| Author: | Ryszard Kapuscinski; William Brand |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Penguin Modern |
Like rotting stakes in a forest clearing' The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War Poland.
| Author: | Roddy Doyle |
| Category: |
General |
Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realized that he's been a woman all along... Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilariousseries for the Irish Independent. Gi... read more
| Author: | Sally Rooney |
| Category: |
General |
| Awards: | 2018 Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year Winner of the 2018 Costa Novel Award LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction |
A wondrous and wise coming-of-age love story from the celebrated author of Conversations with Friends
At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He's popular and well-adjusted, star of the school football team, while she is lonely, proud and inten... read more
| Author: | Kevin Powers |
| Category: |
Historical Fiction |
| Reading Level: | very good |
'Achingly relevant' - Grazia
'Gorgeous and devastating' New York Times
'An American Civil War epic [which] confirms Powers as a significant talent' - Andrew Motion, Observer
'Contains moments that burn' Daily Mail A stunning novel about violence, powe... read more
| Author: | Anna Burns |
| Category: |
General |
| Awards: | Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2018 |
In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes "interesting," the last thing she ever wa... read more
| Author: | Sigrid Nunez |
| Category: |
General |
WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the... read more
| Author: | Lisa Genova |
| Category: |
General |
"Unsparing in her depiction of the disease's harrowing effects, neuroscientist Genova also celebrates humanity." --People "Sometimes it's easier to tell truth in fiction...And she tells it with heart and hope." --NPR "Her juxtaposition of scientific detail with compassionate, he... read more
A kiss, a touch. A smile and a beating heart. Love and sex and dreams, art and drugs and the madness of youth. Betrayal and heartbreak, regret and pain, the melancholy of age. Katerina, the explosive new novel by America's most controversial writer, is a sweeping love story alternating bet... read more
| Author: | Jodi Picoult |
| Category: |
General |
| Reading Level: | 1 Fiction |
The stunning and urgent new novel from the Number One bestselling author of Small Great Things. 'An apposite and nuanced novel... Picoult writes about an emotive, controversial issue with unflinching precision.' Red **** The Center for women's reproductive health offers a last chan... read more
| Author: | Mitch Albom |
| Category: |
General |
In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie - the little girl he saved on earth - in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. ... read more
| Author: | Tayari Jones |
| Category: |
General |
| Awards: | Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION |
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neit... read more
