How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone

“In Sasa Stanisic’s bittersweet, musical novel about a boy growing up in Bosnia-Herzogovina before and during the war, many things happen that are impossible to understand, startlingly visual, bordering on…

The Final Confession of Mabel Stark

…. This masterful book is the complete package: great storytelling, a keen eye for detail, delightful turns of phrase, and a sense of humor and timing.” –Virginia Holman, USA Today…

Wild Houses

The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the…

Chatterton

“Nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize – Chatterton is one of those rare books equal to its hype… A tour de force, a brilliant novel.” –USA Today…

Land Between the Rivers

The epic, five millennia history of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that was the birthplace of civilization and remains today the essential crossroads between East and West

Welcome to Our 2022 Gift Guide

…of 2022! Henfield prize-winner Sara Freeman debuts with an intoxicating, compact novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town. “Sara Freeman…

Celebrate Banned Books Week by… reading banned books!

Every year, the last week of September is officially Banned Books Week. As the American Library Association—who promote the annual campaign, along with Amnesty International—explain on their website, BBW “brings…

Carry Me Down

“John Egan is a brave, resourceful boy, intelligent and self-aware, yet skating on the edge of madness. The story of John’s thirteenth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is…

Remembrance Day

Shifty’s Boys

Army-CID-officer-cum-unofficial-PI Mick Hardin is up against unforeseen forces who will stop at nothing in this vividly atmospheric thriller from acclaimed novelist Chris Offutt