What we're reading
What we're reading: Ariel Levy, M.R. Carey & Patrick Modiano
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Mike Shuttleworth is reading The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano (translated by Mark Polizzotti)
Paris is a place that many of us think about – and some of us think about it a lot. But nobody thinks about Paris with the total obsession of Patrick Modiano, the 2014 Nobel Prize winner for Literature.
I’ve just…
What we're reading: Alice Munro, Bill Hayes & Sophie Hénaff
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Bronte Coates is reading The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
After deciding to read something ‘topical’ for our next meeting, my book club picked The Handmaid’s Tale. With a buzzing new series currently streaming, and seemingly endless think pieces on this book’s relevance to today’s politics, it seemed am obvious choice. I fell in…
What we're reading: Lil Wayne, Shaun Considine & Hera Lindsay Bird
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Mark Rubbo is reading Spoils by Brian Van Reet
Set in Iraq in 2003 just after the US invasion, Spoils is a moving and complex novel that examines the illogicality of war and allegiances. Van Reet is a veteran of the Iraq war, so brings a special perspective to this complex story. His writing is…
What we're reading: Wesley Lowery, Mel Campbell and Anthony Morris
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Bronte Coates is reading They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
They Can’t Kill Us All is a compact, fiercely galvanising read about the birth of the Black Lives Matter protest movement. Wesley Lowery is singularly placed to tell this story. Reporting for The Washington Post, he was on the streets during the…
What we're reading: Tom McCarthy, Jennifer Wright and Michelle Forbes
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Chris Somerville is reading Remainder by Tom McCarthy
It took me a few tries to get into Remainder. There was something about the unnamed narrator’s voice that wasn’t off-putting exactly, but it wasn’t entirely agreeable either. It’s both precise and vague.
What won me over though was its premise. At the beginning of the…
What we're reading: Elif Batuman, Philip Kerr and Trevor Noah
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Bronte Coates is reading The Idiot by Elif Batuman
I’m a third of the way through The Idiot and loving it. This is such a smart, surreal and absorbing campus novel; Elif Batuman is a sharp and insightful writer, with a talent for bringing out the funny side of everyday life. The eponymous idiot of…
What we're reading: Bill Hayes, Jenevieve Chang and Ariel Levy
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Amy Vuleta is reading Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
I’ve just started reading Insomniac City by Bill Hayes. This is a memoir of New York City, of insomnia and grief, of loss and love, and of the author’s relationship with the writer and neurologist, Oliver Sacks. I can already tell this is going to be…
What we're reading: Bernadette Brennan, Zoe Whittall and John Darnielle
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Stella Charls is reading Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
I recently inhaled John Darnielle’s creepy and wonderful second novel. As I wrote in my review, Universal Harvester is a remarkable psychological thriller, as original as it is ambitious. The narrative starts out as a suspenseful page-turner, then evolves into a unsettling study of family and…
What we're reading: Ian McDonald, Cath Crowley and Sarah Bakewell
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Jan Lockwood is reading Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
I don’t normally read YA as there is already so much choice on adult shelves. But I was encouraged to try Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley by a colleague and I’m so glad I did. For me, this book is every bit…
What we're reading: Melissa Keil, Heather Taylor Johnson and Jessica Friedmann
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Chris Gordon is reading Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor Johnson
I read Jean Harley Was Here is one sitting. Heather Taylor Johnson tells the story of what happens to the friends and family in the aftermath of the titular character’s death. It’s a clever novel which somehow manages to avoid being overly emotional…
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