Politics & government

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.

After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order

‘The twenty-first century’s counterpart to Hobbes’s Leviathan.’ EMMANUELE COCCIA

What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future.

Without Prejudice: A Memoir

In a career that has seen him face coup leaders in his native Ivory Coast and lead some of the most prestigious Western financial institutions, Tidjane Thiam has blazed a trail through African and European politics and business.

Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance

‘A historically insightful read’Financial Times

‘A wry, rollicking, and provocative history’ Michael Taylor, author of The Interest

‘A thought-provoking analysis of Africa’s relationship with economic imperialism’ Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata, authors of It’s A Continent

Moscow Underground: Unabridged edition

‘A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘Remarkable … If only all first novels were as enthralling as this’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Merridale’s talents as a Russia expert and writer combine to beam light on the depths of Moscow’s underworld’ THE SUN

No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs

’Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it’ Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy

**Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Literature**

A devastating account of China’s genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nominee

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 Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century

The epic successor to Tim Weiner’s National Book Award-winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century, reaching from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s battles with Russia and China – and with the President of the United States.

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **

A Best Book of the Year in the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts

‘A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian’ PETER FRANKOPAN

No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

’Meticulously sourced, merciless and revelatory. It is a closely observed study of power, and how it is gained, used and lost’ FINANCIAL TIMES

The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit quartet.

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