China Miéville Books

A reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.

From the author of Perdito Street Station, an epic and breathtaking fantasy of extraordinary imagination.

Examining the aftermath of the Arab Spring, this book explores the Spring not as a series of failed revolutions but as successful counter-revolutions. Adding a new dimension to the history of revolutions, it addresses key debates in democratisation, authoritarian resilience and civil resistance.

Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.

When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. Borlu must travel to a metropolis as strange as his own. It is a journey as psychic as it is physical.

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon--and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes.

On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life than travelling the endless rails of the railsea.

Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville offers a unique perspective on the Russian Revolution, coinciding with its centenary. In February 1917, Russia was an autocratic monarchy, but by October, it had transformed into the first socialist state in history. This work explores the extraordinary months between these revolutions, examining how a war-torn and struggling nation underwent such a radical change. Mieville delves into the key figures and forces that shaped this pivotal year, from well-known leaders like Lenin and Trotsky to their adversaries, Kornilov and Kerensky. The narrative spans the complexities of urban activists and the remote villages of a vast empire, capturing the intricacies of political maneuvers and the chaos of revolution. While historians have debated the revolution's implications for a century, Mieville presents the events in a way that is accessible to newcomers, emphasizing both their historical significance and the passion, drama, and strangeness of the time. This account not only highlights the political ramifications but also reveals the Russian Revolution as a captivating story in its own right.

Un Lun Dun is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things end up--including people. When 12-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance into this strange city, it seems that an ancient prophecy is coming true. Illustrations.

When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlu must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. With shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, the multi-award winning The City & The City by China Mieville is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.