JUNE 2025 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy of magic, espionage and family secrets that will alter the path of her life forever.
‘Wildly inventive … Allison King is a talent to watch’ LIZ MOORE
‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN
‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ‘ HALLE BUTLER
‘A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers’ room’ WASHINGTON POST
‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN
‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ‘ HALLE BUTLER
‘A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers’ room’ WASHINGTON POST
A whimsical and inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World. A young couple’s daily life is disrupted by their newly adopted cat, who soon initiates them into the wondrous world of felines.
A whimsical and inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World. A young couple’s daily life is disrupted by their newly adopted cat, who soon initiates them into the wondrous world of felines.
A whimsical and inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World. A young couple’s daily life is disrupted by their newly adopted cat, who soon initiates them into the wondrous world of felines.
‘Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way…’
Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.
‘Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way…’
Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.
‘Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way…’
Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.
‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN
‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ‘ HALLE BUTLER
‘A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers’ room’ WASHINGTON POST
‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN
‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ‘ HALLE BUTLER
‘A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers’ room’ WASHINGTON POST
‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN
‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ‘ HALLE BUTLER
‘A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers’ room’ WASHINGTON POST
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.
