short story 'The Vampyre' travels across countrie...

Lynn Painter

An American football star and a die-hard fan make an unforgettable match in this new laugh-out-loud rom-com from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter. PRE-ORDER NOW. 'Lynn Painter at her funniest!' Haley Pham 'I dare you not to fall in love with Lynn Painter's writing' Ali Hazelwood -- Will this fake date become their first--and forever--win? Duffy loves three t...

Neil Blackmore

'An absolute gem. Dark, funny and iconoclastic' THE TIMES 'Razor-sharp and deeply unsettling while being endlessly entertaining. A triumph.' JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS 'A delicious, literary feast. A wickedly funny and sharply relevant novel of duplicity and betrayal with a glittering cast of literary greats.' ANNA MAZZOLA, author of THE BOOK OF S...

Robin Wall Kimmerer

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she as...

Holly Jackson

PRE-ORDER THE HOTTEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR. Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 'This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' Freida McFadden 'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker. Holly Jackson's adult debut is fresh, fun and...

Elle Kennedy

Original Series coming soon on Prime Video Welcome to Briar U! Get ready for your newest obsession . . . Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from The Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy! Read The Deal now for the perfect fake-dating romance! She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy . . . Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on....

Kaveh Akbar

I could not be held responsible for desire he could not be held at all In Calling a Wolf a Wolf, the reality of love can all too often prove disappointing at best, and life-threateningly ineffectual at worst. As Kaveh Akbar puts it in 'Heritage', a poem dedicated to an Iranian woman executed for killing the man who was attempting to rape her- 'in books love can be war-ending/....

Kaveh Akbar

'I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our StarsA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN: The New York Times Time Observer USA Today Vanity Fair NPR The Atlantic Electric Lit Vox The New Yorker 'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.' Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake 'Playful, soulful, kaleidoscopic, ...

Kaveh Akbar

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out...

Kaveh Akbar

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 FOR TIME, NYLON , OPRAH, AND CNN ONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars Cyrus Shams is lost. Ever since his mother's plane was senselessly shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby, Cyrus has been...

Kaveh Akbar