Nicholson Baker Vox is the story of two voices, his and hers: two strangers who, having met on a telephone chat-line, find it impossible to hang up.There are many things -...

Edward Rutherfurd Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, politics, and culture, Edward Rutherfurd, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL OF ENGLAND, tells a grand saga that is...

Derrick Cooke Long considered a masterpiece, Wagner's Ring has baffled and confused critics because of the highly complex meaning of its text and music. The diverse range of commentaries written...

Nora Gold Judith is a young woman who lived in Israel for a decade, was a peace activist there, and defines herself as "left-wing," yet in graduate school she discovers...

Xavier Herbert A saga of life in the Northern Territories and the clash of white and Aborigine cultures – one of Australia’s all-time best-selling novels and an inspiration for Baz...

Ulrik Skotte In 1978 the Bulgarian author and dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella on Waterloo Bridge in London. His murder is the most iconic killing in...

James Holland Wiltshire, 1939In the small village of Alvesdon, the Castell family and their farm have been staples in the community for decades. As the threat of war edges closer...

Nora Roberts It’s been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers...

Nora Roberts When the Lusitania sank, one survivor became a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief - but keeping the small silver statue he lifted, a...

Richard Russo Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the...

Barbara Mujica Capturing the essence of a ferociously gifted woman, Frida is a daring and brilliantly inventive novel about one of the most celebrated female artists of the 20th century....

Jenny Erpenbeck Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled...