Books like Notes from an exhibition by Patrick Gale

The Brothers Karamazov follows a Russian family torn by betrayal, faith, and violence, exploring deep moral questions within 19th‑century Russian society.

In 1935 England, a young woman’s allegation of a crime sets off a chain of events that devastates families, alters lives during the Second World War, and echoes into a later life of remorse and reflection.

In a London flat, two boys grieve their mother’s sudden death while a mysterious crow offers haunting companionship, guiding a family of father, sons, and strangers toward healing.

A novel set against the backdrop of the Cold War, featuring a man trying to distance himself from his past and an artist struggling for independence, exploring themes of masculinity and societal norms.

In 1922 London, a neglected villa becomes a boarding house for a frail widow and her daughter, whose lives collide with a modern couple whose presence shifts the house’s silent routine.

A boy asks questions about his father after he wakes up in his arms.

Queenie Hennessy, facing a terminal illness, writes a poignant farewell letter that sparks an unexpected journey and reveals hidden truths about her life and relationships.

In Tinkers, an aging narrator confronts dementia and the collapse of time, retracing a New England childhood with his estranged father in a poignant meditation on memory, identity, and the fragility of life.

In the late 1960s, 11‑year‑old Richard Everett narrates his unsettling life in an affluent suburb, examining his alienation from privileged parents and his drastic, violent rebellion that foreshadows a darker era.

In 1930s Edinburgh, the Lennox sisters confront Esme’s controversial behavior and her sudden disappearance into a psychiatric institution, a mystery that resurfaces decades later when Iris Lockhart learns of a long‑forgotten family secret.

"Every spring, millions of geese embark on an arduous three-thousand-mile migration from their winter quarters in the southern United States to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. One year William Fiennes decided to go with them. Intrigued by what he'd read about the birds' amazing annual journey, Fiennes was also desperate to emerge from a period of illness and from the belief that, at age twenty-six, his life had ground to a halt.". "The story of his voyage turns out to be about a great deal more than geese. A blend of memoir, natural history, and travel writing, The Snow Geese is also about homecoming: the birds on their long homeward journey north, the romance of homecomings, the urge to leave home and the even stronger need to return. The arc of Fiennes's extraordinary adventure is the backbone of a narrative rich in meditations on philosophy and natural science, and deeply perceptive in its descriptions of both physical and emotional travel."--BOOK JACKET.