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

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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.

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.

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Theory & Practice

“An absolute triumph” – The Financial Times 

“A lightning strike of a book” – Ali Smith 

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New & Forthcoming

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Lore Segal: Her First American
Lore Segal: Her First American

‘A novel of unmatched vibrancy … Carter Bayoux is one of the great creations of American literature’ – Vivian Gornick

 Pub 3rd July 2025

Michelle de Kretser: Theory & Practice
Michelle de Kretser: Theory & Practice

New title by the winner of the 2023 Folio Prize

 Pub 27th Feb 2025

Kathleen Jamie: Cairn
Kathleen Jamie: Cairn

An assemblage of new pieces marking the here and now

Pub June 2024

Comet in Moominland
Comet in Moominland

80th Anniversary Edition

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.

Pub Oct 2025

Shehan Karunatilaka: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Booker Prize 2022 Winner

Lore Segal: Ladies' Lunch & Other Stories
Lore Segal: Ladies' Lunch & Other Stories

Five close friends in their 90s meet – as they have for decades – for their monthly ‘ladies’ lunch’ to puzzle over and laugh at the enigmas and affronts of ageing …

Pub March 2023

Simon Lewis: No Exit
Simon Lewis: No Exit

The gripping sequel to Bad Traffic

Pub Feb 2024

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Chris Stewart: Driving Over Lemons
Chris Stewart: Driving Over Lemons

The sun-lit international bestseller. Nearly 2 million copies sold.

Kathleen Jamie: Sightlines
Kathleen Jamie: Sightlines

‘A sorceress of the essay form’ John Berger

Tove Jansson: Finn Family Moomintroll
Tove Jansson: Finn Family Moomintroll

Meet the Moomins in this world famous, much-loved children’s classic

Tove Jansson: The Summer Book
Tove Jansson: The Summer Book

Tove Jansson’s bestselling summer classic

Chris Stewart: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree
Chris Stewart: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree

“Endearing, heartwarming, self-deprecating, sometimes surreal.”

Kathleen Jamie: Surfacing
Kathleen Jamie: Surfacing

“Wonderful writing, testing the limits of nonfiction”

Out in pbk

Kathleen Jamie: Findings
Kathleen Jamie: Findings

‘As close as writing gets to a conversation with the natural world’ Richard Mabey

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