Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War. Noah is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories...until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again.

Like a puzzle within a puzzle, the story of Noah and Allie is just the beginning. As it unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes. The result is a deeply moving portrait of love itself, the tender moments and the fundamental changes that affect us all. It is a story of miracles and emotions that will stay with you forever.

Set in the slums of eighteenth-century France, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer explores the extraordinary sense of smell of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille from his birth. Despite his great olfactory gift, Grenouille's lack of personal scent makes him different from other people. His life's journey leads him to apprentice himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him to harness his remarkable talent in mixing precious oils and herbs.

Grenouille's talent turns into an obsession, as he desires to capture the scents of various objects and ultimately, the elusive aroma of a beautiful young virgin. This fixation sets him on a path of increasingly terrifying acts, culminating in a quest to create the ultimate perfume. Patrick S\u00fcskind's novel is a haunting narrative of murder and sensual depravity, told with a brilliant flair that captivates the reader.