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Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome; K Jerome Jero
Review"Wonderfully fresh and funny, and among examples of Victorian humor I would place it high in the pantheon, right up there with The Importance of Being Earnest and T... -
Think of a Number - John Verdon
SUMMARY: An extraordinary fiction debut, Think of a Number is an exquisitely plotted novel of suspense that grows relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace accelerates, ... -
Them - Jon Ronson
Review'A funny and compulsively readable picaresque adventure through a paranoid shadow world' Louis Theroux, Guardian; 'Very entertaining and very frightening' Q magazine About th... -
The zombie survival guide_ comp - Max Brooks
SUMMARY: The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this bo... -
The shadow of the wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Lucia Graves
SUMMARY: The international literary sensation-a runaway bestseller in Spain, rights sold in more than 20 countries-about a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Ba... -
The gathering - Anne Enright
SUMMARY: A dazzling writer of international stature, Anne Enright is one of Ireland's most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a return to an intimate canvas and movin... -
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & - Paula Guran; Kelley Armstrong;
From BooklistAnthologist and editor Guran has collected 39 thrilling and frightening horror stories published in 2009. While some of the authors will be familiar to readers outside... -
The Women - T. Coraghessan Boyle
From "America's most imaginative contemporary novelist" (Newsweek), a novel of Frank Lloyd Wright and the women in his life. Having brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harve... -
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins; John Sutherland
SUMMARY: The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex ... -
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky - Jennifer Steil
"I had no idea how to find my way around this medieval city. It was getting dark. I was tired. I didn't speak Arabic. I was a little frightened. But hadn't I battled scor...