Fiction
True Story
Helen Humphreys
Written for her beloved brother, True Story is Helen Humphreys' memoir of grief, love and family
The Face Thief
Eli Gottlieb
A driving, compulsive novel that explores human greed and loyalty corrupted by temptation.
1985
Anthony Burgess
Ingenious, chilling and darkly comic, 1985 is a terrifying vision of the future by the 'great postmodern storehouse of British writing', Ant…
Petite Mort
Beatrice Hitchman
Scandal, intoxication and lies flourish in the silent film studios of Paris
Gone to the Forest
Katie Kitamura
A gripping and psychologically intense novel about the destruction of a family, a farm, and a way of life, comparable to Coetzee's Disgrace, now…
The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg
A moving, hilarious, and deeply perceptive novel of universal themes: family, love and greed.
Edisto
Padgett Powell
Padgett Powell's first book, a classic coming of age novel with a unique and memorable hero
Tequila Sunset
Sam Hawken
Vivid, violent page-turner set in the ganglands of the US / Mexico border – longlisted for the Golden Dagger Award 2013
Calendar Girl
Stella Duffy
An unusual, cleverly constructed recital of deception … The downbeat denouement packs an unexpected, morbid wallop.
Fresh Flesh
Stella Duffy
The clever money should be on Duffy when the crime-writing Oscars are dished out.
Peace, Love & Potatoes
John Hegley
The latest collection from one of Britain's best-loved poets, now in paperback
Mouths of Babes
Stella Duffy
This book shouldn't just be seen as a great piece of crime writing; it's a fine novel, as good as anything you'll read this year from a…
What In God's Name
Simon Rich
How can you help mankind, when they won't help themselves? Welcome to Heaven Inc, and Craig's life.
Albert of Adelaide
Howard L. Anderson
A story of the Australian Outback, a duck-billed platypus on a quest, and what it means to be a hero.
One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed
Melissa P.
Love may be hard to find, but sex waits at every turn
The Last Patriarch
Najat El Hachmi
A riveting debut novel of fathers and daughters, and the conflict between duty and desire, set in rural Morocco and urban Cataluña
School For Patriots
Martin Kohan
Set during the time of the Falklands War – a shocking exposure of the moral degradation that contaminated institutions of Argentinian society
Ru
Kim Thuy
A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Was Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.