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'With her renowned clever wit and masterful (mistress-ful) wordplay, Lette delights us all yet again. Read this and know you are in the hands of a wise feminist who makes you laugh out loud!' Suzie Miller, award-winning author of PRIMA FACIEThe Sisterhood Rules:1. Never let a man come between you2. Share all your secrets3. Live life to the fullest - girls just wanna have funFor twin sisters Isabel and Verity, the sisterhood rules were shattered when Verity had an affair with Izzy’s husband. Unforgivable, right? Devastated by her sister’s betrayal, Izzy casts Verity into social Siberia. But when their mother goes missing, Verity and Izzy are forced to come together again to find her. And then the estranged sisters’ problems only get bigger. Their mother has a new younger lover and where there’s a will… he’d clearly like to be in it. Can they stop their mother making a dreadful mistake? And in doing so find a way to bury the pain of the pas? ull of laugh-out-loud humour and devastating pathos, Kathy Lette’s brilliant new novel takes us on a roller-coaster ride which proves that from pain comes healing, from honesty comes forgiveness, and that nothing is more important than your sisters. PRAISE FOR KATHY LETTE:‘Deliciously rude and darkly funny’ Nicole Kidman‘Unputdownable’ Stephen Fry'Kathy’s wit and clarity feel timely and necessary' Isla Fisher ‘The thinking lady’s hornbag’ Kath and Kim'Had me laughing out loud from page one' Adam Hills'I loved every fierce, frothy line of feminist inspiration' Tina Brown'An absolute riot!' Jane Fallon

AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2026A GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL 2026‘Savage, witty, gory, heartfelt, utterly relatable rage fantasy and a helluva good time' Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls'A modern feminist classic' Sunday Times Style ‘A cathartic, necessary read’ Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life ‘Rollicking, unexpected and utterly hilarious’ Observer ‘Witty, thrilling, and oh so righteously FERAL’ Nat Cassidy, When the Wolf Comes Home ‘I laughed, cried and felt vindicated. Superb’ Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred YearsEVER FELT READY TO HOW? yper-competent start up CFO Ellie is 46-year-old and like most women, is already juggling too much. Daughter’s not talking to her, husband’s not listening to her, and she's got a promotion coming up at work. It's an inconvenient time to be beset by mid-life symptoms: coarse hair in new places, hot flushes, insomnia, losing time . . . finding bloodstains on all her clothing, howling at the moon. Her doctor diagnoses perimenopause. But it's another 28-day cycle that's taking hold. One involving fur, and teeth, and a not insignificant amount of rage. Suddenly the troubles in her life - hot flushes, thankless family, spiralling to-do list, oblivious husband, the w*nker promoted above her at work – seem almost . . . bite-size. A deeply gratifying, highly addictive and provocative read, Femme Feral is an exhilarating expression of feminine rage, with a warning: If you swallow your anger, it’s sure to come back with a bite.

When his lover is murdered, Jason Bourne plunges into a maelstrom of violence and deceit. The thrilling new instalment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the world of Robert Ludlum. One moment Jason Bourne is on a boat in the Mediterranean moonlight with his lover, Johanna. The next, he finds himself alone, floating on wreckage as fire and smoke choke the sky. With his memory fragmented once more, Bourne must piece together the truth behind the attack even as Johanna's killers try to complete their mission. A deadly game is being played from Moscow to Washington. Bourne's surrogate father, a long-missing spy chief, is revealed to be alive. Bourne's controller, Shadow, has answers... but she also has hidden agendas of her own. Bourne must track down his father figure before his enemies do, and avenge Johanna at the same time. But in a game destined to have no winners, the only certainty is that the body count will continue to rise. 'This guy can tell a story' Michael Connelly

From the bestselling author of The Miniaturist. Jessie Burton's Hidden Treasure is the phenomenal page-turning story of two children whose lives collide when they find an ancient treasure with the power to return to them the most precious thing they have ever lost*****‘Pure magic […] the heroine feels as real as Tracy Beaker’ – The Telegraph‘It was exciting and had me on the edge of my seat’ – Jenny, age 10‘Hauntingly beautiful’ – Guardian‘A jewel of a book. An exciting and absorbing adventure story full of magic and wonder. A rare feat.’ – Katya Balen, author of October, October‘It feels like you are in the book and really shocked and amazed about what’s happening’ – Oliver, age 10‘For anybody who believes in love and magic and trying to do the right thing.’ – Abigail Dean, Bestselling author of Girl A and Day One‘Burton effortlessly combines a high-stakes mystery and characters with true emotional depth. A story that stayed with me long after turning the final page’ – A.F Steadman, author of the Skandar seriesFor the people who live on the banks of the Thames, the river is a living, breathing thing. It can take your treasures. It can hide your treasures. And, sometimes, it can give them back. Bo and Billy are two children who have never met. Billy is an orphan. Bo’s dad died when she was small and now her brother is off to war. Both children are poor, but they have each found half of a priceless treasure, given up by the river. A treasure which – when the pieces are reunited – holds the power to give back to one of them the most precious thing they have ever lost. But should the treasure be put back together again? And why has the river given it up no? or fans of Katherine Rundell and Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, Hidden Treasure is a classic in the making, with a rip-roaring plot, spine-tingling twists and an unforgettable cast of characters. ‘A glorious, glittering story that shines with magic, friendship and wonder. Unmissable.’ – Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind the Door‘I loved how heartfelt this book made me feel’ – Aarvin, age 10‘What a gift of a book. Jessie Burton hits the absolute sweet spot of peril and joy, of adventure and delicious detail, with characters that felt absolutely real to me. It’s a future classic.’ – Francesca Segal, author of The Innocents. ‘Captivating, magical, Jessie Burton’s Hidden Treasure sweeps you up and holds you entranced until the end.’ – Kate Williams, British Historian and Author‘Stunning, so finely crafted it’s as if the author found it shaped and complete like a treasure itself’ – Hilary McKay‘A gripping, high-stakes mystery with so much heart, I loved it’ – Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den‘A beautiful and moving story’ – Louise O’Neil‘Totally transporting and beguiling, Hidden Treasure sweeps you up in its tide and releases you feeling like you’ve discovered treasure’ – Stacey Halls, author of The Familiar

A witty collection of relationship truths and advice from 1910, brimming with charm, humour and vintage illustrations. Insightful, timeless and dreadfully entertaining. Men, Women and Wedlock is a delightful adaptation of a 1910 classic – a pocket-sized treasury of over 200 wonderfully sharp observations about love, marriage and the eternal dance between the sexes. Written by the pseudonymous Celt, this charming selection takes inspiration from literary greats, offering timeless truisms with a wink. Perfectly illustrated with humorous period artwork and packed with pithy one-liners, it's ideal for weddings, engagements, anniversaries or any occasion that could use a laugh and a little perspective. Wise, wicked, and wickedly wise, this book proves that when it comes to love, not much has changed.

Winner of the Newbery Medal 2026New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal winner Renée Watson explores friendship, loss and life with grief in this poignant novel told in verse and vignettes. Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counselling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. Even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life – and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all. In accessible, engaging verse and prose, this is a story of a girl's journey to heal, grow, and forgive herself. To read it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.

PREORDER MATTHEW HARFFY'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL BANE OF BERNICIA NOW!Hunlaf risks the wrath of the mighty Byzantine Empire on a dangerous voyage to the Holy Land. A rip-roaring Viking-era adventure from the author of the Bernicia Chronicles. 'Extremely satisfying and rewarding, Dominion of Dust rampages across the page with slicing action' LoveReadingAD 797, Cyprus. Warrior-monk Hunlaf and his crew are on a voyage to acquire an important Christian relic before it falls into the hands of Byzantium's scheming Empress Eirene. Hunlaf’s crew receive unexpected help as they seek their treasure, but soon find themselves betrayed. About to leave for home empty-handed, the adventurers instead sail further east: to Jerusalem, the Holy Land, abundant in relics. And dangerous intrigues. Hunlaf and his friends will face a deadly race against time as they attempt to secure a holy treasure, outwit Byzantium's zealous agents, and avoid grisly deaths at the hands of the local rulers. From bestselling author MATTHEW HARFFY, A Time for Swords is an epic historical action-adventure series set during the dramatic Viking Age. The thrilling tale of Hunlaf, a monk who becomes a warrior following a devastating Viking attack, the series chronicles his daring quests through Early Medieval Europe. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Giles Kristian. READ ALL OF MATTHEW HARFFY'S TERRIFIC A TIME FOR SWORDS SERIES:#1 A Time for Swords#2 A Night of Flames#3 A Day of Reckoning#4 Dominion of Dust

The fascinating psychology of blindspots, their complex causes, and the alarming consequences of looking without seeing. Can we believe our eyes? Most of us are confident that we can, but we shouldn't be so sure. Every day, we fail to see things that are right in front of us, miss sudden or unexpected changes and fall for illusions without realising it. The culprit? Blind spots. These hidden gaps in our perception are responsible for errors in operating machinery, diagnosing medical conditions, giving evidence in court and even influence how we invest our money or shop. Unseen explores the hidden corners of the human mind where perception fails, from the everyday oversights to the deep-rooted cognitive biases that shape our worldview. Lifting the lid on how our minds shape what we see, neuropsychologist David Lewis and illusionist Keelan Leyser explore the different types of blind spots, why they occur, how they can be used to manipulate our thoughts and the practical steps we can take to avoid them. What have you been missing?

A vivid, human and radical history of one of the most powerful revolutionary movements of the twentieth century - told through the lives and in the voices of countless forgotten men and women**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**‘Lush, high-tempo, strikingly poignant ... The relevance for our present moment is impossible to ignore’ Guardian‘Thrillingly energetic, delightful, vivid’ New York Times Book Review‘Reading it feels revolutionary’ Naomi KleinHere Where Live Is Our Country is the story of a revolutionary movement – the Jewish Bund – which played a part in nearly every major conflict in Eastern Europe from 1900-1945, but still remains an almost unknown part of twentieth-century history. The movement’s central philosophy of “herenes” – the belief that Jews had a right to freedom and dignity in the countries where they lived – led them to fight the Tsar, reject Zionism, resist the Nazis, and ultimately help lead the Warsaw ghetto revolt. It is also a philosophy that immediately resonates with the political situation all over the world today. In this book, Molly Crabapple tells the story of the Bund through the lives of the bold and brilliant individuals who were pivotal to carrying out the doctrine, including her own great-grandfather, through whom she first discovered the movement. ‘Crabapple, with this great work, adds to her growing legacy as a unique American genius’ Jason Stanley‘Recounts, with a novelist’s mastery of detail, one of the most extraordinary rebellions of the human spirit in modern history’ Pankaj Mishra‘A masterful storyteller who possesses an admirable sense of history and writes with verve and wit … Here Where We Live Is Our Country is a true tour de force’ Jon Lee Anderson

A 2025 book of the year - The Independent Includes a bonus chapter on anger and parenting---'A marvellous book ... enhances our understanding of ourselves and others' IRVINE WELSH'Enlightening' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'If you want to figure anger out – then this is for you' – FINANCIAL TIMES--TRANSFORM YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ANGERFeeling ashamed or afraid of anger is a major factor in why many of us suffer with anxiety and depression. Yet when we learn to listen to it properly and act on it wisely, anger becomes a source of remarkable energy and purpose – an emotion that not only protects us but helps improve all areas of our lives, from love to creativity to professional success. In Good Anger, journalist Sam Parker traces his own journey with our most misunderstood emotion, explores how it became a cultural taboo and argues why anger should be the next frontier of the mental health movement. Now with an new chapter on parenting, this provocative, insightful and timely book is for people pleasers and conflict avoiders everywhere.

Why are young people finding their way back to faith?'One of those books I find myself being (excuse the pun) evangelical about, pressing it into friends' hands like a Gideon's Bible' Sunday Times'Spellbinding . . . An incredible exploration of how young people are navigating the complex world we find ourselves in today' Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art without Men*A TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**A TELEGRAPH, GQ, NEW YORKER AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR*When several of her friends turned to faith in their twenties, Lamorna Ash sensed the beginnings of a phenomenon. In our fractured age, a new generation was rediscovering Christianity for itself. In this urgent and lyrical adventure, Ash embarks on a journey across Britain to meet the young people wrestling with faith today. Taking us from ancient abbeys to modern meeting houses, silent retreats to garrulous Bible classes, Don' t Forget We're Here Forever explores our need for community and nourishment of the soul. 'One of our most talented young writers' Telegraph'It is not surprising that at a time like this, people should turn to older sources of meaning. Don't Forget We're Here Forever is therefore a book for our moment' Irish Times'A rare and arresting book' New Statesman

The 2005 book King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson covered the six King Kong movies that had been produced up at that time: King Kong (1933), The Son of Kong (1933), King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1962), King Kong Escapes (1967), King Kong (1976), and King Kong Lives (1986), providing in-depth chapters chronicling the conception, production, release, and legacy of each film.The book also contained chapters on other Kong-related projects, as well as a brief preview of Peter Jackson’s 2005 King Kong remake, which had not yet opened at the time of the book’s publication and so could not be examined in depth. Since the book’s publication, Jackson’s film was released and two additional Kong films have been produced: 2017’s Kong: Skull Island and 2021’s Godzilla Vs. Kong. There has also been a major Broadway musical version of the story, two new animated series, and a number of novels, comic books, and graphic novels. There is also a new film on the way: Godzilla Vs. Kong 2, which is currently slated for release in 2025.With so much new Kong material to cover and a new Kong film on the way, this expanded and updated version of the book is the most complete, thorough, and comprehensive history of the cinematic King Kong possible.

How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classi? ith warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles’ first film changed both the band themselves and pop music’s relationship with the screen. In a vivid and personal exploration, she shows how this black-and-white gem, shot in a documentary style and brimming with youthful energy, captured Britain at a moment of social transformation, with a portrayal of celebrity, camaraderie and media frenzy that still resonates today. Drawing on her own experience of first discovering the film as a child and going on to work in the television industry, Ahmed shines a spotlight on the craft behind its enduring appeal. With insights from members of the cast and crew, including her own new interviews, Ahmed highlights A Hard Day’s Night’s class and sexual politics, and adds a delightfully original analysis of the women in the film. In these pages you will be transported to a time when four young men from Liverpool, via the mass medium of television, changed the way Britain saw itself and the way the world saw Britain, revealing how, and why, A Hard Day’s Night has become a landmark of modern cinema.

From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System. The end of the world has been and gone. There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Only scores of storms, droughts, and selfish regional conflicts. Humanity was not granted a heroic end. Instead, it bled to death from a thousand cuts. But where Earth fell apart, Mars pulled together. Engineered men and beasts, aided by Bees – an outlawed distributed intelligence – survived through co-operation, because there was simply no alternative. Fast forward to today. A signal – ‘For the sake of what once was. We beg you. Help.’ – reaches Mars. How could they refuse? A consortium of Martian work crews gather the resources for a mission: a triumphal return to the blue-green world of their ancestors. And now here they are – three hundred million kilometres from home. And it has all already gone horribly wrong.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Since its invention more than 150 years ago, the microphone transformed the world in an instant. Yet its evolution and integration into our daily lives has been comparatively gradual – so gradual, crucially, that it is easy to forget just how much we take it for granted. Every phone has a microphone. Every laptop has a microphone. We are surrounded by microphones. The microphone wields enormous power. But when we're ‘on mic’ we aren't just powerful, we're vulnerable. Microphones can destroy careers as quickly as make them. The microphone is inextricable from our need to be heard. This book takes a curious, always humorous look at this object as a metaphor for power and how the fulfillment of our desire to be heard has created a multi-headed beast we are still learning how to tame.

What if the biggest threat to your relationship isn’t infidelity, but instead is your next credit card bill? You can stop arguing and learn how to talk about money. Disagreements about money can quietly erode trust and connection in a relationship, often becoming a major source of stress and even separation. When partners bring different histories, attitudes, and beliefs about money to the table, conflict can escalate quickly. If couples stay stuck in an “us against each other” mindset instead of shifting to “us against the problem,” tension can become chronic. Author, Terry Gaspard shows readers how to break this cycle by teaching practical strategies for having calm, constructive conversations about finances. Her approach helps partners communicate effectively, reduce conflict, and build a stronger, more harmonious relationship.