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Gibbous House

Gibbous House
  • Author(s): Ewan Lawrie
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Moffat, a murderous and magniloquent criminal unexpectedly inherits an expansive estate in Northumbria. Modern irony brought to the rich texture of the classic gothic novel.

Gibbous Moon Over Lagos

Gibbous Moon Over Lagos
  • Author(s): Pamela Watson
  • Location(s): Lagos
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 2005

In 2005, Australian Pamela Watson, a one-time intrepid cyclist who pedalled her way solo across Africa turned Lagos-based businesswoman, embarked on a thrilling five-year entrepreneurial journey in this turbulent city. Share her highs creating a successful management consultancy and...

Gilded Wolves

Gilded Wolves
  • Author(s): Roshani Chokshi
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1889

Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than...

Ginger and Me

Ginger and Me
  • Author(s): Elissa Soave
  • Location(s): Uddingston
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Wendy is lonely but coping. All nineteen-year-old Wendy wants is to drive the 255 bus around Uddingston with her regulars on board, remember to buy milk when it runs out and just to be okay. After her mum died,...

Gingerbread

Gingerbread
  • Author(s): Robert Dinsdale
  • Location(s): Belarus
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Fairy tale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles. In the depths of winter in the land of Belarus, where ancient forests straddle modern country borders, an...

Giovanni’s Room

Giovanni’s Room
  • Author(s): James Baldwin
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Various

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend’s return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened –...

Girl 38: Finding a Friend

Girl 38: Finding a Friend
  • Author(s): Ewa Jozefkowicz
  • Location(s): Poland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Children
  • Era(s): Modern

Kat is a 12-year-old girl who loves working on her super-heroine comic, Girl 38 – the girl she longs to be like. But she’s not brave, or fearless. At school, Gem is no longer her ‘best friend’. And at...

Girl at Sea

Girl at Sea
  • Author(s): Maureen Johnson
  • Location(s): Italy, The Mediterranean
  • Genre(s): Romance, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

The Girl: Clio Ford, seventeen, wants to spend the summer smooching her art-store crush, not stuck on a boat in the Mediterranean. At least she’ll get a killer tan. The Mission: Survive her father’s crazy antics. Oh, and also...

Girl at War

Girl at War
  • Author(s): Sara Novic
  • Location(s): Croatia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): End 20th Century

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Growing up in Zagreb in the summer of 1991, 10-year-old Ana Juric is a carefree tomboy; she runs the streets with her best friend, Luka, helps take care of her...

Girl Falling

Girl Falling
  • Author(s): Hayley Scrivenor
  • Location(s): Blue Mountains
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life? Girl Falling is an atmospheric, psychological mystery from the award-winning author of Dirt Town. Finn and her closest friend Daphne grew up in the imposing shadow of Australia’s Blue...

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