Historical fiction

Music Against the Night

Acclaimed Pulitzer-Prize finalist Yiyun Li, returns with a sweeping historical epic, following two extraordinary musicians on the rise.

The Library of Leaving

‘Maybe it shouldn’t surprise me that August became a writer. He’d told me all kinds of stories – ‘I love you’ for one …’

The Library of Leaving

‘Maybe it shouldn’t surprise me that August became a writer. He’d told me all kinds of stories – ‘I love you’ for one …’

The Phoenix Pencil Company

‘Absorbing’GUARDIAN

‘Magical’GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE

A 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.

Great Eastern Hotel

‘Beautifully written’DAILY MAIL

‘Heady, sensually described, deeply felt’GUARDIAN

‘A maximalist epic that grabs you by the collar’THE STATESMAN

‘Riotously audacious and entertaining – cinematic, jazzlike, a humdinger of a novel’ KAMILA SHAMSIE

The Phoenix Pencil Company

‘Absorbing’GUARDIAN

‘Magical’GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE

A 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.

Great Eastern Hotel

‘Beautifully written’DAILY MAIL

‘Heady, sensually described, deeply felt’GUARDIAN

‘A maximalist epic that grabs you by the collar’THE STATESMAN

‘Riotously audacious and entertaining – cinematic, jazzlike, a humdinger of a novel’ KAMILA SHAMSIE

Great Eastern Hotel

‘Riotously audacious and entertaining – cinematic, jazzlike, a humdinger of a novel’ KAMILA SHAMSIE

‘A maximalist epic that grabs you by the collar’THE STATESMAN

‘A wild romp that ends with the scent of river water in your nose and the breath of a flute in your ears’INDIA TODAY

Teddy

‘Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted’Sunday Times Style

‘Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive’ Daisy Buchanan

‘Mad Men meets White Lotus’Red

‘Stylish and twisting’ The Times

‘A wild ride and a heck of a lot of fun’ iNews

The Phoenix Pencil Company

‘Absorbing’GUARDIAN

‘Magical’GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE

A 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.

The Phoenix Pencil Company: Unabridged edition

‘Absorbing’GUARDIAN

‘Magical’GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE

A 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.

Butcher

‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN

‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE

‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES

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