4.14 What Book You Should Read Next
Don’t know what to read next? In this episode, I recommend YOU, the listeners, your next read. I asked you on Instagram for very specific criteria, so I could have the best chance of getting it right! If your request didn’t make it into this episode, let me know if you’d like me to do a part two. If you don’t want to miss out on future audience participation, you can follow me on Instagram @the_community_library. I hope you enjoy the episode x
Our May book club pick is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. This 1961 modern classic novella is about the eccentric teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, and the six pupils she takes under her wing. I’ll be discussing this on Sunday the 30th of May, so I hope you read along with me!
Listen to the episode here
TL;DL? Here are the book recommendations:
Space exploration / adventure sci-fi / romance element: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
‘Weird’ fiction: The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han Yujoo
For someone who’s struggling to find motivation for anything right now: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, The Landlady by Roald Dahl
Short non-fiction about a contemporary social issue: Intimations by Zadie Smith
Similar to The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
A really good story, but also super fun: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gothic fiction: Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Light-hearted and funny that made me laugh out loud: Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade
Which Jane Austen to read first?: Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility
The twelfth book from the right on the third shelf of my bookshelf: The Secret Life of Stars by Lisa Harvey-Smith (the episode in which I interview Lisa can be found here)
Fun and light mystery similar to an Agatha Christie Poirot: A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh, Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
A quick read, but a deep one, where you can’t stop thinking about the characters: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote, Passing by Nella Larsen
A long book full of effective characterisation, but not too depressing: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
Something for the summer; uplifting, nice and breezy: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith