- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
When Rachel and Robert are passed a stolen book by their librarian father, they have to go on the run and protect it at all costs. With their father captured and everyone hunting for the Book, they must uncover...
- Location(s): Brooklyn, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
A searing psychological thriller set in pre-9/11 Brooklyn in which a family’s dark history and an estranged son’s attempt to find meaning and purpose converge. Matthew Stone has inherited a troubling legacy: a gangster grandfather and a distant father—who...
The Book of Strange New Things
- Location(s): Space
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Indeterminate
Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the...
The Book of Tbilisi (Reading The City)
- Location(s): Tbilisi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tbilisi is the largest city and capital of Georgia, with a population of more than 1.5 million people. Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, this vibrant city is a melting pot of different ethnic groups and languages,...
The Book of Tehran (Reading the City)
- Location(s): Tehran
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
A city of stories short, fragmented, amorphous, and at times contradictory Tehran is an impossible tale to tell. For the capital city of one of the most powerful nations in the Middle East, its literary output is rarely acknowledged...
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
An introduction to some of the best bothies in the UK. Featuring 26 selected bothies, the author shares her memories of using these free ‘stone tents’ in some of the country’s wildest and most remote locations. Alongside notes on...
The Book of Tokyo (Reading The World)
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage through the city’s train network… A young woman is accompanied home one night by a reclusive student, and finds herself lured into a...
- Location(s): Israel
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
When Mia, a Jewish teenager from Ontario, goes to Israel to spend the summer studying at a yeshiva, or seminary, she wants to connect with the land and deepen her understanding of Judaism. However, Mia’s summer plans go astray...
- Location(s): Egypt, Boston
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink, Historical
- Era(s): Renaissance (late 15th century)
It is 1498, the dawn of the Renaissance, and Venice teems with rumors about an ancient book that holds the secret to unimaginable power. It is an alchemist’s dream, with recipes for gold, immortality, and undying love. But while...
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