Naguib MahfouzThe Beggar, set in Cairo in the early 1950s, portrays the psychological torment of Omar, an ardent revolutionary in youth who in middle age has been left behind by...

Damon Galgut***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE***A masterpiece of a family in crisis from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut'Astonishing' Colm Tóibín'A literary masterpiece' Sarah HallThe Promise charts the crash and...

Michaela and Elaine DePrinceOne windy day, a magazine blew down the road. I reached out and caught it. A pretty picture of a woman was on the front cover of...

Jack HigginsClassic adventure from the million copy bestseller Jack HigginsIn the end all roads lead to hell.It’s 1944 and Germany is facing its final defeat. Five thousand miles across the...

Doris Lessing Set in South Africa under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is both a riveting chronicle of human disintegration and a beautifully understated social critique. Mary Turner is...

Sam SelvonLooking for a better life a group of West Indians face harsh conditions in London, including racism, bad weather, loneliness, and hard timesPublished January 11th 1989 by Longman Publishing...

Toni MorrisonWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a spellbinding and dazzlingly innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past.Sethe was born a slave and escaped to...

Richard F Burton One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurer’s firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A treasury of detailed information on...

Rebecca SklootHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells--taken without her knowledge in 1951--became one of the most...

Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive...

Angela Flournoy“Flournoy’s knockout debut is one of those books that should, by rights, be described as the Great American Novel.” — NPRA New York Times Notable BookNamed a Best Book...

Zadie Smith"An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty Two brown girls dream of being...