'Steeped in poison, betrayal, and debauchery, reading Navola is like slipping into a luxurious bath full of blood.' Holly Black
Navola is a city built on trade.
Its palazzos and towers are c..
A major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolano's work - now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time.
Mass-murdering authors. Writers at the head of a football-hooligan ring. A ..
From debut Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Mapepa comes the saga of the four Taha sisters, and the indomitable matriarch who carried her daughters - and her community - through times of drought and violence ..
H.P. Lovecraft's tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements ..
A box set collection of five iconic novels by Neil Gaiman.
Neverwhere. Stardust. American Gods. Anansi Boys. The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSS..
'This collection is [like] the Beatles' "White Album": massive in size and scope, with individually brilliant pieces presented together because the only context they need is how good they are' MARLON ..
'This collection is [like] the Beatles' "White Album": massive in size and scope, with individually brilliant pieces presented together because the only context they need is how good they are' MARLON ..
Sunday Times No.1 bestselling hero Orphan X is back with a bang in his biggest adventure yet. 'Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense' Harlan Coben
Evan Smoak is a lone wolf operator. It go..
Set at the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger, intrigue and Machiavellian power struggles, the first book in Conn's brand-new series follows empress Agrippina's battle to secure her son Nero'..
From an unforgettable new voice in Irish fiction, a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over. For fans of Claire Keegan and Louise Kennedy.
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In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by K..
The first stage adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's heartbreaking, bestselling novel. Never Let Me Go is a gripping exploration of what it means to be human.
You were brought into this world for a pur..
Forgetting is terrifying. Remembering is worse...
Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morni..
'Profound, profane and darkly hilarious.' - Bri Lee
'Funny, raw, gutsy and stealthily sweet.' - Emily Maguire
... most nights I find myself trying to combine with someone else to become this..
In late-Victorian London, two writers of radically different temperaments pursue contrasting approaches to the literary life. The first, the talented and cerebral novelist Edwin Reardon, appears to be..
As the 20th century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, living together in a black boh..
New Zealand's history is peppered with mysterious tales of otherworldly beings, strange sightings, inexplicable disappearances and unusual crimes. While some of these stories have been handed down thr..
'Warm, sexy, and vulnerable. Hannah Bonam-Young needs to be on your romance radar.' -- Hannah Grace, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of Icebreaker
Two friends battle feelings for each othe..
new to Modern Classics
Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William, and her dangerous att..
As Katherine Hilbery is helping her mother write the biography of her grandfather, a famous man of letters buried in Poets' Corner, she becomes engaged to William Rodney, a budding writer with a..
Inspector Maigret investigates a case of deception in an isolated community
Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very g..
It's late one night at the Spanish port of Algeciras and two fading Irish gangsters are waiting on the boat from Tangier. A lover has been lost, a daughter has gone missing, their world has come asund..
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nigh..
In Kristin Hannah's Night Road, the consequence of one terrible night changes a group of young people's lives forever.
Lexi and Mia are inseparable from the moment they start high school. Differe..
The genre-bending and dazzling new collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestseller Jeanette Winterson
Our lives are now digital, exposed and always-on. We have changed, but our ghosts ha..
Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a little village on the sublimely beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive fr..
The twenty-ninth Discworld novel and sixth in the City Watch series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans.
'DON'T PUT YOUR TRUST IN REVOLUTIONS. THEY ALWAY..
Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers. Now, in the wake of a crushing ..
When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls they were more than just cousins: they were an inseparable duo, prepared to do anything to protect one another. There was no such thing as a 'secret' between th..
A moving novel about sex, death, passion and prejudice in a sleepy village in the south of France Marguerite Demers is twenty-four when she leaves Paris for the sleepy southern village of Saint-Sulpi..
A new book by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Part detective story, part historical epic - a bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague taking over a fictional island in the Ottoman ..
The world's bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission.
This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex's fight against the deadly assassins encountered..
The health and wellness retreat promises total transformation, and nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, while enjoying their hot stone massages in complete se..
In the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to appease the needs of the Party. Inwardly, he rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in..
A definitive edition of Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, with an introduction and study notes
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewri..
George Orwell's famous Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published in 1949. The terrifying dystopia which he created in a time of great social and political unrest, remains acutely relevant and influenti..
George Orwell's dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative has never been more essential reading.
Winston Smith obeys the Party, rewriting history at the Mini..
A spectacular graphic adaptation of the greatest dystopian novel ever written
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to..
This book brings together for the first time Ben Lerner's three acclaimed volumes of poetry, along with a handful of newer poems, to present a decade-long exploration of the relationship between form ..
It's been five long years since violence erupted between young migrants and local police in Melbourne's inner west. A police-led trip to hike the Kokoda Trail hopes to rebuild relationships in the com..
'A beautiful, important and timely rendering of Jewish life in Ukraine through the travails of the 20th century. Both historical and page-turning' Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends and Su..
Adapted by the Coen Brothers into an Academy Award winning film, No Country For Old Men is a dark and suspenseful novel from Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road.
Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope n..
As a critic, Lauren Oyler has spent a lot of time writing essays that attempt to convince an audience to pay attention to something that could easily be called irrelevant: usually a book.
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The classic Japanese novel of alienation and the search for meaning and connection in the modern world, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years-for fans of Salinger, Camus, Sartr..
Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all L..
A short, powerful memoir from one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century
In this deeply personal book, Baldwin reflects on the experiences that shaped him as a writer and activi..
Eve Sylvester is young and broke and needs a job fast. After years of foster homes, backpacking and a sailing trip across the Pacific Ocean, she has lost contact with friends and family. She is alone,..
Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child.
The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1..
'As memorable as it is moving.' The Times
'A marvellous coming of age novel.' ROBERT FORSTER
'His most personal work to date . . . poignant but also darkly humorous.' Irish Times, Lauren Mu..
Prepare to be hooked- nail-biting suspense from the addictive number one million-copy bestselling author.
Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses pa..
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn..