Nuclear War
Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.
This is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next.
It has to be read to be believed.
Nuclear War is at once a compulsive non-fiction thriller...
Book Reviews: Politics
The Black Crescent
Bringing 1950s Morocco vividly to life, Jane Johnson's masterful new novel, The Black Crescent, is a gripping story of murder, magic and divided loyalties...
Best of Friends
Best of Friends is a novel about Britain today, about power and how we use it, and about what we owe to those who've loved us the longest.
We Are All Birds of Uganda
‘You can’t stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will…’
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Natives speaks directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.
The Telling
Can the ghosts of the past be forcing their way into the present, or is Rachel really beginning to lose her mind?
Just Like You
The person you are with is just like you: same background, same age, same interests. The perfect match. And it is a disaster.
Then, when and where you least expect it, you meet someone new. You...
The Handmaid’s Tale
Offred is a Handmaid living in what once was America and is now known as The Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed.
Those in charge expect them to give themselves over to the new...
Those Who Are Loved
Athens 1941. After decades of political uncertainty, Greece is polarised between Right- and Left-wing views when the Germans invade.
Fifteen-year-old Themis comes from a family divided by these...
Catalonia Reborn: How Catalonia took on the corrupt Spanish state and the legacy of Franco
2017 saw Catalonia come under the world’s spotlight as it again fought for independence and the preservation and protection of its unique Catalan culture. Answering the questions and...
Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture is a collection of essays edited by Roxane Gay. Each essay deals with the topics of sexual harassment, violence and rape and the way it is emphasised in...
The Hate U Give
Starr walks a fine line between two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she grew up and the expensive school her parents have sent her to. In each world she is a different person. Then after a party...
Life Honestly: Strong Opinions From Smart Women
Life Honestly is a guide to modern life from some of today's most talented and insightful writers.
Within this book there are stories from bad sex to bad boys, from inequality to the joy of...
White Houses
In 1933, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt moved into the White House and with them moved journalist Lorena Hickock. Known as Hick to her friends, Lorena tells the story of her passionate relationship...
Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian My story of Rescue Hope and Triumph
Butterfly is the incredibly powerful memoir of young Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini.
Yusra has always dreamed of being an Olympic champion swimmer and trains hard trying to make that dream come true...
Macbeth
In the wake of the death of the former corrupt police commisioner the new chief of police is determined to replace his old cronies with people he knows to be trustworthy. He needs a new head of...
Red Clocks
In 'Red Clocks' a law has been passed making abortion illegal in America and IVF has been banned because embryo's cannot agree to the process. In light of these changes four women must...
The Malinovsky Papers
Professor Nicholas Malinovsky is contacted by a dying Russian man in 1986 . The man, Dmitri Korshunov tells him a story about the fate of the two youngest Romanov children. The man is very convincing...
