New Books 27th October 2025
27 October 2025
Our favourite new books released this week.
There are some huge new releases this week including the brand new Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the long awaited conclusion to Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust series.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
A gorgeous 20th anniversary re-issue of one of Atwood’s best works. Penelope, immortalised in legend and Greek myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband’s return from the Trojan war. This is one of Ollie’s favourite Greek retellings and is a must-read for lovers of Pat Barker and Madeline Miller.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper by Jeff Kinney
Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate party – for himself. But when the guest list grows, the decorations flop, and the surprises backfire, this birthday bash turns into a total blowout—just not the kind Greg had in mind. Book 20 in the best-selling series.
The Rose Field by Philip Pullman
The long-awaited and highly anticipated conclusion to Philip Pullman’s bestselling The Book of Dust series. In The Rose Field, quests converge in the most dangerous, breathtaking and world-changing ways. Our characters must take help from spies and thieves, gryphons and witches, old friends and new, learning all the while the depth and surprising truths of the alethiometer.
Nelson: Hero of the Seas by Dominic Sandbrook
The world is at war, and oceans have become battlefields. Napoleon Bonaparte, tyrant of France, has crushed one country after another. Now his cruel eyes are fixed on Britain. Only one man can stop him – Horatio Nelson. As Britain’s survival hangs by a thread, what price will he pay to save his country? We are huge fans of Dominic Sandbrook’s brilliant series of history books for children. For fans of Horrible Histories.