Reading list

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn · 2014

You're the Only One I've Told

Meera Shah · 2020

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman · 2019

<p><b>SISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.</b><br> <br> <b>Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.</b><br> <br> Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?<br> <br> Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an outcast in the corner.<br> <br> Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men.<br> <br> <b>WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE <i>WATER CURE</i><br> <br> **<i>Orlanda</i>, the next sensation from Jacquline Harpman, is available now**</b></p>

Lie With Me

Philippe Besson · 2020

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Lucy Sante · 2025

Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult

Faith Jones · 2021

Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

Max Cutler · 2022

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Mariana Enriquez

Mariana Enriquez · 2009

Vicious

V. E. Schwab • 2018

Babel

R. F. Kuang • 2022

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War   “Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide… Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?

Anatomy: A Love Story

Dana Schwartz • 2022

<p><b>*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*<br>*INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER*</b><br><b>*INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER*</b><br><b>*A REESE'S YA BOOK CLUB PICK*<br><br></b><b>"Schwartz's magical novel is at once gripping and tender, and the intricate plot is engrossing as the reader tries to solve the mystery. She doesn't miss a beat in either the characterization or action, scattering clues with a delicate, precise hand. This is, in the end, the story of the anatomy of the human heart." - <i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br><b><br>Dana Schwartz’s <i>Anatomy: A Love Story</i> is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance.</b><br><br>Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.<br><br>Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.<br><br>When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books—she’ll need corpses to study.<br><br>Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living.<br><br>But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares—until Hazel.<br><br>Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.</p>

If We Were Villains

M. L. Rio • 2017

The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake • 2021

What Moves the Dead

T. Kingfisher · 2022

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice · 2012

Boy Parts

Eliza Clark · 2020

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Brom · 2023

Beasts

Joyce Carol Oates · 2004

The Exhibition of Persephone Q

Jessi Jezewska Stevens · 2020

Thirst

Marina Yuszczuk · 2024

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

Samantha Irby · 2017

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit · 2014

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

· 1983

Paper Girl

Beth Macy · 2025

Strip Tees

Kate Flannery · 2023

Monsters What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?

Claire Dederer · 2024

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

Anushay Hossain · 2021

Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare · 2009

Bunny

Mona Awad

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica · 2020

The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)

Alexandre Dumas père · 2003

The Life of a Stupid Man

Ryunosuke Akutagawa · 2015

Schoolgirl (Modern Japanese Classics)

Osamu Dazai · 2011

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 2024

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Bantam Classics)

Leo Tolstoy · 1981

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 2020

frankenstein — mary shelley

1818

frankenstein — mary shelley

1818

the picture of dorian gray — oscar wilde

1890

Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.

Dracula: Unabridged and Fully Illustrated

Bram Stoker • 2021

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872

The Song of Achilles A Novel

Madeline Miller • 2012