May 2013

The Truth About These Strange Times [suggested by Beth Garratt Glass] Saul Dawson-Smith can memorise the sequence of a shuffled […]

April 2013

The Bridge [suggested by Clare Freeman] The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, […]

March 2013

A Perfectly Good Man [suggested by Ross Allatt] When 20-year-old Lenny Barnes, paralysed in a rugby accident, commits suicide in […]

February 2013

The Guilty One [suggested by Helen Close] A little boy was found dead in a children’s playground… Daniel Hunter has […]

January 2013

Essays [suggested by Amy Gregg] The articles collected in George Orwell’s Essays illuminate the life and work of one of […]

October 2012

The Help [suggested by Cate Bale] What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel (and maiden publication of Amy […]

September 2012

The Road [suggested by Anita Galasso] [this book originally suggested in Feb 2009, from where this text is taken] A […]

August 2012

Guns, Germs and Steel [suggested by Rob Friedlander] Life isn’t fair — here’s why: Since 1500, Europeans have, for better […]

July 2012

The Bloody Chamber [suggested by Steve Tabner] A collection of darkly sensual reinterpretations of familiar fairy tales, many with a […]