Unbound imprint: 195 books

At twelve years old, Lev Parikian was an avid birdwatcher. He was also a fraud, a liar and a cheat. Those lists of birds seen and ticked off? Lies. One hundred and thirty species? More like sixty. Then, when he turned fifty, he decided to right his childhood wrongs. He would go birdwatching...

The Serendipity Foundation demands anarchy over apathy. They deal in terrorism with a social conscience. And they're going to make the British government play along. When four British citizens are kidnapped in Cairo, they soon realise this is no ordinary hostage situation: the accommodation...

Corrupted by Spandau. Slated by Boy George. Mothered by Sade. Evicted by Bananarama. Jilted by Madonna.  Author, columnist and TV writer Paul Simper had a front-row seat at one of pop stardom’s most exciting shows: the 1980s. His memoir, Pop Stars in My Pantry, is an account of a wide-eyed,...

On his way back from a meeting one day, investment banker Alex Wold finds himself standing up to his waist in the Thames, trying to guide a lost bottlenose whale back out to the sea. Later, as he's drying out his suit and shoes, the news comes through that Tony Nolan – his mother’s ex-husband...

Bobby Denise feels no guilt for what he did. So please: stop asking him about it. In 1985, one of the best stage magicians in Las Vegas ended his career in front of a horrified paying audience. When Dusty, his prized white tiger, mauled and killed an audience member during a sold-out show,...

77 timeless tales from up and down the length of Great Britain – Wales, Scotland, Kernow, England and the Isles – have been retold for the 21st century by curious storyteller Brother Bernard, with a tourist guide to the real location of each folktale included.  This road atlas of myth...

This is a major new study of an SF titan: alongside Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, Heinlein is considered one of the genre's 'big three'. Farah Mendlesohn is one of our foremost writers on science fiction and fantasy: alongside her several acclaimed books, she has chaired the Science...

A gripping psychological thriller which resonates with today’s global and political climate with its themes of international aid, diplomacy, oppression and terror. A highly unconventional and hugely appealing new heroine, with two more books projected to follow. George Pitcher is a...

Welcome to a world of games you never knew existed. You will probably wish you still didn’t. YouTube sensation Stuart Ashen is back with his second instalment of terrible old computer games you’ve probably never heard of... because what the world needs right now is to know exactly how bad...

Moffat, a murderous and magniloquent criminal, is thriving in the underbelly of 19th-century London. When he unexpectedly inherits Gibbous House, an expansive estate in Northumbria, he heads north on a journey that raises questions about his own identity and quickly leads to issues of morality, addiction...

We’ve recently seen a trend for dystopian post-WWII alternative histories: Amazon’s popular adaptation of The Man in the High Castle, BBC’s adaptation of SS-GB. Fearnley’s writing is very cinematic. For fans of Robert Harris (Fatherland) and Stephen King (11.22.63). The author is the Chief Creative Officer of Sony Pictures and former Head of Entertainment at the BBC.

Finn Garvie’s life is one spectacular mess. He spends most of his time fannying around a makeshift Glasgow studio, failing to paint his degree portfolio, while his girlfriend Lizzi treats him like one of her psychology patients, and his best friend Rob is convinced that the tattoos he designs are...

A lively and unusual family memoir, and a slice of social history. From the writer and academic Norma Clarke (sister of hairdresser Nicky Clarke)

The search is on..... The Failsafe Query is a gripping thriller set in the contemporary world of modern British espionage. Sean Richardson, a disgraced former intelligence agent, is tasked to lead a team to search for Alfie Chapman, an Intelligence officer on the cusp of exposing thousands...