John Higgs Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
John Higgs on X
Author of Love And Let Die, William Blake Versus The World, Watling Street, Stranger Than We Can Imagine, The KLF etc

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color
William Blake
London folk - I'll be celebrating/reading/trying to make sense of William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in pub near London Bridge on June 7th, come along! https://t.co/TwTxnE6mIL
Paperback, 1994
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
Greg Jenner
@greg_jenner @nikkigamble I hope the writing begins soon - I very much enjoyed Dead Famous
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Tom Holland
@kilroy_s Ooh, where to start? Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is a must, obvs. Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. Anything by David Keenan or RAW. Storyland by Amy Jeffs. Dominion by Tom Holland. And I'm very much looking forward to Alan Moore's new one!
Paperback, 2021
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Remains?: Life, Death, Ritual and the Human Art of Undertaking
Rupert Callender
I'm going to be interviewing @wayswithweirds Ru Callender, the KLFs undertaker, about his extraordinary book What Remains? in Kingston near Lewes on Sept 10 https://t.co/j5ZfWTiVuI
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Men at War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945
Luke Turner
Great book post today - @LukeATurner's Men At War is inspired, deeply human and a great read, while @IanDunt's examination of how fucked up Westminster is looks horribly necessary. Find them in bookshops now! https://t.co/5bGv06QdcT
Hardcover, 2024
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden
@kilroy_s Ooh, where to start? Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is a must, obvs. Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. Anything by David Keenan or RAW. Storyland by Amy Jeffs. Dominion by Tom Holland. And I'm very much looking forward to Alan Moore's new one!
Hardcover, 2022
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien
@kilroy_s Ooh, where to start? Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is a must, obvs. Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. Anything by David Keenan or RAW. Storyland by Amy Jeffs. Dominion by Tom Holland. And I'm very much looking forward to Alan Moore's new one!
Paperback, 2024
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: (Annotated Edition)
William Blake
London folk - I'll be celebrating/reading/trying to make sense of William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in pub near London Bridge on June 7th, come along! https://t.co/TwTxnE6mIL
Out of stock

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Amy Jeffs
@kilroy_s Ooh, where to start? Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is a must, obvs. Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden. Anything by David Keenan or RAW. Storyland by Amy Jeffs. Dominion by Tom Holland. And I'm very much looking forward to Alan Moore's new one!
Out of stock