An extract from Lyndsey Faye’s The Gods of Gotham

The Alienist meets Gangs of New York, Lyndsay Faye’sThe Gods of Gotham is a strikingly vivid and compelling historical novel…

Catherine Jones on The Wonder Girls

Catherine Jones remembers Barry Lido, an inspirational location for her novel The Wonder Girls.

An extract from The Wonder Girls, by Catherine Jones

‘Don’t follow the crowd,’ she’d be telling schoolgirls at the swimming baths. ‘Follow your own star and when you have achieved your goal you will have that with you for the rest of your life…’

An extract from Abdication, by Juliet Nicolson

“This is a peach of a book. It is full of good things, elegant and often funny. A cleverly crafted story of the hot, frenetic summer of 1911 which works because of the sparkling writing.” –Jane Ridley, Literary Review

Peter Carey and The Chemistry of Tears

‘Somehow, going around the internet, I came across a mechanical duck invented by Jacques de Vaucanson in France in the eighteenth century … a wonderful duck, with its imitation of life, which also poses huge questions…’

An extract from the Orange Prize for Fiction winner, Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human heart.

An extract from Painter of Silence, by Georgina Harding

Read the opening chapters of Georgina Harding’s novel, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, 2012.

“… Hauntingly beautiful, for fans of The English Patient” Red

Kate Summerscale discusses her new book, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace

A story of romance, fidelity, insanity, fantasy, and the boundaries of privacy in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace brings to life a complex, frustrated Victorian wife, longing for passion and learning, companionship and love.

An extract from Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace, by Kate Summerscale

Sneak a peek into The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady…

An extract from The Secret Life of William Shakespeare

The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life.

Win signed proofs of The Gods of Gotham [closed]

We have signed proof copies of Lindsay Faye’s vivid and compelling historical novel for five lucky Bookhugger readers, courtesy of Headline.

The Gods of Gotham extract and trailer

The Alienist meets Gangs of New York, Lyndsay Faye’sThe Gods of Gotham is a strikingly vivid and compelling historical novel – and we have 5 signed proof copies to give away later this month!

An extract from Waiting for Sunrise, by William Boyd

Waiting for Sunrise is a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche, a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe, a plot-twisting thriller and a literary tour de force from bestselling author William Boyd.

More Pyg…

More from the star of the world’s first ‘pigaresque’ novel, a beguiling and charming memoir of Toby, an exceptionally gifted pig who escapes the butcher’s knife, gains an education and becomes the most famous animal of his time…

Introducing Pyg, or, Toby the Pig…

This, the world’s first ‘pigaresque’ novel, is the beguiling and charming memoir of Toby, an exceptionally gifted pig who escapes the butcher’s knife, gains an education and becomes the most famous animal of his time…

An extract from Death Comes To Pemberley, by P.D. James

In a pitch-perfect recreation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P. D. James elegantly fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her talent for writing detective fiction….

An extract from Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes

The latest novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning William Kennedy – a tale of revolutionary intrigue, heroic journalism, crooked politicians, drug-running gangsters, Albany race riots, and the improbable rise of Fidel Castro.

Eat Him If You Like

Read an extract from Eat Him If You Like, by Jean Teulé, a cannibalistic story based on real events in nineteenth-century France. Published by Gallic Books on November 1st.

Middlesex Reading Group Guide

Sprawling across eight decades – and one unusually awkward adolescence – Jeffrey Eugenides’ long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire.

The Dovekeepers

Read an extract from Alice Hoffman’s The Dovekeepers – “… This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.” Jodi Picoult.

Get to know the Women of the Cousin’s War

The Women of the Cousin’s War is a beautifully illustrated work with rare portraits and source materials, as well as fascinating insights into the inspiration behind Philippa Gregory’s writing. Watch out for a competition later this week!

A Q&A with Louise Levene

An interview with Louise Levene, author of Ghastly Business, a wickedly witty book of murder and media frenzy in the 1920s.