For crime, thriller, suspense or spy novels which have been translated into English from their original language, for UK publication. £1000 prize money for the author and £500 for the translator Shortlist Karin Alvtegen, Shadow, translated from the Swedish by McKinley Burnett, Canon...
12. Linda's Book Bag Blog https://lindasbookbag.com/ + Follow Blog My name is Linda. I'm a retired ex-English teacher, educational consultant, and inspector. I love reading and try to read as much as possible. Although I'm not particularly fond of horror, sci-fi, or fantasy I'm...
If you’ve seen Nancy Drew’s name making the rounds lately, it’s probably because the famous girl detective got a somewhat… questionable birthday gift. In a new comic young adult book series rolled out to celebrate the 90th anniversary of her super-franchise, Nancy was killed — and the...
Thursday Next works for the Literary Detective Division of Special Operations in England. She tracks down the theft of a first-edition Charles Dickens book, a case that leads her to discover a much larger series of mysteries. The Eyre Affaircombines the hard-boiled detective genre with all the...
What It's About:Alan Conway is a bestselling crime writer. His editor, Susan Ryeland, has worked with him for years, and she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. Alan's traditional formula pays homage to queens of ...
100 Of The Best Paranormal Romance Books And Series to Read (In No Particular Order) Standalone Paranormal Romance Books for Adults #1: The Baker’s Man by Jennifer Moorman Book Summary: Anna, a bakery owner in a Southern town, discovers a recipe for creating the perfect man with “magic ...
Nonfiction Series Short Nonfiction Travel True Crime Hide books Nonfiction Books Last updated: December 22, 2024 Across our site, we have thousands of nonfiction book recommendations, on a vast array of topics. Below, you'll find some general recommendations, useful if you're in the mood for...
Soused or not, Chapman is superb in his tailor-made role of a slightly effeminate King Arthur, and who could forget John Cleese’s neatly carved Black Knight (‘It’s just a flesh wound’) or his similarly hilarious abusive French guard (‘You don’t frighten us, English pig-dogs. Go...
(And if you're working your way through a tome by the Annales school of historians, you'd be getting off lightly with 500 pages). Below is a list of all the most recommended titles in our history book section, specially selected so they are also manageable as audiobooks....
Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is a reclusive 600-pound English teacher who conducts his classes online. While teaching, he keeps his camera off to hide his appearance. After the death of his male partner, Charlie turned to compulsive eating as a way to cope with grief and guilt, and is seeing...