Arts, Language & Literature

Resistance
Val McDermid
A gritty, dark tale of infectious disease gone wrong – the timely graphic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Val McDermid

Sea Fever
Meg Clothier
Everything you need to know about the sea and shore, from high tides to half-hitches

The Greywacke
Nick Davidson
The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet

After the Storm
Emma Jane Unsworth
A raw, relatable call-to-arms account of motherhood, breaking the silence on postnatal depression

Richer, Wiser, Happier
William Green
In-depth interviews with more than forty of the world's super-investors reveal that the keys to wealth and business success hold other life lesso…

Move!
Caroline Williams
Exercise changes the brain. But which exercises have what effect? Time to get up to speed with the cutting-edge science of the mind-body connection an…

I Saw the Dog
Alexandra Aikhenvald
A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language

The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey
Julia Laite
An immersive historical account of a fascinating and important untold story

The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee
The heartbreaking, liberating truth about what racism has cost all of us

The Handshake
Ella Al-Shamahi
This quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures

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.

Genesis
Guido Tonelli
A visionary scientific account of the seven 'days' of creation, from a lead player in the hunt for the Higgs boson

Law in a Time of Crisis
Jonathan Sumption
What is the right relationship between the law and politics, judges and politicians?

The Gun, the Ship and the Pen
Linda Colley
Award-winning historian Linda Colley shows the dawn of the modern world – through the advance of written constitutions

Notes from Deep Time
Helen Gordon
The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together

Two-Way Mirror
Fiona Sampson
How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times

How Should A Government Be?
Jaideep Prabhu
When the art of government itself is changing, the old political divisions no longer make sense. Join organisation expert Jaideep Prabhu on a tour of…