Discover Our Best-Performing Titles - AND WHY - from this year's LBF
We’re excited to share a selection of the titles from our catalog that received outstanding attention from international publishers during this year’s London Book Fair.
As always, we hope you enjoy this selection.
How to Get a Return on Failure
By John C. Maxwell
What if you could learn to profit from nearly every loss or misstep in your life, and get a return on it—like an investment?
The most successful people get ahead because they deal with failure positively. Since they know they can’t avoid failure, they make the best of it and gain from it. People who adopt this approach learn to build more substantial and significant success in their lives.
In his new book How to Get a Return on Failure, John Maxwell teaches readers how to turn misses into wins and losses into gains. He creates a positive roadmap anyone can follow during these difficult times and shows how changing your perspective on failure can transform your ability to grow, improve, and move forward.
New York Times Bestselling Author, having sold a cumulative 38 million copies worldwide in 70 languages.
A Short Stay in Hell
By Steven L. Peck
An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter.
Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life.
In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.
TV/fim option has been finalized. A modern cult classic with 54,000+ Goodreads ratings, called "a perfect blend of science fiction, theology, and horror" by bestselling author Dan Wells.
Permanence
By Lisa Broderick and Marshall Goldsmith
If you've ever hit a goal and thought, Now what?—you're not alone. Permanence is your tool for lasting success—not the kind that's here one day and gone the next, but the kind that sticks with you. How? Small, consistent steps—six questions daily—that keep you focused, on track, and synced with what you care about most.
The real challenge isn't just getting there. It's staying there. In this book, you'll learn the Daily Question Process, how to use feedforward instead of feedback, and how to build systems of accountability that actually work. You'll stop thinking about quick wins and start getting better and better in a sustained way—driven by who you want to be, not what others are doing.
From Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, #1 New York Times bestselling author published in 36 languages. A field-tested system already endorsed by Harvard Business School's Amy Edmondson.
Academy of Villains
By Ever King
An Eight-Book Contemporary Fantasy Series
In a kingdom where magic is slowly disappearing, an evil king expands his territory to gain more power, destroying towns and villages along the way. He collects the orphaned children with no magic and trains them as assassins in his army to be used as weapons against his enemies. Meanwhile, those who possess magic are sent to a ruthless academy to train as mages, ruling with cruelty under the evil king's expanding reign.
Kiara, once an assassin for the king, infiltrates the magic academy to slay the Shadowmage prince and end the royal bloodline. But within the academy's walls, she discovers a startling truth—she has magic. She's a Starmage, the last of her kind.
A BookTok phenomenon hailed as "Throne of Glass meets Harry Potter with a Greek mythology twist.”
Blood & Betrayals
By Alexis Rune & Jeanette Rose
Book 1 of 5 from the Avalon University series
Summer Tuatha De Daanan has no interest in learning more about her past or why someone applied to Avalon on her behalf. Her emotional walls keep everyone at bay, and her sharp tongue makes people give her a wide berth. Yet, despite her best attempts, her emotional armor begins to melt from her feral vampire roommate to the angelic senior who is never dissuaded by her feigning disinterest. Maybe this could be good for her. Dark secrets lurk in the halls of Avalon, and soon those same halls are drenched in blood. Summer finds herself as the obsession of the sadistic stalker with the warning: Seven lessons to learn. With the help of her new friends, she races against the clock to solve the mystery.
World English rights sold to Simon & Schuster. A dark academia romantasy phenomenon with 8,300+ Goodreads ratings and a passionate fanbase that has Book 2 already averaging 4.62 stars.
The Art and Science of Well-Being
By Rob Douk
Drawing from his pioneering work in neurobiotheology and his personal journey from Cambodian refugee to psychologist, entrepreneur, and wellness innovator, Dr. Douk blends cutting-edge research with timeless wisdom about human inner strength and renewal. He built and sold a nationwide behavioral health company for nine figures, completed training in lifestyle medicine at Harvard Medical School, and founded The Well Club—a global community dedicated to holistic well-being.
The Art and Science of Well-Being offers practical tools for transformation through Dr. Douk's Well Method, a clinically grounded approach that guides readers from knowledge to freedom in five essential steps.
From multi-time Forbes Books bestselling author Dr. Rob Douk, founder of the field of neurobiotheology and one of Silicon Review's "Top 30 Entrepreneurs in Their Thirties."
Longevity Made Simple
By Shad Marvasti MD MPH and Richard H. Carmona MD MPH
What if aging didn't mean decline—and chronic disease wasn't inevitable?
Longevity Made Simple is a transformative guide that challenges everything we think we know about health, aging, and the future of medicine. A Stanford-trained physician and leading expert in lifestyle and integrative medicine, Dr. Shad reveals the truth: we don't have a healthcare system—we have a sick care system, one that reacts to disease rather than prevents it. Meanwhile, chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and many cancers continue to cut lives short—despite being largely preventable.
Co-authored by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, with a foreword by integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil.
The Epic of You
By Peter H. Bailey
An inspiring model and guide to navigating your personal heroic journey.
Undeniably, the world and its people desperately need more hope. Our friends, foes, family, and fellows are all experiencing challenging times and fighting their own battles, and author Peter Bailey is no exception. From his current vantage point as a successful influence in the leadership and human improvement field, one might assume he looks back on his life (the addiction, the recovery, the travel, the heartbreak, the love, the grief) with difficulty and hesitance. Rather, it is exactly this kind of reflection that helped him take on the role in his story he was meant to play: the hero.
From a leadership consultant with four decades of experience guiding Fortune 500 executives through transformation.
Blood Vintage
By J.F. Penn
In the rolling hills of Somerset, England, an ancient evil ripens alongside the grapes of Standing Stone Cellars...
Rebecca never expected her architecture career to lead to the secluded rural village of Winbridge Hollow. But after a violent clash with eco-activists, she flees the chaos of London, desperate for a new start. She seeks refuge at Standing Stone Cellars, a vineyard renowned for its award-winning wines and mysterious history, nestled in the shadow of ancient oaks and standing stones that have watched over the land for millennia. But this vineyard is no sanctuary.
From the primal fires of Beltane to the chilling shadow of Samhain, Rebecca finds herself ensnared in an ancient cycle of sacrifice and rebirth.
Authored by Joanna Penn, award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.
Replacement
By Nicolas Chaillan
Replacement is the book that says what every AI insider knows but nobody will say out loud. This is not a doomsday warning. It's a solutions book — a playbook on which skills survive, how to build a one-person company with AI, how to future‑proof your career, and what to teach your kids.
Nicolas runs 13 AI agents for $200 a day. They do the work that used to require a team of forty people and over $10 million a year in salaries. That's not a thought experiment. That's his Tuesday.
Replacement tells that story — from a childhood in Marseille writing code at age 7, to becoming the first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, to building 13 companies and engineering a $250 million exit with Ask Sage. It's the story of a builder who watched the tools he created start replacing the people he built them for.
From the first Chief Software Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, a serial tech entrepreneur behind 13 companies and a $250 million AI exit in 2025.
