Not so much commentary. Classics all in recognised publisher editions, as ever a purely partial selection for 99p. Apart from the Murakami which is so good it’s worth a whole 1.99, possibly more if you are a runner.
CLASSICS
The Great Gatsby
The Decameron
Classics from the 1001 Nights
Germinal – Zola
The World of Blandings – Wodehouse
NON-FICTION
What I Talk About when I talk abour running – Murakami. Don Delillo is apparently a runner too (fits) and I’d love his slim volume on 10k’s but this is delight for us runners.
The Dreamer – Cliff Richard. I dream of helicopters over my house…oh hang on.
A Dream about Lightning Bugs – Ben Folds
Catch Me If You Can – Frank Abagnale – inspro for the film
This your Brain on Music – Daniel Levitin – great medical/psychological investigation into how music works on us.
NOVELS
About A Boy – N Hornby
Anathem – Neal Stephenson
Brooklyn – Colm Toibin
Post Office – Bukowski
Amy and Isabelle – Elizabeth Strout
SF
Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury
THRILLERS
The One from the Other – Philip Kerr
And today only for 99p is Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie which is possibly the best use of 99p you could ever have. It’s one of the best novels of the past fifty years.
two to add:
The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth (one of his two good thrillers)
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith
And of course – Robbo: Now you’re gonna believe us. 99p.
But that’s that terrible footba thing.
So, just to say I did like Anathem and it is better read on a Kindle so you don’t have to support the 1000+ pages.
Blandings! A bargain at twice the price!
Thanks for the heads up, @moseleymoles
Exit by Belinda Bauer was 99p a couple of weeks back. Not sure if it still is. She’s a terrific crime writer though
Any relation to Jack? There’s a man who needs to write a book…
Jesus, he’s too busy to sit down on the toilet and read a book never mind sit down at a desk and write one