Book Reviews by Genre

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Biographical fiction
Book cover for Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets, image shows a broken umbrella that resembles a flower in black ink
Image shows cover of Umberto Eco's The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. a Jester holding a bottle stands in a spiral of orange peel
Cover image for The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov, image shows an outstretched hand holding a buring flower against a backdrop of a lake at sunset.
Book cover for Charlie Chaplin's Last Dance by Fabio Stassi. Image shows Chaplin dancing with cloaked figure of Death who is holding a scythe.
Our Riches
Biography
Image of book cover '566 Frames' by Denis Wojda

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Children's
Book Cover for How do you live by Genzaburo Yoshino. Cover shows the itle and a lone figure dressed in a kimono style outfit with his back to us facing what might be the universe.
cover image for The Cat who came in off the Roof by Annie Schmidt, image shows two cats on a roof in front of a full moon. Nearby a man sits typing in an attic room.
Classics
Book Cover for How do you live by Genzaburo Yoshino. Cover shows the itle and a lone figure dressed in a kimono style outfit with his back to us facing what might be the universe.
image of book cover 'Bruge la Morte' by George Rodenbach
Image of book cover 'Fathers and sons' by Ivan Turgenev
Image of book cover 'Netochka Nezvanova' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Comedy
Cover image of The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, cover shows a huge model rabbit with one broken ear. A man stands in front of it with his back turned to us
cover image for The Cat who came in off the Roof by Annie Schmidt, image shows two cats on a roof in front of a full moon. Nearby a man sits typing in an attic room.
Image of book cover 'Death and the Penguin' by Andrey Kurkov, showing a man in a bathtub holding a gun, a large penguin stands behind him
Image of book cover 'The Brewer of Preston' by Andrea Camilleri
The Postman (Il Postino)
Image of the cover of the novel 'Why we took the car' by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Game for Five
The Breaking of a Wave
Contemporary Fiction
Cover image of Grey Bees by Andrej Kurkov shows a beekeeper lifting a comb from a hive on a bright golden yellow background
Book cover for After the Sun by Jonas Eike, cover shows a black background with a swirling hologram in iridescent colours
The Adventures of China Iron
Book cover for Phenotypes by Paulo Scott. Image shows blocks of turquoise and light green with the silhouettes of two boys fighting
Cover image for Kaya Days by Carl de Souza. Image shows a young woman in balletic pose, walking on a river bed
Book cover for The German Room by Carla Maliandi. Cover image is abstract with black, white and red shapes squares on a mustard background
Book cover for Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito. Image shows a young man with a pink book obscuring his face. The book shows the title.
Crime
Cover image of The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, cover shows a huge model rabbit with one broken ear. A man stands in front of it with his back turned to us
Cover image of Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser, image shows a pine forest
The Measure of a Man
Game for Five
Image of book cover of 'The Man who Died' by Antti Tuomainen.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Image of a book cover for the novel 'A Crack in the Wall'
Image of book cover 'Hunting Season' by Andrea Camilleri
Image of book cover 'The Fencing Master' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Image of book cover for 'All Yours' by Claudia Pineiro
Cover image for The Spoke by Friedrich Glauser shows the shadow of a bicycle on a pavement.
Image shows book cover of The Pharmacist by Ingrid Noll with a picutre of poison bottles
Cover image for The Square of Revenge by Pieter Aspe, the cover shows a photograph of a Belgian street tinged with orange
Cover image for Involuntary Witness by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows the back view of a shirtless boy lying on the ground in tones of blue and grey
Image of book cover for A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows a woman's bare legs from the knee down, she is standing andwearing a pair of red court shoes
Book cover for Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows a shadowy male figure walking away from us under an archway leading to a traditional Italian piazza.
Image shows cover of Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
Ferocity
Marina

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Dystopian
Book cover for After the Sun by Jonas Eike, cover shows a black background with a swirling hologram in iridescent colours
Image of book cover for In Case of Emergency by Mahsa Mohebali. Image shows book title falling diagonally down the page like a fault, with a backdrop of built up houses in Tehran superimposed with opium poppies.
Image of the book cover 'Blindness' by José Saramago
To The Warm Horizon
book cover for Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati

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Graphic Novel
Image of book cover 'Hunger House' by C/M Edenborg showing young girl approaching abandoned house from a forest
Image of book cover '566 Frames' by Denis Wojda

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Historical Fiction
Image shows cover of Umberto Eco's The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. a Jester holding a bottle stands in a spiral of orange peel
Book cover for Disoriental by Négar Djavadi shows a colourful phoenix on a purple background
Cover image for The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov, image shows an outstretched hand holding a buring flower against a backdrop of a lake at sunset.
Book cover image of How the soldier repairs the gramophone, image shows a cartoon-like colourful depiction of a wind up old fashioned gramophone with horn
Book cover image 'Natural History' by Juan Perucho
Image of book cover 'The Fencing Master' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Image of book cover 'Hunting Season' by Andrea Camilleri
Image of book cover 'The Brewer of Preston' by Andrea Camilleri
The Postman (Il Postino)
Image of book cover of The Time of the doves by Merce Rodoreda
Daughter of Fortune
The Secret Supper
The Traitor's Emblem
The Measure of a Man
Horror
Image of book cover 'Hunger House' by C/M Edenborg showing young girl approaching abandoned house from a forest
Marina

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Modern fiction
Cover image for Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, image shows a yellow background with silhouette graphic in bright blue of a woman in profile and a red chair superimosed.
Image of the cover of 'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink
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The Breaking of a Wave
The Eight Mountains
To The Warm Horizon
Image of the cover of The Door by Magda Szabó
Image of cover for 'Strange Weather in Tokyo' by Hiromi Kawakami
Image of the cover of the novel 'Why we took the car' by Wolfgang Herrndorf
The House of the Spirits
Image of book cover 'The Nakano Thrift Shop' a novel by Hiromi Kawakami
Image of book cover 'City of the Beasts' by Isabel Allende
Image of book cover 'The Story of a New Name' by Elena Ferrante
Book cover for Mirror Shoulder Signal by Dorthe Nors, Image shows a car door and a coat trapped in it with a hazy image of a woman in profile drivng the car
Image of book cover 'The Ten loves of Mr Nishino' by Hiromi Kawakami
Book cover image of How the soldier repairs the gramophone, image shows a cartoon-like colourful depiction of a wind up old fashioned gramophone with horn
Image of book cover for In Case of Emergency by Mahsa Mohebali. Image shows book title falling diagonally down the page like a fault, with a backdrop of built up houses in Tehran superimposed with opium poppies.
Book cover for Pobeda 1946 - A car called victory by Ilmar Taska. Image shows a light coloured car in the foreground against the silhouette of some houses and a church tower.
Book cover for Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid. Image shows a two card tower, the card facing outwards is the five of spades.
Trick
Like Family
Older Brother
You Have Me To Love
Mystery
Image shows book cover of The Pharmacist by Ingrid Noll with a picutre of poison bottles
Book cover for Temple Alley Summer shwoing a school girl running down an old fashioned Japnese street with a mysterious building appearing out of the mist in the distance
Image of book cover 'Hunting Season' by Andrea Camilleri
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
The Shadow of the Wind
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
The Prisoner of Heaven
The Watcher in the Shadows
The Midnight Palace
The Angel's Game
The Prince of Mist

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Satire
image showing book cover of Unwitting Street by Krzhizhanovsky
Image of book cover 'Death and the Penguin' by Andrey Kurkov, showing a man in a bathtub holding a gun, a large penguin stands behind him
Short stories
Book cover for After the Sun by Jonas Eike, cover shows a black background with a swirling hologram in iridescent colours
Cover image for Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector. Image shows detail from a portrait of Lispector by Giorgio de Chirico
image showing book cover of Unwitting Street by Krzhizhanovsky
A Perfect Cemetery
book cover for Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati

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Thriller
Image shows book cover of The Pharmacist by Ingrid Noll with a picutre of poison bottles
image shows book cover of The Passenger by Ulrich Boschwitz. A man in a suit looks over his shoulder and runs down a station platform in Nazi Germany as a steam train approaches behind him.
Image shows cover of Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
Book cover for Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows a shadowy male figure walking away from us under an archway leading to a traditional Italian piazza.
Image of book cover for A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio, image shows a woman's bare legs from the knee down, she is standing andwearing a pair of red court shoes
Cover image for The Spoke by Friedrich Glauser shows the shadow of a bicycle on a pavement.
Cover image of Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser, image shows a pine forest
Image of book cover 'Death and the Penguin' by Andrey Kurkov, showing a man in a bathtub holding a gun, a large penguin stands behind him
Image of a book cover for the novel 'A Crack in the Wall'
Image of book cover of 'The Man who Died' by Antti Tuomainen.
Ferocity
The Traitor's Emblem
Twentieth Century Classics
Book cover for The Outsider by Albert Camus, showing a shabbily dressed man standing on a beach
Cover image of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada show a black and white photo of 1940s Berlin in the fog
Cover image for Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector. Image shows detail from a portrait of Lispector by Giorgio de Chirico
Book cover for Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector. Cover image is a detail from Ariadne by Giorgio de Chirico
Image of book cover 'The Garden of the Finzi-Continis' by Giorgio Bassani
Image of book cover 'Pereira Declares' by Antonio Tabucchi
The Clown
The House of the Spirits
Image of book cover of The Time of the doves by Merce Rodoreda
If on a winter's night a traveller
book cover for Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati

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Women writers
Book cover for Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets, image shows a broken umbrella that resembles a flower in black ink
Book cover for Disoriental by Négar Djavadi shows a colourful phoenix on a purple background
My Brilliant Friend
Daughter of Fortune
Image of the cover of The Door by Magda Szabó
Image of book cover of The Time of the doves by Merce Rodoreda
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Image of a book cover for the novel 'A Crack in the Wall'
Image of book cover 'City of the Beasts' by Isabel Allende
Image of book cover 'The Ten loves of Mr Nishino' by Hiromi Kawakami
Image of book cover for 'All Yours' by Claudia Pineiro
Image of book cover 'Abigail' by Magda Szabó showing a girl dressed in white climbing a spiral staircase
cover image for The Cat who came in off the Roof by Annie Schmidt, image shows two cats on a roof in front of a full moon. Nearby a man sits typing in an attic room.
Image of book cover for In Case of Emergency by Mahsa Mohebali. Image shows book title falling diagonally down the page like a fault, with a backdrop of built up houses in Tehran superimposed with opium poppies.
Book cover for Temple Alley Summer shwoing a school girl running down an old fashioned Japnese street with a mysterious building appearing out of the mist in the distance
Book cover for Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid. Image shows a two card tower, the card facing outwards is the five of spades.
Book cover for Mirror Shoulder Signal by Dorthe Nors, Image shows a car door and a coat trapped in it with a hazy image of a woman in profile drivng the car
Cover image for Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, image shows a yellow background with silhouette graphic in bright blue of a woman in profile and a red chair superimosed.
Book cover for Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector. Cover image is a detail from Ariadne by Giorgio de Chirico
Cover image for Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector. Image shows detail from a portrait of Lispector by Giorgio de Chirico
Book cover for The German Room by Carla Maliandi. Cover image is abstract with black, white and red shapes squares on a mustard background
Book cover for FEM by Magda Carneci, cover image shows a segmented sphere in deep pastel colours containing the book's title
The Adventures of China Iron
Image of book cover 'The Story of a New Name' by Elena Ferrante
Image of book cover 'The Nakano Thrift Shop' a novel by Hiromi Kawakami
Flights
The House of the Spirits
Image of cover for 'Strange Weather in Tokyo' by Hiromi Kawakami
To The Warm Horizon
Our Riches
NP

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Young Adult
Book Cover for How do you live by Genzaburo Yoshino. Cover shows the itle and a lone figure dressed in a kimono style outfit with his back to us facing what might be the universe.
Book cover for Temple Alley Summer shwoing a school girl running down an old fashioned Japnese street with a mysterious building appearing out of the mist in the distance
Image of book cover 'Abigail' by Magda Szabó showing a girl dressed in white climbing a spiral staircase
Image of book cover 'City of the Beasts' by Isabel Allende
Image of the cover of the novel 'Why we took the car' by Wolfgang Herrndorf
The Watcher in the Shadows
The Midnight Palace
The Prince of Mist
Marina

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