Top 10: Feel Good Books
Of late, I’ve been asked a number of times for book recommendations from people who are going through difficult times: facing serious illness…
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Top Ten Lists on various themes
Apocalypse Now! Top 10 Novels about the End of Days
The Ark is set in a post-peak oil scenario in which society as we know it collapses. So I’ve spent a lot of…
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Top 10 Coming-of Age Stories
One of the characters in my forthcoming novel The Ark is fifteen year old Roscoe. I feel for Roscoe, coming of age in…
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Top Ten Books About New York
I suspect more books and films are set in New York City than any other city in the western world, so much so,…
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Top Ten Page-Turners
Once upon a time, I hated staying home on Saturday nights. I guess I must be getting old because Saturday night found me…
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Top 10 Books that Crack Me Up
Ever since I read Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue in 2012 I have been meaning to read another of his books and I finally got around to Wonder…
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Top Ten Book Club Books
Some time ago I asked the members of my book club what they thought made a good book club book. Most agreed that…
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Best Books of 2013
I’ve read lots of wonderful books this year; these are my very favourites, in no particular order. Follow the links for full reviews/responses: Specimen…
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Top 10 Travel Novels
1. Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway (1961) I know this book finds its way onto a lot of my lists but I…
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Top 10: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll
For me, tales of addiction are compelling in that ‘fascination of the abomination’ kind of way. Here are some of my favourites, based…
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