The Unconsoled – Kazuo Ishiguro (1995)
A renowned pianist arrives in a strange city, drawn into a surreal web of forgotten promises, shifting realities, and the quiet ache of unresolved human longing.
Fantasy
Restart Reading
Historical
Slammerkin – Emma Donoghue (2001)
In 18th-century England, a girl’s hunger for beauty and freedom leads her from poverty to passion to the gallows, in a world where a red ribbon can cost a life.
Classics
Historical
Martin Chuzzlewit – Charles Dickens (1844)
A tale of greed, hypocrisy, and redemption, where pride is humbled, virtue quietly triumphs, and the true worth of character emerges through hardship and deceit.
Psychological
The Red House – Mark Haddon (2012)
A fractured family gathers in a country house, where grief, love, and memory intertwine, revealing the fragile beauty, tensions, and quiet longing at the heart of kinship.
Classics
Historical
Dombey and Son – Charles Dickens (1848)
A proud father's obsession with legacy blinds him to love, until loss and betrayal force a reckoning in this powerful tale of pride, redemption, and enduring human warmth.
Historical
Burning Bright – Tracy Chevalier (2007)
In 1790s London, innocence collides with revolution as a grieving family and a bold city girl navigate loss, desire, and the quiet power of imagination.
Classics
Mystery
Psychological
Passenger to Frankfurt – Agatha Christie (1970)
A diplomat, a mysterious woman, and a rising youth rebellion collide in a race to stop a global conspiracy. Dark forces stir - will wit and courage hold the world together?
Romance
Satire
Love’s Labour’s Lost – William Shakespeare (1598)
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare follows King Ferdinand and his lords, who swear off love for study, only to be challenged by the arrival of the Princess of France.
Classics
Historical
Science Fiction
The House on the Strand – Daphne du Maurier (1969)
A man torn between two centuries is lured deeper into the past by a drug that awakens obsession, blurs reality, and reveals how escape can become a trap of the soul.
Mystery
Romance
Satire
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination – Helen Fielding (2003)
A daring journalist's wild imagination leads her into a glamorous, deadly game of espionage, where paranoia might just be the key to uncovering the truth.