HOW MUCH IS YOUR SUFFERING WORTH?An unmissable, thought-provoking new thriller - this book will blow your mind. Perfect for fans of VOX, The Power and The School for Good Mothers.Why should you suffer when she can do it for you?A revolutionary company can free you from your unwanted emotions.Jealousy, grief, despair. If you can afford to, you need never feel them again.In y...

Varada Sethu reads this brand new novelisation of a recent TV adventure.What if the story of your life is written in the stars?Belinda Chandra grew up longing to travel – but never imagined rocket ships would be part of the deal. Abducted by killer robots and taken to a strange planet, Belinda must join forces with the Doctor to put right a revolution that might just be her fault…Reach for the stars as the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra – as pl...

Come on in, the water’s fine!Autumn 2006. Low-rise jeans are in, grunge is out, and all Spencer Ward should be worrying about is his new job as Assistant Swim Coach at Richardson University. It’s been a decade since tragedy struck during his own college years, but Spencer is determined to sink his skeletons and focus on a winning season for his team.Until, that is, two students are found dead in the pool on the first day of training. While everyone assumes ...

For fans of Michelle Paver and Sarah Waters, the second in a quartet of exquisitely haunting ghost stories set in the wilds of Scotland.The Isle of Stroma, 1896. Tom Torrance has been sent to oversee the completion of a new lighthouse, which will guide ships through one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the United Kingdom. The construction so far has been plagued by difficulties, giving rise to superstitious whisperings amongst the men, but Tom i...

One land, three curses. One quest for freedom…She was searching for the sea – but found a war.Arianwen has a private hunger: to stand on the shore and listen to the music of water she has only ever imagined. When a bone harp falls into her hands, its song draws her out of the forest she calls home and straight into danger. Dragons bleed in the sky. Lightning hunts the living. Wraiths wait in the wind to steal the language and life of anyone brave or foolish...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERCandice Carty-Williams, internationally bestselling author of Queenie (now a television series on Hulu), reunites us with the iconic character nearly ten years on, facing new chaotic choices in life and love with cherished old friends and family in this highly anticipated sequel.Queenie Jenkins is moving on up.She’s thirty-three, the editorial director for The Good Sis, a thriving me...

A completely bingeable, deliciously fun novel about a family of women who are thrust into the spotlight in the wake of a scandal and expertly exploit their newfound fame—imagine if Monica Lewinsky had Kris Jenner for a mother.**Readers are obsessed with THE LOWE JOB**'A sharp, witty, and wildly entertaining debut!' ?????'The best book of 2026! A binge all-nighter!' ?????'Packed with juicy drama that had me laughing, gasping, and shakin...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Wreckers** sinks the old narratives of imperialism, revealing the violent, chaotic and improvised reality of empire-building from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.While figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for their maritime achievements – reaching the Americas, India, and circumnavigating the globe – focusing solely on these voyages distorts our perspective on t...

Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening journey through the secret forces shaping our opinions, this book reveals why we think what we think – and why disagreement mattersOur opinions – whether we believe in God or in ghosts, our views on sex or animal rights or immigration, our basic sense of what’s good or fair – are shaped by a breathtaking web of hidden forces. The age-old idea that our views are forged by reason and evidence alone is ...

Ava thought the great tragedy of her life would be getting stuck in a dead-end office job, but reality looks even grimmer when she goes on an ill-fated hike with two of her co-workers. Meanwhile, spiralling after a disastrous falling-out with her mercurial best friend, Savannah retreats to her parents' empty lake house in upstate New York. Her days blur into a hazy swirl of clinically concerning overthinking and alcohol – until she chases her nightly bottle of wine with an Ambien and wakes...

WINNER OF THE 2022 PAN-AFRICAN PRIZE FOR LITERATUREWINNER OF THE 2022 KOUROUMA PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2022 FRENCH ACADEMY LITERATURE PRIZEAN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL OF LOYALTY, STRIFE, AND EMPOWERMENT FROM PEABODY AWARD–WINNING CAMEROONIAN FILMMAKER OSVALDE LEWAT.In the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katmé Abbia enjoys a life of privilege and influence married to Tashun, the powerful prefect of Zambuena's capital. Yet after years spent playing the obedient, ...

**ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • See ancient Rome through the eyes of a gladiator—from the evening before the games at the Colosseum to the evening after"A grippingly original way of making the alien world of the Roman Amphitheatre both accessible and comprehensible." —Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History**What did a gladiator feel when he stepped out onto the sand of the Colosseum, his life in the balance? What ran through the minds of...