It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people’s home, he is waiting for the... Read more

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was... Read more

Millennium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him... Read more

One boy, one boat, one tiger . . . After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The... Read more

It's the 21st century and global warming is here to stay, so forget the way your country used to look. And get used to the free market, too... Read more

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic... Read more

In 1949, J.B. Priestley published Delight, a collection of short essays on the little things in life that caused even him, a self-confessed old... Read more

Bletchley Park was where one of the war’s most famous – and crucial – achievements was made: the cracking of Germany’s “Enigma” code in which its... Read more

Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd,... Read more

In 1951, a young woman from Baltimore died of cancer. Her death changed medical science for ever. 'One of the most graceful and moving... Read more