True stories: general

God’s Ghostwriters

‘Monumental and eye-opening’ Reza Aslan

‘A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph’ Irish Independent

‘[A] massive achievement’ Spectator

‘Refreshingly readable’ Guardian

A Very Private School

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year

‘Shocking and moving’ Guardian

‘Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’ The Times

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

A Knock at the Door: A homeless man, a lawyer . . . and a family changed forever

‘An incredible read. I laughed, I cried and my heart was truly touched by this beautifully written true story of hope and humanity at its best.’ Rosemary Conley CBE

‘An extraordinary story. Truly Inspirational’ Tim Vine

An astonishing story of kindness, self-learning, pain, unbelievable hope and the sheer power of love to change a life.

Naples 1944: War, Liberation and Chaos

An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year

‘A rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism’ Financial Times

Tiny Dancer, Big World: How to Find Fulfilment from the Inside Out

‘Fab-u-lous’ Craig Revel Horwood

‘Uplifting’ Fleur East

‘Brilliant’ Sara Davies

‘Feel-good’ Gemma Atkinson

Change your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity from Strictly star and It Takes Two host, Janette Manrara.

Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning

‘An incredibly useful take on facing grief as a young person’ CARIAD LLOYD

‘Brilliantly, brilliantly written … Packed with clarity, curiosity and courage’ FELIX WHITE

‘It turned on so many lights for me … What a profoundly helpful book’ KATHRYN MANNIX

Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail

‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘Epic, moving and important’ ROBERT HARRIS

‘I’m not sure I’ve ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the horror and the sadness it’s also a ‘memoir of miraculous survival’. I can’t recommend it enough’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ

Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets

A New Yorkerstaff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this “unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war” (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain)

‘The book we need right now’ Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023

‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES

‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing’ SIMON WINCHESTER

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