Specimen Days
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Hours’, time, technology and love are the central concerns of a provocative novel that calls to mind David Mitchell’s ‘Cloud Atlas’.
Dystopian & utopian fiction
Nice Big American Baby
‘Unforgettable and utterly affecting. You can’t turn the pages fast enough’ Dave Eggers
The Leftovers
From the author of ‘Little Children’ and now a major new TV series, ‘The Leftovers’ asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? And some were left behind?
Canopus in Argos: Archives Series – The Marriages Between Zones 3, 4 and 5 (Canopus in Argos: Archives Series, Book 2)
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the second instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’.
High-Rise
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.
Canopus in Argos: Archives Series – Shikasta (Canopus in Argos: Archives Series, Book 1)
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’.
The Four-Gated City
The fifth and final book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner’s ‘Children of Violence’ series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.
The Good Terrorist
A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era and winner of the Nobel Prize for Fiction.
The Leftovers
From the author of ‘Little Children’ and now a major new TV series, ‘The Leftovers’ asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? And some were left behind?
Hello America
A terrifying vision of the future from one of the twentieth century’s most renowned writers – J. G. Ballard, author of ‘Empire of the Sun’ and ‘Crash’.
The Drowned World
When London is lost beneath the rising tides, unconscious desires rush to the surface in this apocalyptic tale from the author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Cocaine Nights’.
The Drought
By the bestselling author of ‘Cocaine Nights’ and ‘Super-Cannes’ – the world is threatened by dramatic climate change in this highly acclaimed and influential novel.
The Book of Rapture
The must-read new novel from Nikki Gemmell – as provocative and as deeply felt as her international bestseller The Bride Stripped Bare.
The Book of Rapture
The must-read new novel from Nikki Gemmell – as provocative and as deeply felt as her international bestseller The Bride Stripped Bare.
Kingdom Come
A masterpiece of fiction from J. G. Ballard, which asks could Consumerism turn into Facism?