Reay Tannahill The greatest prize and the most deadly - the crown of EnglandReay Tannahill's enthralling novel is a family saga in the grand tradition, a tale of brother against...

Jane Smiley In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary...

Adalyn Grace For as long as Signa Farrow has been alive, the people in her life have fallen like stars . . .Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been...

Elinor Lipman Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. Too dear. The late...

Elinor Lipman At thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, and surely with...

Natalie Haynes When you open up, who will you let in?When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with...

Sarah Churchwell A fascinating look at the autumn of 1922, when F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda returned to New York and the seeds for The Great Gatsby were sownSince its...

Allan Gurganus This epic bestseller of 99-year-old Lucy Marsden's life (from the Civil War to her equally intense domestic battles) is the kind of novel people will want to read...

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Neal Karlen A delightfully unconventional tale of a people, their place in the world, and the fascinating language that held them together. Yiddish is an unlikely survivor of the ages,...

Author: Michel Bussi Picture the scene - an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion. Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies,...

Henry Hitchings Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever published? Nowadays, there are so many books: how can anyone be well read anymore?...