‘Must read’ books
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‘Must read’ book: Precipice – Robert Harris
A tale of infatuation and detection set in England at the outset of the Great War -
‘Must read’ book: Help Wanted – Adelle Waldman
At a big-box retailer in upstate New York, a team of workers is energised by a secret plan -
‘Must read’ book: James – Percival Everett
Everett’s magnificent take on Huckleberry Finn upends Mark Twain’s world -
‘Must read’ book: Long Island – Colm Tóibín
A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world’s great writers -
‘Must read’ book: Close to Death – Anthony Horowitz
Gloriously artificial, improbable, and ingenious. Fans of both versions of Horowitz will rejoice -
‘Must read’ book: Cahokia Jazz – Francis Spufford
Murder and mystery in a fictional city in a rich slice of detective noir -
‘Must read’ book: Prophet Song – Paul Lynch
This year’s Booker Prize novel imagines a fascist Ireland. Yes, it can happen anywhere -
‘Must read’ book: Bournville – Jonathan Coe
The changing face of postwar Britain is brilliantly captured by Jonathan Coe -
‘Must read’ book: The Fraud – Zadie Smith
A dazzling depiction of Victorian colonial England where truth is an illusion -
‘Must read’ book: The Bee Sting – Paul Murray
The epic family novel is alive and well in the masterful hands of Paul Murray -
‘Must read’ book: The Romantic – William Boyd
A rollicking tale of adventure that's both a vivid portrait of a life and a sweeping panorama of the 19th century -
‘Must read’ book: Shrines of Gaiety – Kate Atkinson
A rollicking trip through the London of the Roaring Twenties -
‘Must read’ book: Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton
A New Zealand eco-thiller where no-one gets off Scot-free
