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You Deserve Good Gelato

You Deserve Good Gelato
  • Author(s): Kacie Rose
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In 2021, Kacie decided to leave her life as a pro dancer in New York City and move to Italy – and she never looked back. Okay, that isn’t strictly true… In You Deserve Good Gelato, Kacie reflects on...

You Don’t Know Me

You Don’t Know Me
  • Author(s): Imran Mahmood
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s easy to judge between right and wrong – isn’t it? Not until you hear a convincing truth. Now it’s up to you to decide… An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder. Just before the Closing Speeches, the young...

You Don’t Know Me

You Don’t Know Me
  • Author(s): Sara Foster
  • Location(s): Bangkok, England, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lizzie Burdett was eighteen when she vanished. Noah Carruso has never forgotten her: she was his first crush; his unrequited love. She was also his brother’s girlfriend. Tom Carruso hasn’t been home in over a decade. He left soon...

You Had Me at Halloumi

You Had Me at Halloumi
  • Author(s): Ginger Jones
  • Location(s): Cyprus
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When it comes to love, its feta late than never . . . Freya Butterly has always dreamed of being a Head Chef but despite running every service at the Mediterranean restaurant, she still doesn’t get the recognition she...

You have me to Love

You have me to Love
  • Author(s): Jaap Robben
  • Location(s): The North Sea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set on an island between Scotland and Norway You Have Me to Love is about a boy named Mikael, who lives with his parents on an island somewhere between Scotland and Norway. One day, Mikael’s father Sven saves him...

You Me Everything

You Me Everything
  • Author(s): Catherine Isaac
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in the French countryside over one hot summer, You Me Everything is a tender novel about finding joy and love even in the most unexpected places. Jess and her ten-year-old son William set off to spend the summer...

You Must Set Forth at Dawn

You Must Set Forth at Dawn
  • Author(s): Wole Soyinka
  • Location(s): Nigeria
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Second half 20th century

The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent...

You People

You People
  • Author(s): Nikita Lalwani
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London – with a few small differences. The chefs who make the pizza fiorentinas are Sri Lankan, and half the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. At the centre is...

You Then, Me Now

You Then, Me Now
  • Author(s): Nick Alexander
  • Location(s): Santorini
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s/present day

Laura has been hiding the truth from her daughter Becky about who her father was. A surprise visit to Santorini leads to past secrets being exposed and a new future for both of them.

You Truly Assumed

You Truly Assumed
  • Author(s): Laila Sabreen
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths. Sabriya has her whole summer planned...

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