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A neighbour recommended Pachinko as the best book he had read this year. I was sceptical at first but it quickly turned out to be one of mine too. An epic historical novel about a part of the world I love, but a time and place I knew very little about. Excellent, compelling and deeply moving. A ground sweep of Korean/Japanese history (1911-1989) told through the eyes of Kim Sunja, her unexpected pregnancy and extended family. We follow Sunja's life from her early years in a fishing village near Busan, Korea, then desperately poor and under Japanese colonial rule. She moves to Osaka in Japan, and grows to be the matriarch of her family's survival across four generations. It speaks of street food vendors and pachinko gambling houses, of systemic racism and the Yakusa, of suicide and hidden LGQBT, and of resilience to life’s traumas. I travel a lot in…
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club *
'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA.
Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja…
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
From one of our most celebrated and imaginative writers comes a spellbinding novel about deception, betrayal, psychoanalysis, and the mysteries of the human heart. William Boyd follows his critically acclaimed novels A Good Man in Africa, Brazzaville Beach, and Ordinary Thunderstorms with a razor-sharp, incandescent thriller in Waiting for Sunrise. A provocative exploration of the line between consciousness and reality is nested within a tense, rollercoaster plotline following as a young English actor ensnared in a bewildering scandal with an enigmatic woman in early twentieth-century Vienna. Sophisticated, page-turning, and unforgettable, Boyd’s Waiting for Sunrise is a triumph of literary fiction…
I always know a KJ Charles book will be a great read, with a satisfying romance and plenty of drama. I also knew I’ll like it even better on subsequent reads, as I pick up on the little clues I missed the first time. This is no exception. It’s the house party from hell, and there are clearly things going on behind the scenes that don’t make sense. And doesn’t love a remote, Gothic setting with footsteps echoing in empty corridors and looming thugs for servants? As for the romance, the point of view character and his love interest are such opposites that it’s almost – but not quite – impossible to believe they’ll make it work. Seeing them communicate better over the course of the book, so they understand what went wrong the first time and appreciate each other’s strengths and weaknesses, is so satisfying. I’m confident this will…
A genre-bending Gothic mystery with a strong LGBTQIA+ romance from beloved, award-winning author KJ Charles.
The lush Gothic drama of Crimson Peak meets the murderous intrigue of Knives Out with an LGBTQIA+ love story to die for from award-winning author KJ Charles.
WHO WILL SURVIVE LACKADAY HOUSE?
When Zeb Wyckham is summoned to a wealthy relative's remote Gothic manor, he is horrified to find all the people he least wants to see in the world- his estranged brother, his sneering cousin, and his bitter ex-lover Gideon Grey. Things couldn't possibly get worse.
AcClaim is a dark, high-society romance about Beatrix Winslow-Hale, a successful romance author who believes desire can be negotiated and controlled—until enigmatic billionaire Dorian Wolker crosses the line between consensual surrender and violation. Publicly humiliated and emotionally shattered, Beatrix turns to Manon de Rochemaure, her fiercely loyal best friend and…
Complicated world building, great characters, and an interesting plot make this a page turner. A few clues seemed too obvious for the gang to miss, but they had a lot going on. CW for violent death and grief, and a powerful portrayal of someone with a chronic illness. Overall the tone veers from light to tragic but ends on a fairly high note.
Be gay, solve crime, take naps. A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery, for fans of Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey and Under the Whispering Door by T. J. Klune
Be gay. Solve crimes. Take naps.
A magical serial killer is stalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Hypnotic whistling causes victims to chew their own tongues off, leading to the killer being dubbed the Whistler (original, right?). But outside the lack of taste buds and the strange magical carvings on the victims' torsos, the murderer leaves no evidence. No obvious clues. No reason - or so it seems.
