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Pere Goriot

By Honore de Balzac, A. J. Krailsheimer (Emeritus Student and former Tutor in French, Emeritus Student and former Tutor in French, Christ Church, Oxford)

The Gods of War

By Conn Iggulden, Iggulden, Conn

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Popular Classics)

By Joyce, James

The Square of Sevens: The Times and Sunday Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year

By Laura Shepherd-Robinson

The Riot: DI Stratton 5

By Laura Wilson

My Heart

By Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Celia Hawkesworth

The Ghost Writer

By Philip Roth

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By Hernan Diaz

A Beautiful Spy: The captivating new Richard & Judy pick from the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller, based on a true story

By Rachel Hore

Babi Yar: The Story of Ukraine's Holocaust

By A. Anatoli, David Floyd

Burial Rites

By Kent, Hannah, Hannah Kent

Man and Wife

By Parsons, Tony

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown: 'this novel makes Henry VIII's story feel like it has never been told before' (Tracy Borman)

By Alison Weir

Hollywood

By Charles Bukowski, Howard Sounes

Be Frank with Me

By Julia Claiborne Johnson

An Argentine in my Kitchen: How I followed my heart to Buenos Aires

By Carolyn Kerr

The Last Collection

By Jeanne Mackin

Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4

By Alison Weir

Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: Six Tudor Queens 2

By Alison Weir

Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife: Six Tudor Queens 6

By Alison Weir

Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5

By Alison Weir

Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 3

By Alison Weir

All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

By Herriot, James

The Magician: Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize

By Colm Toibin

The Glorious Guinness Girls: A story of the scandals and secrets of the famous society girls

By Emily Hourican

Demon: The bone-chilling, addictive bestseller (Six Stories Book 6)

By Matt Wesolowski

Death on the Ice

By Robert Ryan

Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium

By Gerald Durrell

Nero

By Conn Iggulden

The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court Moran, Michelle ( Author ) Aug-14-2012 Hardcover