Olga Tokarczuk FLIGHTS, a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy, is Olga Tokarczuk's most ambitious to date. It interweaves travel narratives and reflections on travel with...

Amor Towles From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories set in New York and Los Angeles.The...

Julian Barnes A fictional history of the world in which stories echo each other as themes deepen and images recur. The author also wrote "Metroland" for which he won the...

J.M. Coetzee The Pole tells the story of Witold Walczykiewicz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist, who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his...

Cornell Woolrich Cornell Woolrich published his first novel in 1926, and for four decades his fiction riveted the reading public with mystery, suspense, and horror. America's most popular pulps—Dime Detective,...

Bill Pronzini A horrifying collection of twenty-six chilling horror stories spanning nearly three decades in the author's award-winning career, includes several tales of horror and suspense that have never before...

Roald Dahl Seven stories of fantasy and fun by the fantastic Roald Dahl.The Boy Who Talked With Animals - in which a stranded sea turtle and a small boy have...

Edited by Irving Howe and Ruth R Wisse Collects two dozen of the great Yiddish writer's cleverest, funniest, and most profound and touching stories, half of which are newly translated,...

Louis de Bernieres A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers.Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and...

Angela Carter From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing...

Rudyard Kipling This is a fascinating selection of Kipling's most famous short stories, bringing together the very best of his work. "Life's Handicap" reflects his experiences of India, and contains...

Neil Gaiman THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE CO-AUTHOR OF GOOD OMENS , NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'With the deftest of touches, the...