The Baghdad Clock, by Shahad Al Rawi
For fans of the Kite Runner, the story follows two girls who meet in an air raid shelter and quickly become best friends. We see their friendship evolve as they grow up in a world in turmoil. This award-winning novel reveals what it’s like to grow up in a city that is slowly disappearing.
Travel to: Iraq
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 257 pages
Breathless in Bombay, by Murzban F Shroff
Fourteen stories from one spectacular country, Breathless in Bombay features a range of vibrant characters in fascinating situations, from the laundry wallas’ water shortage problems to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend.
Travel to: India
Genre: Short story
Pages: 320 pages
Wally Funk’s Race for Space, by Sue Nelson
Wally Funk was part of the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots in the Woman in Space Programme. Wally passed a series of rigorous tests, with scores as good as or better than the male Mercury 7 astronauts. One week before the final phase of training, the programme was cancelled. Sue Nelson writes the story of a trailblazing female aviator who has still not given up on her dream.
Travel to: Space
Genre: Biography
Pages: 320 pages
The Valley at the Centre of the World, by Malachy Tallack
Set in the rugged west coast of Shetland where sheep and soil are in abundance, The Valley at the Centre of the World will take you away from long journeys. This gripping story about community and isolation is set where David has lived all his life, like his ancestors before him. It’s a place where Sandy may have finally found a home; a place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband.
Travel to: Scottish Isles
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 304 pages
I Know You, by Annabel Kantaria
After moving to England, Taylor turns to social media for company when she finds herself lonely. She is looking for real friends, but someone is not who they seem. This work of fiction by Dubai-based British author Annabel Kantaria was described as a ‘clever, tense thriller’ by Heat.
Travel to: England
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 384 pages
