- Location(s): Cambodia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1970s
For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Soon...
- Location(s): Montparnasse, Paris
- Genre(s): Mystery, Travelogue
- Era(s): Mostly 20th century
Linda Lappin’s new novel examines the real and imagined aftermaths of the 1920 death of the artist Jeanne Hébuterne, lover and wife of the painter, Amadeo Modigliani. An artist in her own right, Hébuterne died in a fall from...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Could the lemon groves of Sicily be the perfect place to start over? The irresistible new novel from Jo Thomas, the author of Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard, will transport you to the island of mountains and sparkling blue...
- Location(s): Pakistan, Lahore
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost… _______________ In sixteen-year-old Abida’s...
- Location(s): Wyoming
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
There’s no hiding off the grid. Joe Pickett’s old friend Nate Romanowski is off the grid, lying low while the FBI search for him. But they’re not the only ones looking. Nate finds himself confronted by agents who need...
Read the World: A Country-By-Country Guide to the Best Books on Africa, Asia and Latin America
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Miscellaneous
- Era(s): Various
Read your way across the world – and get to know it better. READ THE WORLD recommends the best three books on more than 50 countries, taking readers on a trip through Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1st Century BC
In Roman Blood Gordianus the Finder – the large, eccentric, philosophical investigator whose famed skills and integrity have made him much sought after in Rome – is hired by the young Cicero to acquit or convict a man accused...
- Location(s): Papua New Guinea
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1961 and 2012
The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story. Despite exhaustive...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1800s
Featured in fiction: The Financial Times Best Books of 2015 Only weeks into their marriage a young couple embark on a six-month period of separation. Tom Cavendish goes to Japan to build lighthouses and his wife Ally, Doctor Moberley-Cavendish,...
- Location(s): Rome, Syracuse
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
An electrifying novel about marriage and deceit from bestselling author Delia Ephron that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa, a town on the coast of Sicily, where the secrets they have hidden from one another are exposed and...
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