Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss

The novel tells the story of Porgy, a crippled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s.

In the early spring of 1944, three nine year old boys bicycle to Double Woods, a patch of second and third growth woodland just beyond the borough limits of Newtown, Pennsylvania.

On it's surface 'Sard Harker' is an adventure novel, and a very successful one at that-pulling the reader along through to its inevitable conclusion.

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Charles Boardman Hawes is the Newberry Medal award-winning author of 'The Dark Frigate'.

'Ethan Frome' was published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton.

Edgar Huntly, a young man who lives with his uncle and sisters on a farm outside Philadelphia, begins the novel determined to learn who murdered his friend Waldegrave.

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus', commonly referred to simply as 'Doctor Faustus', is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.

The 'Decameron', also called 'Prince Galehaut', is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people.

New Hampshire is Robert Frost’s poetic tour de force.

Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries.

Powerful and poignant, a masterpiece.

Cane' explores spiritual and emotional frustration, failure of basic communication between individuals, and repression of natural energies.

Manfred, a Faustian noble, is tortured by guilt over the death of his beloved, Astarte.

William Shakespeare''s sonnets are some of his most enduring work and a treasure for all time.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.

Winter of 1945.

'The Lady of the Camellias' is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, subsequently adapted for the stage (becoming known as 'Camille' in the English-speaking world), and then becoming the opera 'La Traviata.

'The Wreck of the Titan' was written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic.

William Hope Hodgson was one of the finest writers to ever write horror.

Here is a collection of five spooky Victorian stories by Elizabeth Gaskell.

'Merlin's Youth' is a poignant poem written from the point of view of Merlin, King Arthur's wizard, as he looks back on his lost youth.

Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost.

Flame and Shadow (1920) is a poetry collection by Sara Teasdale.

Child's Play is a powerful family drama about the highs and lows of motherhood from Danielle Steel, the world's favourite storyteller.

Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.

Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning and Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.

The Rookery, city of secrets, lies and magic, is facing destruction.

To achieve the incredible she must attempt the impossible All her life, Alice has been haunted by visions of birds.

Mother and Child by Sunday Times bestseller Annie Murray is a moving story of loss, friendship and hope over two generations .

The Wronged Daughter by Mary Wood is an emotional and moving novel that reunites old friends and heals old wounds.

'A master of suspense' - Sunday TimesWhen Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a personal tragedy, his boss hands him a cold case to ease him back in.

Meet Detective Matthew Venn.

A tender, whimsical tale of love, loss, and the quiet miracles of everyday lifeWhen an unexpected diagnosis turns his world upside down, a lonely man, with only Cabbage the cat for company, is faced with an impossible choice.

Under a Wartime Sky is an enthralling historical novel by Liz Trenow, based on real-life events at a top-secret wartime research station.

'A glorious love story' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life'Exquisite lyrical writing and page-turning adventure' - Emma Stonex, author of The LamplightersFrom a 19th-century Prussian village to the dusty plains of Australia, Devotion is a stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist.

'Remarkable' - Ian McEwanShortlisted for Hearsts' Big Book Award 2018.

'Atmospheric, thrilling, sexy and so clever' - Laura Pearson, bestselling author of The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke UpWhat happens when truth and lies collide?

Warm and witty, no one writes about love, family and friendship like Lucy Diamond, the Sunday Times bestelling author of The Secrets of Happiness and On a Beautiful Day.

'This is fantasy at its finest' - Leigh Bardugo, No.

From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest.

A stunning debut thriller, The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana is a gripping novel full of twists and turns, and a desperate hunt to solve a decades-old mystery.

'Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence .

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, from the author of Notes on an Execution.

A Winter Love Song is a heartwarming and moving story of survival and love from bestselling author Rita Bradshaw.

From the bestselling author of The Poppy Factory comes this moving novel that brings together a group of women in ways they could never have imagined.

Jeffrey Lockhart has been summoned to The Convergence: a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely, cryogenically controlled.

From the bestselling author of The Girlfriend, now a number one Amazon Original series.

The Allotment Girls is an inspiring and heartwarming novel of wartime hardship, friendship and fortitude from Kate Thompson, author of the Secrets of the Sewing Bee.