#3 - Number9Dream - David Mitchell

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2001.

The second Novel from the crticially-acclaimed author of GHOSTWRITTEN and CLOUD ATLAS.

As Eiji Miyake's twentieth birthday nears, he arrives in Tokyo with a mission - to locate the father he has never met. So begins a search that takes him into the seething city's underworld, it's lost property offices and video arcades, and on a journey that zigzags from reality to the realm of dreams. But until Eiji has fallen in love and exorcised his childhood demons, the belonging he craves will remain, tantalizingly, just beyond his grasp.

#2 - The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene

During a viscous persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whiskey priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.

#1 - The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 

'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ... fantastic' ZADIE SMITH 

Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents – it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings. 

He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic of North Korea. 

He knows he must find his true love, Sun Moon, the greatest opera star who ever lived, before it’s too late. 

He knows he’s not like the other prisoners in the camp. He’s going to get out soon. 

Definitely.