Books published by Granta Books

An enticing exploration of the smallest islands of Britain from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Butterfly Isles

The race to find all 59 species of British butterfly over the course of one summer - a deftly written and hugely engaging blend of natural history, family memoir and travel.

New edition of Lynsey Hanley's ground-breaking Estates, with a new introduction from the author.

A serious and seriously entertaining exploration of the dark and varied obsessions that the 'civilized West' has had with decapitated heads and skulls, from a rising star of non-fiction writing

A compelling non-fiction exploration of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, told through the stories of those who have made the perilous journey and lived to speak of their experience

An engaging, thought-provoking and accessible look at economics, equality and the mess we're in now

A unique and powerful novel about love, community and the barriers we build out of language to contain the bottomless depths within us, set in a Maya village in Mexico

A powerful memoir from the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, chronicling holidays at Sissinghurst, reckless youth, and the tragic loss of her 19-year-old daughter Rosa

An award-winning investigation into the shady world of international shipping, the hidden industry upon which our world turns and our future depends

The story of Pussy Riot, punk icons and Russian dissenters, and the untold story of their infamous trial and on-going global significance

Hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades", The Age of Wire and String is unlike anything you've read before -- now appearing for the first time heightened by an artist's visual interpretation of this legendary work.

A landmark debut from a Pulitzer-winning New Yorker journalist: if Dickens were alive today, this is the book he might have written about India

29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary novelists, Helon Habila.

A groundbreaking memoir by the acclaimed Kenyan Caine Prize winner.

A classic of Twentieth-Century American Literature from one of America's greatest living writers.

From a writer who is as dazzling on the dance-floor as she is on the page, here is the hidden story of tango: the world's most passionate dance.

Baker's x-rated literary masterpiece, part of a stunning redesign of Baker's Granta backlist.

A brilliant political travelogue that uses Burma to explain Orwell and Orwell to explain what life is really like under the authoritarian rule of the Burmese generals.

An epic and intimate story of the crop that created nations, enriched empires, enslaved peoples - and determined the destiny of one family over four centuries

'Erudite, humbling and rhapsodic ... No thinking traveller interested in Poland should overlook this essential book' Guardian

'Kapuscinski is the conjurer extraordinaire of modern reportage, and The Soccer War is a splendid example of his magic' John Le Carre.