David Hebblethwaite 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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Adventures in reading, small publishers and fiction in translation especially. Yorkshireman down south.

The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty
Here are my thoughts on The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty, which has won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize this evening. #WDFP https://t.co/gfH6VCZQvj
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker
I've been reading The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker. Fascinating to read it at this distance, now that the physicality of the office environment has changed (disappeared?) so much. https://t.co/LMQiZlPrAC
Paperback, 2010
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Seven Steeples
Sara Baume
Time to start reading the @GoldsmithsPrize shortlist. I've already read Seven Steeples by Sara Baume, which quietly got under my skin. #GoldsmithsPrize2022 https://t.co/tLiHChZspf
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hawthorn & Child
Keith Ridgway
@damiankelleher Mildew by Paulette Jonguitud Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt Hawthorn & Child by Keith Ridgway Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal
Paperback, 2013
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Losing the Plot
Derek Owusu
On my site today: Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu, longlisted for the @dylanthomprize // #SUDTP23 @canongatebooks @midascampaigns https://t.co/cQ1xin8VQh
Hardcover, 2024
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Years
Annie Ernaux
I really enjoyed Annie Ernaux's book The Years (tr. Alison L. Strayer)... https://t.co/2zMcDqJzEx
Paperback, 2017
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Shock
Keith Ridgway
My thoughts on A Shock by Keith Ridgway, well-deserved winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. https://t.co/2PmZeqTL9T
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels
Agota Kristof
My first post for #WITMonth: on the powerful experience of reading Ágota Kristóf's trilogy - The Notebook, The Proof and The Third Lie (available from @CBeditions) https://t.co/3TD5AQzbEP
Paperback, 1997
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Seeing Red
Lina Meruane
@lucyatkins Seeing Red by Lina Meruane is about a character who loses her sight suddenly.
Paperback, 2016
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life Ceremony: Stories
Sayaka Murata
Sayaka Murata has become one of my must-read authors. Her new story collection Life Ceremony (tr. Ginny Tapley Takemori) is as good as ever... #WITMonth https://t.co/bnL1ekolaw
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book