Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 43 No. 10
Selected by the Bookshop
From the publisher:
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse, full of trial and sacrifice, The Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya's Gikuyu people and the ideals of beauty, courage and…
From the publisher:
A uniquely trans take on love, motherhood, and those exes who you just can't quitLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021Shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best first bookAs heard on BBC…
From the publisher:
The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration,…
From the publisher:
This new biography of famed American novelist Philip Roth offers a full account of his development as a writer.…
From the publisher:
Ge Zhaoguang, an eminent historian of traditional China and a public intellectual, takes on fundamental questions that shape the domestic and international politics of the world's most populous country and its second largest economy. What…
Recommended by David:
‘If it wasn’t for fungi, life on Earth would simply be impossible. Merlin Sheldrake’s spell-binding account of mushrooms in all their baffling beauty and diversity details what we know about them (quite a lot) as well as what we don’t (an awful lot more), and is beautifully illustrated by the author’s own artwork, drawn in ink he made from, predictably, fungus.’
From the publisher:
A Sunday Times Book of the Year'A book about love, identity, acceptance and the freedom to write, paint, compose and wear corduroy breeches with gaiters. To swear, kiss, publish and be damned. It is vastly entertaining and often moving ...…
Latest booklists
Latest booklists
