Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Newsletter Updates

Join Now

The genre "Genre" was not recognised, please select one from the drop-down menu.

Filter:

The Summer Trip

The Summer Trip
  • Author(s): Isabelle Broom
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What if your life worked out perfectly . . . for someone else? It’s been 18 years since Ava spent the summer on the Greek island of Corfu, but she has never forgotten what happened during those months –...

The Taint of Midas #2

The Taint of Midas #2
  • Author(s): Anne Zouroudi
  • Location(s): Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Set on a fictional island (Rhodes). For over half a century the beautiful Temple of Apollo has been in the care of the old beekeeper Gabrilis. But when the value of the land soars he is forced to sign...

The White Sea

The White Sea
  • Author(s): Paul Johnston
  • Location(s): Lesbos (Lesvos)
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Wealthy ship-owner Kostas Gatsos has been missing for several weeks, having been snatched from his luxury villa on the idyllic island of Lesvos. Curiously, there has been no ransom demand. When the police investigation stalls, the desperate Gatsos family...

Thimio’s House

Thimio’s House
  • Author(s): John Kefala Kerr
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Fish is an idealistic young composer whose life is in meltdown. Gabrielle is an archaeologist who has uncovered something frightening and needs to get away. The couple escape to economically decimated Greece where they take up residence at the...

To the Island

To the Island
  • Author(s): Meaghan Delahunt
  • Location(s): Naxos
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back to 1960s

He disappeared. That’s all she really knew. In search of her father Andreas, whom she has never met, Lena travels with her small son from Australia to Greece. On the island of Naxos she finds him, a wary, tormented...

Truly Madly Greekly

Truly Madly Greekly
  • Author(s): Mandy Baggot
  • Location(s): Agios Spyridon, Corfu
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Capable, confident and career-driven, Ellen had her dream job and a marriage proposal from boyfriend Ross. Life was good, her future set. Until it wasn’t and everything fell apart… Whisked off to the beautiful island of Corfu to plan...

Villa of Secrets

Villa of Secrets
  • Author(s): Patricia Wilson
  • Location(s): Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2, contemporary

Rebecca Neumanner’s marriage is on the brink of collapse, as her desire to be a mother becomes an obsession. Then she receives news from her estranged family in Rhodes. Called back to the beautiful Greek island of her birth,...

When the Tree Sings

When the Tree Sings
  • Author(s): Stratis Haviaras
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century onwards

This novel describes the life of a boy in a small Greek village, first when it was under the Nazi occupation, and then during the civil war, post WW2. A book once read never forgotten.

Woman in Blue and White

Woman in Blue and White
  • Author(s): Janet Doolaege
  • Location(s): Paris, Santorini
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present day

Zoe has split up with her boyfriend. Now, all she wants is to be safe, caring for small children in a Paris school. But a violent incident rocks her world, after which a colleague invites her to an idyllic...

Zone Defence

Zone Defence
  • Author(s): Petros Markaris
  • Location(s): Athens
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 2000s

One hot Summer’s day in Athens, a restauranteur is killed and Haritos is charged with finding his killer.

Would you like to add a book or a review or create a reading list? Join Today – It's FREE

Register Now