Coming Soon Fiction

From one of the great Chinese authors of the twentieth century, these newly translated stories illuminate the most intimate matters of the human heartSince childhood, Ruliang has sketched the same...

Edith Wharton''s ghost stories whisper of passion, exile, and the things we cannot forgetIn an old Dorset house, a couple settle into a life of quiet comfort – until a...

Arthur Conan Doyle’s tense, unsettlingly supernatural tale of obsession and controlAfter Austin Gilroy’s fiancée is hypnotised, he finds himself drawn into the orbit of the woman responsible – Miss Penclosa....

An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time forever The resting place...

Two sisters must find their way in a world designed to confine them. Marcelle is the elder sister, a woman whose ambitions focus on becoming the companion of a ''man...

Ursula k. Le Guin''s beautifully realised space epic of two young friends finding their lives steer a new, and unexpected course As the spaceship Discovery makes its slow way towards...

Four of Kurt Vonnegut’s best dystopian stories, Monkey Business distils his darkly comic vision of the modern world and the cost of trying to engineer a better life. In a...

Masks is Enchi''s elegant, seductive story of sexual deception, revenge, and the haunting legacy of the past. Ibuki loves widow Yasuko, who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence. His...

Ngugi Wa Thiong''o''s stories of rebellion and sacrifice, where ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courageIn these tales of rebellion and sacrifice, ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courage. From fighters taking...

This miniature array of perfect stories by the legendary Margaret Atwood flash before us the joys and despairs of mothers good and bad, evoking laughter, compassion and recognition in us...

Five stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction''s most influential pioneer - Angela CarterAn Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A...

When the woman you love may be dead, or worse - unknowable - obsession takes over. A young woman is found dead in her Manhattan apartment. In the aftermath, the...

Written in the last years of Saramago''s life, Cain is a controversial and witty story of a wilful, authoritarian God. After killing his brother, Cain is condemned to wander the...

From Japan''s most famous, classic novelist comes a remarkable gem of wit, irony, and feline observationA stray kitten, catapulted to literary fame loudly observes the world of Meiji Japan in...

Colette’s elegant, unsettling study of love turned hostile - and all because of a cat. A young marriage begins to sour, poisoned by rivalry and resentment. At its centre is...

Dylan Thomas’s vivid, affectionate portrait of youth - and the journey towards finding one’s own artistic voiceA boy grows up in a small Welsh town, moving through school, family life...

A psychedelic post-apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of civil war... In iDEATH, the sun shines a different colour every day. It is a happy place, made of...

Georges Perec’s cool, exacting portrait of a couple torn apart by consumer desireA young couple build their lives around the objects they long to own. From furniture to clothes to...

Graham Greene’s iconic thriller – a shocking tale of espionage and deceit, told from amongst the smouldering ruins of war-torn Europe. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in post-war...

Huxley''s dystopian classic is a nightmare vision of the fate of humanity in a post-nuclear world. After a devastating global catastrophe, a group of scientists arrives in a ruined future...

A fiendishly brutal but brilliant, charming English murder mystery, from Agatha Christie''s favourite writer - the criminally underrated, Margery Allingham. Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of...

A dazzling, daring tale of poets at the end of the world, Distant Star is Roberto Bolano''s miniature dystopian masterpieceAlberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unpromising member of Chile’s young...

Luminous, suspenseful and serene, The Master of Go is a compelling portrait, quietly devastating of two men – and a whole society – facing defeat. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely...

Hemingway’s enduring story of resilience and solitude: One of the most powerful tales of courage and endurance ever writtenAn ageing fisherman sets out alone into the Gulf Stream, determined to...

What begins as a miracle of science soon turns into a nightmare... After a plague wipes out all of Russia’s chickens, eyes fall on zoologist Periskov and his strange discovery...

The classic, moving tale of a man born old, destined to die young, and live at odds with his time To the confusion and embarrassment of his family, Benjamin Button...

Two of Dostoevsky''s most powerful novellas of obsession, cruelty, and the fragility of the heartA pawnbroker paces beside his young wife’s body, attempting to piece together the circumstances that led...

Herman Melville''s enduringly comic and affecting tale of a man who takes quiet quitting to its extremeA new clerk in a Wall Street lawyer’s office causes dismay and confusion when,...

In a single afternoon''s walk, Virginia Woolf captures the infinite life of a garden... A couple pause among the flowerbeds, their thoughts drifting apart. A woman’s mind fixes on a...

A magical portrait of the mundane and everyday, made otherworldly in Gertrude Stein''s one-of-a-kind prose poetry. Objects. Food.And, Rooms. Together these three subjects make up Tender Buttons, Gerturde Stein''s beautifully...

DescriptionTwo literary giants take to the road on a comic journey - both chaotic, and completely unforgettableTired of the grind of work, two apprentices set out on a walking tour...

This is Alcott as you have never seen her before - gothic, and gloriously unsettlingA young governess arrives at a grand country house and quickly wins the confidence of its...

In the decaying hills of Dunwich, something monstrous stirs Wilbur Whateley is a strange child – of uncertain parentage, growing to abnormal size at abnormal speed. Shunned by the villagers...

Outrageous, and wickedly funny, Lady Susan introduces Jane Austen at her most scandalousRecently widowed and dangerously charming, Lady Susan Vernon arrives among her relatives determined to secure her own advantage....

The classic 1920s story of a friendship torn apart, Passing is Nella Larsen''s devastating masterpiece Irene Redfield is living a life of careful balance in Harlem when a chance encounter...

A nostalgic, jazz-soaked love-letter to a youth spent in pursuit of simple pleasures, from the Japan''s most celebrated contemporary storyteller, Haruki MurakamiHaunted by memories of a doomed love affair, and...

Three supernatural tales of longing and loss from the grand-dame of Gothic fiction, Mary Shelly When a storm drives their boat towards the rocks, a group of sailors is saved...

A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino''s miniature masterpiece. A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in...

Sally Bowles is the dazzling centrepiece of Goodbye to Berlin, distilling Isherwood''s genius into the tale of one baudy, brilliant woman. 1930s Berlin is a realm of glamour and sleaze,...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORTWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR''A masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning'' OBSERVER, Fiction to look out for in ''26An...

The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day, contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations...

To err is human. To avenge is Divine.Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies, and that’s the wayshe likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’smagical founding family has used her...

Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of PrincessMargaret and Lord Snowden to his sister''s home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, whenthey faced local opposition...

Don't miss this heart-stopping drama from the nation's favourite storyteller! Will the sleeping shadows of a family's past torment a new generation? Twenty years ago, an unspeakable crime tore Jack's...

'A work of genius' Independent'Brilliantly cinematic . . . Irving shows considerable skill as scene after scene mounts to its moving climax' New York Times'A remarkable novel, a rare creation,...

'Witty, tenderhearted, fervent' New York Times'Difficult to define, impossible not to admire' Daily Telegraph'An old-fashioned, big-hearted novel... somewhere between Trollope and Twain' Boston Globe'Superb in scope and originality, a novel...

'A cleverly observed and deeply authentic novel about a marriage in turmoil, and the power the past can have over our present. Arresting and engaging ... Convincing characters and layers...