Better Than Sex
The fourth volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary ‘Gonzo Papers’.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026
‘Miraculous’ OMAR EL AKKAD
‘Stunning’ MAAZA MENGISTE
‘Suffused with tenderness’NEW YORK TIMES
‘Beautiful and powerful’ LISA OWENS
‘Wondrous’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
An extraordinary, sweeping novel following one man’s itinerant search for home across the globe, after his childhood exile from Palestine.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2025
‘Enormously entertaining’THE TIMES
‘Unputdownable’ HARPER’S BAZAAR
‘Funny, sharp and insightful … a triumph’ LAUREN LAVERNE
‘Magnificent’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO
‘A tour de force family drama’ELLE
‘Bursting with poignancy’NEW YORKER
‘Tender, absorbing’ CATHERINE NEWMAN
‘First-rate storytelling’ BBC
‘A riveting novel about how family molds us – for good and ill – and the grace that comes with forgiveness’PEOPLE MAGAZINE
‘A tour de force family drama’ELLE
‘Bursting with poignancy’NEW YORKER
‘Tender, absorbing’ CATHERINE NEWMAN
‘First-rate storytelling’ BBC
‘A riveting novel about how family molds us – for good and ill – and the grace that comes with forgiveness’PEOPLE MAGAZINE
The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption.
‘Razor-sharp and deliciously wry’ COCO MELLORS
‘Funny, tender, thrillingly dark’ HEATHER DARWENT
‘Exhilarating, beguiling, beautiful’ OLIVIA PETTER
An astonishing portrait of a city on the brink of a dizzying new era and a story about a young woman who will do anything to infiltrate the rarefied world of New York’s fashion elite.
A wonderfully warm, witty and wise novel of small-town dreams and eccentric families.
The debut novel from the bestselling author of Women Talking, written with her signature wit and compassion.
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025
‘The best memoir you will read all year’ NICK HORNBY
‘A triumph – a meditation on writing, suicide, guilt and silence’ GUARDIAN
‘Curious and idiosyncratic and enjoyable’ ZADIE SMITH
‘Darkly moving and heart-wrenchingly funny’ MARIE CLAIRE
‘I would have read another thousand chapters’ CATHERINE NEWMAN
‘Tragi-comic, and incredibly moving … essential reading for turbulent times’ LAURA VAN DEN BERG
‘A Truce That Is Not Peace is a stunner’ HANNAH PITTARD
‘I would have read another thousand chapters’ CATHERINE NEWMAN
‘Tragi-comic, and incredibly moving … essential reading for turbulent times’ LAURA VAN DEN BERG
‘A Truce That Is Not Peace is a stunner’ HANNAH PITTARD
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025
‘The best memoir you will read all year’ NICK HORNBY
‘A triumph – a meditation on writing, suicide, guilt and silence’ GUARDIAN
‘Curious and idiosyncratic and enjoyable’ ZADIE SMITH
‘Darkly moving and heart-wrenchingly funny’ MARIE CLAIRE
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
‘The best memoir you will read all year’ NICK HORNBY
‘A triumph – a meditation on writing, suicide, guilt and silence’GUARDIAN
‘A grief memoir in the vein of Joan Didion’s Blue Nights’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Darkly moving and heart-wrenchingly funny’ MARIE CLAIRE
‘This is memoir perfection … I adored it’ CARIAD LLOYD
‘Drew me in like a whirlpool’ NICOLA DINAN
‘A beautiful fever dream’ KRISTEN ARNETT
‘Highly seductive … and fun as hell!’ TONY TULATHIMUTTE
‘A ghostly, feverish love story’ANOTHER MAGAZINE
‘Hugely enjoyable … dreamlike and erotic’THE TIMES
‘Incredible … romantic, dangerous and sexy’ KATIE BUCKLEY
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
‘Enormously entertaining’THE TIMES
‘As funny as it is moving’GUARDIAN
‘A joy of a debut’ DAVID MITCHELL
‘Magnificent’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO
A stunning debut novel following five women from three generations of a once eminent Iranian family as their lives are turned upside down