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

Murder Before Evensong

Murder Before Evensong

Richard Coles

Crime Fiction

Death at the Chateau

Death at the Chateau

Ian Moore

Crime Fiction

Clara Reads Proust

Clara Reads Proust

Stephane Carlier

Light Fiction, Literary Fiction

The Gate

The Gate

Natsume Soseki

Literary Fiction

Strangers and Intimates

Strangers and Intimates

Tiffany Jenkins

General Non-Fiction, History, Society/Culture

Is A River Alive?

Is A River Alive?

Robert Macfarlane

Nature writing, Travel, Exploration

Alone: On Different Ways of Living

Alone: On Different Ways of Living

Daniel Schreiber

Memoir

Smallbone Deceased

Smallbone Deceased

Michael Gilbert

Crime Fiction

Gratitude

Gratitude

Oliver Sacks

Memoir, Essays

The Revenge of Analog

The Revenge of Analog

David Sax

Society/Economics, General Non-Fiction

Shop Class as Soulcraft

Shop Class as Soulcraft

Matthew Crawford

Philosophy, Society/Economics

In Xanadu

In Xanadu

William Dalrymple

Travel

The Geography of Bliss

The Geography of Bliss

Eric Weiner

Philosophy, Travel

Brian

Brian

Jeremy Cooper

Literary Fiction

The Spare Room

The Spare Room

Helen Garner

Literary Fiction

Entitlement

Entitlement

Rumaan Alam

Literary Fiction

The Artist

The Artist

Lucy Steeds

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Thunderclap

Thunderclap

Laura Cumming

Art, Biography

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Seamas O'Reilly

Memoir

Sandwich

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

Literary Fiction

The Table Comes First

The Table Comes First

Adam Gopnik

Food writing

A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country

J.L. Carr

Literary Fiction

Mountains of the Mind

Mountains of the Mind

Robert Macfarlane

Travel, Adventure, Exploration

Comfort Eating

Comfort Eating

Grace Dent

Food writing

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

Memoir

Enter Ghost

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

Literary Fiction

You Are Here

You Are Here

David Nicholls

Literary Fiction

Chewing the Fat

Chewing the Fat

Jay Rayner

Food writing

Space

Space

Tim Peake

Science

Enlightenment

Enlightenment

Sarah Perry

Literary Fiction

Silence

Silence

Erling Kagge

Philosophy

The Garden Against Time

The Garden Against Time

Olivia Laing

Memoir, Nature writing

The Bookshop Woman

The Bookshop Woman

Nanako Hanada

Memoir

The 44 Scotland Street Series

The 44 Scotland Street Series

Alexander McCall Smith

Light Fiction

This is for Everyone

This is for Everyone

Tim Berners-Lee

Memoir, History, Technology

The Socrates Express

The Socrates Express

Eric Weiner

Philosophy

The House in the Cerulean Sea

The House in the Cerulean Sea

T J Klune

Literary Fiction, Fantasy

In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life

In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life

Various

Food writing, Essays

On Failing

On Failing

Edited by Amit Chaudhuri

Essays

Things in Nature Merely Grow

Things in Nature Merely Grow

Yiyun Li

Memoir

The Satisfaction Cafe

The Satisfaction Cafe

Kathy Wang

Literary Fiction

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

E C R Lorac

Crime Fiction

Searches

Searches

Vauhini Vara

Society/Politics, Essays

Heat Wave

Heat Wave

Penelope Lively

Literary Fiction

The Cafe With No Name

The Cafe With No Name

Robert Seethaler

Literary Fiction

Pharmacopoeia

Pharmacopoeia

Derek Jarman

Nature writing

The Music Room

The Music Room

Namita Devidayal

Memoir, Art, Music, Biography

I Who Have Never Known Men

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Literary Fiction, Science Fiction

Em and The Big Hoom

Em and The Big Hoom

Jerry Pinto

Literary Fiction

Utopia for Realists

Utopia for Realists

Rutger Bregman

Society/Economics

The Pedant in the Kitchen

The Pedant in the Kitchen

Julian Barnes

Food writing

Myself and Other Animals

Myself and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

Memoir

Death of a Gossip

Death of a Gossip

M C Beaton

Crime Fiction

The List of Suspicious Things

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction

A Place of My Own

A Place of My Own

Michael Pollan

Memoir

Careless People

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Memoir

How to be Idle

How to be Idle

Tom Hodgkinson

Philosophy

Liquid Gold

Liquid Gold

Roger Morgan-Grenville

Memoir, Nature writing

Three Days in June

Three Days in June

Anne Tyler

Literary Fiction

Kitchen Person

Kitchen Person

Rachel Cooke

Food writing

The President's Hat

The President's Hat

Antoine Laurain

Light Fiction

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

John Le Carre

Thrillers

Ex Libris

Ex Libris

Anne Fadiman

Books on Books/Reading

The Anxious Generation

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Psychology, Mental Health

Still Life With Remorse

Still Life With Remorse

Maira Kalman

Art

A Matter of Death and Life

A Matter of Death and Life

Andrey Kurkov

Light Fiction

Priestdaddy

Priestdaddy

Patricia Lockwood

Memoir

The City and the House

The City and the House

Natalia Ginzburg

Literary Fiction

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets

Tom Fort

General Non-Fiction, History, Memoir

Fierce Attachments

Fierce Attachments

Vivian Gornick

Memoir

Reasons not to Worry

Reasons not to Worry

Brigid Delaney

Philosophy

Miss Buncle's Book

Miss Buncle's Book

D E Stevenson

Literary Fiction, Light Fiction

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

Ragnar Jonasson

Crime Fiction

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

Literary Fiction

Old Herbaceous

Old Herbaceous

Reginald Arkell

Literary Fiction, Light Fiction

A Brush with Nature

A Brush with Nature

Richard Mabey

Nature writing

The Sirens' Call

The Sirens' Call

Chris Hayes

Society/Economics

The Murderbot Diaries

The Murderbot Diaries

Martha Wells

Science Fiction

Growth

Growth

Daniel Susskind

Society/Economics

The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began

The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began

Stephen Greenblatt

History

Assembly

Assembly

Natasha Brown

Literary Fiction

The Valley of Flowers

The Valley of Flowers

Frank S Smythe

Nature writing, Adventure

Mendelssohn Is On The Roof

Mendelssohn Is On The Roof

Jiri Weil

Literary Fiction

The Creative Act

The Creative Act

Rick Rubin

Art, Philosophy

How to Age Disgracefully

How to Age Disgracefully

Claire Pooley

Light Fiction, Literary Fiction

Missing Person: Alice

Missing Person: Alice

Simon Mason

Crime Fiction

Midnight in Vienna

Midnight in Vienna

Jane Thynne

Thrillers, Historical Fiction

The Well Gardened Mind

The Well Gardened Mind

Sue Stuart-Smith

Nature writing

From Source to Sea

From Source to Sea

Tom Chesshyre

Travel

Ingrained

Ingrained

Callum Robinson

Memoir

How to Live

How to Live

Sarah Bakewell

Philosophy

Absolutely and Forever

Absolutely and Forever

Rose Tremain

Literary Fiction

Second Nature

Second Nature

Michael Pollan

Nature writing, Memoir

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

George Eliot

Classics, Literary Fiction

Home Cooking

Home Cooking

Laurie Colwin

Food writing

84, Charing Cross Road

84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

Books on Books/Reading

Hum

Hum

Helen Philips

Science Fiction

The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told

Various

Indian Translations

Cooked

Cooked

Michael Pollan

Food writing

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Science Fiction

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