Apr 26, 2024 Prophet Song By Paul Lynch Relentless and unforgiving; a whirlwind of a novel about a country on the brink of totalitarianism. Fiction / Oneworld Publications / 2023
Mar 22, 2024 The Living Mountain By Nan Shepherd Spellbinding descriptions of walking the hills of the Cairngorms. Non-fiction / Aberdeen University Press / Canongate / 1977
Feb 14, 2024 Cheri By Jo Ann Beard An elegant yet devastating novella in which Beard, somehow, makes the weight of it all feel bearable. Fiction / Serpent’s Tail / 2023
Jan 06, 2024 August Blue By Deborah Levy A beautiful and atmospheric novel about a contemplative concert pianist. Fiction / Hamish Hamilton / 2023
Dec 07, 2023 The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion Didion's powerful book on grief, injected with remarkable brevity, in which she guides readers through her experience with a striking sense of calm. Non-fiction / Fourth Estate / 2005
Nov 07, 2023 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life By Anne Lamott “Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.” Non-fiction / Anchor Books / 1994
Oct 24, 2023 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead By Olga Tokarczuk An eerie murder mystery, dark feminist comedy, and a refreshing take on vegetarianism, all packed into one. Fiction / Fitzcarraldo Editions / 2018
Aug 31, 2023 Hiroshima By John Hersey An incredibly raw retelling of the destruction and death visited upon a population almost eighty years ago. Non-fiction / Alfred A .Knopf, Inc. / 1946
