A deft and powerful retelling of the myth of Medusa - the only mortal born to a family of gods, whose life was upended by Athene's revenge on Poseidon. Haynes' work is always exciting.
A visceral evocation of the 'badlands' between the Five Counties of Northern Ireland and Eire, blending dialects from across the British Isles with photography.
The fifth and final book in the Barbarotti series sees the investigator take on a cold case, in which the chief witness/suspect of course turns out to be a particularly slippery and terrifyi... read more
A boy has a strange and unique gift: he can undo curses, in a world where everyone can cast them. Hardinge has been writing for years but only reached a huge audience when The Lie Tree won t... read more
Another mysterious tale in which the gardeners of eden, who serve huge angelic birds, are threatened with turmoil when one of their number escapes over the wall.
A splendid return to Ibbotson's adored Amazonian world, this time with Rosa, a Kinderstransport child. Many characters from Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea make an appearance too. Carrol... read more
A young woman in Tokyo takes a few tentative steps outward after years of isolation. Kawakami's unsettling lyricism and candour about ordinary modern lives have made her one of Japan's most ... read more
The editor of the New Statesman takes a handful of news stories from the last two decades, and reflects on what they mean for England as a nation. A compassionate and readable analysis of h... read more
This debut novel, in which a woman returns from a voyage to the deep sea strangely altered, is a slippery marriage of the mundane and the uncanny. Structured around the zones of the ocean - ... read more
A powerful novel set in the closing stages of WW2, in which a 12-year-old girl escapes to the German countryside with her mother and older sister. Translated from the German.