Washington IrvingIn The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating...

Peter Lerangis Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling epic adventure Seven Wonders!This story begins after King Uhla'ar kidnapped Aly and dragged her back...

Sven Hassel Sven Hassel's books have sold 52 million copies worldwide. Hassel, a Danish volunteer who served in the German army throughout WWII, based this story on his own horrific...

Stefano Massini Basis for the 2022 'Tony Award Best Play' winner Magnificent in scope, internationally lauded, and transcendent, the novel in verse that inspired the sensational West End and Broadway play...

Julian Barnes In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old.The characters in The Lemon Table are...

Jacqueline Davies For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied his fourth pitcher of the day. And I am the...

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, his only novel. Visconti's film adaptation, starring Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the...

Author: Jo NesboIn the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four inexplicable puncture wounds, both drowned in their...

Kathryn HughesEvery so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number One...

Kathryn Hughes Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number...

Eric Ambler Syria, 1970. Michael Howell has kept his family’s Middle Eastern business enterprises going through a decade of takeovers, war, and revolution, thanks in part to his office manager,...

Stephen Fry   Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic.Adrian Healey is magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life; unprepared too...