**Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**
The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry
A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'Intoxicating . . . Seductive' SUNDAY TIMES
'Inspiring' ANNIE M
Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri's carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.
As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There's Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, str
In the early years of Vladmir Putin's Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the President's most trusted assets. By 2023, he had become a dangerous warlord - and also one of Putin's chief rivals in Russia's tumultuous political climate, exiled after leading an attempted coup, and shortly after killed in a mysterious plane crash.
But what is the truth about this enigmatic figure
The bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time weaves ancient fables into fresh, unexpected forms and forges new unforgettable legends.
'A marvel of a collection' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time
'A consummate storyteller' New York Times
The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a w
* A Financial Times Book of the Year * A Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday Summer Read *
HOLD THE POWER AND GLORY OF ANCIENT ROME IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
'Fantastic ... expert storytelling' CONN IGGULDEN
'Excellent' SUNDAY TIMES
'Riveting and utterly original' MAIL ON SUNDAY
A wild she-wolf ten
Max didn't believe in an afterlife. Until he died.
'Like all the best ghost stories, The Echoes is also a love story'
PAULA HAWKINS
'Captivating, funny, clever'
SAMANTHA HARVEY
'A book that will stay with you forever'
OBSERVER
As a reluctant ghost trying to work out why he remains, Max wa
In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again.
Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career ambitions, but his ideals.
Meanwhile the enigmatic Helen Fletcher returns to Chesterfield and Nayan finds
'Scaffolding is like a perfect French movie of a novel...elegant, original and often very funny' Kevin Barry, New Statesman Books of the Year
Two couples inhabit the same apartment in Paris, almost fifty years apart...
2019. When David takes a job in London, Anna is left alone in their Paris apartment. It's August and the city is deserted
'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN
'Sexy, compassionate, uncommonly imaginative: I've never read anything quite like it' Oisin McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends
London, 2014. Hal Lancaster - twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWai
A woman's weekend away in the Austrian mountains takes an inexplicable and sinister turn - and becomes a fight for survival.
A woman takes a holiday in the Austrian mountains, spending a few days with her cousin and his wife in their hunting lodge. When the couple fails to return from a walk, the woman sets off to look for them. But her journey reaches a sinister and inexplica
Tragically orphaned at just five, Maddy Hebditch is sent to live with her strict grandmother at Larkspur Farm in Yorkshire. Despite the back-breaking farm work, Maddy's friends Alice, Marigold and Tom bring sunshine to her hard life.
But when war is declared, their idyllic summers together are over. Determined to do their bit, Maddy and her friends volunteer for the forces. Separated
You know how everything can go haywire when you're 29? Well, it's not your fault-it's the Cosmos. You've reached an age when big-not necessarily bad-changes are inevitable for everyon
*A Financial Times and Wall Street Journal Book of the Year*
'My book of 2024' Alex Bastani, Novara Media
'Brilliant ... deeply arresting' Lewis Goodall, The News Agents Podcast
A radical examination by a leading financial analyst, commentator and investor of the ills of capitalism and how they can be fixed
What went wrong with c
How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe
We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?
In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthrop
'An utterly absorbing account of humans, computers, and how much they differ' Dame Diane Coyle, author of Cogs and Monsters
What does Artificial Intelligence mean for our identity? Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, security services and professional propagandists. The members of these networks are
A thrilling anthology of short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy and Uprooted, spanning each of her realms and including a sneak peak into the world of her next series. From the gothic, magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, and the dragon-filled Temeraire series, this stunning collection
From the bestselling thriller writer, discover the emotionally gripping new novel about a young woman who plans to do the unthinkable in order to change the world.
You-all of you-are sleepwalking through global catastrophe. And I intend to wake you up.
What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire's Ridgemont Academy is shocking.
Her school blames
'A vivid and compelling picture of the broader fashion landscape between 1960 and the present day. Anecdotes? The book is full of them.' The Times
'Dazzling from start to finish.' Joanna Lumley
In this insightful memoir, Zandra shares her life story for the first time. Told through a variety of mementos collected over the years, it is a vibrant account fil
WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2024
'Donal Ryan's writing has earned him a place among the greatest names in Irish literature and this lyrical novel speaks to the very heart of modern Irish society.' Maria Dickenson, Chair of the IBA judges
'Beautiful...a book full of love and hope, more needed in the
Discover the Sunday Times bestseller and incredible true story behind the most catastrophic 24-hours the British military faced in World War II from the bestselling author.
'Utterly brilliant... this book really is the last word on the Battle of Arnhem' James Holland
'Superb... A military historian of originality and insight to compare with the best'
Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes you on a wild ride through his ten years at Team Haas. From the first seeds of his idea to establish a new F1 team to the challenges of funding and building that team from the ground up, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of Team Haas, immerses readers in the high and lows of its first decade on the
An eerie and evocative Victorian-set horror thriller about how a well-meaning butcher's daughter from London's Whitechapel grew up to become the baker who stuffed her pies with the flesh of Sweeney Todd's victims. Perfect for fans of Clare Whitfield, Jess Kidd and Ambrose Parry.
'My name is Darcy, I'm your nurse. I'm here to help you.' I repeat the words I've said so many times. Except this time, I don't mean it...
If you saw me, you'd think I was pretty ordinary - I wear a crisp, white nursing uniform, my hands are scrubbed clean and you'd have no reason to believe I was anything other than a good citizen. A good nurse.
But looks can be de