Fiction
Cwen
Alice Albinia
A storm, a disappearance, a band of women and a remote island where anything is possible…
Before the Ruins
Victoria Gosling
One long, hot summer Andy and her friends begin a game that will take their whole lives to play out.
Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge
From the critically acclaimed and Whiting Award-winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman comes a book about what freedom actually means – and wh…
Outrageous Horizon
Adrien Bosc
Two hundred and fifty members of a new society, floating, stranded at sea, heading for unknown lands, fleeing a Europe in flames.
Paradise Block
Alice Ash
An irresistibly strange debut short story collection set in a crumbling tower block
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
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…
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.
Act of Grace
Anna Krien
Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2020An exhilarating debut novel from the award-winning author of Night Games
I Give It To You
Valerie Martin
A timeless story of family, war, art, and betrayal from bestselling novelist Valerie Martin
Eat My Heart Out
Zoe Pilger
Zoe Pilger's wildly funny debut novel, reissued as a Serpent's Tail Classic
The House on Fripp Island
Rebecca Kauffman
A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families-one rich, one not-vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do the…
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…
The Death of Comrade President
Alain Mabanckou
A poignant tale of family and revolution in postcolonial Africa, from one of the continent's greatest living novelists
All This Could Be Yours
Jami Attenberg
An unforgettable novel of family secrets from New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins
