The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini | 
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan | 
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah | 
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd | 
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate | 
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini | 
America's First Daughter
by Stephanie Dray | 
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett | 
The Book Of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill | 
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson | 
The Sunne In Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman |
This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger | 
I Am Livia
by Phyllis T. Smith | 
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni | 
The Rent Collector
by Camron Wright | 
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak | 
Necessary Lies
by Diane Chamberlain | 
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett | 
Underworld
by Don DeLillo |
Paris, 1903. Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald, one of the greatest heroes of the British Empire, is facing ruin in a shocking homosexual scandal when he meets the notorious occultist, Aleister Crowley. As they set out into the night on a wild journey through the sinful city, the story of Macdonald's tragedy begins to unfold - with startling revelations both for the General and the aspiring magician. In a tale that ranges from the battlefields of Sudan to the backstreets of Edinburgh, Jake Arnott brings alive a fascinating, forgotten figure of history, and a world trembling on the brink of a brutal new era. Black magic, Baden-Powell and Islamic revolution are just some of the ingredients in this bold and exhilarating novel, which explores imperialism, sexuality and the very nature of belief with an immediacy that resonates into the present.