Lesley Pearse Twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed has always been fascinated by the house across the street. The woman who lives there, Gloria, is the most glamorous neighbour on the avenue, owning...

Marguerite Yourcenar Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951....

Pears Foundation On 18th September 2006, children from all over the country were encouraged to pick up their pens, unlock their creativity and get rhyming - and all to raise...

Holly Bourne 'Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on.' Who the f*ck is Tori Bailey? There's...

Author: Orhan Pamuk A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years. It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom...

Annemarie Selinko First published in 1953, this riveting true-life tale comes to life in diary form, giving readers an inside glimpse at the young Napoleon and his family. Désirée is...

Michael Ledwidge The next installment in the pulse-pounding Gannon series from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of James Patterson’s Zoo and Michael Bennett seriesAs Mike Gannon’s son Declan...

Martin Amis In this collection of essays and reviews spanning twenty-five years ofcriticism, Martin Amis asserts the writer's obligation to battle "not justcliches of the pen but cliches of the...

Jussi Adler-Olsen In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest...

AJ Kazinski In Beijing, a monk collapses in his chamber , dead.A fiery mark—a tattoo? a burn?—spreads across his back and down his spine. In Mumbai, a beloved economist dies...

Kate Ruby You think she wants to help. You're wrong. Lily will do anything to protect her picture perfect family. She’s made ruthless choices to make sure their secrets stay buried, and she’s...

Karl Ove Knausgard 18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to a tiny fisherman’s village far north of the polar circle to work as...