'Dostoyevsky's finest masterpiece' John BayleyDostoyevsky's great novel of damnation and redemption evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur. It tells the story of Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, who wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be beyond conventional moral laws. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat a...

A powerful exploration of identity, desire, and disillusionment in the aftermath of war. The novel follows a group of expatriates traveling through Paris and Spain, searching for meaning in a world that feels changed forever. At the center is Jake Barnes, whose quiet strength contrasts with the emotional turbulence of those around him, especially in his complex relationship with Lady Brett Ashley. Through vivid settings, from lively cafés to the intensity of bullfighting arenas, the story ...

A new edition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of David Foster Wallace's iconic, bestselling novel Infinite Jest - with an introduction by Michelle Zauner, author of Crying in H Mart'We will likely not see another book like this in our lifetimes' Michelle Zauner, bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and frontwoman for Japanese BreakfastTennis prodigy Hal Incandenza and recovering addict Don Gately are consume...

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life.Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's...

The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End.A childhood lost.1327 and four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. It is All Hallow’s Day and their lives are forever changed when they see two men-at-arms killed. At the behest of the man responsible they vow never to speak of it again.A never-forgotten secret.

THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLER'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.' SJ Watson, bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEPRachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as...

Chip told us not to go out. Said, don't you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of a night, I tell you. The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the jo...

HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A FEAST FOR CROWS is the fourth volume in the series.The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne.The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow’s ...

Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, he is a compulsive liar and a melancholy weakling. When Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, forbidding castle of the Baron Von Aux he meets thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and a puppy. He also meets Klara, a delicate beauty who is, unfortunately, already involved with an exceptionally handsome partisan soldier. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, ...

In the glamorous and decadent world of 1920s New York, Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire, throws lavish parties in the hope of rekindling a lost love. As Gatsby's obsession with the elusive Daisy Buchanan grows, the lines between illusion and reality blur, leading to tragic consequences. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a timeless exploration of the American Dream, love, wealth, and the moral decay beneath the glittering surface of high society.

Pierre searches for purpose, Andrei for glory and Natasha for love, while Russia moves towards war.Tolstoy’s enthralling epic depicts Russia’s war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict.Moving between St Petersburg, Moscow, country estates and battlefields, War and Peace follows families linked by love, ambition, inheritance and history. At its heart are Pierre Bezukhov, thoughtful and impulsive; Prince Andrei, restles...

A poverty-stricken student murders a pawnbroker in St Petersburg, then finds guilt harder to escape than the law.TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYA troubled young man commits what he believes is the perfect crime: the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive is not merely personal gain, but the benefit of mankind.So begins one of the defining works...