John Simpson 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 Simpson on X![User avatar](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
Broadcaster & author, trying to make sense of a mad world. Presenter of ‘Unspun World’ on @BBCTwo, BBC World etc. Instagram @johnsimpsonnews.
![Book Cover for: Long Ago and Far Away: Remembering Vietnam Fifty Years On, Robert K. Griffith](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781638673446.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753405)
Long Ago and Far Away: Remembering Vietnam Fifty Years On
Robert K. Griffith![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
@robertrea Long ago and far away — thank you, dear Robert.
Paperback, 2022
$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Wind in the Willows: The Classic Heirloom Edition Hardcover with Slipcase and Ribbon Marker, Kenneth Grahame](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781646433049.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753405)
The Wind in the Willows: The Classic Heirloom Edition Hardcover with Slipcase and Ribbon Marker
Kenneth Grahame![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
Kenneth Grahame went to St Edward’s School in Oxford, and used to roam round the city and its rivers and waterways instead of playing sports. Decades later, in 1908, he wrote ‘The Wind in the Willows’. Wonder where he got his early ideas from? https://t.co/bNMP41aEyL
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Rainbow: A Journey to Unconditional Love, John T. Long](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9798415908868.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753405)
The Rainbow: A Journey to Unconditional Love
John T. Long![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
On tonight’s ‘Unspun World with John Simpson’: the unpalatable facts about Russia’s ability to fight a long war, why have things gone so terribly wrong for the Rainbow Nation, South Africa, — & what makes Hungary’s Viktor Orban tick? @BBCTwo, 11.15, & @BBCiPlayer #Unspun.
Paperback, 2022
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Long Ago and Far Away, Robert Joseph](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781506193977.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753405)
Long Ago and Far Away
Robert Joseph![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
@robertrea Long ago and far away — thank you, dear Robert.
Paperback, 2015
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, Ronald Blythe](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781590178300.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709849142)
Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village
Ronald Blythe![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
The great Ronald Blythe, Suffolk man & author of ‘Akenfield’ & the ‘Word from Wormingford’ columns, has died at the age of 101. Just the other day my publisher, John Murray, sent me his latest and final book, ‘Next to Nature’. I’d always hoped to meet him. https://t.co/ZbTl1TqLcT
Paperback, 2015
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Word from Wormingford: A Parish Year, Ronald Blythe](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781848257108.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709842924)
Word from Wormingford: A Parish Year
Ronald Blythe![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
The great Ronald Blythe, Suffolk man & author of ‘Akenfield’ & the ‘Word from Wormingford’ columns, has died at the age of 101. Just the other day my publisher, John Murray, sent me his latest and final book, ‘Next to Nature’. I’d always hoped to meet him. https://t.co/ZbTl1TqLcT
Hardcover, 2013
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580, Eamon Duffy](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780300254419.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753405)
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
Eamon Duffy![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
@last_of_england @DrFrancisYoung I fully agree. ‘The Stripping of the Altars’ is magnificent. Eamon Duffy is a friend of mine, but even if I’d never met him it would still be one of my two or three favourite works of history.
Paperback, 2022
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside, Ronald Blythe](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781399804660.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848307)
Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside
Ronald Blythe![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
The great Ronald Blythe, Suffolk man & author of ‘Akenfield’ & the ‘Word from Wormingford’ columns, has died at the age of 101. Just the other day my publisher, John Murray, sent me his latest and final book, ‘Next to Nature’. I’d always hoped to meet him. https://t.co/ZbTl1TqLcT
Hardcover, 2023
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, Anne Applebaum](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9798217014323.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1717973441)
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
Autocracy, Inc. is clear-sighted and fearless…deeply disturbing; it couldn’t be anything else. But Applebaum’s research is as always thoroughgoing, which makes it a lively pleasure to read…it is a masterclass in the marriage of dodgy government to international criminality.
Paperback, Large Print, 2024
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: 1984, George Orwell](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781849432269.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753405)
1984
George Orwell![John Simpson](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/f404dbed-6ebf-4c03-b47b-121af19e533d.webp)
This is a photo of Room 101 at BBC Broadcasting House before it was destroyed in the rebuilding. Why George Orwell selected this room as his ultimate torture chamber in ‘1984’ I’ve no idea. The comedy interview show came later… https://t.co/29YcJbAkBl
Paperback, 2012
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book