Recommendations (List)

Brian

Jeremy Cooper

Literary Fiction

The Spare Room

Helen Garner

Literary Fiction

Entitlement

Rumaan Alam

Literary Fiction

The Artist

Lucy Steeds

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Myself and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

Memoir

Death of a Gossip

M C Beaton

Crime Fiction

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction

The Well Gardened Mind

Sue Stuart-Smith

Nature writing

From Source to Sea

Tom Chesshyre

Travel

Ingrained

Callum Robinson

Memoir

How to Live

Sarah Bakewell

Philosophy

Absolutely and Forever

Rose Tremain

Literary Fiction

Chewing the Fat

Jay Rayner

Food writing

Space

Tim Peake

Science

Enlightenment

Sarah Perry

Literary Fiction

Silence

Erling Kagge

Philosophy

The Garden Against Time

Olivia Laing

Memoir, Nature writing

The Bookshop Woman

Nanako Hanada

Memoir

The 44 Scotland Street Series

Alexander McCall Smith

Light Fiction

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Classics, Philosophy

Miracle Workers

Simon Rich

Literary Fiction, Light Fiction

The Odyssey

Stephen Fry

Mythology, Literary Fiction

Slow Horses

Mick Herron

Thrillers

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Literary Fiction, Science Fiction

Em and The Big Hoom

Jerry Pinto

Literary Fiction

Utopia for Realists

Rutger Bregman

Society/Economics

The Pedant in the Kitchen

Julian Barnes

Food writing

How to Age Disgracefully

Claire Pooley

Light Fiction, Literary Fiction

Missing Person: Alice

Simon Mason

Crime Fiction

Midnight in Vienna

Jane Thynne

Thrillers, Historical Fiction

A Month in the Country

J.L. Carr

Literary Fiction

Mountains of the Mind

Robert Macfarlane

Travel, Adventure, Exploration

Comfort Eating

Grace Dent

Food writing

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

Memoir

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

Literary Fiction

The President's Hat

Antoine Laurain

Light Fiction

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

John Le Carre

Thrillers

Ex Libris

Anne Fadiman

Books on Books/Reading

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Psychology, Mental Health

Still Life With Remorse

Maira Kalman

Art

A Matter of Death and Life

Andrey Kurkov

Light Fiction

Priestdaddy

Patricia Lockwood

Memoir

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle

Travel

The Importance of Being Interested

Robin Ince

Science

When We Cease To Understand The World

Benjamin Labatut

Literary Fiction

The Hours Before Dawn

Celia Fremlin

Crime Fiction

This is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Science Fiction

Assembly

Natasha Brown

Literary Fiction

The Valley of Flowers

Frank S Smythe

Nature writing, Adventure

Mendelssohn Is On The Roof

Jiri Weil

Literary Fiction

The Creative Act

Rick Rubin

Art, Philosophy

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Seamas O'Reilly

Memoir

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

Literary Fiction

A Place of My Own

Michael Pollan

Memoir

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Memoir

How to be Idle

Tom Hodgkinson

Philosophy

Liquid Gold

Roger Morgan-Grenville

Memoir, Nature writing

Three Days in June

Anne Tyler

Literary Fiction

Second Nature

Michael Pollan

Nature writing, Memoir

Middlemarch

George Eliot

Classics, Literary Fiction

Home Cooking

Laurie Colwin

Food writing

84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

Books on Books/Reading

Hum

Helen Philips

Science Fiction

The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told

Various

Indian Translations

Cooked

Michael Pollan

Food writing

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Science Fiction

Travels With My Aunt

Graham Greene

Literary Fiction

Candide (or Optimism)

Voltaire

Classics

In The Woods

Tana French

Crime Fiction

The Miniaturist

Jessie Burton

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

These are some of our recent reads that we would heartily recommend

Brian

The Spare Room

Entitlement

The Artist

Myself and Other Animals

Death of a Gossip

The List of Suspicious Things

The Well Gardened Mind

From Source to Sea

Ingrained

How to Live

Absolutely and Forever

You Are Here

Chewing the Fat

Space

Enlightenment

Silence

The Garden Against Time

The Bookshop Woman

The 44 Scotland Street Series

Walden

Miracle Workers

The Odyssey

Slow Horses

I Who Have Never Known Men

Em and The Big Hoom

Utopia for Realists

The Pedant in the Kitchen

How to Age Disgracefully

Missing Person: Alice

Midnight in Vienna

A Month in the Country

Mountains of the Mind

Comfort Eating

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Enter Ghost

The President's Hat

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Ex Libris

The Anxious Generation

Still Life With Remorse

A Matter of Death and Life

Priestdaddy

A Year in Provence

The Importance of Being Interested

When We Cease To Understand The World

The Hours Before Dawn

This is How You Lose the Time War

Assembly

The Valley of Flowers

Mendelssohn Is On The Roof

The Creative Act

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Sandwich

A Place of My Own

Careless People

How to be Idle

Liquid Gold

Three Days in June

Second Nature

Middlemarch

Home Cooking

84, Charing Cross Road

Hum

The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told

Cooked

Project Hail Mary

Travels With My Aunt

Candide (or Optimism)

In The Woods

The Miniaturist