First in the Kurt Wallander mystery series. It was a crime of senseless violence. On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer was bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her …

An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus. Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini …

The King’s Speech (iTunes, $5.95) was written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue — grandson of Lionel Logue, whose recently discovered diaries and correspondence contain fascinating details about these true events.
At the urging of his …

At 31, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than a decade earlier. At 29, socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer, but …

Gary Sheyngart, author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, creates a compelling reality in this tale about an illiterate America in the not-too-distant future. Lenny Abramov may just be penning the world’s last diary. Which is good, because while falling in …

Just in time for the movie premiere of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, comes the complete audiobook of C.S. Lewis’ epic tale of adventure The Chronicles of Narnia (iTunes, $9.95). Featuring lively readings by Patrick Stewart, Lynn Redgrave, Kenneth …

The best-selling author of The Botany of Desire (iTunes, $23.95) explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in a the 21st Century. “What should we have for dinner?” To one degree or another, this …

From the Book Prize-winning author of the The Remains of the Day (Amazon) and When We Were Orphans (iTunes), comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it mean to be human. …