- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Future
Margaret Atwood’s sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. ‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 1500s
Arrested by her sister for treason, who in her household can Elizabeth trust? 1553: deeply-divided England rejoices as the rightful heir, Mary Tudor, sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill. But the people should have been careful...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 18th Century
Agnes Meadowes is cook to the Blanchards of Foster Lane, the renowned London silversmiths. Preparing jugged hare, oyster loaves, almond soup, and other delicacies for the family has given her a dependable life for herself and her son. But...
- Location(s): Ostia
- Genre(s): Adventure, Children
- Era(s): 79AD
The first in Caroline Lawrence’s internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship’s captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett’s most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated...
- Location(s): Nigeria, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Your Neck map, with Adichie’s signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...