Lori works illegally in a rented flat in central London, living in fear of police raids which could mean losing her small daughter and her dream of a new life. Freya is a student who finds she can make far more money as an...

A WINNER OF THE 2021 BETTY TRASK AWARDS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021. Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. It's up...

A Memoir of Love and Loss THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  Whether it is pastoral care for the bereaved, discussions about the afterlife, or being called out to perform the last rites, death is part of the Reverend Richard Coles's life and work. But when...

The incredible book behind the primetime Channel 4 documentary, Peter: The Human Cyborg 'A remarkable account of what it means to be human and what technology can really achieve' Sunday Telegraph 'Peter's story is one of the most extraordinary you will ever hear. I...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 'Astonishing, stylist, electrifying.' The Oprah Magazine''Brilliant and heartbreaking.' Marie Claire'Propulsive and resonant.' Esquire They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her...

'Sorrowland is a wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real. At the centre of this world and leaping off the page is Vern: unstoppable, unforgettable, and unlike anyone you have ever seen before.' MARLON JAMES, Booker Prize-winning author. 'A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland...

A Natural History of Transition is a collection of short stories that disrupts the notion that trans people can only have one transformation. Like the landscape studied over eons, change does not have an expiration date for these trans characters, who grow as tall...

When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes into business as a private detective. Heartbroken and cash-strapped, she takes a case that dredges up dark memories and attracts dangerous characters from across the Cold...

A Horror/Breakup Story in Five PartsCatrin Vander, a lonely video producer, buys an Artificial Intelligence partner that's meant to bond for life. After ten years together, her holographic wife suddenly disconnects without a warning. The breakup drives Catrin to the point of near insanity....

The Struggle for the Left From the No.1 bestselling author of The Establishment, an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes next 'An absorbing, nuanced account of the making of electoral disaster' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian Books of the Year 'A...

"Superb... Gopnik persuasively assembles his case over the course of this mesmerising book, which is as much art history and philosophy as it is biography" Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian When critics attacked Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings as shallow, the Pop artist was happy to...

WINNER of THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 LONG-LISTED for THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 and the HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE. 2020 Book of the Year according to the Spectator, TLS, New Statesman and Financial Times. Discover Ali Smith's dazzling, once-in-a-generation series, the Seasonal Quartet, a...

Selected Short Stories **A TIMES BEST BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER** The first authorised selected collection of the twentieth-century's most influential short story writer. SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JULIAN BARNES. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, John Cheever - variously...

Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them. It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father's violence...

Parallel Movement of the Hands collects five long, serial poems (and prose poems) which John Ashbery left unfinished and will become part of his archive at Harvard University's Houghton Library. 'In-progress and realised' as their editor Emily Skillings puts it, these abundant poems are...

Stephen Fry's bewitching retelling of the legend of Troy - a tale of love and war, passion and power - following his sensational bestsellers MYTHOS and HEROES. The most marvellous kingdom in all the world. The Jewel of the Aegean.Glittering Ilion, the city that...

ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR THE PANOPTICON.Jessie, the devil's daughter, arrives on the doorstep of an imposing tenement building and knocks on a freshly painted...

The Diaries of Lou Sullivan A unique first-hand account of a historical gay trans man's whole life, which reads like a celebratory coming-of-age novel. Lou kept candid diaries from the age of 10. Through these extracts, we hear Lou's life in his own words:...

This book is for anyone who wants to learn about asexuality, and for Ace people themselves, to validate their experiences. Asexuality is often called The Invisible Orientation. You don't learn about it in school, you don't hear "ace" on television. So, it's kinda hard...

Transgressive, transformative short stories that explore the margins of trans lives.Building on the success of All City, here is a wry, and at the same time dark and risk-taking, story collection from author (and baker) Alex DiFrancesco that pushes the boundaries of transgender awareness and...

Everyone talks about falling in love, but falling in friendship can be just as captivating. When Neela Devaki’s song is covered by internet-famous artist Rukmini, the two musicians meet and a trans-formative friendship begins. But as Rukmini’s star rises and Neela’s stagnates, jealousy and...

When he’s not walking dogs for cash or responding to booty calls from his B-list celebrity hookup, Pen holes up in his dingy Bushwick apartment obsessing over holograms of Aiden Chase, a fellow trans man and influencer documenting his much smoother transition into picture-perfect...

In the follow-up to their charming NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, What If It's Us, best friends Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda) and Adam Silvera (They Both Die At The End) reunite to give Arthur and Ben another shot at true love....

"An Oprah Magazine Most Anticipated Historical Novel of 2021" Buzzfeed 'A book You're Going to Love in 2021, with stunningly lyrical writing, Greeley elevates Austen-inspired fiction onto a whole new plane.' - Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society. As a fussy baby,...

An intoxicating and evocative novel about the all-consuming love affair between two women in Paris and the ruin it leaves in its wake. 'Captivating...intense...seductive' - Guardian A thirty-something teacher drifts through her life in Paris, raising a daughter on her own, lonely in spite...

A Life of Gifts Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of a rebellious 20th-century British artist Born into a large, musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John Craxton (1922-2009) has been described as a Neo-Romantic, but he...

'Simply one of our most exciting writers' - Observer. 'A free-wheeling and joyful exploration of the works and lives of a range of artists and thinkers who brought libidinal and creative energy together with spectacular results' - Jack Halberstam The body is a source...

One should either wear a work or art, or be a work of art', Wilde once declared. In The Invention of Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel explores Wilde's self-creation as a 'work of art' and a carefully constructed cultural icon. Frankel takes readers on a...

In To Be a Gay Man, Will Young speaks out about gay shame, revealing the impact it had on his own life, how he learned to deal with it, and how he can now truthfully say he is gay and happy. We know Will...

Can't get enough of Pose? Then Las Biuty Queens will be your new fave read. Exploring the lives of the Latin American trans community, Biuty Queens effortlessly blends heart and humour while exploring life on the wrong side of the American dream. Ivan Monalisa...