The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E For me, like so many, The Vanishing Half was a stand out book of last year. I love a good multi-generational family saga and this is a superb on
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
A monumental book befitting yesterday’s monumental day across the pond. The Prophets is the story of Samuel and Isaiah, slaves and soulmates on the Halifax Plantation in Mississi
Dear Life by Rachel Clarke
D E A R L I F E Dr Rachel Clarke is a former journalist who changed careers to medicine and now specialises in palliative care — a term I have always, somewhat ignorantly, associ
Failosophy by Elizabeth Day
A little touch of pink on what is apparently Blue Monday. I suppose the positive about this particular day this year at least, is that after the monumental shocker that was 2020, i
Ramona by Beverly Cleary
F O R K I D S Last lockdown was *all* about Harry Potter for my eldest (she’s seven). This lockdown is still all about Harry — but mainly in @lego form as we have bee
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
No caption will do this justice. This book is *so* important for *so* many reasons which we attempt to articulate in our IGTV coming this evening. In the meantime, we urge you to f
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
R O D H A M This was a surprise favourite of the year, a book that we both absolutely loved for so many reasons. Be sure to check out our wine and gin accompanied Bibliochat review
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay by Michael Chabbon
This book takes me back … about thirteen years back to be precise. I was in the middle of a work experience stint at HarperCollins for what was Harper Press (where I ended up
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
T H E S U P E R B. B E S T S E L L L E R Y O U M A Y N O T H A V E R E A D Scrolling through #bookstagram makes it clear that there is a plethora of books that it feels a
A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness
LOCKDOWN RECOMMENDATIONS Welcome to one of my literary safety blankets – books that I keep on coming back to. When I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2011 I found myse
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke by Ayad Akhtar
Piranesi is a book unlike any other; it takes you into another world that, despite this novel’s relatively short length, you will feel you know intimately by its conclusion. Pira
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
Apeirogon (an infinitely sided shape in case you didn’t know, which I most certainly didn’t — and I still don’t know how to pronounce it) is the story of two fathers — th