Ian’s Read & Recommended
“The Seventh Son” by Sebastian Faulks
This novel is set in the future so a significant change for Sebastian Faulks, best known for "Birdsong" among several more historical books. It starts in 2030 and ranges through...
“Orbital” by Samantha Harvey
This novella, just 136 pages long, is far removed from Samantha Harvey's earlier much praised novels but in it's own right has been very well received and justifiably so. She...
“The Story of the Forest” by Linda Grant
This title succinctly sums up Linda Grant's new book as when 14 year old Mina Mendel ventures into the forest outside Riga to find mushrooms it becomes her family's saga....
“Memphis” by Tara M Stringfellow
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and was glad that I was prompted/reminded about it when it was long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2023. Memphis as a...
“Trust” by Hernan Diaz
This is an ambitious novel which the author carries off with success. A story divided into four sections, each following on from the earlier, consecutive but interlinked. A deep engrossing...
“Horse” by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is one of those American writers that does not seem to have become established on this side of the Atlantic in any comparable way to her US standing,...
