Tom Vowler 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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Word botherer, lecturer, wild swimmer. "I'm writing a novel." "Neither am I."

A Horse Walks Into a Bar
David Grossman
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Goat Mountain
David Vann
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Luckenbooth
Jenni Fagan
@Jenni_Fagan very much enjoying your written words just now #luckenbooth
Hardcover, 2022
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harvest: Man Booker Prize Finalist
Jim Crace
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
Paperback, 2013
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Night Boat to Tangier
Kevin Barry
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 I must add Elmet (Fiona Mozley) and Night Boat to Tangier (Kevin Barry) - both stunning. None of my list partic Bolano-esque...but you will emerge dazed and changed (as I did with Fox Fires)
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Fire
Shirley Hazzard
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
Paperback, 2004
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elmet
Fiona Mozley
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 I must add Elmet (Fiona Mozley) and Night Boat to Tangier (Kevin Barry) - both stunning. None of my list partic Bolano-esque...but you will emerge dazed and changed (as I did with Fox Fires)
Hardcover, 2017
$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Being Dead
Jim Crace
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
Paperback, 2001
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Swimming Home
Deborah Levy
@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
Paperback, 2012
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner
Iris Murdoch
@JDaviesPhD To borrow from Iris Murdoch, the sea, the sea...and cold-water exposure generally.
Paperback, 2001
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book