James by Percival Everett
A retelling of Huckleberry Finn with Jim, the enslaved ‘friend’ of Huck as the focus and told from his point … More James by Percival Everett
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Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Imagine a world of privatised prisons, instruments of control that are torture and Black prisoners fighting each other to death … More Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Maror by Lavie Tidhar
I was expecting a fairly normal detective story but what I got is a history of the state of Israel … More Maror by Lavie Tidhar
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
I should imagine that there are quite a few people who hate this book and think that he has got … More Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Lessons by Ian McEwan
I am not a McEwan fan and have tried to read this book twice before but reverted to my tried … More Lessons by Ian McEwan
From a Far and Lovely Country by Alexander McCall Smith
It’s quite hard to write about these books as there are so many (24) in the No 1 Ladies Detective … More From a Far and Lovely Country by Alexander McCall Smith
Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
This is the imagined detail of the wild story of the Bronte siblings – how so many writers came from … More Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
Book 2 of the Rain Wild Chronicles I loved the Fool’s series by Hobb and so I thought I might … More Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
This is the second short story of Keegan’s that I have listened to, the first being Small Things Like These. … More So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
The Wager by David Grann
Not my normal sort of book to read but it appeared in a lot of Best of Booksfor 2023 so … More The Wager by David Grann