I picked this book up secondhand when I was in Hay-on-Wye, not realising it was actually quite an obscure little gem. It’s hard to describe because it’s so short, yet…
Felt like an obvious September pick, but this wasn’t the effortless read I expected. I’ve enjoyed Bowen before, yet I found myself wading through a slightly disjointed narrative, with many…
This felt like a really amazing book to be reading during a Jane Austen anniversary year in Bath. Plus, what a great #spinsterseptember2025 finale: arguably one of the most famous spinsters! Carol…
This work cements Forster’s ability to capture emotional truths within their wider social context. Love, jealousy, friendship, and suspicion are never free-floating, but shaped and refracted through history, class, and…
This was the quintessential autumnal #spinsterseptember read with a supernatural feminist twist: a woman escapes family obligations and relocates to a small village in the Chiltern Hills and becomes a witch! 🧙♀️…
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) was a British novelist, playwright, and short story writer whose works continue to fascinate. Some of her works have been made into iconic films and series,…
This was a fun #spinsterseptember2025 read where both the victim and some suspects fit the spinster description! Spinsters plus murder make for a fun read. What happens when an unpopular medical secretary…
This International 2025 Booker Prize winner is an interesting milestone: the first ever Kannada-language work to win, it’s also actually the first short story collection to win too….which is amazing,…
This novel was not what I expected: I had imagined something closer to a memoir or a journalistic exploration of post-civil war Sri Lanka. Instead, A Passage North is a…
Translated superbly by Antonella Lettieri, this 2025 Italian novel is a winner. Tutta la vita che resta came out in 2024 and it’s great to see this book translated into…