The End of Everything wins the 2026 Booker Prize
M. John Harrison's masterful novel has won the Booker Prize
The End of Everything is shortlisted for the Booker Prize
M. John Harrison's latest novel has made it on to the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist
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Secret Daughter
Veronica Gonzalez Peña
A seductive, sharp and thrilling excavation of a family, for fans of Isabel Waidner and Claire-Louise Bennett
Free Love
Michelle Tea
A revelatory and wildly entertaining chronicle of polyamory from Guggenheim Fellow and beloved literary icon Michelle Tea
Service
John Tottenham
Life at a bookstore in LA through the eyes of a cynical English bookseller – irascible, witty and darkly humourous at his own expense and that of his…
The Ferryman and His Wife
Frode Grytten
A powerfully moving novel of love, loss and a life well-lived for fans of healing Scandi fiction in the vein of Fredrik Backman and Per Petterson
The Wolf of Whindale
Jacob Kerr
A chilling gothic tale of magic, cults and werewolves – perfect for fans of Paul Kingsnorth, Andrew Michael Hurley and Alan Garner
Changing Gender
Susan Stryker
From the award-winning scholar and filmmaker, an essential, enlightening exploration of gender and the self
A Thought Without Collision
Adrian Duncan
A moving and revelatory study of love and intellect from the award-winning Irish writer
The Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai
One of László Krasznahorkai's finest novels available in stunning redesigned paperback
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László Krasznahorkai
A masterpiece of form and fiction as one of our greatest living writers tackles our fears of environmental disaster
Song for Another Home
Bora Lee Reed
A powerful and expansive story of one family separated by the Korean War, for fans of Pachinko, Homegoing and Honey in the Wound
Air
Christian Kracht
Blends the inventiveness of contemporary speculative fiction with the literary verve of Knausgaard – perfect for fans of Hari Kunzru, Solvej Balle or…
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties
Her Body And Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
Wonderful and terrible humans skulk in the myths of Carmen Maria Machado's genre-bending debut – perfect for fans of Angela Carter's Fairy T…
The End of Everything
M. John Harrison
A slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding from the peerless master of contemporary fiction
Lush
Rochelle Dowden-Lord
A mysterious invitation to drink the oldest bottle of wine in the world – what could possibly go wrong?
Offenses
Constance Debré
A sharp insight into violence and punishment based on true events from critically acclaimed lawyer-turned-author Constance Debré
Enough About Angels
László Krasznahorkai
The brilliant Nobel Prize lecture by László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded for 'his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst…
This Is a Love Story
Jessica Soffer
My Name Is Lucy Barton meets Harry and Sally in this witty, moving portrait of a long New York marriage
Discipline
Larissa Pham
A taut, provocative debut novel about creativity and sex, coercion and control, with shades of Rachel Cusk and Katie Kitamura
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler
You can't choose your family, but they make choices for you.
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
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All Consuming: The instant Sunday Times bestseller
Ruby Tandoh
The star food writer asks, are our appetites are really our own?
The Course of the Heart
M. John Harrison
The strange edges of reality are explored in M John Harrison's extraordinary cult classic, now with an introduction by bestselling author Julia A…
Saraswati
Gurnaik Johal
A masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most exciting young writers, for fans of David Mitchell, Deepti Kapoor and Zadie Smith
Valencia
Michelle Tea
A fast-paced account of one year in San Francisco's underground scene, filled with sex, drugs and the never-ending search for true love.
Eurotrash
Christian Kracht
A rambunctious, tragicomic absurd road trip novel about a wealthy Swiss-German mother and son
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo
A new translation of the legendary Mexican classic of magic realism which inspired the works of Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa a…
Alison
Lizzy Stewart
A visually stunning and beautifully written debut graphic novel of love, life and art
Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
A uniquely trans take on love, motherhood, and those exes who you just can't quit
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
Revolution in a minor key: how young black women invented freedom
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai
Krasznahorkai's extraordinary first novel is back – and more devilish than ever.
The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry
The literary sensation and Waterstones Book of the Year: a thrilling and unforgettable historical novel of love and intrigue now out in paperback
I Love Dick
Chris Kraus
The cult novel – now a major TV series by Jill Soloway, the creator of TRANSPARENT, starring Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Hahn
Serpent's Tail Classics
The Course of the Heart
M. John Harrison
The strange edges of reality are explored in M John Harrison's extraordinary cult classic, now with an introduction by bestselling author Julia A…
Valencia
Michelle Tea
A fast-paced account of one year in San Francisco's underground scene, filled with sex, drugs and the never-ending search for true love.
The Assault
Harry Mulisch
The classic that sold over 200,000 copies in the Netherlands: a richly crafted novel of post-war innocence and guilt
Closer
Dennis Cooper
The brutally frank and daring gay classic from countercultural icon Dennis Cooper
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo
A new translation of the legendary Mexican classic of magic realism which inspired the works of Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa a…
Cold Nights of Childhood
Tezer Özlü
A lyrical autofictional account of the author's fight to survive depression and carve out her own path in 1950s and 60s Istanbul
Haruko/Love Poems
June Jordan
Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer
The Impostor
Silvina Ocampo
Fantastical, unnerving short stories from a Surrealist master of the form
Passing
Nella Larsen
A classic of the Harlem Renaissance reissued to coincide with the major Netflix adaptation of Passing (2021)
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
Hervé Guibert
The cult classic that describes with devastating, darkly comic clarity the experience of living with and dying from AIDS
Man Enough to Be a Woman
Jayne County
The true story of trans punk performance art sensation Jayne County's wild and daring life
And the Band Played On
Randy Shilts
A masterpiece of investigative reporting on the AIDS crisis in the USA
Mysteries
Knut Hamsun
Serpent's Tail Classics edition of a wild masterpiece by a Nobel prize winner championed by influential writers such as Karl Ove Knausgaard and D…
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
The bestselling, award-winning first novel by the internationally acclaimed crime writer Walter Mosley introduces his most famous character – Easy Raw…
Selected Poems
Langston Hughes
Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of 'the poet laureate of black America' New Yorker.
Eat My Heart Out
Zoe Pilger
Zoe Pilger's wildly funny debut novel, reissued as a Serpent's Tail Classic