Dava Sobel Galileo Galilei (1524-1642) was the foremost scientist of his day, the man Albert Einstein was to call "the father of modern physics - indeed of modern science altogether."...

Evelyn Waugh The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation...

Edward Sorel In 1965, a young, up-and-coming illustrator by the name of Edward Sorel was living in a $97-a-month railroad flat on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Resolved to fix up...

Brandon SandersonThe mists rule the night...The lord ruler owns the world.For a thousand years the ash fell.For a thousand years, the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For...

Brandon Sanderson Speak again the ancient oaths. Life before death. Strength before weakness, Journey before destination. And return to men the shards they once bore. The knights radiant must stand...

Brandon Sanderson According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root...

Beth O'Leary Three women. Three dates. One missing man...8.52. Siobhan's been looking forward to her breakfast date with Joseph. She was surprised when he suggested it - she normally sees him...

Sophie Ranald   Is this all there is? I hadn’t had so much as a sniff of a shag for over a year. I scraped the last dregs of Caramel Chew...

Fiona Valpy In this evocative tale from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift, a strange new city offers a young girl hope. Can it also offer a lost soul a...

Ed McBain It's not a mystery, it's a story of survival and triumph. That's what some people say about Romance, a would-be hit play about an actress pursued by a...

Robyn Turner   Angie has it all: she's beautiful and talented with an assured career in journalism. JJ is her opposite. He's the hunky arrogant popstar who found fame too...

Paige Toon 'Tender, heartbreaking and magical . . .  I went from feeling warm and fuzzy to shock, delight before, finally, well – you'll just have to read it!'GIOVANNA FLETCHERWhat if you...