In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is...

In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life – quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and...

Man Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes' 'Flaubert’s Parrot' deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and our sense of abroad; with France and England,...

In 'Talking it Over', Gillian and Stuart were married until Oliver - witty, feckless Oliver - stole her away. In 'Love, etc' Man Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes revisits Stuart, Gillian...

This is a book about the beauty and complexity of the human soul, about God, love, and justice, and yet you can lose yourself in it as if it were a dream. You will be transported to New York of...

Narcissus and Goldmund' is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an instructor, has devoted himself to scholarly and spiritual pursuits....

The powerful, unsettling and beautifully-crafted Man Booker Prize-winning novel from one of England’s greatest contemporary writers.

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn...

In the heyday of the 1970s underground, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Whittaker--passionate, idealistic, and in love--design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes...

Dave Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home...

Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s extraordinary real-life fight for justice.

‘Julian Barnes... has taken the bones of a long-dead...

Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have 74 friends on Facebook, there...

Alexander Cleave, actor, has left his career and his family behind and banished himself to his childhood home. He wants to retire from life, but finds this impossible in a house brimming with...

Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of stories. Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid characters for which Proulx has become known. In The Contest, the...

It is 1914, and Christabel Montgomery is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her fiancé has been drowned at sea. Heartbroken, she tries to piece her life...

It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year.Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't; Henry's turning hospitals into...