Fiction is at the heart of the “Friend”, and we love to read as much as we love to share our stories with you. Here you’ll find some of the reviews of recent reads from our “On The Bookshelf” pages, to help you pick your next great new novel! Enjoy – and do let us know what you think when you’re done . . .
Book Reviews
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“A Promised Land” By Barack Obama
“The Shape Of Darkness”, by Laura Purcell
“Our Fathers” By Rebecca Wait
“Williams: A Different Kind Of Life” By Virginia Williams
“Daughters Of Night” By Laura Shepherd-Robinson
“The Thursday Murder Club” By Richard Osman
“O Pioneers!” by Willa Cather
“Those Who Are Loved” By Victoria Hislop
“The Vanishing Half” By Brit Bennett
Book Review: “Moby Dick” By Herman Melville
Book Review: “Crime And Punishment”
Book Review: “The Family Upstairs” By Lisa Jewell
Book Review: “The Foundling” By Stacey Halls
Book Review: “The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club”
Book Review: “The Murmur Of Bees”
Book Review: “Travelling To Infinity”
Book Review: “The Shack” By William Paul Young
Book Review: “Written In Bone” By Sue Black
Book Review: “His Bloody Project” By Graeme Macrae Burnet
Book Review: “Shadowplay” By Joseph O’Connor
Book Review: “A History Of Women In 100 Objects”
Some Brilliantly Spooky Books For Halloween Night
Book Review: “Jack”, by Marilynne Robinson
Book Review: “The Silent Companions”
Book Review: “Love, Lies & Linguine”
Book Review: “American Dirt” By Jeanine Cummins
Book Review: “Little Women” By Louisa May Alcott
Book Review: “The Midnight Library” By Matt Haig
Book Review: “Death And Nightingales”
Book Review: “Fair Warning” by Michael Connelly
Book Review: “A Little History Of Poetry”
Book Review: “The Worst Journey In The World”
Book Review: “Leaving Time” By Jodi Picoult
Book Review: “A Farewell To Arms”
Book Review: “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi
Book Review: “Aria” By Nazanine Hozar
Book Review: “The Bloody Chamber”
Book Review: “Three Things About Elsie”
Book Review: “Hamnet” By Maggie O’Farrell
Book Review: “Once Upon A River”
Book Review: “The Long Call”
Book Review: “Where The Crawdads Sing”
Book Review: “Fog Island” By Mariette Lindstein
Book Review: “The Dutch House” By Ann Patchett
Book Review: “The Oceans Between Us”
Book Review: “The Mirror And The Light”
Book Review: “The Tenderness Of Wolves”
Book Review: “Blood And Sugar”
Book Review: “Unexpected Lessons In Love” By Lucy Dillon
Book Review: “Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernadine Evaristo
Book Review: “Women Of The Dunes” By Sarah Maine
Book Review: “The Given Day” By Dennis Lehane
Book Review: “The Doom List”
Book Review: “Raising Boys” By Steve Biddulph
Book Review: “The Forever War” By Joe Haldeman
Book Review: “The Painter” By Will Davenport
Book Review: “A Preacher’s Dozen”
Book Review: Best British Short Stories 2019
Book Review: “The Gods Of Gotham”
Book Review: “The Time Traveller’s Wife”
Book Review: “A Woman Is No Man” By Etaf Rum
Book Review: “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?”
Fiction Ed’s Book Review: “The Hunting Party”
Book Review: “The Stationery Shop Of Tehran”
Book Review: “The Lindchester Chronicles”
Book Review: “Finding Christmas” by Karen Schaler
Book Review: “The Girl In The Letter”
Book Review: “Cold” By Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Book Review: “An American Marriage”
