Fiction

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity   A masterly book" —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of  The Black Swan "A classic" —Simon Kuper,  Financial Times An economist explains five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world Throughout history, a powerful...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.’ Adventurous and spirited in tone, The Three Musketeers is considered one of the greatest historical French novels. When Athos, Porthos and...

Leah on the Offbeat #1 New York Times bestseller! In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—now a major motion picture, Love, Simon—we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst. When it...

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Collins Classics) HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. “Vaguely she began to wonder … which of these worldly men round her was the mysterious ‘Scarlet Pimpernel,’ who held the threads of such daring...

River Of Time Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and...

The Hobbit   This definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in...

The Kite Runner   The number one bestseller, chosen as a Book of the Decade by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian 'Devastating' - Daily Telegraph 'Heartbreaking' - The Times 'Unforgettable' - Isabel Allende 'Haunting' - Independent Afghanistan, 1975:...

Bath Classics: Black Beauty   Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes...

A Study In Scarlet HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it. After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, Dr Watson...

Collins Classics: Mansfield Park   HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. "I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet...

Bath Classics: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales   The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen have been part of our cultural heritage for over one hundred and fifty years. From the poignant beauty of 'The Little Mermaid' to the wry humour of 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Andersen's...

The Turn Of The Screw   HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.'...

Hear the Wind Sing Acclaimed, best-selling Haruki Murakami's debut short novels, newly re-translated and in one English-language volume for the first time--with a new introduction by the author. After almost thirty years out of print, the first major works of fiction by...

The Dark Forest This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China's multiple-award-winning science fiction author, Cixin Liu. In  The Dark Forest , Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion — four centuries in the...

The Song Of Kieu: A New Lament "An essential book for anyone invested, not only in Vietnamese literature, but the historic power of the national epic...and its perennial place in our species' efforts toward self-knowledge. Tim Allen's new translation offers clean fluidity while...

Death's End