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Voting is now open! We invited you to help shape our Vintage Collector’s Classics by telling us which books you’d love to see published next, and you delivered. From all the titles you submitted, we’ve selected the six most popular choices to be put forward for our Reader's Choice. Now it’s over to you. The shortlisted books are: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Vote for your favourite from the shortlist and help crown the ultimate Vintage Collector's Classic Reader's Choice: bit.ly/43YT7WB

From literary heavyweights to overlooked classic gems, kick off your 2026 reading on the right page with this week's new releases from Vintage: bit.ly/NewThisWk

Start your next chapter with Vintage in 2026 📚 As we kick off celebrations for the #NationalYearOfReading, we’re here to help you discover stories that spark curiosity, deepen joy and inspire a lifelong habit of picking up a book. Whether you’re charting course for your 2026 reading journey, searching for your next great author, or simply looking for something to enjoy on a quiet afternoon, you’ll find fresh recommendations and seasonal guides here: bit.ly/49tenWz

We are proud to be publishing Angela Rayner’s book in the second half of 2026, which will detail her life story and inspire and encourage others to overcome adversity. bit.ly/3KEDNrT Photography: Angela Rayner ©House of Commons @AngelaRayner @PenguinUKBooks

Join Gisèle Pelicot for the UK launch of her extraordinary memoir, A Hymn to Life as she tells her story for the very first time on 20 February, 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall. Tickets on sale now: bit.ly/4iQc43Q

The unforgettable story of a tragic love affair, a lost boy and a tiny seafaring village finding new hope as its secrets come to light. The Fisherman's Gift is 99p on Kindle today: amzn.to/4oFgNGO

Speed up your dinner routine and get your hands on the bestselling Quick Roasting Tin which is 99p for today only! bit.ly/4rACj2g

Looking for a book for the person who's read everything? Bookish is the story of a life spent falling in love with reading. Brimming with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations, this book is an ode to the bookish places and stories that make us who we are. bit.ly/4otQRhy

The Thinking Machine has been named the winner of the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award! Congratulations to @stephenwitt on this stunning achievement. #BBYA25

The perfect novella to cosy up with over the festive period 🎄 The Party is now only 99p: bit.ly/4itx0xs

It's been one hell of a year for Layne Fargo's The Favourites - and there's still so much to come in 2026! For now, it's in the Amazon Bestsellers Kindle Monthly Deal in December, so you can get it now for just 99p: amzn.to/4ikkkJ7

We have teamed up with @UKNikon to celebrate the magisterial, haunting new novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard and are giving you the chance to win the new Nikon Z f Silver & 40mm SE kit and a signed copy of The School of Night! Enter now: bit.ly/4nC03Qh

From Canada to Vienna, with pit stops in London and Budapest between, literary heavyweight David Szalay’s globe-trotting upbringing and adult life have deeply influenced his six extraordinary works of fiction. Here is our guide to his captivating, nuanced, and deeply moving writing: bit.ly/43Maud6

Spare, searching, deeply human and completely unforgettable – Flesh by David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize! Congratulations to David on this outstanding achievement.

We have teamed up with @UKNikon to celebrate the magisterial, haunting new novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard and are giving you the chance to win the new Nikon Z f Silver & 40mm SE kit and a signed copy of The School of Night! Enter now: bit.ly/4nC03Qh

'If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.' Travel to two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, revisit the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, spend some time in an English university college... The Eleventh Hour is here at last - the resplendent new work(s) of fiction from Salman Rushdie, one of the most celebrated writers of our time.

Whether you’re passing on the tradition of reading one of these books to someone else or have your eye on a special edition of one you return to year after year, find all the *classics* in our reading guide: bit.ly/47sltcw Best read by warm firesides or tucked away cosily under blankets, these reads are a gift that will keep on giving.

You should be paying Attention to this week's new releases! Some fantastic reads you don't want to miss 📚

Middleland, the new book from the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author and co-host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics, Rory Stewart, is out today! @RoryStewartUK @Restispolitics