Read & Recommended
If you’re looking for an idea for your next book — maybe an author you haven’t discovered or read before — here are some titles we have enjoyed.
Click here for previous years’ “Book of the Year”.
“The Artist” ~ by Lucy Steeds
In search of an interview with a celebrated but elusive artist, Joseph, a young journalist and conscientious objector, travels to Provence during the scorching summer of 1920. The object of...
“The Homemade God” ~ by Rachel Joyce
Four siblings have lived their entire lives in the shadow of Vic, their famous artist father. The eldest, Netta, strives to be the most like Vic in personality – forthright...
“The Names” ~ by Florence Knapp
What’s in a name? A person’s name sometimes seems indissolubly linked to their very identity, so that even the sound of a name evokes memories long after we have lost...
“The Correspondent” ~ by Virginia Evans
Every day, Sybil Van Antwerp sits at her desk and writes letters. She writes letters to her friends, her neighbours, to famous authors, to the local university – they are...
“Helm” ~ by Sarah Hall
After a turbulent start to June, it seems appropriate that this month’s book review touches on that peculiarly British fascination: the weather. The Helm is the UK’s only named wind,...
“The Land in Winter” ~ by Andrew Miller
This enjoyable novel is set around the freezing cold of Christmas 1963. Andrew Miller excels at conveying to his reader not only the time setting but also the bleakness of...
