Literary
Resistance
Editors' choice
What if… the Germans had bested the Allies in the Normandy Invasion? What if… the Germans had then crossed the…
The Book Thief
This is a tale narrated by Death, or the Grim Reaper. He (or she or indeed it) tells the story…
Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel
Edmund White uses the life of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, to present this interesting novel-within-a-novel.…
The House of Lanyon
In her afterword, Valerie Anand mentions it was her dream to pen a novel set on Exmoor, the rolling countryside…
Tipperary
Born into an Anglo-Irish family, Charles O’Brien loves Ireland with a fierce passion; this sentiment is wonderfully conveyed in his…
The Concubine
The popularity of historical fiction about historical women in general and Boleyn women in particular has resulted in the republication…
An Accomplished Woman
Editors' choice
Jude Morgan follows up his tragic and haunting novel Symphony with this witty, Jane-Austen-inspired comedy of errors. Ten years ago…
Gregorius
In 1905 Hjalmar Soderberg’s Dr Glas was published—a fictionalised journal of the murder of an obese clergyman in late 19th-century…
The Book of Loss
This novel is presented in diary format, making it reminiscent of historical works such as Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book. Set…
The Sylph
The Sylph was published anonymously in 1779, four years after Georgiana Spencer married the fifth Duke of Devonshire and thus…
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