General Fiction

In this collection we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, 'Normal Rules Don't Apply' is a startling, and fun...

Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents - and the return of her beloved characters Nell and Tig. They explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, ...

What if Hillary Rodham had turned down Bill Clinton's proposal of marriage? In 'American Wife', Curtis Sittenfeld painted a picture of an ordinary American girl who found herself married to a President - basing it on the life of Laura Bush. In this new novel, she takes another ordinary American g...

Jhumpa Lahiri sets her gaze on the eternally beautiful city, illuminating the frailties of the human condition and dissecting lives lived on the margins. A man recalls a summer party that awakens an alternative version of himself. A couple haunted by a tragic loss return to seek consolation. An o...

Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece 'The Sandman' is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time. The series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief...

A woman has an unexpected outburst at a corporate group therapy session for returning parents. A couple find some long-overdue time to rekindle their relationship and make an ill-advised home movie. A pregnant film director plots her revenge on the actress who betrayed her. An ex-wife deliberatel...

A new collection of stories expanding the world of Jim Henson's beloved fantasy classic Labyrinth, including the secret history of Sir Didymus and an all-new story that reveals the history one of Jareth's Masquerade guests who embarks on a journey of self discovery after Sarah shatters the mirror...

Yiyun Li is one of our most celebrated living authors. 'Wednesday's Child' collects together 15 stunning short stories and a remarkable novella, never before published in the UK, gathered from 15 years of her writing. These stories carry the weight of history, sorrows, secrets and all things unre...

In the temples, slums, and gated estates of late-20th century Bangkok, 'Welcome Me to the Kingdom' exposes the schemes and strategies, the lies and betrayals, that inch its characters tantalisingly closer to 'the good life'. Wildly imaginative and ambitious, Mai Nardone's immersive debut announce...