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Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

Laura Cumming

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction art biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy

Atoms and Ashes

Serhii Plokhy

357 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history emotional informative tense medium-paced
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
London Feeds Itself by Jonathan Nunn

London Feeds Itself

Jonathan Nunn

271 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction food and drink sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Long Drop by Denise Mina

The Long Drop

Denise Mina

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed by Catrina Davies

Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed

Catrina Davies

7 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction memoir nature emotional reflective slow-paced
A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip by Alexander Masters

A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip

Alexander Masters

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction autobiography biography memoir reflective medium-paced
The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

The Singing Sands

Inspector Alan Grant #6

Josephine Tey

224 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
As If by Blake Morrison

As If

Blake Morrison

246 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction crime true crime challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You by Ella Berthoud, Susan Elderkin

The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You

Ella Berthoud, Susan Elderkin

420 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction reference self help informative reflective medium-paced