The World’s Reformation – Alec Ryrie

'Extraordinary range and razor-sharp insight' BRUCE GORDON
'A major contribution to global history' ANDREW PETTEGREE
'A monumental work of scholarship, remarkable' PETER MARSHALL

Life Lessons From Game Theory – Michael Wooldridge

'Fresh, clever and playful . . . an absorbing book' MATT RIDLEY
'Explains the complex structures of our world with masterful beauty' MILIND TAMBE
'Effortlessly covers a broad swath of core ideas in game theory' EDITH ELKIND

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A Life and A Half – Chris Bryant

WINNER OF BEST PARLIAMENTARIAN BIOGRAPHY, WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS
'Fascinating, frank, funny and moving' REVEREND RICHARD COLES

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The Cut – Richard Armitage

'An absolute treat for psychological thriller fans' T. M. LOGAN
'Chilling, atmospheric, with characters you'll never forget' HARLAN COBEN

Up All Night – Imogen Willetts

'Reading Up All Night makes you want to put it down - if only to step out into the seductive, thrilling night' TELEGRAPH, 4* review
'A sparkling cultural history... immersive, intoxicating and full of surprises' MIKE JAY
'A jaunty, jam-packed history of big nights out' EMMA WARREN

Out Now in Paperback | AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Albion – Anna Hope

A sumptuous family drama & state-of-the-nation novel, it's a triumphant read' THE i
'Breathes fresh thinking into the dusty corners of the English country house dilemma' SUNDAY TIMES

THE BOOKSELLER CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH

The Summer After The Night Before – Lisa Williamson

'This book is essential reading for today's teenagers' TAMSIN WINTER

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Fun and Games – John Patrick McHugh

INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER | AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST
‘A triumph … the funniest novel I've read in years’ SALLY ROONEY

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Parallel Lives – Iain Pears

'A tender tribute to two originals and time well spent' SUNDAY TIMES
'A fascinating jigsaw puzzle of the lost continent of memory' FINACIAL TIMES
'A wonderful tribute to the power of love overcoming a soulless ideology' SPECTATOR

Getting The Electric – Louise Hegarty

'Phenomenally talented' THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Louise Hegarty can do anything. She's fearless' MARIANA ENRIQUEZ
'Hegarty has a gift for constructing uniquely weird worlds' LEON CRAIG

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Fair Play – Louise Hegarty

A Book of the Year in THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, and ELLE
'A fiendishly elegant jigsaw puzzle of a book' SUNDAY TIMES
'Undoubtedly the most original crime novel you’ll read all year' GUARDIAN

The Path More Travelled – Nicholas Crane

'Fascinating' LITERARY REVIEW
'Absorbing history of the colonisation & mapping of Britain’ COUNTRY LIFE
'This book will literally expand your horizons' MICHAEL PALIN
'A panoptic & compelling history of our nation' PATRICK BARKHAM

The Firearm Revolution – Catherine Fletcher

'Packs a bang' LITERARY REVIEW
'A fascinating book on the social impact of guns in Europe' REASON
Historian Catherine Fletcher explores the emergence of firearms in Renaissance Italy and beyond

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Nature’s Genius – David Farrier

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING
SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION

Instant New York Times Bestseller

Here Where We Live Is Our Country – Molly Crabapple

'Thrillingly energetic' NEW YORK TIMES
'Crabapple is a time-traveller, a necromancer & an unclassifiable genius' NAOMI KLEIN

We Know You Can Pay A Million – Anja Shortland

'Fascinating' SUNDAY TIMES
'A fascinating picture of a fast-evolving criminal industry' GUARDIAN
'Highly readable and impressively researched' LITERARY REVIEW

A Hard Day’s Night – Samira Ahmed

'It feels like watching the film with an old friend for the first time' THE ARTS DESK
'In her absorbing, concise book, Samira Ahmed sees the film not as a cursory promo but as a watershed in British culture' SPECTATOR

Sunday Times Best-Seller | Out Now in Paperback

How To Kill A Witch – Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi

Winner 2025 GOODREADS Choice Awards
BLACKWELL'S Scottish Book of the Year

Lifeboat at the End of the World – Dominic Gregory

'A truly unforgettable memoir' i PAPER
'A thrilling and moving account' LITERARY REVIEW
'The narrative crackles to blistering life' THE TIMES
'An unflinchingly candid and extraordinarily powerful memoir' TELEGRAPH

A Scotsman, DAZED, AnOther, Waterstones and Blackwell's Most Anticipated Book of 2026

What Am I, A Deer? – Polly Barton

'A piercing study of yearning' GUARDIAN
'A stunning achievement of narrative craft' FINANCIAL TIMES

Europe – Roderick Beaton

'A great book that feels fresh' HISTORY TODAY
'Scrupulously annotated and richly informed' TELEGRAPH, 4*
'A magisterial history that is deeply readable' PETER FRANKOPAN
'A spirited history... crisp and elegant' NEW STATESMAN

Silence – Kate McLoughlin

'This is a magnificent work, exhilarating in the breadth' ALEXANDRA HARRIS
'A fascinating journey through English Literature' BART VAN ES
'Intellectually ambitious in the best way' FIONA STAFFORD
'Literary criticism that feels like a lyric poem' LITERARY REVIEW

Longlisted for the Women's Prize

Finding Albion – Zakia Sewell

'I've been waiting for a book like this' FLORENCE WELCH
'This book is an incredible find' INDEPENDENT
'A charming wander around the folkways of Britain' SUNDAY TIMES

An Observer Best Debut Novelist 2026

In Bloom – Liz Allan

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'Part Virgin Suicides, part Veronica Mars' LOUISE HEGARTY
'Allan's powerful debut smells unmistakably like teen spirit' GUARDIAN

Chasing Freedom – Simukai Chigudu

'Intimate and epic' SATHNAM SANGHERA
‘Moving and highly readable’ FINANCIAL TIMES
'Beautifully written... both lacerating and humane' SPECTATOR
'A powerful memoir of postcolonial unease... compelling' GUARDIAN

Sunday Times Best-Seller

My Gardening Life – Mary Berry

Well-known and loved as a cookery writer and presenter, this is Mary Berry’s deeply personal account of the second great love of her life, gardening. She shares her love of growing plants, visiting gardens, and getting hands-on in her own plot.

WATERSTONES' BOOK OF THE MONTH | SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

The Brain at Rest – Joseph Jebelli

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'Supremely helpful' SUNDAY TIMES
'A tonic for the frazzled mind' DAVID ROBSON

10th Anniversary Edition

The Silk Roads – Peter Frankopan

'A proper historical epic of dazzling range and achievement' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
'So ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating' SUNDAY TIMES Books of the Decade