Check out our top book choices that have also been made into TV shows & Films!

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

Written with the narrative drive and emotional punch of a novel, The Zookeeper’s Wife is a remarkable true story. It shows us the human and personal impact of war – of life in the Warsaw Ghetto, of fighting in the anti-Nazi resistance. But more than anything it is a story of decency and sacrifice triumphing over terror and oppression. Jan and Antonina saved over 300 people from the death camps of the Holocaust. It has already been acclaimed by Jonathan Safran Foer: ‘I can’t imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper’s Wife will touch every nerve you have.’

Now a major motion picture, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl, based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II.

Read the book here and then watch the film here. 

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

A laugh-out-loud feminist memoir from one of the boldest new voices on the web.

Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn’t always loud. It’s difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice – and how she found it! That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living standing up for what’s right instead of what’s cool.

In Shrill, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people’s jokes, to telling her own brand of jokes – ones that carry with them with a serious message and aren’t at someone else’s expense. She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she’s had to overcome to make herself heard, in a society that doesn’t think women (especially fat women and feminists) are or can be funny.

Shrill has been made in a rip-roaringly hilarious series featuring Aidy Bryant.

Once you’ve read the book here, you can binge the first two series on BBC iPlayer today here!

A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet.

Yet James couldn’t resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas.

Soon the two were inseparable and their diverse, comic and occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other’s troubled pasts.

A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving and uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it.

The uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets of Covent Garden and the ginger cat who adopts him and helps him heal his life. Now a major motion picture starring Luke Treadaway.

Read the book here and then watch the film here.

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall – named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow.

Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining . . .

Stardust is an enchanting and enthralling novel from Sunday Times bestseller and master storyteller Neil Gaiman. ‘Charming in every sense of the word, and deeply satisfying’ (Time Out), it will delight fans of Terry Pratchett and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, as well as those who loved the feature film starring Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett and Michelle Pfeiffer among others.

Read the book here and watch the film here.

Something to look forward to…

Beth O’Leary’s second novel The Switch is going to adapted into a screenplay! With Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner Rachel Brosnahan (from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) attached to the leading role, we couldn’t be more excited! You can find out more here.

The Switch is out now!