Anne Hillerman I read to take a mini-vacation in my own living room, to go back in history, forward in time, or to a place I love and had forgotten. More Anne Hillerman
The Hunt for Red October Clancy’s debut novel launched a spectacular career and introduced the world to a new hero, Jack Ryan. More
Love and War in the Apennines The early life story of a man who would become one of Britain’s best-loved literary adventurers. More
Flashman When this novel was first published, many critics mistakenly accepted it as a genuine historical memoir. More
Gorky Park First book in the Arkady Renko series, which became an instant bestseller and changed the crime fiction genre. More
1973: William Collins and Sons secures the rights to Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago… William Collins and Sons secures the rights to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, an eye-opening work that exposes in startling detail the horrors of the communist regime in Russia. More
Master and Commander First book in O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, widely regarded as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. More
Jack Higgins Why I write: Some years ago, although enjoying great success, I was accused by certain literary critics of repeating myself too much in my work. More Jack Higgins