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Monocle Radio Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton
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Meet the Writers: Celebrated New Zealand novelist Eleanor Catton sits down with @georginagodwin to talk about her action-packed psychological thriller ‘Birnam Wood’ https://t.co/mu03a3dtbk

Paperback, 2024

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Rosewater

LIV Little
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Konfekt Korner: Liv Little, founder of ‘Gal-dem’, discusses her captivating debut novel, ‘Rosewater’, published by @dialoguebooks https://t.co/ZKf3fy0bY1

Hardcover, 2023

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Why We Play: How to find joy and meaning in everyday life, Joanna Fortune

Why We Play: How to find joy and meaning in everyday life

Joanna Fortune
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On Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to psychotherapist Joanna Fortune about her latest book, ‘Why We Play’ https://t.co/UMbk4uDR0C

Paperback, 2022

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Loving and Living Alone, Amy Key

Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Loving and Living Alone

Amy Key
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On Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to poet and essayist @msamykey about her beautiful new memoir ‘Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life’. https://t.co/gPrWuUwXkn https://t.co/21N9ypzVDd

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cursed Bread, Sophie Mackintosh

Cursed Bread

Sophie Mackintosh
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Meet the Writers: Sophie Mackintosh @fairfairisles tells @georginagodwin about how speaking Welsh has influenced her writing, her first stories on her grandad’s computer, and her latest novel ‘Cursed Bread’, a darkly sexual tale about power and desire. https://t.co/0ShudRHGra

Paperback, 2024

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Glory, Noviolet Bulawayo

Glory

Noviolet Bulawayo
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Meet the Writers: @GeorginaGodwin meets NoViolet Bulawayo, whose new novel ‘Glory’ tells the story of dashed hopes, corruption and greed after the fall of a dictator. https://t.co/j9J6OuZ2b5

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind) [The Surrounded, Thomas Erikson

Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind) [The Surrounded

Thomas Erikson
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On Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to Thomas Erikson, a behavioural expert and the bestselling author of ‘Surrounded by Idiots’, about his latest book, ‘Surrounded by Narcissists’. https://t.co/gPrWuUwXkn

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Well Documented: The Essential Documentaries That Prove the Truth Is More Fascinating Than Fiction, Ian Haydn Smith

Well Documented: The Essential Documentaries That Prove the Truth Is More Fascinating Than Fiction

Ian Haydn Smith
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We speak with Ian Haydn Smith on his new book ‘Well Documented’, a celebration of documentaries. Plus Sudan’s first fashion zine ‘REVout’ and ‘The Bozeman Daily Chronicle’ https://t.co/ehjgeOJJTi

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution, Tania Branigan

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan
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Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to The Guardian’s foreign leader writer @taniabranigan about her new book, ‘Red Memory:Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution’. https://t.co/dhuiLJLUSl

Hardcover, 2023

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid
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Monocle on Culture: International best-selling novelist Mohsin Hamid joins Robert Bound in the studio to discuss his new novel, ‘The Last White Man’. https://t.co/Q6ZvaWcIN2

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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