Robin Allender Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Robin Allender on X
I was playing a tree trunk in a forest of fools

The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald summed it all up beautifully in The Great Gatsby when he wrote, ‘my underwear kept climbing like a damp snake around my legs’.
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Landlady: An English Memoir
Laura Thompson
New @moonunderpod out today featuring Adrian Chiles. For the pub library I chose The Last Landlady by Laura Thompson as recommended (and published) by @johnmitchinson. The brilliant @BacklistedPod with John and @i_am_mill_i_am also gets a shout out. https://t.co/dlz1ncYx7Y
Paperback, 2020
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Phwoar, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a bit good. Anyone else read it? (I’ve only just started it so no spoilers)
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
Kazuo Ishiguro
My books of the year: Delicacy – Katy Wix My Phantoms – Gwendoline Riley Acts of Desperation – Megan Nolan Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro I’m still reading Finnegans Wake btw
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book