Ever since he was murdered, life has not been the same for Andrew Stilman. On the morning of July 9, 2012, New York Times...

Sabine dreams of living as an artist in Paris; Helene has grown up living between her middle-class aunt and uncle and her more...

From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives unfold in the conservative city of Barranquilla in...

The Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man is facing a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He reflects on his...

Ferocity combines the suspense of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, the contemporary realism of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, and the...

A kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan novel infused with inky noir
Return to the Dark Valley tells the stories of four immigrants united...

June 1994. Twenty-year-old Daniele wakes up in a hospital room surrounded by strangers. Slowly, memories of the previous night...

The second instalment in the Ottoman Quartet—the masterful saga of Turkish history by Ahmet Altan—follows the vast and vivid cast...

Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they...

An emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Spring
At his father’s funeral, to the great consternation of all present,...

Whoever the lambdas might be, and wherever they really come from, they’re already here among us.
Outwardly alien arrivals from a...

It’s the darkest time of night. Adriana, a baby in her arms, hammers on her sister's door. Who is she running from? What...

A hauntingly beautiful novel about an unforgettable new heroine, and a story of undying love

Nives has recently lost her...

This heartwarming story is about two unlikely friends who give each other the courage to do what they never thought possible....

In Igboland, the lives of two Nigerian women change forever…
In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming...

A moving story of liberation that shatters tired prejudices about womanhood, sex, and society.
Josephine teaches in a high...

New York in the 1900s. A young girl, fascinated by rare books, defies the odds and climbs all the ranks. She becomes the director...

Moscow to Paris in a sidecar: an epic, crazy 2,500 mile road trip following Napoleon’s retreat
October 1812, Napoleon enters...

The Gospel according to Amelie

Jesus is perhaps the most universally known figure in the Western world, yet he remains one of...

Frantumaglia invites readers into Elena Ferrante's workshop. The bestselling Italian author of My Brilliant Friend opens her desk...

A poignant bestselling novel full of French charm and memorable characters.

Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery...

Diane is raised by a mother so plagued by jealousy of her own daughter that she is incapable of showing affection to her. Despite...

Left alone on the beach to fend for herself, a doll named Celina is having a terrible night. The Mean Beach Attendant of Sunset...

A novel of devastating beauty set in Buchenwald during the Second World War.
Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich...

Without warning or explanation, a 13-year-old girl is sent away from the family she has always thought of as hers to live with...

An elderly academic is accosted by a homeless woman on his way home from the cinema. She tells him her name is Laura. So begins a...

Ties is the story of a marriage. Like many marriages, this one has been subject to strain, to attrition, to the burden of...

How did Danny die?
On a summer's day in 1955, the drowned body of young Danny Masters is discovered by three of his teenage...

A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead
Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979...

A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire.

At the centre of this story, is the Cathedral. Its...