Newspaper Fiction

Read by Anna Popplewell, known for her role in The Chronicles of Narnia. Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Sunday Times Bestseller Set during London's blitz and filled with warmth, wit and heartbreak, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story about the power of friendship, the kindness of...

Rachel Cusk’s second novel is a ruthless, surprising story of work, gender, and control. Ralph Loman is working in an unsatisfying job at a free London newspaper when Francine Snaith, a temporary secretary for a corporate finance firm, unexpectedly crosses his path at a party. Her beauty...

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. 'A Newspaper Story' is an ingenious tale about a lost newspaper blowing through the streets of New York. Each passer-by who comes into contact with any part of it is personally impacted by one of the stories in the paper - but not in the way one would expect.

Why would a happily married Florida housewife pick up her husband's .22 caliber Colt Woodsman semi-automatic pistol and use it to kill her two young children and herself? Cynical newspaper reporter Richard Hudson is assigned to find out - and the assignment will send him down a road of self-discovery in this incisive, no-holds-barred portrait of American marriage in the Mad Men era.

Filled with romance, rivalry, and passive-aggressive dog walking, Amy Spalding delivers a hilariously relatable story about how even the best-laid plans sometimes need to be rewritten. What's the only thing that could derail overachiever Jules's perfect senior year? Alex Powell--former member of...

Zarautz, 1916. La joven Isabel acompaña a su abuela durante sus últimas horas de vida. Sus padres murieron siendo ella un bebé y sus abuelos fueron su única familia. Pese a la pérdida, ellos la criaron rodeada de amor y bienestar, entre Madrid y San Sebastián, carreras de caballos y un prestigioso internado inglés.

Sus padres murieron siendo ella un bebé y sus abuelos fueron su única familia. Pese a la pérdida, ellos la criaron rodeada de amor y bienestar, entre Madrid y San Sebastián, carreras de caballos y un prestigioso internado inglés. Nada le hace pensar a Isabel que su vida esconda algún misterio, pero la última conversación con su abuela despierta en ella la confusión. ¿Qué secreto puede ocultar su origen? Quizá el diario de juventud de su abuela y las cartas del abuelo le ayuden a aclarar las brumas del pasado.

A swoonworthy queer romance set against a riveting story of social change in the 1880s, this historical novel reimagines the life of America’s first stunt girl—a young undercover reporter—and her whirlwind summer of romance and fighting injustice. Seventeen-year-old Helena “Nell”...