Classics

Black Britain: Writing Back A visceral reimagining of 1780s London, showcasing the untold stories of African-American soldiers grappling with their freedom after the American revolution In the years just after...

The Montgomery Story The inspiring account of the march towards American Civil Rights, as told by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described Stride Toward Freedom as "the...

The Lonely Londoners, an unforgettable account of immigrant experience and one of the great twentieth-century London novels, now in in a stunning Clothbound Classics edition. At Waterloo Station, hopeful new...

25 Years...20/20 Hindsight It's been nearly 25 years since Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena. It has since become the #1 Personal...

Essential Pocket ClassicsKahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is a timeless classic, a guiding light of spiritual fiction that has shaped the hearts and souls of readers since it was first published...

A biting science fiction satire of American racism, and one of the first works of AfrofuturismIt's New Years Day in 1933 in New York City and Max Disher, a young...

'One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works. Akutagawa was a born short-story writer' — Haruki MurakamiThe stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictions of...

The dramatic and entertaining account of the revolution in Cuba, from the architect of its success‘We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat of...

Journey between the land of the Living and the spirit world in this magical Booker Prize-winning novel'So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as...

The groundbreaking Own Voices YA classic from Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee, reissued with a new foreword from Wicked Foxauthor Kat Cho.Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone...

A radical landmark in Caribbean literature, reissued with a new foreword by Jamaica Kincaid to mark Wilson Harris' centenary: a visionary masterpiece tracing the dreamlike voyage of a riverboat crew...

Translated by Tulachandra The story of a young modern Siamese girl and her quest for true love, Prisna Volume 1 and Volume 2 take place in 1938 in Phra Nakhon,...

'We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasure at night. If you...

A New York Times Best Crime Mystery of the YearIn the third book in the Nanette Hayes series, Nanette finds a voodoo doll is bringing her some much needed luck....

A New York Times Best Mystery Novel of the YearStraight-talking jazz musician Nanette Hayes is swapping New York for Paris as she tries to solve the mystery of her missing...

“One who sings and chants these supremely confidential teachings to My devotees will attain supreme devotion for Me and will attain Me. There is no doubt in this matter.” —Sri...

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the source of Zen Buddhism, and is probably the most broadly influential spiritual text in human history. Complete & Unabridged.This edition is translated and...

A compellingly powerful novel about racial relations that is as relevant now as it was one hundred years ago. This edition is introduced by Dr Sam HallidayJames Weldon Johnson’s The...

Two Works, Vol. 4In 1903 W.E.B. Du Bois's text The Souls of Black Folk made history as a work of sociological thought, and would go on to become a cornerstone...

Spring Snow is the first book of Mishima’s masterpiece tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility. The novel is set in Tokyo in 1912, in the closed circles of the imperial court...

From cultural icon Jade LB comes the notorious Keisha the Sket, an unforgettable coming-of-age story and a raw and original depiction of British youth culture.Where were you when Keisha the...

A Faulkner-esque Classic of Trinidadian literature — No Pain Like This Body is a lost masterpiece of contemporary fiction.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONIQUE ROFFEYIn the Caribbean, at the beginning of...

Introduced by Margo Jefferson, this forgotten novel by the Pulitzer-winning poet is a miniature wonder, chronicling one woman's coming-of-age in 1940s Chicago.What, what, am I to do with all of...

An African in Greenland Translated by James Kirkup The gripping true story of one man's ten-year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle — a rare...

'An exhilarating experience ... Genius.' — Jamaica KincaidI dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ...Guyana. An ancient landscape of rainforests and swamplands, haunted...

Translated by Simon GroveA new edition of this prizewinning classic mystery from one of Japan's best-loved crime writers.A building full of secrets. A key that will unleash them all...The K...

Voices from Within the VeilLegendary black scholar W.E.B. Du Bois's most passionate and searing work denouncing the global color line."I have been in the world, but not of it," W.E.B....

Translated by Daniel HahnMachado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What appear at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living...

Contacting the Power of the Wild WomanThe 2 million-copy bestselling cult feminist classicGo out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever...

Timely reissue of the classic radical history of race and modernityIn this ground-breaking work, Paul Gilroy proposes that the modern black experience can not be defined solely as African, American,...

The Timeless Epic of Duty, Love, and RedemptionDiscover the Ramayana — one of India's most celebrated epics, and a story that transcends time itself.The tale of Rama, the exiled prince...

A Qirgiz Epic Poem in the Manas CycleTranslated by Daniel PriorAn ancient Central Asian epic, passed down through generations, carries the reader into a world of nomads, warriors and horselords'Manas...

Loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, the fiendish Gokumon Island is perhaps the most highly regarded of all the great Seishi Yokomizo's classic Japanese mysteries.Kosuke Kindaichi...

The separation of Ranginui & PapatūānukuStunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.​Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku,...

Poems & StoriesThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that saw an explosion of Black art, music and writing, yet few female creatives are remembered alongside their male counterparts. Part...

'Tagore's life reminds me to take a step back. The time he allowed himself to learn and dream was a commitment of years and decades.' — Rupi KaurRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)...

FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDThe Birdcatcher is the new novel from a major voice in American literature, which explores artists in exile, dangerous relationships and the demands of...

Translated by Marie Iida and Allison Markin Powell*THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC — ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They...

'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.'This is the story of Hana and her little sister Emi, who are part of...

THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'The Color Purple is my go-to comfort novel. Every single time I read...

A Walk in the HimalayasIn this acclaimed travel memoir Jamaica Kincaid chronicles a spectacular and exotic three-week trek through the Himalayan land of Nepal, where she and her companions are...

Translated by Kerim YasarAn off-kilter, darkly ironic novella from a Japanese literary star - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella seriesIsolated in his Tokyo apartment, seventeen-year-old Haruo spends all his...

The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat’s Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of...

The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman and person of color — a work of immense...

Introducing the Martin Luther King Jr LibraryWith a New Foreword by Amanda GormanA beautiful collectible edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legendary speech at the March on Washington, laid...

Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, with new introduction from Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo.At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to...

A mesmerising story about a young girl growing up in America, finding a home and discovering her voice— a multi-award winning New York Times bestseller and President Obama's 'O' Book...

Translated by H. Bencraft JolyDream of the Red Chamber is renowned for its epic scope, rich psychological characterizations and telling observations on family life and the role of women in...

Translated by Clement Egerton and Shu QingchunGolden Lotus tells the story of Ximen Qing, a wealthy, unscrupulous merchant who takes the beautiful and ambitious widow Pan Jinlian as his fifth...