Author Review: Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming was born on May 28, 1908 in London, England. He worked in financial services before writing the 1953 novel Casino Royale, which featured…
General Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr has won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature this yearand describes two stories set in the WWII…
The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates
The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates describes the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives.
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke chronicles the profound friendship between two intense men and the life events that weld them as family.
Angels and Insects by A S Byatt
Angels and Insects by A S Byatt consists of two engaging novellas, ‘Morpho Eugenia’ and ‘The Conjugial Angel’, both of which are set in the…
Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther
Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther describes a little journey into the mind of middle‑class mother and housewife Mrs. Miniver, as she interacts musingly with the…
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami tells the story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from…
Colorless Tsukaru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukaru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami follows a young man haunted by a great loss.
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett is an intensely moving novel, about the importance and sustaining power of love and responsibility, and the tragedies which…
Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Smilla takes pleasure in being as cold as the ice and snow that accompany her memories of hunting as a child with her Inuit…
Cold Smoked by K.K Beck
Cold Smoked by K.K Beck is set in Seattle, the main character journeys to a seafood convention in Norway to uncover details of a…
Stoner by John Williams
Stoner by John Williams is a story about a boy who moves on from the family business of farming to his new found passion in…