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 . . .
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“Songbirds” Book Review

Book Review: “The Angel’s Game”

Our Top 15 “Must-Read” Books

“The Art Of Holy Week & Easter”

Book Review: “A Terrible Kindness” by Jo Browning Wroe

Book Review: The Woman Warrior

Book Review: The Muse by Jessie Burton

“Anxious People”, By Fredrik Backman

Book Review: “Spymaster” by Helen Fry

“The Twyford Code”, By Janice Hallett

Book Review: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Book Review: “The Whistling” by Rebecca Netley

“Christmas At Thompson Hall & Other Christmas Stories”

“Stargazing” by Peter Hill

“King Richard”, by Michael Dobbs

“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee

“Cecily” by Annie Garthwaite

“The Apollo Murders” by Chris Hadfield

“One For The Blackbird, One For The Crow”, By Olivia Hawker

“The Word Is Murder”, By Anthony Horowitz

Book Reviews: Our Historical Crime Recommendations

Five Great Books By “Friend” Writers

“Friend” Favourite Science Fiction Stories

“Still Life” by Sarah Winman

“A Scurry Of Squirrels” By Polly Pullar

“Green Kids Cook” By Jenny Chandler

“The Crown Agent” By Stephen O’Rourke

Book Review: “Project Hail Mary” By Andy Weir

“The Lost Art Of Letter Writing” By Menna Van Praag

“Pan’s Labyrinth” by Guillermo del Toro & Cornelia Funke

Our Favourite Books With Film Adaptations

“Find Them Dead” by Peter James

The “Friend” Favourites: Non-fiction books

Our Favourite Award-winning Novels

Love A Good Thriller? So Do We!

“Bone China” by Laura Purcell

“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
