Toby Lichtig 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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Toby Lichtig is the fiction and politics editor at the TLS. Fiction/Politics Editor at the TLS. Views my own, I hope.

Forbidden Notebook
Alba de Céspedes
This is a brilliant, quietly tumultuous book and a welcome revival of an author too little known in the anglophone world.
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Apeirogon: A Novel
Colum McCann
Here’s me in @WSJBooks on Colum McCann’s new novel #Apeirogon I found it kinda troubling... https://t.co/AKmzqwbzLf
Paperback, 2021
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Howard Jacobson
David Brauner
I reviewed #HowardJacobson’s new memoir. It is very good @JonathanCape https://t.co/tZv7b8so28
Hardcover, 2020
$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
Lars Mytting
I reviewed Lars Mytting’s novel #thesixteentreesofthesomme for @WSJBooks More #norwegianwood, but this time with dynastic legacies, family secrets & hidden treasure @maclehosepress https://t.co/Dacc2iEyR4
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
And next up, Eleanor Catton on her excellent new novel #BirnamWood, her first novel since winning the Booker - and surely a contender for the next one @granta https://t.co/amVQNMD3eB
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
V2: A Novel of World War II
Robert D. Harris
A few words from me about Robert Harris’s highly readable latest WWII thriller #V2 in @WSJBooks @HutchinsonBooks https://t.co/yv08y8YttS
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lean Fall Stand
Jon McGregor
I’m greatly looking forward to talking to @jon_mcgregor this afternoon at 3pm about Antarctica, aphasia and his excellent new novel #leanfallstand @hayfestival #HayFestival2021 https://t.co/oX3xv0NYNq
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Archipelago of Another Life
Andreï Makine
Last year #andreimakine’s extraordinary novel Archipelago of Another Life came out in the UK with @maclehosepress Now it’s out in the US with @skyhorsepub and I’ve just had the privilege of reviewing it for @WSJBooks: https://t.co/nxDz27QM2d
Hardcover, 2021
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Phantoms
Gwendoline Riley
I’m just loving the wonderful Gwendoline Riley’s latest novel, My Phantoms (out this April): another ice-cool dissection of the insurmountable gaps between a mother & daughter (classic Riley). So beautifully poised, funny and sad @GrantaBooks https://t.co/lDPIQdnuiO
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Burma Sahib
Paul Theroux
The examination of Blair’s divided self is intriguing, if heavy-handed. Mr. Theroux has done his research and, although he wears his learning gaudily, many readers will enjoy the bright display.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book