Paul Scott William Conway, half English and half Indian, reflects on his Indian childhood, education in England, and ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during World War II January 1,...

Vaddey Ratner Displaying the author's extraordinary gift for language, In the Shadow of the Banyan is testament to the transcendent power of narrative and a brilliantly wrought tale of human...

Elena Mauli Shapiro An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut. As he settles into his...

Anita Amirrezvani In 17th-century Persia, a 14-year-old woman believes she will be married within the year. But when her beloved father dies, she and her mother find themselves alone and...

Kate Foster Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving...

Charlie Lovett"What about the most valuable relic in the history of English literature—would that be worth killing for?"Hay-on-Wye, 1995. Peter Byerly isn't sure what drew him into this particular bookshop....

Author: Danielle Steel They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire finds the spacious loft apartment....

Janet Macleod Trotter She’s gone in search of happy memories. But was her idyllic childhood in India an illusion? After the Second World War, Libby Robson leaves chilly England for...

Joseph Heller   Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. In recent years it...

Ann M Martin The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years....

Inaam Kachachi At the beginning of America's occupation of Iraq, Zeina returns to her war-torn homeland as an interpreter for the US Army. Her formidable grandmother, the only family member...

Ulfat Idilbi Sabriya portrays life in Damascus in the 1920's. Central to the story is Sabriya's journey to self-knowledge, intertwined with the rise and eclipse of national and feminist awareness...