The Irishman

Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Rus...

The clothesline swing —Ramadan, Ahmad Danny, author.

"The clothesline swing is a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Syrian refugee himself, Ramadan unveils an enthralling tale of courage that weaves through the mountains of Syria, the va...

A man called Ove En man som heter Ove

Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that mo...

The next person you meet in Heaven —Albom, Mitch, 1958- author.

"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel...

The storyteller : a novel —Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author.

A man called Ove —Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author.

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the...

The hero

A wonderfully nuanced performance by Sam Elliott fuels this moving mix of drama and comedy about Lee Hayden, a once-great western movie star faced with a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Keeping his illness a secret...

The old man and the sea —Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.

Tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

The five people you meet in heaven —Albom, Mitch, 1958-

Eddie is a war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at an amusement park. On his 83rd birthday he is killed in a tragic accident as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes...

Going in style

Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come throug...

A man called Ove —Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author.

There is something about Ove. At first sight, he is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistant...

The five wishes of Mr. Murray McBride —Siple, Joe, author.

With all his family and friends gone, one-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants ...

The inheritance of loss —Desai, Kiran, 1971-

Set in India in a small Himalayan community along the border with Nepal, its center is the once grand, now decaying home of a melancholy retired judge, his valiant cook, and beloved dog. Sai, the judge's teenage granddau...

Shadows of Foxworth —Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.), author.

"Continuing the events from Beneath the Attic and Out of the Attic, the prequel trilogy to the Dollanganger series comes to a riveting end with The Shadows of Foxworth, a passionate novel about Corrine Foxworth's intense...

The lunchbox

Trying to add some spice to her marriage, Ila prepares a special lunchbox for her husband at work. Unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another worker, Saajan. Curious about the lack of reaction from her hus...

The authenticity project a novel —Pooley, Clare.

Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own li...

A visit from the Goon Squad —Egan, Jennifer, author.

Johnny English strikes again

The UK is in peril. Five days before the PM is to host her first G12 summit, MI7₂s security is breached and every agent in the field identified and exposed. The only hope of finding the perpetrator is to bring an agent o...

Zorba the Greek —Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957, author.

The sowing season : a novel —Powner, Katie, author.

"After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga doesn't know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for the land--his time, his health, his family--with no...