The Mandelbaum Gate
by Muriel Spark | 
The Finishing School
by Muriel Spark | 
The Only Problem
by Muriel Spark | 
The Public Image
by Muriel Spark | 
Three Junes
by Julia Glass | 
Loitering with Intent
by Muriel Spark | 
Everything You Need
by A. L. Kennedy | 
The Key Above the Door
by Maurice Walsh | 
Boyracers
by Alan Bissett | 
A Disaffection
by James Kelman | 
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
by Muriel Spark | 
Original Bliss
by A. L. Kennedy | 
Paradise
by A. L. Kennedy | 
Wild Harbour
by Ian MacPherson | 
When the World Was Steady
by Claire Messud | 
The Storyteller
by Mario Vargas Llosa | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo | 
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 
Anne of Windy Poplars
by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
An election is held at the abbey of Crewe and the new lady abbess takes up her high office with implacable serenity.