Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . .
As we approach Dickens' 200th birthday, Spinebreakers marvels at his fascinating novels, from Great Expectations to David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby to Oliver Twist and many more...
If I'd known right then that this was the kid who would grow up to break my heart beyond repair, maybe I would've stayed upstairs on the phone with Tess.
The first in an epic dystopian trilogy and a brilliant reimagining of Les Misérables.
Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual'.
A forbidden romance. A deadly plague. Earth's fate hinges on one girl . . .
Daisy's mum is gone. Her dad refuses to talk about it. As far as Daisy's concerned, it's all her fault. As her life starts to spiral out of control, panic leads to tragedy and Daisy's left alone.
Rules are different outside the Society.
Two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand how the universe works.
The third instalment of the spellbinding love story that began with Beautiful Creatures...
Live fast, play dirty, get naked... The compulsive new book from award-winning author Kevin Brooks.
The second title in this number one, bestselling spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan.
Film tie-in edition of the massive word-of-mouth hit, first published by Fig Tree in 2009 - to accompany the major new film starring Sissy Spacek, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard and Emma Stone.
The second irresistible book in an addictive Bright Young Things series set against the decadent backdrop of the Jazz Age.
Billie, Rob and Chris each have a story to tell. But there are two sides to every story, and the question is . . . who do you believe?
Join the craft revolution with this gloriously illustrated handbook.
Introducing the even darker side to Roald Dahl in this collection of Roald Dahl Adult Titles
Just read and lissen and take note. Let the words enter yor blud & boans. I am Billy Dean. This is the truth. This is my tale.
A brand new spin-off series for fans of Vampire Academy...
They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They tried to catch Number Four in Ohio - and failed.
The second moving novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Love, Aubrey…
In the beginning there was Bob. And Bob created the heavens and the earth...
The eagerly awaited new novel from one of the most promising, funny and talented young writers in Britain.
Flowers in the Attic meets Natural Born Killers in the YA book everyone will be talking about this summer.
The third book in this addictive Tudor romance series from Eve Edwards.
YOUNG WEREWOLF DREW FERRAN IS THE FUTURE KING OF WESTLAND. He has the makings of a great warrior - but first he must master the blade and the beast.
A fabulously witty and entertaining teen read, perfect for fans of GOSSIP GIRL and THE GALLAGHER GIRLS.
Novelist, critic and biographer, Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation.
From the Perrier Award Winner and Daily Show regular, a bold, original and rectangular kind of humour book.
The first book in a blockbuster new series which throws you deep into the heart – and horror – of the Second World War.
With sly sophistication and ebullient charm, Lila Azam Zanganeh shares the intoxication of delirious joy to be found in reading
The latest compulsive thriller from an acclaimed, Carnegie-shortlisted author.
When Josephine March's great-great-granddaughter stumbles across her letters, the Little Women shed a glorious light on a new generation of sisters.
Carl Mørck used to be a good homicide detective. One of Copenhagen's best, in fact. Then a bullet almost took his life.
Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...
When it first published in 1958, Rona Jaffe's debut novel electrified readers who saw themselves reflected in its story of five young employees of a New York publishing company.
A perfect beach read you'll never forget – the second in this gorgeous series.
The dead don't talk. Unless they have a secret to tell . . .
The classic story of paradise found - and lost.
Framed for murder. Three days to clear his name.
Returning to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers, Thomas Cale is told by the Lord Militant that the destruction of mankind is necessary; the only way to undo God's greatest mistake
The Perfect Murder introduces Inspector Ghote: Bombay CID's most dutiful officer, and one of the greatest, most engaging creations in all detective fiction.
The book is perenially and hugely influential in the US, where it enjoys the accolade of being Lady Gaga's favourite book.
Set in 1941, Between Shades of Gray is an extraordinary and haunting story based on first-hand family accounts and memories from survivors.
This new, wide-ranging selection of Keats's poetry has been selected by Claire Tomalin.
Easier to eat, with a cream cheese filling and a frosted top, whoopies are set to take over from cupcakes in a big way. Perfect for birthday parties and get-togethers - your guests will fall in love with whoopies!
A stunning new novel from the acclaimed author of Guantanamo Boy.
In a voice that is delicately wrought and beautifully tender, Hisham Matar asks, in his extraordinary new novel, when a loved one disappears how does their absence shape the lives of those who are left?
Spanning a year of shocking truths and hard-won victories, of fights and phone-thefts, teenage pregnancies and the dreaded OFSTED report, this is the remarkable diary of an inner-city school teacher.
Titanic meets Brave New World – a global publishing sensation with Razorbill US.
Moon Lake is the story of a summer camp in Mississippi, a surly lifeguard, a rebellious orphan girl, and the fateful day when they learn the secrets of life and death.
Portraying insanity, disturbing encounters, troubling children and a sinister lottery, Shirley Jackson's work has an unmatched power to unnerve and unsettle.
Writing about outcasts, dreamers and misfits in the Deep South, Carson McCullers was acclaimed for her sympathetic depictions of loneliness, the need for understanding and the search for love.
Praised as Ireland's Chekhov, Frank O'Connor was a modern master of the short story.
Truman Capote's bewitching short stories, many of which were set in the Deep South of his youth, are among his finest works.
Lively young socialite Emma Woodhouse likes nothing more than interfering in the romantic lives of others and when she appoints herself matchmaker to her gentle friend Harriet, she has no idea just how much chaos she will create...
The third thrilling instalment in this blockbuster series.
In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful. But it came to pass that I started doing sins...
Set in a city torn apart by feuds, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred and tragedy.
The first in an epic new series by bestselling author Simon Scarrow.
Nicole Krauss has written a soaring, powerful novel about memory struggling to create a meaningful permanence in the face of inevitable loss.
The enchanting sequel to The Other Countess...
Welcome to a dazzling tour through history and literature, science and art. Here you'll meet iron that rains from the heavens and noble gases that light the way to vice. You'll learn how lead can tell your future while zinc may one day line your coffin.
One of the best known horror stories ever. Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has made a monster.
Thirteen stories of horror, suspense and the supernatural.
Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is the most original book on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good.
From the author of the massively-acclaimed Legend of a Suicide, comes a devastating novel about a marriage, a couple blighted by past shadows and the weight of expectation, of themselves and of each other.
A thought-provoking and hard-hitting teenage debut from a new British talent.
Get your teeth into the teen angst and thrilling vampire action of Vladimir Tod!
An addictive new teen series, set in the roaring twenties, by the bestselling author of The Luxe.
In these blackly comic tales of revenge, disturbing deaths and haunting melancholy, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya blends miracles and madness in the darkest of modern fairy tales.
A fantastic new blend of fantasy and horror.
The first book in a deliciously witty bestselling vampire series for teen boys.
The final stunning book in the Vampire Academy series.
On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her Match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life.
50 years since the trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, it’s time to (re)discover it!
This book is bursting with games of logic and memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, and rough and tumble. No game requires any equipment beyond a pack of cards, a dictionary, dice, paper, and pen.
A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS is the story of a modern family all living in their own separate bubbles lurching towards meltdown. It is for anyone who has ever shared a home with that weird group of strangers we call relations.
One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena Duchannes. His life would never be the same...
Michael reveals all in his remarkably honest and hilarious autobiography Life & Laughing. His showbiz roots, his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, his fish-out-of-water move from public to state school...
Think of Wreck This Journal as the anarchist's Artist's Way -- the book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it.
A thrilling new series featuring three brand-new demigod heroes, from the best-selling creator of Percy Jackson.
In this utterly original, moving, funny and exuberant novel, Rebecca Hunt explores how two unlikely lives collide as Mr Chartwell's motives are revealed to be far darker and deeper than they seem.
A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe.
Reminiscent of Smallville and Heroes, here finally is a thriller with awesome pace, mindblowing special effects and a breathtaking high concept. It demands to be read in one sitting.
From Tafraout's magnificent mountainside, Isobel absorbs the heat and romance of the Moroccan vista before her, with mosque and homes scattered far below.
The stunning first instalment in a most remarkable trilogy . . . a must read book, now out in paperback.
An epic and thrilling romance set in the snake-handling churches of Appalachia, the dusty ruins of ancient Rome, and the grand mansions of Manhattan. The Eternal Ones tells the story of the first battle in a war between undying love and eternal evil.
A mindblowing thriller that will want to make you leave the lights on at bedtime. Retired police detective Dave Gurney hunts a smart serial killer who is playing a sinister game . . .
The next mind-blowing adventure in Scarrow's hottest new series for 2010.
In this powerful story, Jean Kwok spins a moving tale of hardship and triumph, of heartbreak and love, of all that's said without words and all that gets lost in translation.
At a conference in Iceland, Artemis is behaving strangely – he seems different. Something terrible has happened to him...Artemis has become NICE.
Hamlet, prince of Denmark, meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him.
Before the attack, sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was just an ordinary boy. But now fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain and it’s having an extraordinary effect . . .
Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
Will is destined to marry a worthy Lady so the only question is – which one . . . ?
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle.
Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt and later attends a charity school with a harsh regime, enduring loneliness and cruelty.
When Nick's mother dies suddenly, the fourteen-year-old is sent straight into a boys' home, where he finds institutional intimidation and violence keep order.
A young governess is left in sole charge of two charming and beautiful orphans. As she begins to see and hear strange things, she grows increasingly uneasy, and is swiftly drawn into a frightening battle against unspeakable evil.
Spirit Bound is book 5 in the Vampire Academy series. After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri’s birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir’s Academy — and to her best friend, Lissa.
The first death: Seventeen-year-old Lin Fox finds a body in an orchard. As she backs away in horror, she steps on broken glass.
A new series from the author of Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson fought Greek gods. Now the gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...
Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this. To now.
In the first book of the brand new Doctor Who Decide Your Destiny series, readers can really feel part of the action as they make decisions which determine the plot, putting them right in the middle of the storyline.
Read about super-talented Justin in this unauthorized biography – from filming videos to where he’d go on a first date. Complete with web links, a quiz and 4 pages of full colour photos – get your hands on THE Justin Bieber book.
An epic, tragic, comic, human and heartfelt novel about a maths-loving, competitive-eating, ET-searching genius called Ruprecht Van Doren and his roommate Daniel 'Skippy' Juster.
Angels are the new vampires . . .
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary goes behind the scenes to tell the story of Greg Heffley from the funniest cartoon character ever, to a real live person on the big screen.
Growing up in war-torn Hungary, the narrator András Vajda, discovers that the charms of young girls are lost on him, and seeks out the embraces of older women.
A beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning American author Nancy Werlin.
When you dial 999 for an ambulance, Suzi's could be the voice you hear on the other end of the phone. Working in one of the country's busiest control rooms, it is her job to stay on the phone until the ambulance arrives...
The definitive account of the rise and fall of New Labour by 'the master chronicler of British politics'
Since her parents’ divorce, Auden stayed out of the party scene. But now, just like that, she changes everything.
It's springtime at St. Vladimir's Academy and Rose is close to graduation, but since making her first Strigoi kills, things haven't felt quite right.
From the bestselling creator of the Lionboy Trilogy. Washed ashore as a baby in ancient Greece, Halo is discovered by a family of centaurs. Although her true identity remains a mystery, she is loved as one of their own.
How far will Rose go to keep a promise? The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir's Academy was the deadliest ever in the school's history, claiming the lives of many.
In Ethan Wate’s hometown there lies the darkest of secrets . . .
Three teenagers have cheated death. Now they must stop time travel destroying the world....
Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways
The fourth book in The Luxe series. It's a brand new year and in this dramatic conclusion to the Luxe saga, the future of Manhattan's favourite socialites is looking decidely different from the ones they had imagined for themselves.
This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea . . .
Synopsis: Something terrible has happened. Eleven-year-old Aubrey is on her own. She's determined to hide away and take care of herself, because facing the truth is too much to bear.
This is an all-ages adventure, full of wit and soul, that explores the chaos of youth while Max explores the chaos of the world around him.
Here are poems to take you on a journey from the 'suddenly' of love at first sight to the 'truly, madly, deeply' of infatuation and on to the 'eternally' of love that lasts beyond the end of life.
Split your sides laughing as Greg Heffley struggles with all the trials and tribulations of school, family and friends that come with being everyone's favourite wimpy kid!
Don't Panic! But whatever you do, don't miss the least-expected publishing phenomenon of 2009
The thrilling and addictive wintery sequel to Vampire Academy.
A compelling new novel from the author of High Fidelity about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can gradually find each other.
Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They're the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all.
When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive.
The food adventure of a lifetime. Jamie's ultimate road trip, travelling around the USA.
A haunting, romantic novel from Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now.
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she did what she did - and Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list - and it'll change Clay's life forever.
Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy.
A thrilling, thought-provoking novel from critically acclaimed Kevin Brooks.
A hilarious sequel to Spud that will make you weep with laughter!
When you've finished reading Stephanie Meyer and you're looking for something even better, read Vampire Academy
The third delicious book in the addictive Luxe series - the must-have accessory for every girl.
The greatest monster of all, the storm giant Typhon, is on the loose, wreaking havoc and destruction across the U.S. - while Kronos's army lays siege to Manhattan.
The latest unputdownable novel from the hugely popular Sarah Dessen, the Judy Blume of the iPod generation.
The gripping true story of one man's survival inside a Russian prison camp
A gripping tale of what a teenage girl will do to keep her friends, by one of Australia's finest writers
On the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her alive. Terror is spreading through the town. How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else?
Four very different women. One awfully charming man. And the dark secret that binds them all...
Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth title in the Percy Jackson series.
The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. This groundbreaking new book is all about how every one of us can find our element, connecting with our true talents and fulfilling our creative potential.
Hello. I'm Oliver Tate, the protagonist. I am likely to use words like protagonist and, moments later, words like twonk.
The Dust of Ages is the first in a new series of Doctor Who books. The Doctor arrives just in time to lend a helping hand to a survey team of scientists drilling beneath the Moon’s surface to discover the cause of an unusual power source.
Convinced that the Doctor is Varlos, the Agent demands the return of the Eternity Crystal. But what happened on Mordane to make the Crystal too dangerous to be left on the Moon?
It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him.
There is a very fine line between truth and love, lies and hate. And all is about to be gloriously revealed.
Felix and Zelda have escaped the Nazi death train but how long can they remain hidden when there are so many people ready to hand them over for a reward?
Benjamin Button gets younger every year. Is a life in reverse ideal or is it a life less lived? Find out in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Prepare to be scared... A terrifying new series that fans of Darren Shan will die for.
SEE Young Bond in action for the very first time, explosively illustrated by Kev Walker.
The fifth heart-stopping adventure in this phenomenal series by the brilliant, multi-talented Charlie Higson.
Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury?
George Orwell’s entertaining and uncompromising essays explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.
Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has a new mission – and this time, it's personal.
Glittering with jewels, brimming with secrets and loaded with eligible young men. This is New York City – 1899.
It's tough being Wimpy when everyone else is shaving...
It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and thirteen-year-old Spud Milton...
The stunning and beautifully written new novel for teenagers by multi-award-winning author Sarah Dessen – the Judy Blume of the iPod generation.
Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse is the third title in the Percy Jackson series. It's the last Friday before the winter holidays but Percy Jackson isn't at school: he's battling the fearsome Manticore
Some blame the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville on the legend of a fearsome and ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his Devonshire family for generations.
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters is Book 2 in the series. Percy Jackson has had an unnervingly quiet school year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill are failing.
Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde.
Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.
‘It was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me’
In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealth and status.
Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family.
The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs – everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented.
The first teenage novel from mega-selling Nick Hornby author of Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A Boy. Click through to hear some of Nick's top writing tips as well as an exclusive video interview.
Jamie Does . . . is Jamie's personal celebration of amazing food from six very different countries.
Darren Shan meets The Da Vinci Code in a brilliant dark teen thriller from debut author Sarwat Chadda.
An ordinary girl thrown into an extraordinary life . . .
Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, more gracious life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'.
Kevin Brooks' agressive thriller is probably the loudest book ever written
The fourth thrilling Young Bond adventure. Click through to watch a video interview with author Charlie Higson and look at alternative characters and scenes put together by the crew.
The classic tale of brothers and the darkness of the American Dream.
The true story of one eventful year in the life of a thirtysomething working mother in Paris
Something is happening to Morgan. She sees things, feels things in a new way. She has discovered a power inside her that normal people don't posses.
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