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What's the most useful thing you could know about your own life? In this era-defining book, developed from her ground-breaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and incisive thinking to a question that affects us all - how do we understand, and navigate, the epoch...

Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house, and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were...

Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theatre career, difficult childhood and path to sobriety in his honest, moving and long-awaited memoir.

Angela runs a dating agency and is an expert at connecting over fifties looking for the one. Sara has lost her husband and is forcing herself to speed-date in the hope of finding love again. Helen lives with her controlling partner, Brian - but she's been keeping his abusive behaviour a secret fr...

Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won't find any family who'll adopt her. When Esther is 14, soon to...

Three best friends are born on the same day under miraculous circumstances. But by their twelfth birthday, Jahan, Ravi and Lakshmi’s lives are about to change forever. The British announce Indian independence and draw lines of Partition that tear apart the country, and the friends. One of them fl...

Everything, and everyone, is familiar on the Island of Ayrie - nothing much changes, and for Tilda, nothing ever should - it is beautiful, it is perfect and it is home. When newcomer Albie arrives, Tilda wants to show Ayrie off - Albie wants her to leave him alone. She learns quickly that it'll t...

'Girls with Goals' tells the story of the incredible rise of women's football from it's humble origins in 19th century Britain to the bans, challenges, laws and astonishing victories that have propelled it to being the global phenomenon it is today.

When a burned book falls into the hands of a young bookbinder, she uncovers a tale of forbidden love, a fortune lost and murder - which puts her own life in jeopardy.

Grace Darling nearly drowned when she was eight years old, leaving her with a fear of boats and the sea. But it's a fear she has to overcome as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, living on the Longstone Rock with her parents, four brothers, three sisters and her beloved dog, Happy. Losses at se...