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Understanding relationships isn't just about other people - it starts with understanding yourself and where you've come from.In How We Relate, clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha takes us on...

Cooking Indian food from scratch doesn't have to be complicated. With Chetna Makan's newest book, you can make flavourful Indian dishes with five simple ingredients. Combining bold flavours and straightforward...

'This shape-shifting, time-stitching novel grants us special kinds of double-vision: across eras and between species. Under its spell, Amitav Ghosh helps us begin to live multiple lives - to become...

Translated by Giles Murray A tour de force crime novel from one of the international masters of the form, where a simple murder case questions the simple notions of good...

Translated by Michael P. Cronin Illustrated with artful images by renowned Kyoto-based photographer John Einarsen, this book is a 'must-have' for all fans of Japanese literature and anyone interested in...

‘Exquisite and deeply felt’ VOGUE ‘Beautifully rendered’ GRAZIA ‘Magnificent … melds sharp insight with great heart’ NICOLA DINAN ‘Thoughtful and beautifully compelling’ ALICE WINN A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from...

New York Times bestselling author Ann Liang returns to the world of her acclaimed debut, If You Could See the Sun, as a picture-perfect influencer teams up with the bad boy after...

A beautifully written, poignant historical novel about two travellers undertaking a perilous journey into the 'forbidden kingdom' of Tibet In the mid-nineteenth century, the mountainous kingdom of Tibet is closed...

Translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio In Sisters in Yellow, International Booker–shortlisted literary sensation Mieko Kawakami serves us a thrilling, stylish noir of buried secrets and shocking acts. Hana has...

A love story that will last a lifetime Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad...

One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, published in Vintage Classics for the first time as part of a retrospective on the Early Novels of Rushdie'Salman Rushdie's...

A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai From the internationally bestselling author of The Porcelain Moon comes a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand...

Translated by Polly Barton ‘Tender and thrilling it’s Yuzuki at her best’ ELLE A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN GUARDIAN, VOGUE, NEW YORK TIMES, FORBES, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE, ELLE, STYLIST, BBC, GRAZIA, BRICKS MAGAZINE, RADIO TIMES, LITHUB, OPRAH DAILY and DAILY EXPRESS. The...

A thought-provoking work by a singular voice, this short, sharp essay invites us to critically reconsider power, ideology and the boundaries of free speech.Invisible, invasive and widely taken for granted,...

Translated by Karen Gernant and Chan Zeping Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award In Mother River, Can Xue, one of China's most daring and visionary writers, invites us...

Salman Rushide's extraordinary literary debut, published in Vintage Classics for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its publication.The extraordinary literary debut of Salman Rushdie. 'A firework of a...

Salman Rushdie's phantasmagoric epic - his second novel - published in Vintage Classics as part of a major retrospective on the Early Novels of Salman RushdieThe novel that set the...

Salman Rushdie's critically acclaimed magical realist study of good and evil, published in Vintage Classics for the first time as part of a retrospective on Rushdie's Early NovelsDiscover Salman Rushdie's...

Translated by Jay Rubin A gorgeous new clothbound edition of Soseki's cherished novel, with an introduction by Murakami'Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender...

Translated by E. Madison Shimoda Much-loved modern classic by the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD'I learned...

Translated by Geoffrey Bownas In early 20th-century Japan, a lone hiker falls through a hole in the ground into Kappaland. This is a place ruled by amphibious creatures who share...

Translated by Margaret Mitsutani The final volume of the electric Scattered All Over the Earth trilogy, from the prize-winning Japanese author. In this concluding volume, intrepid Hiruko and her band of...

Over 80 Plant-based Recipes for Every Occasion From the creators of Vegan Chinese Food, Yang and Kathi of littlericenoodle present a vibrant exploration of vegan Asian street food that goes beyond...

For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star Hasan lives an idyllic childhood of abundance- of pomegranates and cricket and ostensible serenity. This illusory veneer...

A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches...

'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent'A whirlwind - Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood - Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian'Kamila Shamsie has created...

The epic story of Rama: a hero and prince who must battle for justice and righteousness against forces of chaos and evil. An Abridged Edition The Ramayana tells the story...

Translated by Lizzie Buehler A darkly comic and compelling satire of the art world from the author of The Disaster Tourist.An Yiji's career had been stalling for some time when a...

Full of skin-crawling folk horror and sapphic romance, this feral fairytale and standalone follow-up to GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES follows a reclusive songstress and her bodyguard who must unravel the occult...

Explore the macabre mind of Japan’s master of horror, Junji Ito, in this chilling adult coloring book.Following the success of the first Junji Ito coloring book, Junji Ito Collection: A...

Obsession and persistence warp reality in this collection of macabre stories set in Junji Ito’s bloodcurdling world.  A dark evil lurks in the unreachable depths of a pipe, groaning out moans...

A modern classic on the art of loving-now in a 10th Anniversary Special Edition.The most popular book in the "How To" series-now available in special hardcover edition.To celebrate the 10th...

A dazzling, provocative debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, putting fierce female characters centre stage in brilliantly funny and sharp twists on fairy tale.Inspired by horror fiction,...

The Buddha in the World From Pankaj Mishra, the Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author of The World After Gaza, a meditation on the life and legacy of the Buddha, refracted through one man's...

How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight? Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban's brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly...

"So what will you become, Elena? Villain, hero, or conqueror?" Ravence has fallen. Her enemies have ravaged her people. And now Elena Aadya Ravence must decide how far she will...

A novel about a young gay man's adventures in conservative and Catholic Philippines and beyondBoys' Love follows the life of Jon, a Filipino gay man and his coming out of...

From the author of The Bone Witch and The Girl from the Well comes a chilling horror told primarily through video transcripts, message boards, and radio shows, that will shake you to your core.Wispy...

A short and accessible lesson on the key Buddhist concept of reincarnation from the Zen Master and bestselling author of The Miracle of MindfulnessIn this book, with characteristic clarity and simplicity,...

 In the final book of the best-selling Mindfulness Essentials series, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to realise our dreams in this very moment.What do we want to do with...

A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times)While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart...

53 Ways to Get Closer to Books Translated by Shanna Tan From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading,...

Translated by Anton Hur From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a new novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research centre...

From Sake to Soy, Essential Ingredients for Japanese Home Cooking The Japanese Pantry is a follow up to Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking, Emiko's tribute to her mother's family and her...

A hand-stitched seascape of words and images from an award-winning writer. I lay strips of pale peach cotton and cloud-printed cloth side by side.Each becomes a strange, asymmetric quilt block.Each...

A SPIN, Electric Literature, Book Riot, and The Catholic Post Best Poetry Collection of 2022 Finalist for the RSL Ondaatje Prize & Forward Prize for Best First Collection A Lit Hub Most...

The Menu of Happiness, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the third book in the bestselling, delightful Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Nostalgic and...

Blade. Butcher. Thief. Worldbreaker. Emiko Soong has been called many things. But Worldbreaker is the worst. She unmasked the General and returned to San Francisco where her power is greatest....

Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault s biopower, has discovered the...

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A magnificent novel- beautiful, terrible, true _x2026_ It reads already like a classic' - Ali SmithShortlisted for the Baileys Women s Prize for...