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90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksMy delight in playing turned to a lust for playing, my lust for playing into a compulsion to play, a mania, a frenetic fury that filled not only my waking hours but also came to invade my sleep. I could think of nothing but chess, I thought only in chess moves and chess problems . . .As a chess obsessive, what if you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play the world champion, but it might send you to the edge of madness . . . and tip you over?

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.

Loved this summer’s most romantic TV series EVERY YEAR AFTER?Step back into the world of Barry’s Bay with the unforgettable summer romance from #1 New York Times bestseller Carley FortuneThis time its Charlie’s turn to fall in love… 'Funny and sexy, this promises to be the escapist novel of the summer' HEAT'Beautiful, emotional love stories set in breathtaking places' Paige Toon 'A dreamy read full of romance ' VIP Magazine'With summery weather, stunning sunsets and boat trips, it's impossible not to feel the holiday spirit while reading this book' Mirror'Swoon-worthy, sun-drenched. . . Beautifully described scenery and a heart-fluttering friends-to-lovers story make this one of 2025’s best romances.' Culturefly--I never anticipated Charlie Florek. But Charlie Florek changed my life.Good things happen at the lake. That's what Alice's Nan always says. And it's true. It's where Alice took that photo, the one that catapulted her career.But when Nan falls, Alice puts down her camera and heads back to Barry’s Bay. No camera. No deadlines. Quiet… until he shows up.Charlie Florek. He was nineteen when she accidentally photographed him. Now he’s back - taller, hotter, and somehow even more unforgettable.Sun-soaked days, slow-burning nights - and when Charlie looks at her like that, Alice starts to wonder if her heart’s in danger.She’s spent her life seeing others. But no one’s ever truly seen her...until now.Return to the world of EVERY SUMMER AFTER, but this time it's Charlie's turn to fall in love...--Named Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by:TODAYE! NewsBuzzfeedUs WeeklyThe New York PostSheReads, and more‘Crackling sexual tension’ THE TIMES‘This swoon-worthy romance is one for the beach bag’ WOMAN & HOME‘Radiant’ Emily Henry ---Readers LOVE One Golden Summer:'This book was everything I wanted it to be and more! I’m calling it now. This is going to be the Summer romance read of 2025!' ***** Reader Review 'One Golden Summer is my favourite read this year. Hands down, the easiest 5 stars' ***** Reader Review'This book is my absolute fav' ***** Reader Review'I’m so grateful I got to read this beautiful story, it was just what I needed for a bit of escapism! Good things happen at the lake' ***** Reader Review'This was stunning. I loved the whole thing. The characters are incredible' ***** Reader Review 'The must pick up Romance of 2025……. I absolutely fell in love and cannot recommend it enough' ***** Reader Review

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"MAGNIFICENT." - Rory Sutherland"INDISPENSIBLE!" - Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Candor"THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR." - Dan Heath, New York Times bestselling author of ResetThe most radical and powerful idea in business isn’t disruption… it’s integrity.The Lean Startup transformed how a generation of entrepreneurs build products and sparked a global movement for smarter, faster innovation. Now Eric Ries takes the next step, asking a deeper question: how can we build companies that stay true to their mission once they succeed?In Incorruptible, Ries reveals the hidden forces that cause even great organizations to drift from their values and shows how to design businesses that can withstand that pressure. Drawing on two decades of work with founders, CEOs, and investors around the world, offers the blueprint for “mission-locked” organizations that can grow, prosper, and endure without losing their soul.Including wide-ranging examples such as Cadbury, John Lewis Partnership, Vanguard and Anthropic, Incorruptible uncovers the urgent need for purpose-driven leadership. It gives every builder, founder, executive, investor or citizen the tools to create enterprises that uplift rather than exploit. We all have a role to play in shaping a better future. This book is the place to start.

THE TRAINING LEVELS HAVE CONCLUDED. THE GAMES MAY TRULY BEGIN.The second explosive adventure in Matt Dinniman’s hit LitRPG series - funnier, darker, and more dangerously addictive than ever.‘[A] comically cosmic adventure series…often laugh-out-loud funny…Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut’ The Wall Street Journal‘If there’s a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven’t read it’ Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters--Now on the third floor of the dungeon, Carl and Princess Donut must fight harder than ever.They’ve already proven that a Coast Guard vet and once-and-forever feline royalty are an almost unstoppable team. Their ratings are off the chart and the watchers can’t get enough.But the dungeon gets more dangerous each day, and now there’s a whole new problem to deal with . . . Side quests.They call this level the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned.An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered women rain from the sky. And an ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.Can Carl and Donut survive this level in time? And can Carl finally find some pants?---Praise for Dungeon Crawler Carl‘Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I’m obsessed…Princess Donut is my queen’ Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day‘This series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight’ New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch‘This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever… or maybe anyone who has been outside at night—in their underwear—looking for their cat and wondering, ‘What’s the worst thing that could happen?’… Once you start, you won’t put it down' Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series‘One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while’ Book Riot‘Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read’ New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson‘Dungeon Crawler Carl is the best start to a series I’ve read this year. I wish I’d tried it sooner’ Will Wight, author of the Cradle series‘To describe the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and the first book in particular, one must blend the darkest, grittiest science fiction with the humour of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It mixes fun, whimsical absurdity, and serious, dark themes with dire consequences…it is so spectacularly good that I cannot recommend it high enough’ Grimdark Magazine‘Dinniman’s Douglas-Adams-but-playing-D&D romp was so much fun that I immediately went out and got the next two books…genuinely joyful’ LitHub.com

MURDOKU WILL RETURN IN MURDOKU VOLUME 2: BACK IN TIME!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sudoku just got deadly. Solve the grid. Find the killer.The perfect gift for puzzle lovers—discover the immersive puzzle book that mixes murder mysteries with sudoku-like logic, featuring 80 clever and colourful crimes to solve!Step into the shoes of a police detective as you reconstruct each crime scene in these visually addictive puzzles, combining the simplicity of sudoku with the mystery of Cluedo and the storytelling of classic logic puzzles.Analyse the clues, find each suspect’s exact position and reveal who was alone with the victim.Do you have the wits to solve the case? Or will you send an innocent bystander to jail?Explore 80 unique crime scenes including a cozy coffee shop, a luxury beachside condo, an abandoned demolition site, a crowded opera house, a bookshop and more!A fresh twist on Sudoku. Using grid-based logic, every puzzle follows one elegant rule: each suspect is in a different row and column.Illustrated in full colour. Every puzzle features a cast of vibrant hand-drawn characters and rich crime scenes, including a wide range of objects and even animals. No two cases look the same!Addictive fun for everyone from logic puzzle beginners to seasoned brain-teaser masters, with difficulty levels ranging from beginner to expert to keep you hooked.Do you have what it takes to become a master detective and crack all 80 cases?The first crime scene awaits . . .

WELCOME CRAWLERS, TO THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE DUNGEON – THE IRON TANGLE!The third explosive installment in Matt Dinniman’s best selling LitRPG series, where teamwork is optional and betrayal is inevitable…‘If there’s a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven’t read it’ Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters--Carl and Donut have survived so far, but this fourth level is unlike anything they could imagine.The Iron Tangle: an impossibly complicated subway system tied together into a knot of trains of all kinds.The top ten list of most popular crawlers is now confirmed, and Carl and Donut have made it. But that popularity comes with a price . . .They each now have a bounty on their head.Carl and Donut have survived so far, but this fourth level is unlike anything they could imagine.The Iron Tangle: an impossibly complicated subway system tied together into a knot of trains of all kinds.The top ten list of most popular crawlers is now confirmed, and Carl and Donut have made it. But that popularity comes with a price . . .They each now have a bounty on their head.To get through this level, they must solve the puzzle of the floor. The secret to unravelling it all may be hidden in the pages of a seemingly useless book. But if they want to come close to success, they'll have to work with other crawlers.Making friends is easy…until they want to kill you.----Praise for Dungeon Crawler Carl'Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I’m obsessed…Princess Donut is my queen’ Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day‘I don’t always say nice things about a book just because the writer has compromising pictures of me engaging in some very complicated international crimes, but when I do, I say them about Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl! Also, this series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight’ New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch‘[A] comically cosmic adventure series…often laugh-out-loud funny…Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut’ The Wall Street Journal‘This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever. Also for anyone who wants to read a good book. Or maybe anyone who has been outside at night?in their underwear?looking for their cat and wondering ‘What’s the worst thing that could happen?’ Once you start, you won’t put it down’ Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series‘One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while’ Book Riot‘Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read’ New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

A New York Times and Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2025Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearShortlisted for Foyles Non Fiction Book of the Year 2025An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAIWhen longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely market forces.But the core truth of this massively disruptive sector is that it requires an unprecedented amount of proprietary resources: the ‘compute’ power of scarce high-end chips, the sheer volume of data that needs to be amassed at scale, the humans on the ground ‘cleaning it up’ for sweatshop wages throughout the Global South, and a truly alarming spike in the need for energy and water underlying everything. We have entered a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI setting a breakneck pace, as a small group of the most valuable companies in human history try to chase it down.In exhilarating prose and with unparalleled access to those closest to Sam Altman, Hao recounts the meteoric rise of OpenAI and shows us the sinister impact that this industry is having on society.

The No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling thriller, from the author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'A roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' FREIDA MCFADDEN'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker' CHRIS WHITAKER'An original and unique thriller’ CLAIRE DOUGLAS‘All the pizzazz, poignancy, humour and ingenious plotting of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH--In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead . . .Jet has always been restless, never quite finishing anything. Later, she tells herself. She’s got time.Until one night, she is violently attacked.Doctors tell her she’s received a catastrophic brain injury. Inside a week, she’ll be dead.Suddenly, Jet has run out of time – and this is her last chance to see something through.With her condition deteriorating, and her childhood friend Billy the only one in her small town she trusts, Jet starts to ask questions. Someone tried to kill her. Someone that she knew.Jet Mason has just seven days to solve her own murder--PRAISE FOR NOT QUITE DEAD YET'Propulsive, unputdownable and unexpectedly heart wrenching, Not Quite Dead Yet is a masterclass in thriller writing and an example of storytelling at its finest' Alex Michaelides'I absolutely loved it: twisty, edgy, and with her trademark voice. It deserves to fly' Gillian McAllister'A propulsive plot, where the pathos is fuel for real suspense, makes this perfect holiday fare - a genuine page turner' Guardian 'Another cracker from the author of the global hit A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder... Jackson creates such a relatable character that the reader is kept engrossed until the heartbreaking, shocking finale' Daily Mail'Not Quite Dead Yet is everything I love about Holly Jackson’s novels dialled up to eleven - a searingly clever premise. An instant classic' Amy McCulloch'Fiercely original, wickedly clever... It had me snickering, gasping, and flying through the chapters until the final page' Andrea BartzNot Quite Dead Yet, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, August 2025Not Quite Dead Yet, No.1 New York Times bestseller, August 2025

WHERE'S YOUR GAME PLAN? YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT ... The fourth explosive adventure in Matt Dinniman’s hit LitRPG series - find out who's the king of the castle . . . And who's the dirty rascal. "Dungeon Crawler Carl is legit awesome" #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson***New Achievement! Total, Utter Failure.Surviving in a multilevel dungeon that also happens to be the set of the galaxy’s most watched game show has taught Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, that there’s only one thing they can count on apart from each other: they never know what’s coming next.And this floor is no exception.A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps.It was supposed to be straightforward.One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked.Going it alone is not an option this time, so Carl and his team must rely on the help of the low-level, I-can’t-believe-these-idiots-are-still-alive crawlers trapped in the bubble with them.But can they be trusted? We did say to expect the unexpected . . .----Praise for Dungeon Crawler Carl'Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I’m obsessed…Princess Donut is my queen’ Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day‘I don’t always say nice things about a book just because the writer has compromising pictures of me engaging in some very complicated international crimes, but when I do, I say them about Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl! Also, this series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight’ New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch‘[A] comically cosmic adventure series…often laugh-out-loud funny…Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut’ The Wall Street Journal‘This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever. Also for anyone who wants to read a good book. Or maybe anyone who has been outside at night?in their underwear?looking for their cat and wondering ‘What’s the worst thing that could happen?’ Once you start, you won’t put it down’ Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series‘One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while’ Book Riot‘Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read’ New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

'Their icy blasts are refreshing and restorative. They tell you the worst. And having heard the worst, you feel less bad' Blake MorrisonWritten in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.Translated with notes by MARTIN HAMMOND with an Introduction by DISKIN CLAY

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover the classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined by renowned street artist Shepard FaireyWinston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101. . .First published in 1949, 1984 is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.'Right up there among my favourite books . . . I read it again and again' Margaret Atwood 'More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of' Jo BrandCOMPLETE THE TRIO WITH SHEPARD FAIREY'S NEW-LOOK ANIMAL FARM AND DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON.

Two writers. One story. A twist to beat them all…Get ready to fall in love with the emotional new slow-burn romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Happy Place, Funny Story and People We Meet on Vacation.THE INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK‘A love story like the all-time greats’ -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo‘Captivating, meaningful, and absolutely dazzling - Emily Henry didn’t just write a book, she delivered a literary hug with a twist of intrigue.’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐------When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island to write her life story, Alice knows this is it: her big break. The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, has been invited there for the exact same reason.The proposal? A one-month trial period, after which Margaret will choose who will get to tell her story and unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th Century.But Margaret isn’t telling them everything, only giving each of them pieces of a past filled with scandal, wealth and heartbreak. Pieces they can’t put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.But the truth about Margaret Ives is only part of the story.And depending on who tells it, this could be a mystery, a tragedy… or a love story.Praise for Great Big Beautiful Life:‘Nobody writes chemistry like Emily Henry’ Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flat Share‘With a delicious slow-burn romance, a perfectly grumpy hero, and a setting that comes to life, this one checked all my boxes’ Laurie Gilmore, bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe‘One of my favourite authors’ Colleen Hoover, bestselling author of It Ends With Us‘I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous’ Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis‘An expansive, sweeping love story that also feels so intimately tender.... Beautiful.’ Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of Honey and Spice‘The tension and yearning and banter were TOP TIER’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐‘This book is everything!!! Love, tragedy, suspense, mystery, and so much more!!! I'm just blown away’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐‘5 great big beautiful stars!! This book is so Last Great American dynasty, so Evelyn Hugo and SO PERFECT!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐‘Part romance, part mystery, part family drama, this book will have you reading late into the night!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐‘Henry proves once again why she's a master of romantic tension.’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

One of the most influential books of the 21st century: the ground-breaking psychology classic - over 10 million copies sold - that changed the way we think about thinking'There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality, but only one masterpiece. That masterpiece is Thinking, Fast and Slow' Financial Times‘Will be remembered hundreds of years from now’ David Brooks, The New York TimesWhy do we make the decisions we do? Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman revolutionised our understanding of human behaviour with Thinking, Fast and Slow. Distilling his life's work, Kahneman showed that there are two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. His book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error, bias and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical) and gives practical techniques that enable us all to improve our decision-making. This profound exploration of the marvels and limitations of the human mind has had a lasting impact on how we see ourselves.‘Stunningly profound… A lifetime's worth of wisdom presented in a manner that is simple and engaging’ Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX RELEASE STARRING EMILY BADER AND TOM BLYTH!Two friends. Ten trips. Their last chance to fall in love...------'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us'A gorgeous romance' Beth O'Leary, The No-Show'Loveable characters, hilarious wit and steamy sexual chemistry' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop12 YEARS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they'll never speak again.11 YEARS AGO: They're forced to share a ride home from college and by the end of it a friendship is formed. And a pact: every year, one vacation together.10 YEARS AGO: Alex discovers his fear of flying on the way to Vancouver.Poppy holds his hand the whole way.7 YEARS AGO: They get far too drunk and narrowly avoid getting matching tattoos in New Orleans.2 YEARS AGO: It all goes wrong.THIS YEAR: Poppy asks Alex to join her on one last trip. A trip that will determine the rest of their lives.People We Meet On Vacation is a New York Times bestselling love story for fans of When Harry Met Sally, One Day and Casey McQuiston. Get ready to travel the world, snort with laughter and - most of all - lose your heart to Poppy and Alex.** Previously published under the title You and Me on Vacation **------'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year'So warm and funny' Paige Toon, The Minute I Saw You'The hottest book of the summer - the pages simply sizzle!' Josie Silver, One Night on the Island'Emily Henry is my newest automatic-buy author . . . a heartfelt, funny, tender escape that you wish could last forever' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here'A compulsively readable book full of sparkling wit, dazzling prose and a romance that grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let me go' Abby Jiminez, Part of Your World'Funny, and seriously sizzling' BEST'If whipcrack banter and sexual tension is your catnip, you'll adore this book' Sally Thorne, The Hating Game'What an absolute flipping triumph of a novel!!! I LOVED it ' Emma Cooper, It Was Always YouEmily Henry, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones and The Six-----Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra.Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles.As expected, it’s not a match made in heaven – that is until one night, while tossing back tequilas, they form a plan.And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together, well, who could blame them?But it’s all just for show, of course.Because there’s no way Daphne would start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right?A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry-----PRAISE FOR EMILY HENRY'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis'The book that you just know all the girls are going to be reading by the side of the pool this summer... ' The Mirror'My newest automatic-buy author' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here'This book is an utter delight' Prima'Emily Henry has become one of my favourite authors' Beth O'Leary, The Flatshare'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant'A joyful and cathartic romcom that is truly the funniest of stories' The Skinny'Nobody does it quite like Emily Henry' Casey McQuiston, Red, White and Royal Blue'The queen of rom-coms is back' Refinery29'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year'As a storyteller, Henry is in a class of her own' Elle Kennedy, The DealEmily Henry, No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023 & No. 1 New York Times bestseller, June 2023

'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?'A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2025NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 IN THE Financial Times, Economist, New Statesman, Bloomberg, TIME, Washington Post and The New York Times'Superb... brings the great drama to life' Martin Wolf, Financial TimesA spellbinding narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history one with ripple effects that still shape our society todayIn 1929, the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin.With unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash, behind the scenes of a raging battle between Wall Street and Washington and the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and naivety in an endless boom led to wreckage. The dizzying highs and brutal lows of this era eerily mirror today’s world—where markets soar, political tensions mount, and the fight over financial influence plays out once again.This is not just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power, psychology, and the seductive illusion that “this time is different.” It’s about disregarded alarm bells, financiers who fell from grace, and skeptics who saw the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late.Hailed as a landmark book, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are told. Now, with 1929, Sorkin delivers an immersive, electrifying account of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—with lessons that remain as urgent as ever. More than just a history, 1929 is a crucial blueprint for understanding the cycles of speculation, the forces that drive financial upheaval, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril.*The Atlantic Monthly

A celebration of our female friendships, of our messy years, and of growing up together. Glittering with wit, heart, and humour, it’s a book to share with every woman you’ve ever been lucky enough to call a friend.“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”I know that love can be loud and jubilant. It can be dancing in the swampy mud and the pouring rain at a festival and shouting “YOU ARE AMAZING” over the band. It’s laughing until you wheeze. It’s walking along the street together on a Saturday night and feeling an entire city is yours.I also know that love is a pretty quiet thing. It’s lying on the sofa together drinking coffee, talking about where you’re going to go that morning to drink more coffee. It’s folding down pages of books you think they’d find interesting.I know that love happens under the splendour of fireworks and sunsets, but also happens when you’re lying on blow-up airbeds in a childhood bedroom, sitting in A&E or in the queue for a passport.*****WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:‘A book every girl in her 20s needs to read’‘I’ll never stop recommending this book’‘This is my comfort book! I LOOOOVE THIS BOOK TO MY CORE’‘I wish I could read it for the first time again’A Sunday Times bestseller, September 2022TikTok Book Awards Winner, August 2023

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.Inspired by the myth of a man condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain and watch it roll back to the valley below, The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning.

THE UNMISSABLE NEW MYSTERY IN THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING, RECORD-BREAKING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES‘Irresistible’ LEE CHILD‘Funny, clever, compelling’ HARLAN COBEN‘The rightful king of crime’ i PAPER----------------------------A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . .It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal.But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it.Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?Praise for Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club series‘So smart and funny. Deplorably good’ IAN RANKIN‘Osman just gets better’ SHARI LAPENA‘I smiled a million times’ MARIAN KEYES‘Warm, wise and witty’ VAL MCDERMID‘Brilliantly suspenseful’ JEFFERY DEAVER'The thing that shines through in Osman’s writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities . . . a delightful read' OBSERVER‘Gripping and rather moving’ SUNDAY TIMES‘The biggest new fiction author of the decade’ GUARDIAN'Underestimate him at your own peril' INDEPENDENT'Richard Osman seems incapable of missing' THE TIMES

Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, this is TikTok sensation Emily Henry doing what she does best!-----Two exes. One pact.Could this holiday change everything?Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world.Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone.But the cottage is for sale, so this is the last time they'll all be here together. They can't bear to break their best friends' hearts so they'll fake it for one more week.But how can you pretend to be in love - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?-----'Hilarious and wise . . . Another knockout’ Taylor Jenkins Reid'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover‘A must-read book of the year’ Lauren Asher'Another Emily Henry masterpiece' Hannah Grace, ICEBREAKER'Tender and sexy, bittersweet with Henry's trademark warmth' Bolu Babalola, HONEY & SPICEHappy Place, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023

SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.The book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.And finally, to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river – the Mutehekau or Magpie – is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.At once Macfarlane’s most personal and most political book to date, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers – and always has.2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO SPECTATOR, I PAPER, ECONOMIST, ESQUIRE, TIMESHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2026

The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translationThrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas' epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.Translated with an Introduction by ROBIN BUSS

‘Offers lessons to help improve sleep, relationships and decision-making, and celebrates the benefits of discipline and perseverance’ Observer 'Knowledgeable, wise and compassionate' Rangan ChatterjeeThe Shaolin tradition is a way of life that has existed for over 1,500 years – and can help us today. In this book Shi Heng Yi, founder of Shaolin Temple Europe, shares twelve key practices which, through a powerful combination of meditative movement and ancient philosophy, show the pathway to self-mastery and understanding. ‘Brilliant, amazing, golden nugget after golden nugget’ Davina McCall

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Big, generous, illuminating and beautifully written' John Banville, Financial TimesFrom the best-selling author of How to Change Your Mind, a pioneering search for consciousness in the brain and beyond A World Appears is the story of the quest to solve the greatest mystery in nature: consciousness. How does it feel to be you with your own personal feelings, thoughts and experiences? Every one of us is intimately familiar with consciousness, but no one knows how – or why – it came to be that three pounds of grey matter can generate a subjective point of view.The early 1990s marked the birth of a new science of consciousness, based on the assumption that the phenomenon could be explained in terms of brain activity, but that effort is faltering, and wilder ideas, such as panpsychism, are now getting a hearing. Indeed, there is now reason to doubt that ‘objective science’ as we have known it since Galileo has the right tools to plumb first-person experience. A World Appears takes Michael Pollan from the laboratories where scientists are searching for the neural correlates of consciousness to encounters with philosophers and novelists and Buddhist monks, whom he finds have just as much to teach us about consciousness, if not more.A story that begins in a brain lab in Seattle ends, of all places, in a cave in the mountains of New Mexico, where the author discovers that explaining consciousness may be less urgent than learning to practice it in our everyday lives.

Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year!SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'A warm, funny gem of a novel' LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES'Masterful . . . I was delighted and moved'NEW YORK TIMES 'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'CLARE CHAMBERS'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.' PANDORA SYKES 'Tremendous'FREDRIK BACKMAN'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'FLORENCE KNAPP'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'WALL STREET JOURNAL–Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence – witty and wise – to make sense of the world. But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty years keeping the people who love her at arms’ length... Until letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life.Now, Sybil must send the letter she has been writing for all these years - and find forgiveness within herself in order to move on.Sybil Van Antwerp’s life of letters might not be an extraordinary one, but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.

'Sarah is one of the few people who really understands how AI is changing the character of work already and what it means for all of us' David Runciman'Original and enlightening... Not many books about the labour market make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes' Emma Duncan, The Times From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is transforming our working lives in unpredictable waysA tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy, as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotizing our work, what if the bigger risk is that we’re robotizing ourselves? When prize-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor set out to investigate what was happening on the ground, she met people who weren’t necessarily losing their jobs to machines, but who felt they were losing something, nonetheless. Because the quantity of work is not the only thing at stake in times of rapid technological change. So is its quality. From TV subtitle translators reduced to editing AI output to warehouse workers surrounded by robots and graduates interviewed by machines, O’Connor found stories of work becoming more intense, more lonely, less creative, less human. But she also investigated hopeful instances of work being made better, safer and more enjoyable – stories in which people have been able to make the machines work for them, rather than the other way around. Her reporting shows that the way our tools change our work - and ourselves - is shaped by power, design, culture, institutions and ideas. As a result, the outcome is not pre-determined but must be contested by us all.Inspired by stories from nineteenth-century English cotton mills to twenty-first century Swedish mines, We Are Not Machines reveals how we can fight for work which is more respectful of our limits, and more worthy of our minds.