posted on: October 19, 2020
: The Best of Wodehouse and Reasons to be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe are the perfect antidote to the news. As Stephen Fry writes in the introduction: “Spread out before you are the finest and funniest words from the finest and funniest writer the past century ever knew.”. Mark Haddon’s murder-mystery novel about a 15-year-old boy who has Asperger’s Syndrome is a classic. Here is a list I drew up maybe fifteen (?) Karenina, however, will swallow you whole with its fateful account of forbidden desire, betrayal and the glamorous Russian elite as they’re forced to relinquish their grip on society’s purse-strings. Dorothea may be English literature’s most maddening protagonist, but Middlemarch has much to recommend it. This book is nostalgia wrapped up in familial warmth and then tied with a ribbon of sunshine (and Lawrence is hot). Evans evokes 1940s London brilliantly – the rationing, the air raid shelters, the desperate measures people took to survive and Noel’s heart-warming relationships with Mattie and Vee. Eileen moves to a hip Shoreditch flatshare, complete with unfriendly neighbours, online dating and coagulated milk in the fridge, and Leena heads north to Hamleigh-in-Harksdale, where she has to contend with gossiping locals and tricky family dynamics. A number of you asked me for a list of books to read during lockdown, mostly novels and fiction (like Plato, right?). © 2020 Condé Nast. If you’re looking for books to make you laugh, What Ho! Let’s face it—you’re probably not going to read War & Peace (if you are, skip the “arable” bits… farming farming, blah blah… get back to Pierre and Natasha). When Leena messes up a work presentation and is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical, the duo decide to swap places. Probably won’t (although it’s on my list of resolutions each and every year). For light relief in dark times, many readers turn to PG Wodehouse, creator of the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster and widely judged to be the greatest comic writer of all time. It’s the story of count Alexander Rostov, who in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution is judged to be an unrepentant aristocrat. You’ll be ordering Rivals before you’ve called time on the first Rutshire Chronicle. Waterstones reported a 400 per cent rise at the end of March, as readers discover they have more time on their hands to finally get through their “to read” list. The Light Years is the first book in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s classic series, The Cazalet Chronicles. Allow these heart-warming novels to provide some much-needed escapism. Email Tyler Best Books to Read During Lockdown: 8 classic tomes to ... Time to take on the books that are too big to read on the tube. It follows the stratospheric rise of its infallible protagonist, Howard Roark, who refuses to compromise art for “achievement”; Roark ploughs his own architectural furrow and builds to the beat of his drum. Here is a list I drew up maybe fifteen (?) This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent. Well, this is your chance. Their dust-gathering days are over… Use the spare time you’ve acquired (if any) to dust off the dusty dust jackets and tackle the tomes that are too big to take on the tube—and too meaty to tackle in morsels. Sex and stable-hands, bonking and horseboxes—Jilly’s ridiculous book about aristocrats in the ’80s is “fluff” with a pulse. Christopher Boone knows a lot about maths but very little about human beings. We’re a fan of Rivals, first published in 1988, which lifts the lid on the cut-throat world of TV. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Your California Privacy Rights. All rights reserved.
For some it’s Riders, set in the world of international showjumping, while others adore Wicked!, her tale of two rival schools. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. When Noel’s school closes, free-thinking former suffragette Mattie teaches him at home, tutoring him in esoteric subjects like the causes of the French Revolution and the nature of freedom. Ad Choices. You can trust our independent reviews. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. You might not be going on holiday any time soon but this heart-warming, witty and wonderful memoir is food for the soul and the ultimate “misery medicine”. Not only is Penguin’s millennial pink Clothbound Classic like catnip for ’grammers, but this (at times exasperating) parable examines all the things that make us tick. Eileen is fed up of being 79 and stuck in a tiny Yorkshire village while her granddaughter, 20-something Leena, is tired of her London life. Lissa Evans’s fourth novel is a gem of a book – funny, endearing and beautifully written. Many people are using the current lockdown situation to curl up on the sofa at home, or in gardens while it’s sunny, and lose themselves in fiction. Here it is.
Books to read during quarantine: Top 7 books to seek out in lockdown BOOKS along with TV and movies are some of the best escapism out there during a lockdown - but what are the best books to seek out? Prepare to be left with some questions…, You’ll like if you love… The Secret History. : The Best of Wodehouse is a collection of his work and was compiled with the support of PG Wodehouse societies around the world. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. This experience inspired her first novel, Five Steps to Happy. Email Alex Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Buy now £ 12.99 , Amazon {{#hasItems}} Nina made her name with the autobiographical Love, Nina, a collection of letters she sent home while working as a nanny on a north London street where neighbours included famous literary names like Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Michael Frayn. Follow @tylercowen, Learn more about Mercatus Center Graduate Student Fellowships. Howard is a superb writer and storyteller and if you enjoy this, you’ve got four more Cazalet books to look forward to – Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change. As one critic put it: “Rivals is as comforting as eating chocolate in the bath.”. Time to take on the books that are too big to read on the tube. Nina Stibbe’s books always bring a smile to our faces and this is no exception. Joan Bakewell, who chaired the judging panel, said of Haddon: “He manages, without patronising the boy’s voice, to reveal the child as a tender and thoughtful person and we see, through the boy, the chaos of the adult world around him.”. Ethically questionable—especially in terms of Roark’s relationship—this problematic novel has a legion of detractors, but however allergic you are to Ayn’s ethos, her manifesto is pretty unputdownable. He loves lists, patterns and the truth, but hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. You’ll like if you love… Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Haven’t read it. There’s nothing like a heart-warming, escapist novel to keep your mind off the coronavirus crisis. On some occasions, we earn revenue if you click the links and buy the products, but we never allow this to bias our coverage. IndyBest product reviews are unbiased, independent advice you can trust. But his life changes when she disappears and he’s taken in by Vee Sedge, whose life is even more chaotic than his own. Well, while we all hope this lockdown will not last long enough to finally finish War and Peace it might still be a good idea to get back to those classic … Those epics you keep on your shelf so your living space looks like a salon (call me Gertrude)? It does have an obscenity trial on its side…, You’ll like if… you’re a glutton for punishment. Sexy, frustrating and ultimately devastating, this charts the collapse of romance and Imperial Russia. And every time someone mentions these books we get embarrassed. We’ve selected some of the most uplifting novels, from the story of a grandmother and granddaughter who come up with a crazy plan to swap lives to the tale of a young amputee who sets herself five challenges to achieve in life – from braving public transport again to learning to dance. Despite the idyllic setting, siblings Hugh, Edward, Rupert and Rachel have each experienced heartache. At the start of the book he has never gone further than the end of the road but when he finds a neighbour’s dog murdered, he sets out on a terrifying journey that turns his world upside down.
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