- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): early 2000s
‘I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don’t want to be married to him any more. . . ‘ London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her...
How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Self-help
- Era(s): 2014
How To Be Parisian brilliantly deconstructs the French woman’s views on culture, fashion and attitude. Bohemian free-thinkers and iconoclasts, Anne Berest, Caroline De Maigret, Audrey Diwan and Sophie Mas cut through the myths in this gorgeous, witty guide to...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Spy, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Following on from the acclaimed debut novel Beside the Syrian Sea, this is the second title in a planned trilogy about loyalty and betrayal in the modern world. An authentic thriller about the thin line between following your conscience...
- Location(s): Portland, Maine
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Food and Drink
- Era(s): early 21st century
An award-winning novelist’s account of the unexpected fulfillment she found in New England, living, loving, cooking, and eating “at the end of the world.” In this exuberant, unabashedly gourmand-esque follow-up to Blue Plate Special, Christensen celebrates the land, food,...
How to Find Love in a Book Shop
- Location(s): The Cotswolds
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nightingale Books, nestled on the high street in the idyllic Cotswold town of Peasebrook, is a dream come true for booklovers. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open. The temptation to sell up is proving...
- Location(s): Jamaica, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Modern
Tenderness and cruelty, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and regret – Alexia Arthurs navigates these tensions to extraordinary effect in her debut collection of short stories, How to Love a Jamaican, about Jamaican immigrants and their families back home. Sweeping...
- Location(s): Cadiz, Crete
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
Philip Notman, an acclaimed historian, attends a conference in Bergen, Norway. On his return to London, and to his wife and son, something unexpected and inexplicable happens to him, and he is unable to settle back into his normal...
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
- Location(s): United States (USA), Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
USA Today bestselling author K.M. Jackson delivers a hilarious road-trip rom-com perfect for fans of Meet Cute and When Harry Met Sally. Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot....
- Location(s): Chile
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): 1970s & 1980s
TRANSLATED BY ELIZABETH BRYER For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D’s life as a traveling salesman. Enchanted by her father’s trade, M convinces him to take her along...
- Location(s): Laos
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa’s debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master...
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