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A once-in-a-generation debut from a major new talent, The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2026 'I've just...

A quiet character driven novel about coming home and a place you once ran away from

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

Brought to you by Penguin. This audiobook has received a Grammy nomination for 'Best Audiobook, Narration, and Storytelling Recording' The exhilarating and startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend. The long-awaited memoir by the icon of stage, screen and music. This audiobook is...

Aclamada como «la mejor ópera prima que se ha publicado en años» por The Sunday Times y traducida a más de veinticinco idiomas, Los nombres es una novela sorprendente que atrapa desde la primera página. Con una historia tan original como emotiva, Florence Knapp nos invita a seguir tres vidas posibles que nacen de una sola decisión: cómo llamar a un hijo. Un viaje inolvidable sobre identidad, destino y el poder invisible de las pequeñas elecciones que marcan toda una vida.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe.You may have heard of me.

This is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

The Namesake follows the Ganguli family through its journey from Calcutta to Cambridge to the Boston suburbs. Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli arrive in America at the end of the 1960s, shortly after their arranged marriage in Calcutta, in order for Ashoke to finish his engineering degree at MIT...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'So gorgeously life-affirming and heart-warming' PAIGE TOON 'Fiendishly gripping and searingly romantic' ROSIE WALSH The Isle of Ormer: population 500, soon to be 501. Charlie Jones has landed on the island to embark on her brand new life. As the manager at...

Pour James Bond et les services secrets britanniques, les enjeux ne pourraient pas être plus importants. La mission de 007 est de neutraliser l'agent russe Le Chiffre en le ruinant à la table de baccarat, ce qui obligera ses maîtres soviétiques à le "faire disposer". Lorsque Le Chiffre se met à perdre, Bond se rend compte que la chance a tourné en sa faveur - jusqu'à ce qu'il rencontre Vesper Lynd, un agent glamour qui pourrait bien causer sa perte.

"...Hammer's voice is brimming with such melody that, if you listen to it long enough, you can probably get drunk off it." — Vulture.com *Now a major motion picture from director Luca Guadagnino, starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. Winner of the 2018 Academy Award for Adapted...

​*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR​​​***** INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK 'I stayed up until 4am to finish it, something I haven't done in years. It's a page-turner...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR 'Incredibly moving and haunting' Roxane Gay 'I read this book cover to cover and it stunned me' Jia Tolentino 'Powerful, honest and necessary' Marian Keyes 'To girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am...

Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the...

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television PLEASE NOTE The audiobook edition is read by Barbra Streisand. Features additional anecdotes and music that are exclusive to the My Name is Barbra audiobook. Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend...

Don DeLillo's seventh novel is an exotic thriller. Set mostly in Greece, it concerns a mysterious 'language cult' seemingly behind a number of unexplained murders. Obsessed by news of this ritualistic violence, an American risk analyst is drawn to search for an explanation. We follow his...

Cómo rescatar la atención perdida en un mundo distraído e hiperconectado. Cada vez somos más impacientes y estamos más irritables. ¿Notas que te cuesta más prestar atención? ¿Has sentido ansiedad últimamente? ¿Toleras peor el aburrimiento y el dolor? Vivimos en la era de la...

Le Tellier sucht ein neues Zuhause in Südfrankreich, in der Nähe der Alpen, er will Wurzeln schlagen. Im beschaulichen Dorf La Paillette findet er ein Haus, früher eine Keramikwerkstatt. An einer der Mauern ist ein Name eingeritzt: André Chaix, der zwanzig war und in der Résistance, als er von den Deutschen erschossen wurde. Le Tellier macht sich auf die Suche. Bei einer Ausstellung über den Widerstand in der Region stößt er erneut auf André Chaix. Man übergibt ihm eine Schachtel mit Briefen, Bildern, persönlichen Gegenständen: Wer war dieser junge Mann?

Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive “sharply upward the size of his readership” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo’s bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the...

'Lively, funny, poignant . . . Prepare to fall in love with Maddie. I did!' BONNIE GARMUS, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PRE-ORDER JESSICA GEORGE'S NEW NOVEL, LOVE BY THE BOOK, NOW! Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MY NAME IS...