‘Prophet is a blast’ Sunday Times (@thetimes) ‘A thrilling dystopian novel’ TIME (@time) 'Fabulous . . . Present-day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) Your happiest memory is their deadliest weapon. This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. Prophet by the dynamic duo Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché is a thrilling, genre-bending sci-fi fantasy, and is out today.

If you’re near Brighton this Bank Holiday Monday, we have a special #Tomorrowx3 treat planned with @brightonwaterstones + @ednaedna_… rain or shine ✨ #tomorrowandtomorrowandtomorrow #gabriellezevin #brighton #bankholidayweekend #brightonwaterstones #bookstagram #booklover #igbooks

We’re excited to announce @Weirdmedievalguys hilarious book on how to live, laugh, love (and die) in dark times 🐉 Bursting with wisdom and the very best illustrations from the Middle Ages, this handy guide will give you time-tested solutions to all of life’s biggest problems, from choosing who to date and finding the perfect name for your dog to coming to terms with your inevitable demise. This collection of illuminating advice, packed with flowcharts, quizzes, step-by-step guides and helpful diagrams will prepare you for medieval life and brighten up even the darkest of times ⚔️ Cover design credit: @mylene.mozas @florian.michelet Out 2 November 2023 from @SquarePegBooks Pre-order now with the link in our bio.

A happy publication day to @nurse.hadley - tune in to her page at 7pm BST today to ask questions directly about her life-affirming memoir The Inbetween: Unforgettable encounters during life’s final moments.

❌ CLOSED ❌ Want to get your hands on our Summer Fiction book bundle? 📚 Featuring some of our favourite novels to escape into, one lucky reader can win all nine of these books! ✨ Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh Lessons by Ian McEwan Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo Free Love by Tessa Hadley Amy and Lan by Sadie Jones French Braid by Anne Tyler Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman Giveaway closes Friday 18th August 2023. You can find out more information and how to enter, in the link in our bio.

'So real and humane and utterly transporting' - Meg Mason As London comes alive with the 1960s youth revolution, one woman makes a choice that defies all expectations. An exhilarating summer scorcher, Free Love is the new novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Late in the Day. For more summer reads, visit the link in our bio.

It's publication week for these beautiful new editions of some of Murakami's most beloved novels. Following the launch of the Collectible Classics with Kafka on the Shore, Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle last year, please welcome After Dark, Sputnik Sweetheart and A Wild Sheep Chase. The beautiful new covers are again each illustrated by a different Japanese artist: @mio__m (After Dark), @hiroyukiizutsu (Sputnik Sweetheart) and @tatsurokiuchi (A Wild Sheep Chase), with @vintagebooksdesign's Creative Director, @suzanneldean. #harukimurakami #murakamicollectibleclassics #afterdark #sputniksweetheart #awildsheepchase #vintageclassics #bookstagram #booklover #japaneseliterature #translatedliterature

We are proud to be publishing The In-Between, a heart-warming memoir of wisdom, redemption and even joy by palliative care nurse @hadleyhospicehouse. Published by @squarepegbooks on the 17th August. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3QwBffA

❌ CLOSED ❌ To celebrate How to Build a Boat by @ecfeeney11 being on the #BookerPrize2023 longlist, we’re excited to share a chance for you to win an exclusive print and a copy of the book! To enter, comment below with your interest. Two winners will win a print and copy of the book each and winners will be chosen at random. T&Cs apply. Entries close: 23:59 on Friday 11 August (UK only).

We are delighted to see How to Build a Boat by @ecfeeney11 on the longlist for the #BookerPrize2023! ✨ Massive congratulations to Elaine and all the other longlisted books and authors. Check out @thebookerprizes’s post and website for more information and all the longlisted books. (@rcwliteraryagency @harvillsecker)

Happy August! ✨ We’ve got lots of exciting new books publishing this month. Which will you be adding to your reading list? 📚 Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blache Talking Heads by Shane O’Mara Waiting to Be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil Imperial Island by Charlotte Lydia Riley The Forgers by Roger Moorhouse A Fan for All Seasons by Jon Harvey Lifescapes by Ann Wroe The Snow Ghost and Other Tales But the Girl by Jessica Yu The Future Future by Adam Thirlwell Burning Angel and Other Stories by Lawrence Osborne A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker A Wild Sheep Chase, After Dark and Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh The Furrows by Namwali Serpell A Hunger by Ross Raisin Two Wheels Good by Jody Rosen The Captain’s Apprentice by Caroline Davison Dinner with Joseph Johnson by Daisy Hay On Java Road by Lawrence Osborne Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang You Are Next by Arne Dahl Taking Liberties by Leontia Flynn Last Comes the Raven, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller and Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Black Dogs, Solar, The Comfort of Strangers, The Daydreamer, In Between the Sheets and First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan

Glory. An exhilarating novel about power and corruption set in a nation trapped in a cycle as old as time, from NoViolet Bulawayo. Head to the link in our bio for more summer fiction recommendations.