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Adults' Books - Fiction
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The Baby Group
by Rowan Coleman |
Six very different parents. Six very different lives. But when Natalie’s dodgy wiring leads to a series of chance encounters they rapidly discover - through Baby Music, Baby Aerobics, coffee and more importantly cake – that there’s safety in numbers. And their own unofficial baby group is formed …
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Published by Arrow, 2007
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Afterwards
by Rachel Seiffert |
When Alice and Joseph meet, they fall quickly into a tentative but serious relationship. She is a nurse, he a painter and decorator; both are still young and hopeful of each other, but each brings with them an emotional burden. |
Published by William Heinemann, 2007
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The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy
by Fiona Neill |
An irresistible first novel about the dilemmas of motherhood and modern marriage for those who never discovered their domestic goddess within. |
Published by Century, 2007
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka |
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Published by The Penguin Group, 2006
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Labyrinth by Kate Mosse |
Skilfully blending the lives of two women divided by centuries but united by a common destiny, LABYRINTH is a powerful story steeped in the atmosphere and history of southern France.
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Published by Orion, 2006
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The History of Love by Nicole Krauss |
A young girl, hoping to find a cure for her mother's loneliness, stumbles across a book that changed her mother's life and she goes in search of the author. Soon these and other worlds collide in The History of Love, a captivating story of the power of love, of loneliness and of survival.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 2006
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón |
A compelling and complex tale of intrigue set in Barcelona. |
Published by The Penguin Group, 2005
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger |
The extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry, who suffers from a rare condition which propels him suddenly into the past or future.
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Published by Vintage, 2005
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The Island by Victoria Hislop |
Beautifully written, this story is set in Crete, where Alexis discovers secrets from her mother’s past. |
Published by Headline Book Publishing Ltd, 2006
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One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson |
It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a suspect |
Published by Doubleday, 2006
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My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult |
A tender and beautifully written story of a family facing heartbreaking moral dilemmas |
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2005
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini |
A heartrending story of friendship, loyalties and betrayal set in Afghanistan. |
Published by Bloomsbury, 2004
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Back When We Were Grown-ups by Anne Tyler |
Good place to start for anyone who hasn’t yet discovered Tyler’s beautiful novels of middle-class American life. Sad, funny and wise. |
Published by Vintage, 2002
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon |
Stunningly good read about a teenager with Asperger’s and the mystery he sets out to solve. |
Published by Vintage, 2004
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Miss Garnet’s Angel by Sally Vickers |
Intelligent, witty novel about respectable, middle-aged Julia Garnet who goes to Venice and embarks on adventure. |
Published by HarperCollins, 2001
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The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, the Black Ice, the Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly |
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Published by Little Brown and Company, 2001
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His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" (His Dark Materials S.) by Philip Pullman |
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Published by Scholastic Point, 2001
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Saturday by Ian McEwan |
One of our greatest writers at the height of his powers sets a story over the course of one day in post 9/11 London. |
Published by Vintage, 2006
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We Are Family by Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees |
Brilliant, funny and moving story set in a 1950s coastal village and modern day Majorca. Family loyalties are tested to the limits. |
Published by Arrow, 2005
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The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank |
Funny, brilliant book by the author of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Meet Sophie Applebaum and follow her life in New York. |
Published by Viking, 2005
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