Biography & Memoir
And the Band Played On
Randy Shilts
A masterpiece of investigative reporting on the AIDS crisis in the USA
Hollow in the Land
James Clarke
Welcome to the Hollow in the Land: from its neglected high streets to the isolated wilderness of the surrounding moors, this Lancashire valley bursts…
Rabbits for Food
Binnie Kirshenbaum
A devastating, darkly comic story of a woman's slide into depression and institutionalisation from a master of razor-edged literary humour.
All This Could Be Yours
Jami Attenberg
An unforgettable novel of family secrets from New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
Revolution in a minor key: how young black women invented freedom
Topics of Conversation
Miranda Popkey
A major debut by a remarkable new writer, for readers of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk and Olivia Laing
Mysteries
Knut Hamsun
Serpent's Tail Classics edition of a wild masterpiece by a Nobel prize winner championed by influential writers such as Karl Ove Knausgaard and D…
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Lola Shoneyin
A modern classic – Lola Shoneyin's debut novel is a portrait of a clamorous household in the midst of upheaval
Satantango
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Krasznahorkai's extraordinary first novel is back – and more devilish than ever.
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
The bestselling, award-winning first novel by the internationally acclaimed crime writer Walter Mosley introduces his most famous character – Easy Raw…
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties
Selected Poems
Langston Hughes
Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of 'the poet laureate of black America' New Yorker.
A Lucky Man
Jamel Brinkley
Uncovering the inner lives of black men and boys, an expansive fiction debut from a major new voice
Eat My Heart Out
Zoe Pilger
Zoe Pilger's wildly funny debut novel, reissued as a Serpent's Tail Classic
Travel Light, Move Fast
Alexandra Fuller
'You can survive more than you'd believe; Dad had told me that. He'd also told me you can survive more than you want; but it's not alw…
The Warlow Experiment
Alix Nathan
What kind of person keeps a man underground for seven years?And who would agree to be part of such an experiment?
Heaven, My Home
Attica Locke
The hotly-anticipated sequel to the CWA Dagger-winning Bluebird Bluebird
The Pine Islands
Marion Poschmann
Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2019 – a charming, playful, profound tale of lost souls in search of transformation in modern Japan
There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald
The testament of a life in the shadow of the American Dream