John BoyneRussia, 1915: At the age of sixteen, Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly...

James A Michener   In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the...

Max Allan CollinsThe basis for the major motion picture, Road to Perdition is an enthralling crime noir story of revenge, morality and family loyalty. Michael O'Sullivan is a deeply religious...

Louis deBernieresn his first novel since Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières creates a world, populates it with characters as real as our best friends, and launches it into the maelstrom...

Philippa GregoryA contemporary psychological thriller in the style of Ruth Rendell, from one of today’s most versatile and compelling storytellers.It was easy for Elizabeth. She married the man she loved,...

Carlos Ruiz Zafon   In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martín, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor...

Philippa GregoryCan a family's mannered traditions and cool emotions erase the horrors of war from a young couple's past?Now back in print from New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory,...

Alison Weir   BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly...

Johnathan Safran Foer With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may or may...

Philippa Gregory   Earthly Joys (Tradescant #1)   Another sweeping novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author…A traveller in a time of discovery, the greatest gardening pioneer of...

Ha JinSince the appearance of his first book of stories in English, Ha Jin has won the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and garnered comparisons to Dickens, Balzac,...

Penelope Fizgerald   Penelope Fitzgerald wrote her first novel 20 years ago, at the age of 59. Since then, she's written eight more, three of which have been short-listed for...