PENGUIN BOOKS

Sara Fanellli's book breaks all the rules: with its unique layout and construction, it is designed to be experienced, like a performance or a game...

It is 1949, and Guy Langton's houseŠ—”like his family's fortunesŠ—”has seen better days. The wealth and social standing that his grandparent's gene...

The story of the overcoat begins with a chance meeting - between an obsessive bibliophile, Jacques Guerin, the head of a French perfume house, an...

A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive religious parents. Hester has never seen the outside world; her companions are Cat, Spoon, Door, ...

This is the true story of two twenty-year-old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and M...

From one of our favourite children's authors, Alison Lester, here is her latest picture book. She grew up on a farm in regional Australia and you a...

Two funny Geronimo Stilton adventures (book #13 & #14) plus an audio CD for each book. Lovely box set for your lover of this Rattus Emeritus of...

The day is ending, night is falling, and Nicholas's cat won't come down. High on the roof she licks her paws while Nicholas worries about her up th...

When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his partner - better than the paren...

It is the 1960s in Perth, Western Australia.  For Thomas Muir cool and steady life is a thing that goes on outside him.  But for his brother, hot...

The river had burst its banks. The dam was overflowing. 'Don't go outside, Alex!' Mum shouted. But just then Rabbit hopped out the open window ...C...

Why will there never be another Bradman?How do you win thirty-three games in a row?Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage? Foraying deep ...

I was at boarding school in East Anglia, my third. I didn't want to be there. But if there had been no school, there would be no Finn. He lived in ...

 Friendship, family, love, work, dreams, clothes, longing, losing and being happy . . . great stories about the lives of teenage girls and women, b...

With the first cup of tea you are a stranger. With the second . . .  a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family.In 1993, Greg Mortenson tr...

When Henk's twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brothe...

Her warmest novel, her most moving and possibly the best introduction to her fiction' New York Times Book Review. Edwin Page, an aging but handsome...

Alex Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good age...

When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'the Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed. He will marry...

Her muzzle wrinkled, and Andrej saw a glimpse of teeth and pale tongue. 'They smell the same, ' the lioness murmured. 'My cubs smelt as she does. L...

While on a family picnic Mr Mellops notices the mountain water has an 'awful taste, like oil'. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that ta...

The bane of a great beast echoes across the moors...Some blame the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville on the legend of a fearsome and ghostly ...

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with weal...

There were only eleven of them, like eleven sisters all the same age in a large family. Because it was such a very small class, they had a very sma...

Vera and Mr George have made a new life together but Vera's thoughts return again and again to loves and lovers, meetings and partings - the voices...

Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curio...

 A literary triumph - winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican ...

One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future. A future that has been mapped out by his parents, h...

Jude's family are crazy, quirky, bizarre . . . her mum brings her nothing but trouble and her dad thinks he's Elvis! All she wants is a hassle-free...

It's true, there's something in the world called love. Esma felt it when she moved into the house with the blue stairs. There was Kara beside her, ...

One their way home from school one day, the boys saw a wonderful yellow sled in a shop window. The next day, they started doing a lot of extra work...

'... a deeply felt, passionately uplifting story...'Liam Davison. The Weekend AustralianRose Boys is the story of two brothers profoundly different...

Readers of Tim Winton's Breath will be drawn to Kirsty Eagar's Raw Blue, an achingly beautiful young adult novel set in Sydney's northern beaches. ...

Who dreams the dreamer? Claire lives in an ordinary world where everything is whole. But inside Claire is broken. The silvery notes of her music bo...

Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herse...

Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren...

Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new redbrick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Departmen...

Mr Big is a gold thief, Lord of the 'Black Widow' voodoo cult and top SMERSH operative is one of the most dangerous opponents James bond has faced....

Juicy Writing is a treasure-trove of inspiration and practical advice on creative writing - and on living a confident, creative life - especially f...

Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight is two weeks in the life of Joel Hedges and Cat Davis. Joel would prefer to get through his final year of high ...

So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend. But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Exp...

The hilariously compelling memoir that was hailed as an instant classic.'The first time I see drunks beat up my father I'm six and standing at the ...

In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, a critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist shares inspiration and practical advice for wri...

Film star George Hannaford oozes charm. Although women fall at his feet, his marriage is the most solid in the movie business. But when he sees his...