Truth Like Water

Mieko Kawakami

From the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of Heaven and Breasts and Eggs Hana has nothing but she's hopeful. She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears. Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set ...

Uketsu , Uketsu

Eleven strange buildings. One terrible secret. A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison... Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle. Look closely... and you'll see that everything is connected. All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won't w...

John Lanchester

'A great read. A box of delights which is also a thrilling satirical torture chamber.' Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession 'An absolute riot . . . totally compulsive.' Observer 'A modern master of funny, penetrating satire.' GQ 'If Phoebe Waller-Bridge had a score to settle.' Stylist The new novel from the bestselling author of Capital What if the year's most talked about ...

Ia Genberg

'A delightful and exquisitely executed literary mini-study that brings to mind Joan Didion' - Expressen 'I haven't read anything better this year' - Sydsvenskan 'Her humour and delight in language make the stories crackle with life' - Svenska Dagbladet 'Genberg captures, with intelligence and insight, the afflictions of our time' - Göteborgs-Posten _______ 'You know, love is...

Asako Yuzuki

'Tender and thrilling it's Yuzuki at her best' ELLE 'I couldn't stop reading' COSTANZA CASATI 'Unsettling, compelling, richly written' JODIE HARSH 'Dark, tender, unforgettable' JANE CASEY The unmissable new novel of friendship and dangerous obsession from Asako Yuzuki, the award-winning author of the global bestselling sensation Butter. Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged,...

David Szalay

**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025** 'Brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David Nicholls 'I was tearing through [Flesh], I never once slowed down' Jennette McCurdy 'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey 'So much searing insight into the way we live now' Observer Through chance, luck and choice, one man's life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the ...