Five Books 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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Alice in Wonderland
Lewis CarrollFive BooksLewis Carroll died #OnThisDay 1898. His most famous work was Alice in Wonderland. "Although the book is ancient the humour feels modern. It’s also very dark. I can’t tell you how many jokes there are about dead children in it." humour writer Larry Doyle https://t.co/8HTolBrIEy
Hardcover, 2018
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James JoyceFive BooksNew to James Joyce? We recommend the best place to start. Want help reading Ulysses? We recommend companion reading. #JamesJoyce https://t.co/OpC9ec0D16 …
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Liberty
John Stuart MillFive BooksJohn Stuart Mill the philosopher and political econo,ist, died #OnThisDay in 1873. His book 'On Liberty', is, by general agreement, the best clear, short statement of the key idea of liberalism: https://t.co/j4BSCTAT89
Paperback, 2002
$6.00$3.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Persuasion
Jane AustenFive BooksWith Netflix's Persuasion getting mixed reviews you might want to stick to the original. "Persuasion is really the best of the Jane Austen books." Distinguished Austen scholar Patricia Meyer Spacks. https://fivebooks.com/people/books-by-jane-austen/
Hardcover, 2012
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha ChristieFive Books"Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend." The Mysterious Affair at Styles. by Agatha Christie. Her grandson, Mathew Prichard, talks us through his favourite Agatha Christie books. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/agatha-christie-mathew-prichard/
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
David Copperfield
Charles DickensFive BooksCongratulation to Barbara Kingsolver for winning the 2023 Pulitzer Fiction prize with Demon Copperhead. It "reimagines Charles Dickens‘s David Copperfield as set in the Appalachian Mountains...A true saga with a cast of thousands. Compulsively readable" https://t.co/m7BYQePdB1
Paperback, 2012
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldFive Books“In the early 1920s, Fitzgerald and his friends were talking about the idea of what American literature should be.” F Scott Fitzgerald died #OnThisDay in 1940 @sarahchurchwell's #readinglist on The Great Gatsby: https://fivebooks.com/best-books/sarah-churchwell-on-the-great-gatsby/
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Woman in White
Wilkie CollinsFive Books"He said—correctly—that his tombstone would say: 'Author of The Woman in White.'" Jason Hall of @uniofexeter on Wilkie Collins, the Victorian novelist whose page-turners continue to enthral: https://t.co/LC0JJ5yj23 …
Paperback, 2003
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol
Charles DickensFive Books“Dickens's writing is like a series of presents that never stop coming”: the best Christmas tales by Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, recommended by @OWC_Oxford editor of A Christmas Carol, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. https://t.co/2Zd1vKuukj
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Women
Louisa May AlcottFive BooksLouisa May Alcott was born #OnThisDay in 1832. Her famous novel 'Little Women' has been recommended by a lawyer, an historian and an author. "It contains a powerful message to young women, namely that they do not have to marry in order to achieve success." https://t.co/9FDYhQ6FE5
Hardcover, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book