Empire of the Sun
The classic, heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester.
Classic fiction: general and literary
The Beholders
‘Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line’ SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN
‘I was hooked from the start’ DAILY MAIL
A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
A TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN PRIZE
Oystercatchers
The second novel from highly acclaimed young writer Susan Fletcher, author of the award-winning ‘Eve Green’
The Towers of Trebizond
“‘Take my camel, dear,” said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return to High Mass.’ Thus starts, with one of the most famous opening lines in modern English literature, Rose Macaulay’s classic novel, The Towers of Trebizond.
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept: Collins Modern Classics edition
Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as ‘Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening … A masterpiece’.
The Short End of the Sonnenallee
‘A kind of miracle … Not only made me laugh (again and again) but brought tears to my eyes’ Jonathan Franzen
‘One of the most brilliant satirical novels about life in East Berlin’ New York Times
Brown Girls
‘Brown Girls flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book’s a gift’ Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout
‘An ode to girlhood’ Raven Leilani, author of Luster
A fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young women of colour in Queens, New York.
4th Estate Matchbook Classics – The Blue Flower (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)
Penelope Fitzgerald’s final masterpiece.
One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics’ series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.
Harper Perennial Modern Classics – She Came to Stay (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Written as an act of revenge against the 17 year-old who came between her and Jean-Paul Sartre, She Came to Stay is Simone de Beauvoir’s first novel – a lacerating study of a young, naive couple in love and the usurping woman who comes between them.
Half of a Yellow Sun: Unabridged edition
THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘WINNER OF WINNERS’
‘A literary masterpiece’DAILY MAIL
‘An immense achievement’OBSERVER
‘A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal’ TIME
The Twelve-Mile Straight
‘Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent’ Ann Patchett
‘A superb novel whose roots can be traced to Harper Lee and Carson McCullers‘ Oprah Magazine
Standard Deviation
‘I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It’s about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious’ Jojo Moyes, Woman and Home
‘Standard Deviation is a marvel’ Kate Atkinson
‘Addictive reading’ Mail on Sunday
‘A comic masterpiece’ Observer
Standard Deviation: Unabridged edition
‘I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It’s about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious’ Jojo Moyes, Woman and Home
‘Standard Deviation is a marvel’ Kate Atkinson
‘Addictive reading’ Mail on Sunday
‘A comic masterpiece’ Observer
The Blue Flower: Unabridged edition
From the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Offshore’ comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancée Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam.
North of Nowhere, South of Loss
A brilliant collection of stories from the critically-acclaimed author of OYSTER and DUE PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLAGUE.