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'Will toy with your pulse and send chills down your spine' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb 'A slow-burner shot through with menace' Heat 'Spinetingling' My Weekly 'Compulsive' Rebecca Netley, author of The Whistling A chilling new novel from the Costa First Novel Award shortlisted author of An...

Let go of overthinking, make peace with uncertainty, and discover a calmer way of living—without needing to attend meditation retreats, follow rigid philosophies, or master complicated teachings. The Monkey and the Way of Zen is a lighthearted yet profound journey told through 28 short stories, following a restless Monkey and his encounters with a wise Master. As the Monkey stumbles through his questions, doubts, and frustrations, he begins to uncover a quieter truth beneath the noise of his thoughts.

Brought to you by Penguin One of the most anticipated books of 2026 as chosen by Vogue, Stylist, Forbes, Oprah Daily and LitHub This is the story of an affair. Clara and Francis are in love, but nobody knows it. For months they have been slipping away from their respective lives, sharing stolen...

The Containment Code: A Story of Soul Swaps, Divine Memory, and A System Breach Earth was never the original destination — it was the trap. This genre-bending spiritual sci-fi thriller blends conspiracy, soul memory, and metaphysical truths into one mind-blowing story. What if Earth is a prison planet for the chosen ones — powerful, divine souls tricked into reincarnating under surveillance and spiritual suppression? Dia Gage doesn’t know who she is — not yet. But the system does. And it’s been watching her through every glitch, every psychic vision, every livestream.

You know the feeling. You're calm, clear, handling life well — and then something small happens and you're completely caught. The reaction rises before you can stop it. The old pattern shows up, right on cue. You know better, and you still get caught. The Dancing Monkey and Living the Way of Zen follows our beloved Monkey as he steps out into the world — transformed, awakened, and thoroughly, endearingly human. In 21 short stories, he navigates the moments we all recognise: the pull of old habits, the sting of a careless word, the quiet satisfaction of needing to be right.

The Best Seat in the Universe is a life-changing guide to help you embrace your authentic self. If you like inspirational stories and practical tips for everyday life, motivating messages, thought-provoking concepts and practical approaches, then you'll love this modern-day story packed with mindfulness, self-awareness and ideas for building resilience and inner strength

Edinburgh basks in glorious, but brief, summer sunshine, and Isabel Dalhousie - philosopher, philanthropist and mother - searches for the perfect birthday present for her husband Jamie. While carefully seeking out a gift, Isabel finds herself at a viewing for an auction, and happens upon an old friend in distress - a friend who decides to unburden herself of her secrets, and to reveal a clue within a painting hanging on the walls of the auction house.

Explore the threshold of the afterlife and transform death anxiety into profound spiritual peace with these NDE accounts. Perfect for a calming evening listen, this collection guides you through the ultimate existential mystery. From chaotic emergency rooms to luminous metaphysical landscapes...

Brilliantly read by a multi-cast of narrators. The International Bestseller 'Just stellar - extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled' - Anne Enright, Booker Prize winning author of The Wren, The Wren 'These stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside' - Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon...

Each year, the storyteller, Hassan, gathers listeners to the city square to share their recollections of a young, foreign couple who mysteriously disappeared years earlier. As various witnesses describe their encounters with the couple, Hassan hopes to light upon the details that will explain what happened to them, and to absolve his own brother, who is in prison for their disappearance. but is this annual storytelling ritual a genuine attempt to uncover the truth, or is it intended instead to weave and ambiguous mythology around a crime?

Una vittima del terremoto. Un feroce pirata. Cosa accomuna le loro storie? Una spasmodica ricerca di risposte. Ogni personaggio è posto faccia a faccia coni suoi più profondi interrogativi, con le sue ombre, ma anche con la scintilla di luce che guida il suo destino. Ogni ambientazione ospita un viaggio e manifesta i lati della psiche umana con i suoi archetipi: l’acqua, la morte, il potere, la conoscenza, la paura, la follia, il fuoco.

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.

Jesus is a fresh and inspirational re-imagining of a young man's transformational journey from carpenter's son to revolutionary leader to the man many believe to be the savior of the world. Very little is known or recorded about Jesus in his formative years. In the Gospel stories, we witness the birth of Jesus and then see him as a young boy of 12 intensely questioning the Rabbis in the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

The Supernaturals are destroying humanity. Meet Tristan Montague. Leader of the elite group of mages known as the Ordarum. The war against the Supernaturals has raged for years, and humanity is losing. When the Ordarum is given a suicide mission to recover an artifact that can end the war and hand victory to humanity - Tristan takes it, knowing it may be his last.  

Beautiful and hilarious, tearful and rambunctious, very real, ironic, and magic-filled, Martín Prechtel’s book The Mare and the Mouse is a series of lyrical sagas in tribute to each of the native New Mexican horses that carried him through his youth on the Reservation and then again during the difficult times following his return home after over a decade in the Mayan Highlands of Guatemala.

Un manoscritto che proviene dal futuro, una raccolta di storie che giungono a noi da un’altra dimensione, da un futuro in cui la terra, dopo una grande catastrofe, si è divisa in due metà, un emisfero orientale e uno occidentale, che sono collegati da sottilissimi filamenti.

Meet Simon Strong, an immortal detective about to enjoy a night out on the town. He’s planned this date for weeks and tonight is the night. When Tristan Montague, Simon’s partner and resident cranky mage, advises Simon against this course of action, Simon declares his freedom to see whomever he chooses. There’s only one problem. Her name is Michiko and she doesn’t share well.  

With the death of her mother, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Freed from the trammels of convention, she leaves Australia for a European tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small French hotel. But creating other people's lives, even in love and pity, can lead to madness. Her ability to reconcile joy and sorrow is an unbearable torture to her. On the journey home, Theodora finds there is little to choose between the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality.

Enter an atmospheric speculative fiction universe where fractured timelines and higher dimensions shatter human reality. Perfect for an immersive commute or late-night listening, these interconnected sci-fi stories explore the cosmic fallout of a genius mathematician's dangerous discovery. Lose...

Will is the newest in a long line of dungeons born into the world — and he’s a rank higher than any dungeon that preceded. He’s born along with seven other dungeons in a small area, but so many dungeons were born in one place because of a magical disaster...a disaster brought about by the Voidbringers who sought to conquer the world.