Fiction in foreign languages

A Richard and Judy summer book club pick 'One of the books of the decade' - Richard Madeley The phenomenal new novel, based on a true story, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters Singapore is burning. It is February 1...

In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton gives us a witty and piercingly insightful dark satire about the privileged society of early twentieth-century New York. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon m...

The follow-up to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Mister, a passionate and thrilling love story from E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogies. Alessia regards her husband through heavy-lidded eyes. You'll have to fight for him. Her mother's words from their...

Throw the spookiest soiree of the season with this delightful cookbook and entertaining guide inspired by Tim Burton’s iconic film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Is it Halloween? Christmas? Your birthday? No matter the occasion, this book will help you take your next dinner or event from ro...

With an Introduction by Emma Hartnoll. Initially a vivacious, outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew into a reclusive existence. An undiscovered genius during her lifetime, only seven out of her total of 1,775 poems were published prior to her death. She had an i...

New to Penguin Classics, the great underwater adventure story in a stunning clothbound edition with original images. In this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine th...

In the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), the dramatic story of Michael Henchard is described. The life path of Henchard—The Man of Character—was determined by fate at the moment of anger and a cruel joke in his youth. Despite the achievements of all subsequent years...

«Northanger Abbey» is a novel by the English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817), written in the Gothic style fashionable at the time with irony characteristic of the author. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is fascinated by the romance of «gothic novels» and often imagines herself as the hero...

Little Men novel, like most of the works by the American writer Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), is somewhat autobiographical. In the private school for boys, which was opened by the spouses Jo and Fritz Bhaer, rather free rules of behavior prevail. But its pupils—different in character and out...

Hearts of Three novel is a gem of the creative work of the American classic writer Jack London (1876–1916). The young descendant of the pirate Morgan, who left him a rich inheritance, goes in search of his ancestor’s treasures. On the way, he meets his distant relative Henry and the ...

A brutal war and military invasion totally broke down the former peaceful and comfortable life of Energodar, a satellite town of the Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The war made numerous destinies of its inhabitants tie up into a tight knot, with each of them having their own difficult ...

«Emma» is the fourth novel penned by the esteemed English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817). The central character, Emma Woodhouse, is a youthful, affluent, and vivacious young woman. Having lost her mother many years ago andwith her elder sister now married, Emma assumes the role of the sole mi...

The third volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) presents the collection of short stories The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reader, published in 1925. The collection includes the works The Poetical Policeman, The Green Mamba, The Stealer of Marble, The Troupe, Sheer ...

The first volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) included the thriller novel The Clue of the Silver Key. In the story, Surefoot Smith of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate when petty thief Tom Tickler is murdered and left in a cab with ?100 in his...

The second volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) offers the thriller novel Black, which was first published in 1926, and two short stories. Black is a mysterious story about a Londoner named James Morelake, who has many secrets and an interesting set of ...

«Persuasion» is the last novel completed by the esteemed English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817). It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. This is the story of Ann Elliott, a young Englishwoman, whose family moves to reduce their expenses and get rid of debt. They rent ...

Alec Leamas, a British spy, is worn out and ready to stop working. But his boss wants him to do one final job: to spread false information about an important man in East Germany. Can Alec end his career and finally come in from the cold? Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, excit...

The New York Times bestseller, now updated with new material on cyber attacks, digital sovereignty, and tech in a pandemic. From Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's broadest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk ...

He's America's most brilliant president ever. He's also a psychopath. US president Keegan Barrett swept into office on his success as director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with a deadly motive: Revenge. President Barrett personally orders S...

Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab and torn from the universe of the Shades of Magic sequence, this all-original comic book prequel to A Darker Shade of Magic is perfect for fans of bloody, swashbuckling adventure and gritty fantasy! Delve into the thrilling, epic tal...