Laura Hillenbrand

The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In 1943 a bom...

Laurie Graham

'An irrepressible adventurer, Poppy is a comic combination of innocence and pluck, but although this is a brisk, breezy read, it's also a novel with ser...

Pete Mccarthy

Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in his bestselling debut McCarthy's Bar: "Never pass a bar with your name on it." In this eq...

Laurie Graham

A brilliant new novel by Laurie Graham set in wartime London, which follows Kick Kennedy, sister of future US President JFK, as she takes London society by stor...

David Davidar

In the early years of the twenty-first century, sweeping changes are taking place in the publishing industry and its key players must do everything they can in ...

Patrick French

‘A remarkable achievement’ Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph ‘Brilliant…There can be no doubt that Patrick French is the most impressive ...

Nikki Gemmell

A woman disappears. Her car lies abandoned on a remote bluff; no body is found. She was the good wife, the good mother: mannerly, quiet, self-contained. But she...

Penelope Fitzgerald

Penelope Fitzgerald’s final masterpiece. One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Cl...

Hilary Mantel

‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror ‘Independent on Sunday With this historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel becomes the first...

Noreena Hertz

We are bombarded with images of poverty, terrorism, war and collapsing states. Do we ever question what the root cause of these problems might be? Noreena Hertz...

Lorna Sage

A literary memoir of the highest caliber by this highly-regarded critic and academic. From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders,...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As teenagers in Lagos, Female and Bonze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-ass...