Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith
From the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy – an intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith.
Biography: historical, political & military
The Spy in the Archive: How one man tried to kill the KGB
LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER
A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial Times
‘This isn’t a book; it’s a case for revolution’ CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES
‘A damning cannonball of truth through the York ramparts’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Surely has a claim to the title of book of the year, for its seismic impact’ JANINE GIBSON, FINANCIAL TIMES
Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent
This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant in 1962 was anything but straightforward.
On My Watch: Leading NATO in a Time of War: Unabridged edition
JENS STOLTENBERG OFFERS AN HONEST AND CANDID ACCOUNT OF A DRAMATIC DECADE AS THE LEADER OF NATO.
The Indefatigable Asa Briggs
Asa Briggs’s energy fuelled him to write more than fifty books, including five formidable volumes on the history of broadcasting. At the zenith of his fame he was one of the best-known historians of his generation, his name on a cover a guarantee of substantial sales.
Keir Starmer: The Biography
THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
A Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones Book of the Year
‘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America’s Road to Civil War
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this ‘riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult’ (Los Angeles Times).
Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney
‘A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details’ THE TIMES
‘If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky’ TOM HOLLAND
‘An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR
Longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize
Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History
A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.
God’s Ghostwriters
‘Monumental and eye-opening’ Reza Aslan
‘A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph’ Irish Independent
‘[A] massive achievement’ Spectator
‘Refreshingly readable’ Guardian
Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King
‘James comes alive in full flamboyance … Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Brings the backbiting and power struggles of the Jacobean court to life with wit and vigour’ OBSERVER
‘A warts and all story told with compassion’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
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Looking at Women, Looking at War
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD
‘This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. It is an icon of a young woman’s heroism’ Philippa Gregory
The Showman: The Inside Story That Made a War Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Telegraph Best Book of the Year
‘An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era’ ANNE APPLEBAUM
‘This is the Zelensky book we’ve been waiting for’ CATHERINE BELTON
Out: How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone
The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman’s Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak
‘Magnificent… Pacy and packed with delicious details… Shipman puts you in the room… His analysis is sharp and full of insight… For those seeking a moment-by-moment insider history it will not be topped’ FT
Unleashed
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES
‘ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE’ ED BALLS
‘SENSATIONAL’ DAILY MAIL