Short Stories & Anthologies

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

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.

Beautiful new hardback edition including a ribbon, illustrated coloured endpapers and luscious finishes on the front - perfect for gifting at Christmas for new and existing TRAVELLING CAT fans.

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

The ambitious major new novel from this internationally celebrated writer, on the scale of his bestselling 1Q84

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

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

The second heart-stopping book in the Hidden Iceland series from the Icelandic crime-writing sensation.

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

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

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

Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? Did you think about how miraculous either one of those things is when you did it? Of course not-but you should, and New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson has. This adaptation of his adult book and popular PBS series explores the fascinating and interconnected stories of innovations-like clean drinking water and electricity-that changed the way people live.

A dazzling new collection of short stories from the international phenomenon, Haruki Murakami

What happens when the cops become the prey?

The new life-affirming, hilarious and heart-warming fictional diary from the beloved octogenarian and internationally bestselling author.

The American Chekhov' Sunday Times

Set in the awe-inspiring world of the Malazan Empire, three tales of the enigmatic and ever-so-slightly evil necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach collected together in a single, readily available volume.

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.

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

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

Delve inside this Christmas stocking, a present from the Number One Sunday Times Bestselling author Katie Fforde