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
Paperback, 2010
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + 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
$12.95Member price:$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
$6.00Member price:$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/
Paperback, Mass Market, 2008
$6.95Member price:$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jane Eyre
Charlotte BrontëFive BooksCharlotte Brontë was born #OnThisDay in 1816. 'Jane Eyre' is one of the most recommended books on Five Books. https://t.co/pLoglBDIha
Hardcover, 2018
$25.00Member price:$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
$14.00Member price:$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
$17.00Member price:$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
$11.00Member price:$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol: A Faithful Reproduction of the Original First Edition
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
Hardcover, 2021
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Plays
William ShakespeareFive BooksWilliam Shakespeare was born and died #OnThisDay. Which were Shakespeare's best plays? Votes and explanations from 3 very respected Shakespeare scholars: https://t.co/2HQ7DwRfVk
Paperback, 2010
$33.75Member price:$16.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book