The Bibliophile's Compass

  1998 Another World by Pat Barker (UK) (Check my book chapter on Another World) In a touching novel of memory and loss, Nick tries to keep the peace in his disintegrating family while comforting his grandfather, a proud, intelligent man who lies dying on the other side of town. 2019 Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson ( My Review ) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang, a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability. 2020 The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow by Amy McCulloch and Zoe Sugg A STUDENT FOUND DEAD ON THE BEACH. A WEB OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. SOMEONE POISED TO STRIKE AGAIN. 2024 The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. 2024 The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins (UK) A masterful novel that is as page-turning as it is unsettling, The Blue Hour r...

1726  Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Ireland) A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read 2021 Treacle Walker by Alan Garner ( My Review )  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An extraordinary, “playful, moving, and wholly remarkable” (The Guardian) coming-of-age novel filled with myth and magic from one of England's greatest living writers. Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize 2021 Medusa  by Jessie Burton (UK) A dazzling, lyrical YA retelling of Greek myth, from Jessie Burton, internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. 2025 The White Octopus Hotel  by Alexandra Bell (UK) Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if a second chance awaits them behind its doors. 2025 The Black Wolf by Louise ...