Book recommendations galore from author Francesca Beauman, who is also publisher and bookshop proprietor of Persephone Books. In her latest book, The Literaray Almanac, Francesca aims to guide readers in choosing books that chime with moments in the year – from hopeful books to read in March to school curriculum classics not-nearly-as-boring-as-you-remember them in September.

We also explore the delights of the Persephone publishing list with old favourites and some exciting new titles.

So listen in and share in the joy of giving ourselves permission to say when we don't like something, and turn instead to something we will love. Enjoy.

Booklist

The Pineapple, King of Fruits and Matrimony, Inc., by Francesca Beauman

The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu 

As It Was by Helen Thomas

A Well Full of Leaves by Elizabeth Myers

The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Notes

Find out more about Francesca at her website francescabeauman.com, or head on over to persephonebooks.co.uk for a browse.

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