English novels

Nigel Jones captures every aspect of a year that changed Britain forever. From gun-running in Ulster to the suffragettes' attack on a Velázquez painting in the National Gallery; from the launch of HMHS Britannic to cricketer J.T. Hearn's 3,000th first-class wicket; from the opening...

When a mass grave containing 18 mutilated women is discovered in Shanghai, Detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to investigate whether the bodies are connected to an unsolved murder in the capital. There, Li will work with Mei Ling, deputy head of Shanghai's...

runaway Peter May is one of the most prominent contemporary novelists. Undiscovered Scotland. "No one can write a more eloquent thriller than Peter May." The New York Review of Books. Glasgow, 1965. Jack Mackay never dared imagine a life filled with expectations and routine....

The new thriller from the author of the million-selling *Coffin Road* and *Black House*. In 1989, a killer dumped the body of twenty-year-old Lucie Martin in a picturesque lake in western France. Fourteen years later, during a summer heatwave, drought revealed her remains—faint bones...

Daylight is the thrilling sequel to *Long Walk to Mercy* and *Minute to Midnight*, starring Special Agent Atlee Payne, from one of the world's most acclaimed thriller writers, David Baldacci. Hunted Ever since Mercy was kidnapped at the age of six, Atlee has been...

Jonathan Black deals with the end of the world, the coming of the Antichrist—or is he already there? How will he present himself, and what will happen to the world when he appears?—and the end of time. After studying theology and learning from the...

Sharon and My Mother-in-Law offers a wry account of daily life in Ramallah, refreshingly different from most writing on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The book describes Suad Amiry's life in the West Bank from the early 1980s through the first decade of the new millennium....

One of the funniest and most intelligent novels ever written about love and growing up, Nancy Mitford's classic is now a major BBC and Prime Video series directed by Emily Mortimer and starring Lily James, Andrew Scott and Dominic West.

Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, the stunning new novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, “one of our greatest living authors.” New York Magazine ____ Piranesi lives in the...

Winner of the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award, 1997. This latest edition of Graham Burgess's classic chess book is comprehensive, up-to-date, and clear, and is a valuable guide to help less experienced players progress to good club level and beyond. The...

Victor Tuchman, a power-hungry real estate developer and a total bad guy, is finally dead. His daughter, Alex, is finally able to reveal his true colors. She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but primarily to interrogate her tight-lipped mother, Barbara....

"There is a scarlet thread of murder running through the fading threads of life, and it is our duty to unravel it, to isolate it, to unravel every inch of it." The Consulting Detective of Sherlock Holmes, 221b Baker Street, London. Here begins a...

John Dalton gave us the first photograph of an atom in the early 19th century. Nearly a hundred years later, the outcast young New Zealander Ernest Rutherford showed that the atom consists mostly of empty space, upending centuries of classical science. It was the...

Newbery Medal Winner, National Book Award Winner, Named one of Time magazine's 100 Best Young People's Books of All Time. Stanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad luck, so when he's sent to the juvenile detention center at Camp Green Lake (which isn't...

“A stunningly intimate book... Taddeo spent eight years covering this groundbreaking book.” (Entertainment Weekly). “Riveting and important... How wonderful to be captivated by another writer’s sentences. To be blown away by their intelligence and heart.” (Cheryl Strayed). “Extraordinary... This is a masterpiece of nonfiction......

A must-read suspense that will grip you, keep you guessing, and keep you up all night. “A gripping and terrifying mystery filled with fascinating twists and dark secrets. You'll read this terrifying and gripping book fast.” - Holly Jackson, bestselling author of The Good...

William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective. Much to his father's dismay, he decides that rather than becoming a barrister like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and sister Grace, he will join London's Metropolitan Police Force. After graduating from university, William...

From the internationally bestselling author of *One of Us Is Lying* comes an all-new, gripping thriller. Ivy, Mateo, and Cal were best friends in middle school. Now, all they have in common is a bad day. So, thankfully, they skip school together—one last time....

An update to the best-selling Question Book, the revised book poses more than 300 questions that invite people to explore the most exciting subject: themselves. It's a book that can be used as a means of personal growth, a networking tool, a method for...

Yah Hoda Sorour The novel Al-Yah takes place in the golden age, before the union was established, oil was discovered, and electricity was used. Some of the novel's events are based on actual events, while the rest are a product of the author's imagination....