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The Year of Living Danishly

The Year of Living Danishly
  • Author(s): Helen Russell
  • Location(s): Jutland
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn’t Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by...

The Yellow Birds

The Yellow Birds
  • Author(s): Kevin Powers
  • Location(s): Iraq
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

This books is told in a first person narrative by Bartle, who is 21 years old and on his first tour of duty in Iraq, 2004. It tells of his friendship with 18 year old fellow American Murphy –...

Things Bright and Beautiful

Things Bright and Beautiful
  • Author(s): Anbara Salam
  • Location(s): Vanuatu
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1950s

Advent Island is a place beyond the reaches of Bea’s most fitful imaginings. It’s not just the rats and the hordes of mosquitos and the weevils in the powdered milk. Past the confines of their stuffy little house, amidst...

Thirty Days in Paris

Thirty Days in Paris
  • Author(s): Veronica Henry
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary, looking back

Because Paris is always a good idea… Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris – and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it’s time to get it back!...

This Book Made Me Think of You

This Book Made Me Think of You
  • Author(s): Libby Page
  • Location(s): North London, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The unforgettable new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Libby Page Twelve stories. Twelve months. Once chance to heal her heart… When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her fiancé waiting for her at...

This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything
  • Author(s): Helen McGinn
  • Location(s): Rome, United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

Should first love be left in the past, or is first love, forever love… Sisters Annie and Jess are used to their mother Julia being spontaneous. But when Julia announces she’s flying off to Rome to meet her first...

This Girl’s Abroad

This Girl’s Abroad
  • Author(s): Andrene Low
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1970s

Samantha’s life is perfect – great clothes, great job, great boyfriend – until she finds her boss wants to shag her and her boyfriend is shagging someone else. But at least the clothes are still fabulous – and even...

This is Not a Love Story

This is Not a Love Story
  • Author(s): Keren David
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kitty dreams of a beautiful life, but that’s impossible in suburban London where her family is haunted by her father’s unexpected death. So when her mum suggests moving to Amsterdam to try a new life, Kitty doesn’t take much...

This Must be the Place (Maggie O’Farrell)

This Must be the Place (Maggie O’Farrell)
  • Author(s): Maggie O'Farrell
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The dazzling new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New...

This Nowhere Place

This Nowhere Place
  • Author(s): Natasha Bell
  • Location(s): Dover
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
  • Era(s): 2016 and 2026

‘That’s the thing about our town: people only come here if they’re going somewhere else.’ One grey afternoon, high on the cliffs of Dover, two girls agree to help a stranger. Within months, two of the three girls are...

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