Book of the week

This is a captivating guide for book lovers, offering a concise bucket list of essential reads that transcend cultural and genre boundaries. Delving into the wisdom of literary giants like Dickens, Austen, and Murakami, the book explores themes beyond romance and wealth, tackling conflict, oppression, identity, and psychology. With over a hundred classic works from around the world, this gem reveals the transformative power of literature, illustrating how books enrich our understanding of ourselves and the diverse world we inhabit. An invitation to explore universal truths, it reminds us that a single book can change an entire life.

"North Sea," co-authored by Dorthe Nors and Henrik Saxgren, offers an exhilarating and moving account of life along the untamed Danish coast. Shortlisted for the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and the James Tait Black Prize for Biography, the book delves into the world of shipwrecks, storm surges, and the resilient communities that call this rugged coastline home. Through spellbinding prose, the authors guide readers on a powerful and beautiful journey through history, memory, and the captivating landscape that has shaped generations.

Finding the battered body of a young boy was not unusual in Bloody Mary’s cruel England. However, the stabbed tongue, a false seal, and a strange letter implicate Princess Elizabeth, threatening to bring down the Tudor Dynasty.

It's a brilliant historical thriller!

At once a celebration of human history and a timely call to action, Human Being empowers readers to build better habits around — and away from — technology, and reminds us just how extraordinary human achievement can be.

A former police volunteer claims to have discovered the identity of the figure behind some of the most shocking crimes in British history, unmasking the 19th-century murderer who terrorized the nation as Jack the Ripper.

In prose that is by turns poetic, comic, macabre, haunting, and humane, multi-award-winning author Alan Warner traces the last journey through Scotland of a man who history will come to define for his failure.

Summer of '85, the story of a mass shooting and an old summer love. Winner of the Novel Excerpt Contest at Seven Hills Review, finalist for the American Fiction Award, and distinguished favorite for the NYC Big Book Award.

The Roger Federer Effect tells the story of the world's most famous tennis player in a fresh, innovative way — through the eyes of his friends, rivals, coaches, fans, and many others. The book has been nominated for the International Sports Book of the Year Award.

In the suburban town of Hampton, the peaceful night air is shattered by gunfire. Outside a local pub, five are feared dead and the murderer has fled the scene. DCI Helen Lavery works alongside the counter-terrorism unit to investigate. Who is behind the mass shooting? Why target this town?

An authentic, powerful, and gripping police procedural.

A panoramic vision — suspenseful, comedic, prophetic — set in a near-future California that has been devastated by NK3, a memory-destroying virus from North Korea. In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty-foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. Life for the community inside the Fence, ruled over by the new aristocracy, the Verified, is a perpetual party.

SF-horror novella shortlisted for the James Tiptree and Shirley Jackson awards.

Set in the Valley of the Rocks, a place removed from the bustling cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather each night around the flickering fire to share their stories. In this world where women have vanished, the remaining individuals are left with only the rest of their lives to contemplate.

Prepare to immerse yourself in the tales spun around the campfire, witnessing the birth of a myth. In a world devoid of women, where the past is saturated with sorrow, how long should one hold onto grief? Can the forest, shrouded in its mysteries, offer transformative secrets capable of reshaping everything?

If you're a fan of David Lynch's surreal and dreamlike films, you'll likely enjoy Yelena Moskovich's novel, Virtuoso. Moskovich's writing style is characterized by poetic and cryptic phrasing, slow seductions, and a taste for the weird, creating an off-kilter and fascinating reading experience.

The novel centers on women, their relationships, and their intense desires, often exploring the visceral and disconnected experience of the body. Moskovich draws inspiration from a variety of sources, including Elena Ferrante, Antonin Artaud, and Anaïs Nin.

Although some of the novel's strangeness can be confusing, Moskovich's writing is often compelling and determined in its efforts to capture the elusive nature of desire, grief, and love.

A haunting, sumptuous novel, weaving the private and the historic into a vivid tapestry of Greek island life. Spanning over three decades, it chronicles the story of an extraordinary woman and her lifelong struggle against tyranny. A very accomplished novel!

A gripping thriller perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, S.J. Watson, B A Paris and Sophie Hannah.

This valuable book offers many insights on homelands and waterways, the people, their religion, language and literature and their history.

This collection presents erotic photographs from the beginning of photography until the years just before World War II. It explores the evolution of the genre and its origins in France, and its journey from public distrust to the large audience it enjoys today.

This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts, and details about Winston Churchill's life. As well as providing new insight into the epochal historical events that Churchill was a part of, it documents some of the lesser-known moments of his life.

“Good books, good friends and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

The story of a greedy money-lender, Ebeneezer Scrooge, who is first visited by the ghost of his former business partner and then by three spirits⁠—the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Welcome to Kate Shugak’s world. Kate is an Aleut who lives on a 160-acre homestead in a generic national Park in Alaska. Her roommate is a half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Oh yeah, and she is also a detective and weird things are going on around her. The series is known for its breathtaking portrayal of the Alaskan scenery and way of life, its complex characterizations, and its wry humor.