What I read in October feat @cbeditions.bsky.social @grantamag.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @deixispress.bsky.social @foliosociety.bsky.social

Here’s what I read in August feat @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Here’s what I read in June feat : @fantagraphics.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @3313books.bsky.social @charcopress.com @canongate.co.uk @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social @doubledayuk.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social

Rónán Hession’s third novel is, in my opinion, his most introspective and thought provoking novel to date.

A meditation on life, death , coincidence and hope. All with a mountain in the middle.
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It was a great way to end the month!

What I read in April feat @faberbooks.bsky.social @solarisbooks.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social @bullaunpress.bsky.social @renardpress.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @picadorbooks.bsky.social @nineeightbooks.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social

@faberbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @grantabooks.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Here’s what I read in March feat @thebookerprizes.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social

Here’s my February reading stack, feat: @3313books.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social

Orange cake with glaze

My 2025 International Booker prediction. One book to rule them all: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/t... @pushkinpress.com @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

This superb novel’s translation is FTW - that means For The Wynne thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/m... @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

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@4thestatebooks.bsky.social

Here’s what I read in January: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/b... feat @3313books.bsky.social @influxpress.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @sinoistbooks.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social cont ..

How does he do it? Can i use the word genius? I think it’s deserved? thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/p...

Only Percival Everett can write about serious topics and make the reader laugh hard thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/p...

Queen Annie strikes (gold) again! thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/a... @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

Of loneliness and ursine love: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/m... a gem of a novel @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

Here’s what I read in December thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/31/b... feat : @prototypepubs.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @3timesrebel.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

How can prose replicate music - let Caleb Azumah Nelson show you how: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/c...

What makes this novel great is not only the way Doerr manages to link so many themes but that there a big beating heart in this novel: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/a...

A clever look at identity and displacement: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/n... @tinakover.bsky.social

My top 10 reads of 2024 thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/t... feat @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social @scribepub.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @jencalleja.bsky.social

Tomorrow- my top 10 books of 2024. Can you identify any?

Dolly or folly ? You choose : thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/11/d...

This coming of age/ road trip novel just had me emoting from start to end. WOW thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/h... @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

Dovid Katz, Barnett Zumoff (Translator) – East Broadway to Whitechapel (2024) For those who don’t know, Noir Press specialise in translating Lithuanian literature and making it readily available. To date their back catalogue is filled with gems which reveal the sufferi…

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An enlightening collection of stories about the Yiddish people in New York and London. Another winner from Noir Press