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Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times. Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a doomsday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one. But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world.

'I can't think of a living stylist I admire more than Renata Adler' ELIF BATUMAN 'Luminously exact' NEW YORK TIMES 'It was as though the novel had outstretched arms and I fell in' PARIS REVIEW When Speedboat burst on the scene in the late '70s it was like nothing readers had encountered before...

Master storyteller and international bestselling author of Redemption, Trinity, and Exodus, Leon Uris once again brilliantly interweaves historical fact with gripping fiction in this powerful novel of politics, family, intrigue, love, and the passions that rule human lives. Spanning the decades...

“Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight English teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students.” —Dallas Morning News Fool—the bawdy and outrageous New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Christopher Moore—is a hilarious new take on William...

“Start with Douglas Adams’s comic science fiction (A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and J.R.R. Tolkien’s alternative worlds, mix in James Ellroy’s gritty realism and Jonathan Swift’s unflinching satire and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get something like Terry Pratchett’s Thud...

Charles Bukowski's brilliant, fantastical pastiche of a detective story. Packed with wit, invention and Bukowski's trademark lowlife adventures, it is the final novel of one of the most enjoyable and influential cult writers of the last century. Nicky Belane, private detective and career...

Brought to you by Penguin. Once close friends, writers Gwyn Barry and Richard Tull now find themselves in fierce competition. While Tull has spiralled into a mire of literary obscurity and belletristic odd jobs, Barry’s atrocious attempts at novels have brought him untold success. Prizes...

Fasten your seatbelt... From the multi-prize winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, the dazzling, funny, whipsmart novel about one woman's (sometimes misguided) search for acceptance. ___ Meet Scharisse Freeman, the Beyoncé of the megachurch world: bold, unapologetic, ambitious...

Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant bestseller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. This is a witty allegory of a young man whose optimism gives way to disillusionment after a series of terrible misfortunes...

“Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation.”—Guardian A blistering, brilliant novel from the Booker-shortlisted author, elegantly reflecting his Geoffrey Faber Memorial award-winning story collection The Quantity Theory of Insanity In The Quantity Theory of Morality...

স্বর্গ-মর্ত- নরকের চরিত্রদের একসাথে দেখেছেন কখনো? মর্তের কর্ম বিচারে যখন মৃত্যুর পরে স্বর্গ বা নরকে ঠাঁই হয়, তখন...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles... du moins, c'est ce qu'on a appris au jeune Candide. Chassé du château de Thunder-ten-tronckh pour un baiser volé à la belle Cunégonde, ce héros naïf part pour un tour du monde...

একবার সকল দেবতারা মহাদেব ব্রহ্মার সাথে মর্তে আসেন ভারত ভ্রমণে। তাদেরকে অন্যান্য মজার খেলার সাথে পৃথিবীর দর্শন...

Der Reality-Star Roman erschafft sich im Hotel Love eine perfekte Frau, die Androidin Julia. Ihr einziges Ziel: Roman glücklich zu machen. Blöderweise kommt es anders als gedacht. Die Männerpartei ist an der Macht. Frauenrechte werden über Nacht abgeschafft. Propagiert wird die »neue Familie«, bestehend aus einem Mann, einer Roboterfrau und einem künstlich produzierten (menschlichen) Sohn. Der Reality-Star Roman ist besessen von seiner Ex-Freundin Julia und erschafft sich eine Androidin nach Julias Vorbild – perfekt aussehend, gehorsam, dazu programmiert, Roman glücklich zu machen.

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2026 A blistering, brilliant novel from the Booker-shortlisted author, elegantly reflecting his Geoffrey Faber Memorial award–winning story collection The Quantity Theory of Insanity In The Quantity Theory of Morality, Will Self ’s unconventional new...

She's sunshine. He's frostbite. They've got 1,600 miles to go—and he's about to discover his new enemy might be his anonymous online soulmate. Oliver Fletcher has one goal, and he's not happy about it: get home for his brother's wedding. After extreme weather cancels every flight, his only...

ప్రముఖ కార్టూనిస్టు మల్లిక్ చేసే రచనల్లో హాస్యం అణువణువునా తొణికిసలాడుతుంది. ఆయన వేసిన వ్యంగ్యాస్త్రాలు...

First there was the insomnia. Then there were the support groups that helped him sleep. Then Marla Singer turned up, muscled in on ascending bowel cancer and ruined everything. Then he met Tyler Durden. Then came Fight Club. Fight Club is the psychological story of a man's descent into an...

Dan Wells' Extreme Makeover is a satirical new suspense about a health and beauty company that accidentally develops a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA. Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more...

Kana sería un tranquilo pueblo perdido en Turingia si su remota desolación no hubiera atraído a un grupo de neonazis... Mientras que los lugareños mantienen las distancias con los extraños, Florian Herscht, un huérfano tan formidable como inofensivo, inocentón y clarividente, cree tener amigos en ambos bandos; y, convencido de que el universo está a punto de colapsar, escribe una carta tras otra a Angela Merkel para advertirla de la inminente catástrofe. Sólo el descubrimiento de la música de Bach le permitirá sustraerse de sus tormentosos presagios.