Top 2025 reads so far

Philippa reveals her Top 5 Crime Fiction, Top 5 Fantasy & Sci-Fi and Top 5 books from other genres for the year so far.

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Interview with Philip Jones editor of The Bookseller Magazine and interview with Author Nick Alexander about his latest book Where Do We Go From Here?

There are reviews of:

 The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke

So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne

Assembly by Natasha Brown

HRT by Kathy Lette

Nick recommends:

Blue Skies by TC Boyle

Blue Skies by Michael Cunningham

Puffball by Faye Weldon 

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Interview with Elizabeth Lim about A Forgery Of Fate 

Elizabeth recommends:

Luck Of The Titanic by Stacey Lee

The Floating World by Axie Oh

Wolf For A Spell by Karah Sutton

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I interview Martin Walker about An Enemy in the Village

I review:

The Gathering by CJ Tudor.

It's Always The Husband by CL Taylor

& An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Martin Edwards recommends:

Sir Nigel by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montsarrat.

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I interview V E Schwab about “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil”

V E Schwab recommends:

Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters

 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

The Green Bone Saga (1st book in series is Jade City) by Fonda Lee

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I chat to Alison Barrow PR Director as a regular slot where we lift the lid on the publishing world. Today Alison answers a question about book blurbs.

I review the following books:

The Death Of Us by Abigail Dean

Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers 

18 by Alice Loxton

Susie chats about her book reviewing journey so far and her plans for the future.

Susie recommends:

The Death Of Us by Abigail Dean

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I interview Linwood Barclay about Whistle

Linwood recommends 3 books:

The Big Empty by Robert Crais

Long Island by Colm Tóibín

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

(And also mentions The Blue Hammer by Ross Macdonald)

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I chat to David Headley about Capital Crime. Information on the festival can be found here: https://www.capitalcrime.org

I interview Salma Ibrahim about Salutation Road

I review:

Into the Fire by GD Wright

Death At The White Hart by Chris Chibnall

Glitterball by Yasmin Wilde. 

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10 bookish things I don’t buy - book tag.

(Book tag originally done by Shades of Orange on YouTube)

1. Bookmarks
2. Books signed by author
3. Book formats - not special edition
4. Harbacks
5. Bookish swag
6. Book cart 
7. Book subscription service
8. Book journal
9. Ebooks
10. Kindle

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I interview Jane Casey about her latest book The Secret Room 

I review:

This House of Burning Bones by Stuart MacBride

By Your Side by Ruth Jones 

& The Trad Wife’s Secret by Liane Child.

The three books Jane Casey recommends are 

The Guests by Agnes Ravatn

The Last Days of Summer by Sara Manning

The Death of Us by Abigail Dean

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