Island of Wings

8 best books like Island of Wings (Karin Altenberg): The Queen of the Night, In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, Confessions of a GP (The Confessions Series), Written in Stone, The Body Lies, The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters, Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction, In the Kitchen

The Queen of the Night

Author	Alexander Chee
ISBN	0618663029

Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singer’s chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past. Only four could have betrayed...

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin

Author	Lindsey Hilsum
ISBN	1473545382

** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK **

‘It has always seemed to me that what I write about is humanity in extremis, pushed to the unendurable, and that it is important to tell people what really happens in wars.’ Marie Colvin, 2001

Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than...

Confessions of a GP (The Confessions Series)

Author	Benjamin Daniels
ISBN	1906321884

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.


A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common...

Written in Stone

Author	Rosanne Parry
ISBN	0375869719

   Rosanne Parry author of Heart of a Shepherd, shines a light on Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s, a time of critical cultural upheaval.

   Pearl has always dreamed of hunting whales, just like her father. Of taking to the sea in their eight-man canoe, standing...

The Body Lies

Author

Jo Baker

A layered and thrilling suspense novel that grapples with how to live as a woman in the modern world - or in the pages of a book - when the stakes are dangerously high.


When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote countryside, it’s meant to be a fresh start, away from the big...

The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters

Author

Nadiya Hussain

The four Amir sisters – Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae – are the only young Muslims in the quaint English village of Wyvernage.On the outside, despite not quite fitting in with their neighbours, the Amirs are happy. But on the inside, each sister is secretly struggling.Fatima is trying to find out...

Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction

Author	Chuck Klosterman
ISBN	0735217920

Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong?

A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs...

In the Kitchen

Author

Monica Ali

Amid the fading glory of the Imperial Hotel, embattled Executive Chef Gabriel Lightfoot tries to maintain his culinary integrity in the hotel's restaurant, while managing an unruly but talented group of immigrant cooks.

Gabriel Lightfoot is an enterprising man from a northern England...