TOP FIVE BOOKS

  • Book cover for the Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts.

    Lost Pianos of Siberia

    The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts is a travelogue tracing her epic journey across Siberia to find a piano for a Mongolian pianist. Roberts uncovers the region’s turbulent history and the remarkable survival of pianos in remote, harsh landscapes

  • Book cover titled 'Burma' by Paul Theroux, featuring a silhouette of a person in traditional attire sitting on a ledge overlooking ancient temples in a foggy landscape in Burma.

    Burma Sahib

    Paul Theroux’s Burma Sahib follows Eric Blair, later to be known as George Orwell, through his uneasy years as a colonial police officer in Burma. It reveals his alienation, moral struggles, and growing disillusionment with imperial rule.

  • Cover of a book titled 'A Farewell to Arms' by Ernest Hemingway, featuring a drawing of soldiers ascending a snowy mountain with a backdrop of snow-covered peaks.

    Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms follows American ambulance driver Frederic Henry in World War I as he falls in love with nurse Catherine Barkley, facing love, loss, and the horrors of war.

  • Book cover of "Into the Silence" by Wade Davis, featuring a black and white historical photograph of a group of explorers or mountaineers in front of Mount Everest. The cover includes praises from the Sunday Times, mentions that the book won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2012, and highlights its themes of war, Mallory, and Everest.

    Into the silence

    Wade Davis’s Into the Silence explores the British Everest expeditions of the 1920s and the sad fate of George Mallory. Linking the expeditionaries to World War I, It’s a rich blend of adventure, history, and spiritual endurance.

  • Book cover for 'The Escape Artist' by Jonathan Freedland. The cover features a black background with a torn paper effect revealing train tracks leading to Auschwitz concentration camp, with the title in large yellow letters.

    The Escape Artist

    Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist tells the extraordinary true story of Rudolf Vrba, who became the first Jew to escape Auschwitz in April 1944. Determined to warn the world, Vrba risked everything to reveal the truth of the Holocaust and save countless lives.