David Nicholls Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. Becoming ever more reclusive, he'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids old friends and any reminders of her rotten, selfish ex-husband. Curled up with a good book, she's battling the long afternoons of a life that feels like it's passing her by. When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of ten-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for. Michael and Marnie are on the precipice of a bright future... if they can survive the journey.

One life-changing summer Sixteen-year-old Charlie meets Fran... 8 million copies since STARTER FOR TEN first introduced us to his incomparable talent for making us laugh, cry and wince with recognition in the space of a single sentence; ten years after ONE DAY became the iconic love story for a generation; five years since the journey of US took him to the Man Booker Prize long-list; DAVID NICHOLLS has written a major new novel, SWEET SORROW: a hymn to the tragicomedy of ordinary lives, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, blinding explosion of first love that perhaps can only be looked at directly once it has burned out. 'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love' The Times 'There is a sharp empathetic intelligence to his writing that makes his characters real . . . the clear writing often dazzles with truth . . . sad funny, soulful' Observer 'A sublime talent for illuminating the murky causeway that most of us have to navigate between darkness and light' Donal Ryan 'Nicholls' ability to create and then subvert the traditional plot for comedy is the secret of his success. It makes us confront the gap between what we expect from storytelling and what happens in real life' Spectator

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Biochimiste de 54 ans, Douglas Petersen imagine déjà sa retraite auprès de Connie, sa femme artiste, dans leur maison londonienne. Mais celle-ci lui apprend brusquement qu’elle n’est plus certaine de l’aimer. Pathologiquement maladroit et réservé, Douglas va devoir déployer toute son énergie pour reconquérir sa femme et tenter de tisser des liens avec cet inconnu qu’est devenu son fils adolescent. Douglas entraîne alors sa famille sur les traces de leur passé, dans un tour très balisé de l’Europe. Qu’est ce qui pourrait mal tourner ?

To moja pierwsza sprawa o morderstwo powiedział ze złością Wexford. Nie ma żadnej tajemnicy. Herbert Arthur Painter zabił swoją 90-letnią pracodawczynię uderzając ją siekierą w głowę. Zrobił to za 200 funtów Główny Inspektor Wexford, jest pewny, że morderstwo starszej pani zostało popełnione przez pracownika i sąd zgodził się z nim. Ale Henry Archery, który jest zaręczony z córką Paintera zaczyna powątpiewać i zadawać pytania Książka zawiera płytę CD.

'Bad News' takes Patrick into his early 20s. Constrained to fly to New York to collect his monstrous father's ashes, fully in the grip of massive addiction, he endures a weekend hunting for drugs and attempting to avoid figures from David Melrose's life.

New York, fin des années 1930, entre Grande Dépression et Seconde Guerre mondiale, une ville qui se réinvente chaque jour., celle des grandes comédies américaines où des héroïnes sophistiquées et sarcastiques se lancent à la conquête des beaux quartiers sur un air de Gershwin… Katey (née Katya), la narratrice, dactylo dans un cabinet juridique, dissimule soigneusement ses origines (parents immigrés, Brooklyn). Elle a 25 ans, une intelligence redoutable, des nerfs d’acier, un esprit mordant et de l’ambition à revendre. Un soir de réveillon en compagnie de sa colocataire Eve, elle croise l’aristocratique Tinker Grey, un jeune et séduisant banquier qui n’est pas insensible à son charme. Mais le destin en décidera autrement. Responsable de l’accident de voiture qui a défiguré Eve, Tinker installe la blessée dans son luxueux appartement de Central Park. Katey débute une brillante carrière aux éditions Condé Nast. Trente en plus tard, elle tombe sur deux portraits de Tinker dont on a perdu la trace, et se souvient de celui qui a changé son destin…

Dexter, un homme séduisant et insouciant, et Emma, une femme charmante mais complexée, se rencontrent le 15 juillet 1988. Au fil des années, ils vivent une relation tumultueuse faite de retrouvailles et de séparations, réalisant finalement qu'ils sont le plus heureux ensemble. L'histoire se déroule jusqu'en 2004.

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It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on 'The Challenge' than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress, Alice Harbinson. When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a foolproof plan to capture her heart once and for all. He's going to win the game, at any cost, because - after all - everyone knows that what a woman really wants from a man is a comprehensive grasp of general knowledge . . . STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Are you up to the challenge of the funniest novel in years?