FT Weekend 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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Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
Andrea WulfFT WeekendThose who enjoy literary non-fiction should check out Carl Wilkinson's selection of the top new titles of 2022 – including @KeironPim's Endless Flight, @irenevalmore's Papyrus and @andrea_wulf's Magnificent Rebels #booksof2022 📚https://t.co/wAZBQjwpHm
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret Garden
Frances Burnett HodgsonFT WeekendFrances Hodgson Burnett's childhood favourite The Secret Garden has enchanted generations of readers. Now, access to the plot that inspired the literary classic is up for grabs with this Kent mews house, on the market for £845,000 https://t.co/3bucwczP59
Paperback, 2021
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pride and Prejudice
Jane AustenFT WeekendStep inside Rosings Park, the enormous country house where Lady Catherine de Bourgh lives in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice – the subject of this week's Fantasy Home column: https://t.co/6t3nwOyyy8
Paperback, 2018
$14.62$7.31 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pride & Prejudice
Jane AustenFT WeekendWhat's behind Jane Austen's enduring appeal? 200 years after she wrote the novels, new screen adaptations – like Fire Island (based on Pride & Prejudice) – keep coming. Lifelong Austen fan @brookeamasters & prof Caroline Bicks discuss on @ftweekendpod 🎧 https://t.co/gcmiRnEsRY https://t.co/LGuPboV5Lm
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Crossroads
Jonathan FranzenFT WeekendJonathan Franzen's Crossroads 'has what all great fiction should have,' writes Jon Day. 'A generosity towards (if not a liking for) its characters, and a capacity to be in two minds, both about itself and the world it describes.' Read his review 📚https://t.co/7NrY1VLpdd
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Malibu Rising: A Read with Jenna Pick
Taylor Jenkins ReidFT WeekendFan of audio books? 🎧 In our Summer Books 2021 series, @AlexClark3 picks her favourite titles of the year so far, from @SineadOConnor's Rememberings to @GordonBrown's Seven Ways To Change the World and @tjenkinsreid's Malibu Rising #FTReadingList https://on.ft.com/3qfITMv
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lucky Breaks
Yevgenia BelorusetsFT WeekendFrom the archives: Yevgenia Belorusets’ Lucky Breaks is a collection of eccentric stories on sideline encounters with Ukrainian women — manicurists, florists, cosmetologists, card players — whose lives have been caught up in the Donbas conflict https://t.co/os4DEGmLG0
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyFT WeekendFollowing her bestseller Normal People, Sally Rooney’s 'quietly brilliant' new novel of 'luxurious prose' is called Beautiful World, Where Are You. Here's our reviewer's verdict: https://t.co/NYCFfNLobV
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar WildeFT WeekendStay Wilde: step inside Mayfair's new Oscar Wilde-inspired hotel. Surrounded by its Art Deco lighting, leather banquettes and lush, jewel-toned furnishings, you'll think you are in The Picture of Dorian Gray… https://t.co/KidLBEpYyr
Paperback, 2003
$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul NewmanFT WeekendDo Paul Newman’s privately shared outpourings constitute a memoir? And would fellow actor Alan Rickman truly have wanted 26 books of personal diaries pruned to present him as an inveterate name-dropper? Our critic ponders these questions, and more: https://t.co/2qDDlFBAgH
Hardcover, Large Print, 2023
$35.99$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book