Alison Hennessey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Publishing Director of Raven Books. Lover of the gripping & the gothic, the contemporary & the cunning. Comprehensive school girl in literary world.

Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
I really loved this piece from @ImogenWK on going on a Gone Girl themed river cruise attended by Gillian Flynn herself https://t.co/Ux3jSe8Kbj
Paperback, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
@AmyDonegan Also did some excellent holiday reading while I was away, if I do say so myself: reading @alicemjslater's Death of a Bookseller, @CSittenfield's Romantic Comedy, @katherine_heiny's Games & Rituals and beloved Ann Patchett's Tom Lake and I recommend each and every one.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Early Morning Riser
Katherine Heiny
@RosannaForte Same same. Just when I was beginning to hope I was somehow magically immune too. Have you read Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny? It’s honestly one of the most warm, charming, wry books I have read and is what I’m re-reading in my fevered state.
Hardcover, Large Print, 2021
$38.95$19.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kingdoms
Natasha Pulley
And it's so lovely to see two Bloomsbury titles on the HWA Gold Crown shortlist - including @natasha_pulley's The Kingdoms, which I was lucky enough to edit and was dazzled by Natasha's blend of real history, time travel and alternative history. https://t.co/UMDR6I9Qlo
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Children of Green Knowe
L. M. Boston
@rosieandrews22 Have you read the children of green knowe by Lucy Boston? younger than The Dark is Rising audience but properly magical. I reread it every Christmas. (Caution, if you haven’t read it it will give you entirely unrealistic expectations of what a Christmas tree should be like)
Paperback, 2002
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
I really do get the best book post. Thank you @katyaellis_! If you haven’t yet read The Great Believers by Rebecca Maki, it is one of the best novels I have read in years (and I am still ENRAGED by the actions of one character in particular.) https://t.co/iY3w3dICgj
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Birdcatcher
Gayl Jones
@KirkdaleBooks Hello! Do you have a copy of The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones in stock, by any chance?
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Never Have I Ever
Joshilyn Jackson
Really delighted to see that @JoshilynJackson’s Never Have I Ever was the fifteenth bestselling ebook in September! Especially when you look at those big names at the top of the chart. It’s currently only £3.34 on ebook for those who want to see what they’ve missed so far 👀 https://t.co/ZF0PbNkHOq
Paperback, 2020
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
@Louiestowell Ok, I am relieved it's not just me shocked by this! Does this mean Hilary Mantel did NOT write Wolf Hall?
Paperback, 2021
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret History: A Read with Jenna Pick
Donna Tartt
The Secret History was published in 1992; The Little Friend was published in 2002; The Goldfinch was published in 2013. So *surely* this means we’re owed a new Donna Tartt very soon….?
Paperback, 2004
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book