Winner of the Booker Prize 2022
“Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita…Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country’s history.” Tomiwa Owolade, The Guardian
Welcome to Sort Of Books
We are a small independent publisher of both original and classic fiction and non-fiction titles by Shehan Karunatilaka, Tove Jansson, Kathleen Jamie, Michelle de Kretser, Chris Stewart, Lore Segal, Jonathan Buckley, Simon Lewis and other exceptional authors. Our sales and distribution are managed by Profile/Faber.
The Hamilton Case
A modern classic by the award-winning author of Theory & Practice
‘Hardly a page goes by without an image to thrill the nerves and brain’ – Damon Galgut
‘One of the most remarkable books I've read in a long while’ - Hilary Mantel
OUT July 2026
Celebrating 80 years of Comet in Moominland
Tove’s definitive (1968) edition has been translated for the first time into English. Read the version that the rest of the world have long known and loved.
Theory & Practice
“An absolute triumph” – The Financial Times
“A lightning strike of a book” – Ali Smith
OUT in PBk 26th Feb 2026
Rejoin the Ladies’ Lunch table for this bittersweet last course
Still Talking
+ OUT 12th March 2026
+ introduced by Vivian Gornick
“Friends die, we grow old, but stories survive…we are lucky to have this piercing collection” – TLS
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