5 books to add to your reading list this autumn

  • <p>Autumn has arrived and with it cooler temperatures and longer nights. Make the most of the cosier evenings with author Allison Pearson's top five books recommendations for the coming season. She'll also be talking at 2018 Althorp Literary Festival, which takes place between 5 - 7 October, so make sure you <a href="https://spencerofalthorp.com/visit/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:book your tickets here now." class="link rapid-noclick-resp">book your tickets here now.</a></p>
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    Autumn has arrived and with it cooler temperatures and longer nights. Make the most of the cosier evenings with author Allison Pearson's top five books recommendations for the coming season. She'll also be talking at 2018 Althorp Literary Festival, which takes place between 5 - 7 October, so make sure you book your tickets here now.

  • <p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/transcription,kate-atkinson-9780857525888" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"I swear I would read anything by the lady wizard Kate Atkinson, even her shopping list. This major new novel about a young woman recruited into the wartime secret service promises to be as thrillingly good as <em>Life After Life</em>. I can’t wait." </p><p><em>Transcription by Kate Atkinson, £20, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/transcription,kate-atkinson-9780857525888" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
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    1) Transcription by Kate Atkinson

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    "I swear I would read anything by the lady wizard Kate Atkinson, even her shopping list. This major new novel about a young woman recruited into the wartime secret service promises to be as thrillingly good as Life After Life. I can’t wait."

    Transcription by Kate Atkinson, £20, Foyles

  • <p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/putney/sofka-zinovieff/9781408895757" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"A compulsive page-turner about a transgressive relationship between a young composer and a nine-year-old girl. Morally and emotionally complex, it will make you really think about what we mean by consent and abuse. Nabokov for now."</p><p><em>Putney by Sofka Zinovieff, £14.99, <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/putney/sofka-zinovieff/9781408895757" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Waterstones" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Waterstones</a></em></p>
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    2) Putney by Sofka Zinovieff

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    "A compulsive page-turner about a transgressive relationship between a young composer and a nine-year-old girl. Morally and emotionally complex, it will make you really think about what we mean by consent and abuse. Nabokov for now."

    Putney by Sofka Zinovieff, £14.99, Waterstones

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  • <p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-house-in-little-chelsea,clare-hastings-9781910258965" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"This beguiling little book mixes fact and fiction to recreate the life of a house in Chelsea – the house in which the author lives – from 1873 to the 1920s. Perfect Christmas present for aunts, and everyone else really."</p><p><em>The House in Little Chelsea by Clare Hastings, £12.99, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-house-in-little-chelsea,clare-hastings-9781910258965" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
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    3) The House in Little Chelsea by Clare Hastings

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    "This beguiling little book mixes fact and fiction to recreate the life of a house in Chelsea – the house in which the author lives – from 1873 to the 1920s. Perfect Christmas present for aunts, and everyone else really."

    The House in Little Chelsea by Clare Hastings, £12.99, Foyles

  • <p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/education/summary-of-warlight-by-michael-ondaatje,bookhabits-9781388285289" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"I’ve found Ondaatje slightly hard going in the past, but the latest novel from the author of <em>The English Patient</em> is just glorious. Set in post-war London, it tells the story of a boy and his sister apparently abandoned by their mother and looked after by a revolving cast of eccentrics rendered with Dickensian verve. My hot tip for the Booker Prize."</p><p><em>Warlight by Michael Ondaatje, £8.83, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/education/summary-of-warlight-by-michael-ondaatje,bookhabits-9781388285289" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
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    4) Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

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    "I’ve found Ondaatje slightly hard going in the past, but the latest novel from the author of The English Patient is just glorious. Set in post-war London, it tells the story of a boy and his sister apparently abandoned by their mother and looked after by a revolving cast of eccentrics rendered with Dickensian verve. My hot tip for the Booker Prize."

    Warlight by Michael Ondaatje, £8.83, Foyles

  • <p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-silence-of-the-girls,pat-barker-9780241338070" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"One of our greatest living novelists reimagines the Trojan War from the point of view of the long-suffering women. Was Achilles an absolute heel? Find out in these deeply pleasurable pages."</p><p><em>The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker, £18.99, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-silence-of-the-girls,pat-barker-9780241338070" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
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    5) The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker

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    "One of our greatest living novelists reimagines the Trojan War from the point of view of the long-suffering women. Was Achilles an absolute heel? Find out in these deeply pleasurable pages."

    The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker, £18.99, Foyles

<p>Autumn has arrived and with it cooler temperatures and longer nights. Make the most of the cosier evenings with author Allison Pearson's top five books recommendations for the coming season. She'll also be talking at 2018 Althorp Literary Festival, which takes place between 5 - 7 October, so make sure you <a href="https://spencerofalthorp.com/visit/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:book your tickets here now." class="link rapid-noclick-resp">book your tickets here now.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/transcription,kate-atkinson-9780857525888" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"I swear I would read anything by the lady wizard Kate Atkinson, even her shopping list. This major new novel about a young woman recruited into the wartime secret service promises to be as thrillingly good as <em>Life After Life</em>. I can’t wait." </p><p><em>Transcription by Kate Atkinson, £20, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/transcription,kate-atkinson-9780857525888" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/putney/sofka-zinovieff/9781408895757" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"A compulsive page-turner about a transgressive relationship between a young composer and a nine-year-old girl. Morally and emotionally complex, it will make you really think about what we mean by consent and abuse. Nabokov for now."</p><p><em>Putney by Sofka Zinovieff, £14.99, <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/putney/sofka-zinovieff/9781408895757" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Waterstones" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Waterstones</a></em></p>
<p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-house-in-little-chelsea,clare-hastings-9781910258965" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"This beguiling little book mixes fact and fiction to recreate the life of a house in Chelsea – the house in which the author lives – from 1873 to the 1920s. Perfect Christmas present for aunts, and everyone else really."</p><p><em>The House in Little Chelsea by Clare Hastings, £12.99, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-house-in-little-chelsea,clare-hastings-9781910258965" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
<p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/education/summary-of-warlight-by-michael-ondaatje,bookhabits-9781388285289" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"I’ve found Ondaatje slightly hard going in the past, but the latest novel from the author of <em>The English Patient</em> is just glorious. Set in post-war London, it tells the story of a boy and his sister apparently abandoned by their mother and looked after by a revolving cast of eccentrics rendered with Dickensian verve. My hot tip for the Booker Prize."</p><p><em>Warlight by Michael Ondaatje, £8.83, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/education/summary-of-warlight-by-michael-ondaatje,bookhabits-9781388285289" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
<p><a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-silence-of-the-girls,pat-barker-9780241338070" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:BUY NOW" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">BUY NOW</a></p><p>"One of our greatest living novelists reimagines the Trojan War from the point of view of the long-suffering women. Was Achilles an absolute heel? Find out in these deeply pleasurable pages."</p><p><em>The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker, £18.99, <a href="http://foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-silence-of-the-girls,pat-barker-9780241338070" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Foyles" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">Foyles</a></em></p>
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