Small Island
Andrea Levy
It is 1948 in an England still shaken by war. At 21 Nevern Street, London, Queenie Bligh is forced to take in lodgers. Among her tenants are Gilbert - one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler - and his new wife Hortense.
"Winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction and universally acclaimed by our customers." DST

The Yellow on the Broom
Betsy Whyte
A unique description of a largely vanished way of life and the story of a people who have suffered much hardship and intolerance.
"A wonderfully evocative picture of traveller life in 1920s Scotland. Beautifully written. A classic." PS

Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Azar Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature.
"A remarkable woman in challenging circumstances." BA

The Flights of the Mind
Charles Nicholl
The first full-length biography in English for several decades, this 'intimate portrait' of Leonardo by prize-winning author Charles Nicholl uses contemporary materials as a way into the mental tone and physical texture of the artist's life.
"A man born before his time." BA

Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
The first book in the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy. When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendor of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies - and where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to speak about.

Beyond the Deepwoods
Paul Stewart / Chris Riddell
Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the Woodtrolls, but he isn't one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, fascinating and sometimes hazardous world beyond the woods. The first in a stunning new fantasy trilogy for young readers.

Lord Loss
Darren Shan
When Grubbs Grady first encounters Lord Loss and his evil minions, he learns three things: the world is vicious, magic is possible, demons are real. He thinks that he will never again witness such a terrible night of death and darkness. He is wrong.
A new character, a new scenario, a new set of horrors from the international multi-million selling author Darren Shan.