by Owen Chase
Haggard, H. Rider Wisdom’s Daughter
Hall, Radclyffe Well of Loneliness, The
Hamao, Shiro Devil’s Disciple, The
Hardy, Thomas Fellow-Townsmen Emma Tennant
Hartley, L.P. Simonetta Perkins Margaret Drabble
Hastings, Milo M. City of Endless Night
Hawthorne, Nathaniel Rappaccini’s Daughter Simon Schama
Hiltunen, Pekka Cold Courage
Hiltunen, Pekka Black Noise
Hoffmann, E.T.A. Mademoiselle de Scudéri Gilbert Adair
Huxley, Aldous After the Fireworks Fay Weldon
Huysmans, Joris-Karl With the Flow Simon Callow
James, Henry Birthplace, The Mark Rylance
James, Henry Diary of a Man of Fifty, The David Lodge
James, Henry In the Cage Libby Purves
James, Henry Lesson of the Master, The Colm Tóibín
Jonasson, Jonas Hundred-Year-Old Man Who
Climbed Out of the Window
and Disappeared, The
Kafka, Franz Metamorphosis Martin Jarvis
Kafka, Franz Trial, The Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith Comedy in a Minor Key
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous Max Hastings
Kuzmin, Mikhail Wings Paul Bailey
Lawrence, D.H. Daughters of the Vicar Anita Desai
Lawrence, D.H. Wintry Peacock Amit Chaudhuri
Le Fanu, J. Sheridan Carmilla
Lehmann, Rosamond Gipsy’s Baby, The Niall Griffiths
Leskov, Nikolai Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Gilbert Adair
London, Jack Before Adam
London, Jack People of the Abyss, The Alexander Masters
London, Jack Scarlet Plague, The Tony Robinson
London, Jack Sea-wolf, The
Malraux, André Way of the Kings, The Rachel Seiffert
Mann, Klaus Alexander Jean Cocteau
Mansfield, Katherine In a German Pension Linda Grant
Mérimée, Prosper Carmen Philip Pullman
Merrick, Leonard Position of Peggy Harper, The George Orwell
Minshull, Duncan (ed) Burning Leg: Walking Scenes Will Self
from Classic Fiction, The
Montgomery, L. M. Tangled Web, A
Montgomery, L.M. Blue Castle, The
Nokes, David Nightingale Papers, The
O’Brien, Fitz James Diamond Lens and Other
Stories, The
Ocampo, Silvina Topless Tower, The
Odoevsky, Vladimir Two Princesses Bridget Kendall
Okamoto, Kanoko Riot of Goldfish, A David Mitchell
Olesha, Yuri Three Fat Men, The
Parks, Tim Talking About It
Pirandello, Luigi Loveless Love
Pirandello, Luigi Turn, The
Poe, Edgar Allan Gold Bug, The Tobias Hill
Prat, Abbé du Venus in the Cloister
Prévost, Antoine François Manon Lescaut Germaine Greer
Puenzo, Lucía Wakolda
Pushkin, Alexander Dubrovsky Patrick Neate
Pushkin, Alexander Tales of Belkin, The Adam Thirlwell
Rabelais, François Gargantua Paul Bailey
Rabelais, François Pantagruel Paul Bailey
Roberts, Elizabeth Madox Great Meadow, The
Roberts, Elizabeth Madox Time of Man, The
Robertson, Morgan Wreck of the Titan, The Sam Leith
Rossetti, Christina Commonplace Andrew Motion
Roth, Joseph Hotel Savoy
Sackville-West, Vita Heir, The
Sade, Marquis de Betrayal John Burnside
Sade, Marquis de Virtue
Safier, David Apocalypse Next Tuesday
Saki Shot in the Dark, A Jeremy Dyson
Sand, George Devil’s Pool, The Victoria
Glendinning
Sciascia, Leonardo Simple Story, A Paul Bailey
Scott, Walter Highland Widow, The Stuart Kelly
Shaw, Bernard Adventures of the Black Girl in her Colm Tóibín
Search for God, The
Shelley, Mary Pilgrims, The Kamila Shamsie
Shelley, Mary Transformation
Shelley, P.B. Zastrozzi Germaine Greer
Starobinets, Anna Awkward Age, An
Starobinets, Anna Living, The
Stevenson, Robert Louis Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Helen Dunmore
Stevenson, Robert Louis Story of a Lie, The D.J. Taylor
Stjernström, Peter Best Book in the World, The
Storm, Theodor Lake of the Bees, The Alan Sillitoe
Svevo, Italo Perfect Hoax, A Tim Parks
Tagore, Rabindranath Farewell Song
Thackeray, W.M. Rebecca and Rowena Matthew Sweet
Thériault, Denis Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, The
Tolstoy, Leo Confession, A Helen Dunmore
Tolstoy, Leo Forged Coupon, The Andrew Miller
Twain, Mark Diary of Adam and Eve, The John Updike
Twain, Mark Tom Sawyer, Detective
Vallgren, Carl-Johan Merman, The
Various Long Ago and Far Away: Marina Warner
Eight Traditional Fairy Tales
Verga, Giovanni Life in the Country Paul Bailey
Verne, Jules Earth Turned Upside Down, The
Verne, Jules Fantasy of Dr Ox, A Gilbert Adair
Von Kleist, Heinrich Marquise of O–, The Andrew Miller
Walpole, Horace Castle of Otranto, The
Wedekind, Frank Mine-Haha or On the Bodily
Education of Young Girls
Wells, H.G. Food of the Gods, The
Wharton, Edith Sanctuary William Fiennes
Wharton, Edith Touchstone, The Salley Vickers
Wilde, Oscar Canterville Ghost, The
Wilde, Oscar Portrait of Mr W.H., The Peter Ackroyd
Wilkie Collins Frozen Deep, The Andrew Smith
Woolf, Leonard Tale Told by Moonlight, A Victoria
Glendinning
Woolf, Virginia Memoirs of a Novelist
Zamyatin, Yevgeny We Alan Sillitoe
Zola, Emile Flood, The
Zola, Emile For a Night of Love A.N. Wilson
Children’s Fiction
Ballantyne, R.M. Coral Island, The John Boyne
Burnett, Frances Hodgson Lost Prince, The Matt Haig
Goudge, Elizabeth Runaways, The
Hoffmann, E.T.A Nutcracker, The Kate Thompson
Kipling, Rudyard Puck of Pook’s Hill Marcus Sedgwick
Lang, Andrew Blue Fairy Book, The
Lang, Andrew Red Fairy Book, The
Lang, Andrew Green Fairy Book, The
Lang, Andrew Yellow Fairy Book, The
MacDonald, George Princess and the Goblin, The Joseph Delaney
Marryat, Frederick Children of the New Forest, The Michael Rosen
Nesbit, E Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Julia Donaldson
Nesbit, E. Wouldbegoods, The Lois Lowry
Porter, Eleanor H. Pollyanna Anne Fine
Twain, Mark Prince and the Pauper, The Jeanne Willis
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Annie Dalton
Poetry
Chaucer, Geoffrey Book of the Duchess, The Bernard O’Donoghue
Chaucer, Geoffrey Merchant’s Tale, The
Chaucer, Geoffrey Miller’s Tale, The
Darwish, Mahmoud Why Did you Leave the Horse Alone?
Hardy, Thomas Wessex Poems Tom Paulin
Housman, A.E. Shropshire Lad, A Tom Paulin
La Fontaine, Jean de Fables Gilbert Adair
Petofi, Sándor John the Valiant George Szirtes
NON-FICTION
Autobiography & Biography
Ashton, Gail Brief Lives: Geoffrey Chaucer
Barber, Michael Brief Lives: Evelyn Waugh
Bradford, Richard Brief Lives: John Milton
Briggs, Anthony Brief Lives: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Briggs, Anthony Brief Lives: Leo Tolstoy
Brown, Andrew Brief Lives: Gustave Flaubert
Brown, Andrew Brief Lives:
Stendhal
Canning, Richard Brief Lives: E.M. Forster
Carter, David Brief Lives: Honoré de Balzac
Carter, David Brief Lives: Marquis de Sade
Carter, David Brief Lives: Sigmund Freud
Chandler, Robert Brief Lives: Alexander Pushkin
Cox, Jessica Brief Lives: Charlotte Brontë
Gregory, Melissa Valiska; Brief Lives: Charles Dickens
Klimaszewski, Melisa
Griffiths, Gavin Brief Lives: Joseph Conrad
Hutchison, Hazel Brief Lives: Henry James
Klimaszewski, Melisa Brief Lives: Wilkie Collins
Piper, Andrew Brief Lives: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Shelston, Alan Brief Lives: Elizabeth Gaskell
Stafford, Fiona Brief Lives: Jane Austen
Wright, Elizabeth Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf
Hahn, Daniel Poetic Lives: Coleridge
Hahn, Daniel Poetic Lives: Shelley
Mighall, Robert Poetic Lives: Keats
Robins, Nicholas Poetic Lives: Donne
Swift, Rebecca Poetic Lives: Dickinson
Albinati, Edoardo Coming Back
Aubrey, John Lives of Eminent Men Ruth Scurr
Aubrey, John Scientific Lives Ruth Scurr
Borden, Mary Forbidden Zone, The Malcolm Brown
Brooke, Rupert Letters from America Benjamin Markovits
Darwish, Mahmoud Absent Presence
Fischer, Erica Over the Ocean
Garibaldi, Giuseppe My Life Tim Parks
Jabra, Jabra Ibrahim First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood, The Mohammad Shaheen
Kennedy, Richard Boy at the Hogarth Press, A John Randle
Leggatt, Tim Connecting with E.M. Forster: A Memoir
Machiavelli, Nicolò Life of Castruccio Castracani Richard Overy
Northup, Solomon 12 Years a Slave
Stendhal Letters to Pauline Adam Thirlwell
Tagore, Rabindranath Amartya Sen
Voltaire Memoirs of the life of Monsieur de Voltaire Ruth Scurr
Woolf, Virginia Platform of Time, The
Zweig, Stefan Nietzsche
Food & Drink
Bradley, Alice Candy Cookbook, The
Thomas, Jerry How to Mix Drinks or The Bon Vivant’s Companion
Craig, Lisa Elmaleh Grandma Elmaleh’s Moroccan Cookbook
History & reference
Aldrich, Mildred Hilltop on the Marne, A
Bacon, Francis History of the Reign of King Henry VII, The Brian Thompson
Evans, Edward Payson Animal Trials
Grose, Francis Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, The
Hadwen, Tebb & Vollum Premature Burial: How It May Be Prevented Jonathan Sale
Hartley, Cecil B. Gentlemen’s Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness, The
Hartley, Florence Ladies Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness, The
Mayhew, Henry Wayward Genius of Henry Mayhew, The:
Pioneering Reportage from Victorian London
Mayhew, Henry Voices of Victorian London: In Sickness and in Healther Jonathan Miller
More, Sir Thomas History of King Richard III, The Sister Wendy Beckett
Wharton, Edith Fighting France: from Dunkerque to Belfort Colm Tóibín
Literary/Cultural studies & essays
Baudelaire, Charles On wine and hashish Margaret Drabble
Burton, Robert On melancholy
Chesterton, G.K. On tremendous trifles Ben Schott
Conan Doyle, Arthur On the unexplained
Dickens, Charles On London
Dickens, Charles On poverty
Dickens, Charles On theatre
Dickens, Charles On travel
Donne, John On death Edward Docx
Hazlitt, William On the elgin marbles Tom Paulin
Hemingway, Ernest On Paris
Houdini, Harry On deception Derren Brown
James, Henry On Provence
Jerome, Jerome K. On the art of making up one’s mind Joseph Connolly
Kipling, Rudyard On the Orient
Mill, John Stuart On the subjection of women Fay Weldon
Proust, Marcel; Ruskin, John On reading Eric Karpeles
Roth, Joseph On the end of the world
Ruskin, John On genius and the common man Melvyn Bragg
Shaw, Bernard On war Philip Pullman
Stendhal On love A.C. Grayling
Twain, Mark On Europe
Woolf, Virginia On fiction
Woolf, Virginia On not knowing Greek
Brown, Andrew Brief History of Biographies:
From Plutarch to Celebs, A
Brown, Andrew Brief History of Encyclopaedias:
From Pliny to Wikipedia, A
Johnson, Alexandra Brief History of Diaries:
From Pepys to Blogs, A
Rourke, Lee Brief History of Fables:
From Aesop to Flash Fiction, A
Carter, David How to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Dahiyat, Eid Abdallah Once Upon the Orient Wave
da Vinci, Leonardo Prophecies Eraldo Affinati
Lamb, Charles Essays of Elia Matthew Sweet
Margolyes, Miriam; Fraser, Sonia Dickens’ Women
Poe, Edgar Allan Eureka Sir Patrick Moore
Rilke, Rainer Maria & Betz, Rilke in Paris
Maurice
Stendhal Memoirs of an Egotist Doris Lessing
Swift, Jonathan Directions to Servants Colm Tóibín
Swift, Jonathan Polite Conversation Toby Litt
Tyler, Daniel Guide to Dickens’ London, A
Woolf, Virginia Hyde Park Gate News Hermione Lee
Woolf, Virginia Carlyle’s House and Other Sketches Doris Lessing
Wren, Jenny Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Jenny Éclair
Politics
Swisher, Clayton E. Palestine Papers: The End of The Road? The
Kushner, Barry & Saville Who Needs the Cuts?
Travel Writing
Byron, Robert Europe in the Looking Glass Jan Morris
Collins, Wilkie; Dickens, Charles Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, The
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Cruise of the Rolling Junk, The Paul Theroux
Levi, Carlo Essays on India Anita Desai
Levi, Carlo Words are Stones Anita Desai
Mayakovsky, Vladimir My Discovery of America Colum McCann
Miller, Henry Aller Retour New York
Zweig, Stefan Journeys
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