Books published by Granta Books

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, 2017 Folio and Baileys Prizes, and winner of the 2016 Giller Prize: an epic and resonant novel about the far-reaching effects of China's revolutionary history, told through the stories of two interlinked musical families, from the 1940s to the present day.

From one of the most engaging and widely admired of the new generation of nature writers, here is a portrait of the British coastline from the Giant's Causeway to Land's End. Now available in paperback.

The astonishing true story of the prisoner who posed as the worst serial killer in Swedish history

Growing up in post-war Paris as the sickly only child of glamorous, athletic parents, the narrator invents a make-believe brother - more brilliant than he can ever be. It is only when the boy begins talking to an old family friend that he comes to realize that his imaginary sibling had a real predecessor.

Explains doctrines and beliefs that often perplex newcomers in clear, accessible terms.

A new collection of 'further feminisms' - searing, smart and provocative essays from one of the most important public intellectuals writing today.

A fascinating journey through a single painting's history, meanings and associations by ';one of the great non-fiction writers of this and the last century' (Simon Schama, Financial Times).Acclaimed travel author and art historian Michael Jacobs was haunted by Velzquez's enigmatic masterpieceLas Meninasfrom first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. InEverything is HappeningJacobs searches for the ultimate significance of the painting by following the many associations suggested by each of its characters, as well as his own relationship to the work.From Jacobs' first trip to Spain to the politics of Golden Age Madrid, to his meeting with the man who savedLas Meninasduring the Spanish Civil war, to his experiences in the sunless world of the art history academy, Jacobs delivers a brilliantly discursive meditation on art and life that dissolves the barriers between the past and the present, the real and the illusory. Cut short by Jacobs' death in 2014, and completed with an introduction and coda by his friend and fellow art lover, the journalist Ed Vulliamy, this visionary and often very funny book is a passionate, personal manifesto for the liberation of how we look at painting.

A gripping and groundbreaking book that tells the inside story of how the men and women we dispatch to fight our battles adapt to life outside the combat zone.

The shocking new book from the author of Cruel Britannia, which uncovers the role of secrecy in the British state - and the lies, omissions and misrepresentations we've been fed to maintain the facade of a fair and just Britain

A fearless work of reportage taking you inside Dadaab, the world's biggest and most notorious refugee camp, through the stories of the people who live there.