Author’s Choice – Top 10 Books
1) by Harper Lee. A wonderful story beautifully told by young Scout. Lee says something big but manages to keep it warm and human.
2) by Alice Sebold. A story and characters which stay with you long after you have finished reading. And one of the finest opening paragraphs ever.
3) by Audrey Niffenegger. Fantastically original, Niffenegger encourages us to suspend our disbelief by drawing such realistic characters. One of the best love stories ever.
4) by Nick Hornby. Hornby’s wit and social observations had me smiling from beginning to end. An absolute master at what he does.
5) by David Nicholls. Desperately impressive and an absolute joy. An original idea, superbly executed. Proof that you can write a ‘big’ book about two people’s relationship.
6) by Margaret Atwood. My favourite author. I’m in awe of her ability with words. Her descriptions of the relationship between the schoolgirl bully and victim are superb.
7) by Susan Hill. Read this for ‘O’ level English Literature at school and the sense of foreboding and terror Hill created has never left me.
8) by Jenny Downham. Extraordinarily life-affirming for a book about someone who’s dying. Read the last third with tears streaming down my cheeks.
9) and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby. An amazing memoir painstakingly dictated by Bauby by moving one eyelid. Raw and heartbreaking.
10) by Joyce Dunbar and Debi Gliori. Have read this book more time than any others. The perfect bedtime story for under-fives. My son and I love it.
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