New in the Best of Granta series: the classic bestseller of British nature writing, Robert Macfarlane's debut.

An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

From a hunger strike medal to a bidet, the Amazon rainforest to the plantations of South Carolina, Simone de Beauvoir to Beyoncé, this is the story of women as never seen before

The first memoir from Geoff Dyer, author of Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, recollecting his childhood and coming of age in postwar Britain

From the hugely popular blog, a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments.

A legendary guide to the craft of writing, with more than a million copies sold worldwide

GOOD SENSE will help us through most of the day, but there are moments when we need to purge our soul with pointless fun. In such emergencies we turn to nonsense literature. This pea-green book is a celebration of nonsense literature from all over the world, written both for children and adults. It is a reader’s guide with a simple premise: if you like the works of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, you may also like these hundred or so other books. This guide may read like a parody on a litera...

Ten true stories about love, friendship, and the quiet betrayals that shape us. This book strips away the comfort of easy answers and shows what it really means to rebuild and feel every emotion. Mirnov doesn’t promise quick fixes; he invites you into a conversation—honest, sometimes sharp or funny, sometimes painful. Page by page, each story asks harder questions and reminds us that disappointment can break us or wake us. The choice is yours.