Location(s): Afghanistan, Kabul
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): Current
A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell...
Location(s): Bali
Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
Era(s): Modern
This book has, in its own way, garnered a bit of a cult following. It is an intelligent and light hearted account of one couple living within the bosom of a Balinese family. It really offers little insights into...
Location(s): India, Melbourne, Tasmania
Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
Era(s): Late 20th/Early 21st Century
As a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with...
Location(s): Sydney
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
Era(s): Contemporary
In the bush, south of Sydney, among the beach goers, walkers and picnickers, a menace grows. The mysterious Bledray monsters are preparing for a Gathering; a feast of epic proportions. Only the Afflür Hunter and Guardians can stop them,...
Location(s): Winchester
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): Early 1930s
It is 1932, and the’ losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fianc’ and her brother and regarded by society as a’ surplus woman’ unlikely to marry, resolves to escape...
Location(s): Europe
Genre(s): Travelogue
Era(s): 1930s
Walking from the Hoek of Holland to Rotterdam, through Europe, Munich to the Danube – beautifully observed, an absolute classic.
Location(s): Brooklyn, New York City (NYC)
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): Early 20th century
This is a New York classic about a young girl growing up in Brooklyn, evocative of this area of New York (Williamsburg) and describes the experience of people immigrating into the city.
Location(s): Bangkok
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1950s
Set against a beautifully observed Thailand of the 1950s, this is the story of a young Englishman s infatuation with a dance-hall hostess named Vilai, who all Bangkok knows as The White Leopard. No ordinary prostitute, Vilai is one...
Location(s): Paris, Vienna
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 1827-1838
Virtuoso pianist Isabette Grüber captivates audiences in the salons and concert halls of early nineteenth-century Vienna. Yet in a profession dominated by men, Isabette longs to compose and play her own music—a secret she keeps from both her lascivious...
Location(s): Edinburgh
Genre(s): Travelogue
Era(s): Modern
“I love this city, and always shall. I write about it. I dream about it. I walk its streets and see something new each day – traces of faded lettering on the stone, still legible, but just; some facade...
