When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with ...

“Gabriel Gatehouse is a brilliant spelunker of the rabbit holes of American political culture. A spellbinding storyteller and reader of the runes of the strange times we live in.” – Louis Theroux Is ...

Penguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. A manuscript is found. Filled with small, precise ...

The world can be a dark place at times, and we all need something light-hearted to entertain and distract us. Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, ...

Join us as we time-travel through our bookshelves as we discuss must-read historical fiction in answer to your reading requests. Plus, bestselling author Jodie Picoult shares her theory on the true ...

Embrace the sunniest season of the year with these beautiful quotes from classic and contemporary writing. They broke boundaries and challenged conceptions. We asked you for your must-read classics; ...

We have created The (incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists in response to one of the key findings in the research commissioned with our partner The Runnymede Trust, which found that teachers often ...

Michael Joseph, our founder, was already a bestselling author before he turned publisher in 1935 – the same year Penguin paperbacks arrived. He loved authors. In particular, Michael Joseph loved ...

'One of the most terrifying books I have read . . . some of the statistics Haidt quotes are truly shocking' Evening Standard After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of ...

From his humble beginnings in a quaint Welsh mining village to the dazzling lights of Hollywood, much-loved star, Luke Evans takes us on a poignant and inspiring journey that spans from the heart of ...