About to turn 64, writer Paul Auster examines his life through the history of his body
Winter Journal homepage
Ross King tells the story of the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece
Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper homepage
Extracts from Daniel Tammet's book of essays celebrating the joy of mathematics
Daniel Tammet - Thinking in Numbers homepage
Kate Summerscale's book follows a sensational trial in Victorian England
Kate Summerscale - Mrs Robinson's Disgrace homepage
Andrew Blum explores the hidden world of the internet
Tubes: Behind the Scenes at the Internet homepage
Katherine Boo's tale of life, death and hope in the slums of Mumbai. Read by Sudha Bhuchar
Katherine Boo - Behind the Beautiful Forevers homepage
Steve Boggan follows a ten dollar bill across America
Follow the Money homepage
Carmen Bugan's memoir of growing up in Romania in the 1970s and 1980s
Burying the Typewriter homepage
Jonathan Letham wrestles with the role of the writer as public intellectual
The Ecstasy of Influence homepage
Robert Macfarlane walks the ancient paths of England, Scotland and Spain
The Old Ways homepage
Peter Moore's true tale of brutal murder in an English village on Midsummer's Day, 1806
Damn His Blood homepage
Italian journalist Roberto Saviano explores a range of his passions, both light and dark
Beauty and the Inferno homepage
By Roger and Charlie Mortimer. Moving and humorous correspondence between a father and son
Dear Lupin homepage
By Jean Sprackland. Meditation on a year of discoveries on the beach
Strands homepage
Hugh Barker journeys across Britain exploring its remarkable variety of hedgerows
Hedge Britannia homepage
Mark Wallington's humorous account of his ukulele tour of Great Britain
The Uke of Wallington homepage
Four writers explore their sense of identity, what it feels like to be at home in Britain
Granta's Britain homepage
Pico Iyer describes his fascination with author Graham Greene. Read by Paul Bazely
Pico Iyer - The Man within My Head homepage
By Kathleen Jamie. A unique odyssey through the natural world. Read by Maureen Beattie
Sightlines homepage
Barbara Demick's eyewitness account of the siege of Sarajevo. Read by Laurel Lefkow
Besieged: Life Under Fire in a Sarajevo Street homepage
Second World War story about a team of agents recruited to work with a secret committee
Double Cross homepage
Bernie Krause explores nature's music, from plants, animals, wind and rain
The Great Animal Orchestra homepage
The story of Shing Dong Hyuk, who was born in a North Korean Gulag and escaped to the West
Book of the Week: Escape from Camp 14 homepage
Tim Winton reflects on how childhood days spent at the coast have shaped his whole life
Tim Winton: Land's Edge - A Coastal Memoir homepage
Extracts from the memoir of Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, who died in Nov 2011
Svetlana Alliluyeva - 20 Letters to a Friend homepage
Maziar Bahari's account of his arrest and incarceration in Iran's most notorious prison
Then They Came for Me homepage
Peter Ackroyd charts the life of Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins homepage
Michele Hanson's memoir of growing up in 1950s suburbia
Michele Hanson - What the Grown-Ups Were Doing homepage
Robert Byron's travel classic recounts a car journey across Europe in 1926
Europe in the Looking Glass homepage
A portrait of novelist Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend
A Card from Angela Carter homepage
