The New Geography of Innovation: The global contest for breakthrough technologies
A Financial Times Best Book of 2025
A Forbes Best Business Book of 2025
William Collins
The Half of It: Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience
The world and its politics are becoming ever more polarised, leaving no room for the light and the shade. In The Half of It, Emma and Nicole explore race and identity through the lens of the mixed-race experience, creating a space for discussion and illuminating the true nuances of the mixed-race identity.
Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World
The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith’s three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in 2020.
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain
‘Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time’ BART VAN ES
‘A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today’s toxic debates’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
‘A roadmap for a new generation’ VOGUE
‘Radical, funny and fearless’ VANITY FAIR
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
An electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess
A Spectator Best Book of the Year
Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world.
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
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
‘I relished every page … This is the best book on Jane Austen I have ever read’Spectator
‘Compelling … a delightful and engrossing book … Byrne’s passion is nothing if not persuasive’Sunday Times
Was Jane Austen a woman of prim manners and genteel calm? Or someone who behaved outrageously, filled with sharp wit and wild comedy?
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’ Independent on Sunday
‘Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’ Guardian
Never Had a Dad: Adventures in Fatherlessness
Fatherless, friendly 31yoF looking for intrepid M50s-70s who wants to try being a father figure (not sugar daddy).
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.
Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory’s Life and Death in the Mountains
‘An extraordinary treasure trove’ Andrew Marr
A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today’s world – from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth
‘A profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world’ Ai Weiwei
Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER
‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN
‘Patrick’s book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics’ JOE LYCETT
The Cursed Friend
An unbreakable, life-changing friendship will lead two young girls from different worlds to rebel against the sexism, prejudice and injustice they face living in 1930s Italy in this moving novel that echoes the spirit Elena Ferrante’s beloved works.