Independent Bookshop Week: Our authors on their indie heroes
Discover the shops our authors picked for Independent Bookshop Week
Summer Reads
Discover our ultimate summer reads โ from seaside miscellanies to enthralling histories
Announcing The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less by Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles explores the unsung pleasures of drinking in moderation
New releases
Am I Normal?
Sarah Chaney
A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession
Brainwashed
Daniel Pick
A brilliant and mind-bending exploration of brainwashing and thought control
Beryl
Jeremy Wilson
The remarkable life of champion cyclist Beryl Burton, one of the greatest cyclists of all time
The Nation of Plants
Stefano Mancuso
This playful manifesto – presented for the plant nation by a leading neurobiologist – is an international bestseller
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andrew Grove
The classic guide for leaders on turning difficulty into advantage
Confronting Leviathan
David Runciman
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman
The Sunny Nihilist
Wendy Syfret
How believing in nothing is the key to a happy life – welcome to Sunny Nihilism
The Black Book
Sybil Oldfield
For the first time, discover the stories of the heroic men and women the Nazis singled out for death in their plan to invade Britain
The Digital Silk Road
Jonathan E. Hillman
An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
Brainscapes
Rebecca Schwarzlose
A trailblazing journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action all depend on 'maps' etched into your gray matter – and h…
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
Find order, creativity and productivity with this revolutionary system
All In It Together
Alwyn Turner
A biting and original history which places culture front and centre to explain how our country went to pieces
Ritual
Dimitris Xygalatas
A radical anthropologist takes readers on a journey through the shadow-side of human civilisation
The Confidence Men
Margalit Fox
The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time.
Between Two Hells
Diarmaid Ferriter
The history of the war that shaped the Irish political landscape across the twentieth century and up to the present day, by Ireland's most promin…
Mountain Tales
Saumya Roy
A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.
Featured authors
Bestsellers and Classics
The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
What would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story.
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles
Ned Palmer
A celebration of cheese to go perfectly with your Christmas Stilton
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSurveillance Capitalism: A new phase in economic history in which private companies and governments track your every…
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the worl…
SPQR
Mary Beard
Mary Beard on Ancient Rome: Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire. A major new BBC TV series presented by the author s…
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
'A fascinating and inspiring true adventure story … destined to become a classic.' Ranulph FiennesA New York Times bestseller and word of…