Stephanie Merritt 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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Stephanie Merritt is a book critic and author. Alter-ego of Sunday Times #1 bestselling author SJ Parris. Says things for Observer/Guardian/Radio 4. 'Alchemy' (Bruno 7) out now
Number One Bestseller
Brian MorleyStephanie MerrittThis reminds me of my long-held ambition to write a novel whose title is 'NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER' so it can legitimately have that in huge letters on the front. (The best-selling author @wstorr's book is v good btw) https://twitter.com/zcosini/status/1527304809035943942
Paperback, 2011
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Death in Holy Orders: An Adam Dalgliesh Novel
P. D. JamesStephanie MerrittBookish Twitter: what are your favourite country house murder mysteries? Classics or recent - 'country house' in broadest sense, eg closed setting with finite number of suspects, doesn't have to be a literal country house. (for example PD James 'Death In Holy Orders')
Paperback, 2007
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Marriage Portrait: Reese's Book Club
Maggie O'FarrellStephanie MerrittLoved hearing the inside story on Maggie O'Farrell's research for #TheMarriagePortrait last night - you have a treat in store if you haven't read it yet... https://t.co/UBpK30DFMM
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mother's Boy
Patrick GaleStephanie MerrittThis is indeed quite the buffet! 🥪Looking forward to talking about Mother's Boy with Patrick - hope you can join us #HayFestival2022 https://twitter.com/PNovelistGale/status/1525125547759742981
Hardcover, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Nautical Chart
Arturo Perez-ReverteStephanie MerrittHere's a novel waiting to happen... Best books about shipwrecks/lost treasure? I'd have to say The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte 🧭 https://twitter.com/ObserverUK/status/1553667807761403904
Paperback, 2004
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
Hilary MantelStephanie MerrittRevisiting these pieces, with their fierce wit, their dark humour and compassion, is like hearing the voice of an old friend you had not expected to encounter again... A reminder of what a voice we have lost, and how fortunate we are that she left us so much.
Hardcover, 2023
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orbital: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Samantha HarveyStephanie MerrittReading Orbital is a dizzying experience; she evokes the texture of daily life in the space station and pans out to sweeping, lyrical descriptions of the natural world, underpinning both with profound questions about our place in the cosmos. It is an extraordinary achievement...
Hardcover, 2023
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Fragile Earth
Susannah WiseStephanie MerrittLooking forward to chatting to @susannahwise tonight for @waterstones over on Insta Live about her novel This Fragile Earth - join us on the Waterstones account, 7.30! 📱🎙️📚 https://twitter.com/Waterstones/status/1410969006664650752
Paperback, 2022
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Four Thousand
Stephen G. RingelStephanie MerrittOne of the best nf books I read last year, I've been recommending relentlessly (even though I unfortunately kept referring to it as 'Four Thousand Hours', greatly alarming everyone I confidently informed that this was the average lifespan) https://twitter.com/oliverburkeman/status/1512014768160354307
Paperback, 2012
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain PearsStephanie Merritt@lucyatkins Iain Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost. Or Name of the Rose, if he hasn't read.
Paperback, 2000
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book