Short Stories & Anthologies

Ranginui, Papatuanuku, Maui, Tawhaki . . . our enduring stories retold.

Here is one of those rare novels, so captivatingly original, so absurdly funny, surprising and moving, that it crosses all boundaries.

Million-copy bestselling winner of the Japan Booksellers Award, chosen as the title bookshop staff most wanted to hand-sell: A feel-good, uplifting novel for fans of A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler.

A thrilling crime novel about old crimes and new consequences, this is the first in a new series by the worldwide bestseller Arnaldur Indridason

A cult writer at his best

A collection of eleven unmissable short stories from the Number One internationally bestselling author.

The latest bewitching, kaleidoscopic novel from master storyteller Haruki Murakami, author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and 1Q84

The first collection of stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

A special edition of the best stories by Angela Carter, the master of fabulous, seductive, luminous storytelling

What happens when the cops become the prey?

The dazzling new book from one of Britain's best-selling novelists.

Published to coincide with Refugee Week 2018, an anthology featuring work by Michael Morpurgo, Kit de Waal, Simon Armitage, Chris Riddell and more, focusing on the experiences of young refugees and asylum seekers

An addictive and searingly honest novel about childhood and grief from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard

One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet . . . A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake.

THE SENSATIONAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER: a tender, feelgood story of a journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami.

A milestone in Hemingway's career, this second collection of short stories brings to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist.

Previously published as A Trail of Fire. Includes two never-published-before short stories from the bestselling author of the Outlander series.

Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.

This is the first-ever selection of one of the world's greatest living short-story writers, and winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009.

An international bestselling novel: a year in the life of an elderly man writing an exposé from an old-people's home in Amsterdam.

Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.

Ten creepy Roald Dahl tales for the New Popular Penguin Picks.

More semi-autobiographical short stories from cult writer Charles Bukowski