PENGUIN BOOKS

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie, whose weird tastes include '...

In October 1931, a station agent found two large trunks abandoned in LA's Union Station. What he found inside ignited one of the most scandalous ta...

In her opulent novel, Eva Luna, Isabel Allende uses exquisite prose to describe the survival of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a stor...

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...

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...

A whimsical journey through words and pictures that encourages children to imagine how a butterfly could become an overgrown jungle; to imagine the...

Pell Ridley, daughter of a good-for-nothing preacher in rural England, has watched her mother suffer the intolerable burden of too many children, t...

FAQs on Marketing distills the essence of Philip Kotler's decades of experience into an eminently readable question-and-answer format. The author d...

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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....

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

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. ...

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 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...

 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 ...

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...

Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other and a dream a dream that one d...

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...

School is over, not just for the year, but forever. Tiff and Kayla are free, which is what they've always wanted, but now summer is nearly at and e...

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

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 ...

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...

Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. They know it won't be easy. They'll have to beat some reall...

We've all enjoyed the film (the original Gene Wilder one is the best!) but few know what happens next. Charlie Bucket is on his way, with Grandpa, ...