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Never Let Me Go (Members Edition)
In a haunting dystopian England, Kathy H. reflects on her childhood at Hailsham School, uncovering a poignant tale of love, friendship, and …
The Lowlife
In Hackney’s gritty underworld, Jewish bachelor Harryboy Boas gambles with fate, love, and his haunted past, spiraling into a dark world of …
Under the Net
A witty and philosophical debut novel following Jake, a struggling writer in 1950s London, whose chaotic relationships and misadventures rev…
The Lonely Londoners
A poignant and often humorous portrayal of West Indian immigrants striving to build new lives in 1950s London, navigating racism, loneliness…
Offshore
A vivid portrait of an eccentric houseboat community on the Thames, where lives intertwine in unexpected ways amid the struggle for belongin…
NW
Zadie Smith’s NW is a vivid, tragicomic portrait of four Londoners navigating the complexities of identity, class, and friendship in a city …
City of the Mind
An architect navigating the ruins of his failed marriage and the layered history of London, Matthew Halland confronts the past and present a…
The Buddha of Suburbia
A vibrant coming-of-age story set in 1970s South London, following Karim Amir as he navigates identity, race, class, and belonging amidst so…
London Fields
A terminally ill writer in a decaying London races against time to narrate the doomed Nicola Six’s story, a murder mystery entwined with dar…
A Stranger City
A gripping, polyphonic novel set in contemporary London, where the discovery of a dead woman in the Thames sparks a search that reveals the …
River
A woman escapes her past by moving to a London suburb, where solitary walks along the River Lea awaken memories of rivers from her life, ble…
Evenings and Weekends
Set in a scorching June 2019 London, this searing tale explores love, sex, class, and the struggles of a group of intertwined lives on the b…
Murphy
Samuel Beckett's first novel, Murphy, is a darkly comic exploration of isolation and the search for stupor in a fragmented world, told throu…
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell's novel follows Gordon Comstock, a poet who rebels against society's obsession with money, only to face the harsh realities of…
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
A devilish Scottish migrant named Dougal Douglas arrives in a working-class London town, stirring chaos, secrets, and upheaval in this wicke…
A Concise Chinese–English Dictionary for Lovers
A young Chinese woman named Z arrives in London to learn English and navigate love, culture, and identity, told through her evolving English…
Capital
Karl Marx's seminal work dissects the capitalist system with unparalleled depth, offering a critical analysis that remains relevant today.