Summer Reads

Brimming with spine-chilling suspense and high drama, The Castaways places a wrecked plane and handful of survivors on a faraway island that is about to bring closely-guarded secrets to the surface. Waterstones Thriller of the Month for August 2021 A...

Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is...

'So my mind sinks in this immensity:and foundering is sweet in such a sea'Revisited and reorganized over his lifetime, this extraordinary work was described by Leopardi as a 'reliquary' for his ideas, feelings and deepest preoccupations. It encompasses...

'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet'The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and...

(Available after 3-20 days)Samuel Beckett is the greatest Irish novelist of the later twentieth century, and this trilogy of novels is his masterpiece -which makes it perhaps the outstanding literary work of our time. Because Beckett has a reputation for...

Filled with humour and astute observations about the power of language, human nature and the absurdities of academia and adolescence, The Idiotfollows the journey of Harvard fresher Selin, bewildered by the opportunities and ordeals of adulthood.   ...

By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness'A twisted, upside-down creation myth,...

A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist... The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it...

It's all happy ever after at the School for Good and Evil... or is it? The second title in the bestselling fantasy adventure series - perfect for those who prefer their fairy tales with a twist. After saving themselves and their fellow students from a...

The riveting third book in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series - a darkly magical fantasy adventure that delivers action, romance and more twists than ever before. Former best friends Sophie and Agatha thought their fairy tale's ending was...

The masterly fairy tale epic reaches its dramatic conclusion, where scores are settled and the identity of the One True King revealed. Concluding the series with all the magic, wit, excitement and intelligence of the volumes that went before, One True...

Sixty years in the making and the capstone of a monumental literary career, The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: A Day in the Life is the final volume of the autobiographical trilogy from the author who is considered Borges' heir and the vanguard of the...

Emilio Renzi, literary alter ego of legendary Argentine author Ricardo Piglia, returns in The Way Out, an academic thriller that relentlessly questions the lengths we go to hide our own truths and to uncover the secrets of others.In the mid 1990s Emilio...

(Available after 3-20 days)Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, The Absent City takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on...

A dark, supernatural romance, perfect for fans of Holly Black, Cassandra Clare and Stephenie Meyer.Mara Dyer wakes from a coma in hospital with no memory of how she got there or of the bizarre accident that caused the deaths of her best friends and her...

***NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***COSMOPOLITAN 'BOOKS OF 2019 TO BRING TO YOUR BOOKCLUB''Entrancing, compelling, atmospheric, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read that delivers a shocking and satisfying ending' --  Liv...

It seems like years, but its only been a few days since Raven Roth recovered her memories; trapped her demon father, Trigon, in her amulet; and had her heart broken for the first time. But she doesn't have time to think about the past she has to focus on...

The pulsating sequel to A Deadly Education finds El in even more danger from the dark school of magic as graduation looms and few will make it out alive. Return to the Scholomance - and face an even deadlier graduation - in the stunning sequel to the...

Soon to be a major Amazon Prime TV series The fourth novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published.The Stone of Tear, invulnerable fortress of legend, has fallen. The Children of the Dragon have...