Alom Shaha 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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Dad. Science Teacher. Author: “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?”, "The Young Atheist's Handbook", "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder" & “How to Find a Rainbow” out 02/24
Danny the Champion of the World
Roald DahlAlom Shaha@exitthelemming Listened to “Danny the Champion of the World” read by your father - can’t imagine anyone doing it better. His reading of it really hammers home how well written it is.
Paperback, 2007
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Whereabouts
Jhumpa LahiriAlom ShahaCurrently reading “Whereabouts” by Jhumpha Lahiri. A “novel” written in short chapters, snapshots of the main character’s life with no obvious plot so far. Thought I’ find it annoying but have not read it for couple of days and just found myself wondering about the character
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Jay, the Beech and the Limpetshell: Finding Wild Things with My Kids
Richard SmythAlom ShahaI’ve recommended this widely and many smarter and more famous people have agreed it is brilliant - “The Jay, The Beech, and The Limpetshell” by @RSmythFreelance is a book I *loved* https://t.co/RqgeSeRvdI
Paperback, 2024
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Circe
Madeline MillerAlom ShahaLoved Circe by Madeline Miller and I love her responses to this Q&A (totally agree with her about fantasy novels and Watership Down). https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/11/madeline-miller-i-dove-poetry-never-looked-back-circe
Paperback, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Foster
Claire KeeganAlom ShahaI’ve not read as much as I’d have liked to this past year, but the book that has stayed with me since I read it, the one I’m giving copies of as presents, is “Foster” by Claire Keegan. A small, perfectly formed work of art.
Hardcover, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamin LabatutAlom ShahaAm reading “When We Cease to Understand the World” by Benjamín Labatut and although I can’t yet tell what qualifies it as a “novel”, it is definitely the best “popular science” book I’ve read in a while.
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ruth OzekiAlom Shaha@drewburrett @lokiscottishrap I had a small packet of crisps (not my first of the day) and I managed to read a little more of Ruth Ozeki’s “The Book of Form and Emptiness” which I like very much so far
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Find a Rainbow
Alom ShahaAlom ShahaIt’s clear my next book, “How to Find a Rainbow” is going to be an important and necessary one. Preorder now: https://t.co/3MbAiDUeZG https://t.co/jlkfgPHOYt
Hardcover, 2024
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How High We Go in the Dark
Sequoia NagamatsuAlom ShahaI know some of you like the same sorts of books I do - I’ve nearly finished the post-apocalyptic novel How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu and I’ve found it moving and beautiful.
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood Brothers GCSE Student Edition
Willy RussellAlom ShahaGoing to get tickets for a touring production of “Blood Brothers”, a musical from the 80s by Willy Russell which feels all too timely again https://t.co/eLCHApoX3x… Saw it as a teenager and loved it, partly because its melodramatic premise felt totally Bollywood.
Paperback, 2016
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book