John M Cusick 'Hello, David. My name is Rose. It's a pleasure to meet you. We are now entering minute two of our friendship. According to my Intimacy Clock, a...

Karen Perry   'I think you might be my father . . .'When first-year student Zoë Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and tentatively says these words, he is...

Tracy ChevalierA brilliant historical novel on the corruption of innocence, using the famous painting by Vermeer as an inspiration. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth century Holland,...

David Foster Wallace In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily real , almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show...

Helen DunmoreHaunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen DunmoreHelen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift...

Karin Slaughter A small town hides a big secret… Who killed Emily Vaughn? A girl with a secret… Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For an...

Sophie McKenzie   Lauren has always known she was adopted but when a little research turns up the possibility that she was snatched from an American family as a baby,...

Bernardine EvaristoJoint Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2019Teeming with life and crackling with energy — a love song to modern Britain and black womanhoodGirl, Woman, Other follows the lives...

Ann Brashares The third novel in the wildly popular #1  New York Times  bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of  The Whole Thing Together  and  The Here and...

Katie Crouch   Meet Sarah Walters, a Camellia Society debutante with a weakness for bad ideas. Sarah's mother lectures her on etiquette but tends to get loose after a few...

Jennifer CloseWickedly hilarious and utterly recognizable, Girls in White Dresses tells the story of three women grappling with heartbreak and career change, family pressure and new love—all while suffering through...

Rajaa Alsanea When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women—their private lives and their conflicts with the traditions of their culture—she caused a sensation...