From Moby Dick to the Moomins, exploring the books that captured the world's imagination
The original Italian novel about the wooden puppet with the growing nose
Bridget Kendall explores a novel that gave rise to a new term in the English language
How the queen of crime achieved her extraordinary success
The multi-layered masterpiece by Miguel de Cervantes
Dostoevsky’s study of terrorism and poisoned ideals in pre-revolutionary Russia
How her influence as a writer extends across the globe
The romantic works and tragic life of a noble writer from Sumatra
A 20th century master of the psychological thriller
Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez’s modern classic that fuses the magical with real life
A portrait of the prolific writer who was an environmental thinker before his time
The ancient magical tales whose origins stretch from India to Persia to Arabia
The collection of folk songs and poetry that articulated Finnish independence
A history of sea creature folklore from around the world
The adventurous life of the much-loved French novelist
Teasing and thought provoking: the works of the Argentinian master of pithy stories
Celebrating the author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
An epic sweep of war and love and family life set in 19th century Russia
The man who in the 14th Century made English a language fit for literature
A black slave wrote 700 animal tales in Ancient Greece. Why are they still best sellers?
The Japanese literary giant of the early 20th Century
The prodigious talent and restless life of Tang dynasty's literary rebel
The swashbuckling poet of a late 19th-century French play and his real-life inspiration
The Stranger and other key works of Algeria’s great humanist Albert Camus
Why George Orwell's novel remains topical 70 years after publication
