Brought to you by Penguin.Leo Varadkar shares his fascinating experience as Irish prime minister at a time of much change and turbulence, in this remarkably honest memoir.Leo Varadkar was an unlikely Taoiseach – the youngest on taking office in 2017, the first Taoiseach to be gay, and the first person of colour to be Taoiseach.Equally unlikel...

Brought to you by Puffin.Step into the Secret World and learn about the women who hid in its shadows.Charlotte Philby's grandfather was the most infamous spy in history. Inspired to find out more about his world, Charlotte discovered that there were many stories of courage and secrets and daring . . .And so many were about women.There were a host o...

Brought to you by Penguin.*LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD 2025*Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa's trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach to scrape for shrimp; spending the rest of the day selling his ware...

Brought to you by Penguin. History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored.Mother Clap's Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads...

Brought to you by Penguin.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but abo...

Brought to you by Penguin.**As seen on Lorraine**Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Rangan Chatterjee reveals how to make positive change that actually lasts in his latest, most innovative book to date. We all have things we rely on going our way to help us feel calm and happy. Your partner waking up in a good mood. No traffic on the way to work. N...

Brought to you by Penguin.*A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025 *The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor.You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate.Taking us from the R...

Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from conventionEvery now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers and spend an entire day eating every single thing you want&nda...

Brought to you by Penguin. From bestselling author and Strictly Come Dancing's Head Judge, Shirley Ballas, a sparkling toolkit for living your best life, and new stories from Shirley's life on and off the dance floor.After twenty years of shiny floors, sambas, and sequins, we're more captivated than ever by the 'Strictly Journey' – a contesta...

Virginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annex; Jimi Hendrix played her tune; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her. Queen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived. When people spoke of her, they spoke of themselves; when t...

In Funny Thing, Getting Older, one of our most beloved novelists shares his reflections from a lifetime of writing stories about the world. Here, collected for the first time on Michael's 82nd birthday, are his thoughts on nature, childhood, writing, peace and war, and getting older. Some are deeply personal, some political, others in between. And...

China's rise and Russian aggression have upended the global balance of power. The US has proven an unstable partner. Illiberalism is gaining ground. It's time to admit that Europe is once again central to Britain's future. The Continent houses our allies and friends. We still trade more with the EU than with anyone else. Like a court order in a div...

Full Throttle is a high-octane guide to business, leadership and resilience - told through the extraordinary life and lessons of Formula One legend Eddie Jordan. A maverick team boss and fearless entrepreneur, Eddie built Jordan Grand Prix from scratch, discovered world champions like Michael Schumacher, and turned bold risks into billion-pound suc...

THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FOR 2025 BY 2 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER.Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wants things to go back to how they were. Out of the blue he is offered a job that comes with a free luxury...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST CRIME & THRILLER BOOKS OF 2024'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn' The Guardian'Mortimer's verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep his fans chuckling' The Times WARNING - this b...

The fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire's award-winning Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones.When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister&m...

Brought to you by Penguin.Are you constantly worried about what people think of you? Psychotherapist Meg Josephson explores the common survival instinct fawning and offers explanations, comfort and solutions. If you ever:Leave social situations overthinking something you've saidOverlook your own boundaries to make other people happyStruggle to say...

'My first big discrepancy came in the shape of a £2,000 shortfall that just made no sense at all. Of all the things that kept me awake once in the thick of the nightmare that unfolded, it was being stuck in that truly incomprehensible moment where the mere touch of a button suddenly turned £2,000 into £4,000 within three minutes o...

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*The trailblazing autobiography of England Football legend Mary Earps.A playbook for anyone who has ever thought they don't fit in.A blueprint for success on your own terms.'This book is me, unfiltered. It's the truth behind the headlines, the setbacks behind the saves. I'm so proud to finally share it with the w...

The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother and daughter who were forced to rebuild their lives.This is their story.In November 2020, Caroline Darian received a call from the police in Carpentras. Her father was in polic...

The house, she was promised, is the first clean page in a new book for girls like her . . . 1847, Shepherds Bush. Charles Dickens' home for fallen women is about to open its doors. Part refuge, part reformatory, the house and its location are top secret, and Martha Gelder and Josephine Nash among its first inmates. But faced with the chance to rede...