In this essay from his forthcoming collection, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness, titled ‘Lolita and the Blue Icarus’, Carlo Rovelli writes about Nabokov’s foray into lepidoptery – and his surprising recognition as “a scientist of real worth”.

Oscars season is upon us – did you know that some of the Best Actress and Best Actor nominees narrated Penguin audiobooks? Listen to some familiar faces read aloud from much-loved titles below.

This summer, we're celebrating the individual books that readers have fallen in love with. We've sought submissions from authors to artists, musicians to booksellers, and from you, Penguin Classics readers. Each book you've shared tells a story of its own, through its cracked spine, dog-eared pages, scribbled margins or its missing cover. And because the most beautiful books are the ones that have been well-read, we’d love to see yours. Look out for the posters across the UK and share your own Classics with us on Facebook and Twitter, using the hashtag #HappyReading.

Celebrating the best and most popular books of the year, this year's Specsavers National Book Awards saw six wins for Penguin Random House, including UK Author of the Year for Philip Pullman.

We're excited to announce that Benedict Cumberbatch will be reading the audiobook for Carlo Rovelli's new book, The Order of Time. Here we share with you six interesting facts about the collaboration.

In this exclusive extract, Rovelli looks at the value doubt brings to scientific research, and how uncertainty can bring about the most ground-breaking ideas in all fields