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#146: Our Top 10 Books of 2025
Our favourite reads of the year! Welcome to episode 146. We turn the whole episode over to our run-down of our ten favourite books from a year in reading. As has become a tradition, we will then ch…
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New ep: Our top 10 books of 2025! www.stuckinabook.com/146-our-top-...
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A novel to fill you with hope - Douglas Bruton's extraordinary Hope Never Knew Horizon: www.stuckinabook.com/hope-never-k...
Hope Never Knew Horizon (2024) by Douglas Bruton
You might have seen by now that Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton was one of my favourite reads of the past year. Bruton himself happened to stumble across me talking about it, and very kindly sent …
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January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A novel to fill you with hope - Douglas Bruton's extraordinary Hope Never Knew Horizon: www.stuckinabook.com/hope-never-k...
A novel to fill you with hope - Douglas Bruton's extraordinary Hope Never Knew Horizon: www.stuckinabook.com/hope-never-k...
Hope Never Knew Horizon (2024) by Douglas Bruton
You might have seen by now that Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton was one of my favourite reads of the past year. Bruton himself happened to stumble across me talking about it, and very kindly sent …
www.stuckinabook.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A novel to fill you with hope - Douglas Bruton's extraordinary Hope Never Knew Horizon: www.stuckinabook.com/hope-never-k...
Why I loved The Dutch House by Ann Patchett: www.stuckinabook.com/the-dutch-ho...
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Sometimes, reading a book that everyone was reading a few years ago can make you feel more behind the times than reading something from a century ago. I knew about The Dutch House (2019) by Ann Pat…
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January 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Why I loved The Dutch House by Ann Patchett: www.stuckinabook.com/the-dutch-ho...
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So many great reading ideas here!
New ep: Our top 10 books of 2025! www.stuckinabook.com/146-our-top-...
#146: Our Top 10 Books of 2025
Our favourite reads of the year! Welcome to episode 146. We turn the whole episode over to our run-down of our ten favourite books from a year in reading. As has become a tradition, we will then ch…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
So many great reading ideas here!
Reposted by Simon Thomas
New ep: Our top 10 books of 2025! www.stuckinabook.com/146-our-top-...
#146: Our Top 10 Books of 2025
Our favourite reads of the year! Welcome to episode 146. We turn the whole episode over to our run-down of our ten favourite books from a year in reading. As has become a tradition, we will then ch…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New ep: Our top 10 books of 2025! www.stuckinabook.com/146-our-top-...
New ep: Our top 10 books of 2025! www.stuckinabook.com/146-our-top-...
#146: Our Top 10 Books of 2025
Our favourite reads of the year! Welcome to episode 146. We turn the whole episode over to our run-down of our ten favourite books from a year in reading. As has become a tradition, we will then ch…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New ep: Our top 10 books of 2025! www.stuckinabook.com/146-our-top-...
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett totally beguiled me. I started thinking it was fine... but she drew me in and I will be so sad to leave this world (in 60pp's time)
January 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett totally beguiled me. I started thinking it was fine... but she drew me in and I will be so sad to leave this world (in 60pp's time)
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A great read from @blpublishing.bsky.social - "Stories for Lovers" by a collection of excellent mid-to-late-20th-century writers librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/b... #booksky 📚💙
January 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A great read from @blpublishing.bsky.social - "Stories for Lovers" by a collection of excellent mid-to-late-20th-century writers librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/b... #booksky 📚💙
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A new blog post today. My thoughts on STORIES FOR WINTER AND NIGHTS BY THE FIRE featuring authors such as Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Bowen, Shirley Jackson and more.
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Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire – Angela Carter, Shirley Jackson, Katherine Mansfield & more…
Published as part of the British Library Women Writers series, Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire gathers a marvellous collection of winter-set stories. Alongside established literary …
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January 13, 2026 at 6:54 AM
A new blog post today. My thoughts on STORIES FOR WINTER AND NIGHTS BY THE FIRE featuring authors such as Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Bowen, Shirley Jackson and more.
readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/s...
readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/s...
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"Nadhim Zahawi, a few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British you are. Your comments are offensive and racist. I would be frightened to live in a country run by you'"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"Nadhim Zahawi, a few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British you are. Your comments are offensive and racist. I would be frightened to live in a country run by you'"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
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Some thoughts on Joan O'Donovan's 1959 novel The Visited (and why she should really have picked one genre) www.stuckinabook.com/the-visited-...
The Visited (1959) by Joan O’Donovan
The Visited (1959) by Joan O’Donovan is yet another book that I’ve read because of a post by Brad. Well, if he starts a post by talking about ‘misfit spinsters’, you know I&…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Some thoughts on Joan O'Donovan's 1959 novel The Visited (and why she should really have picked one genre) www.stuckinabook.com/the-visited-...
Reposted by Simon Thomas
Announcing Reading Independent Publishers Month 6! #readindies kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/a...
Announcing Reading Independent Publishers Month 6! #ReadIndies
Regular visitors here will know that for the last five years, I have had the pleasure of co-hosting Reading Independent Publishers Month alongside Lizzy from Lizzy’s Literary Life. This grew …
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January 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Announcing Reading Independent Publishers Month 6! #readindies kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/a...
Some thoughts on Joan O'Donovan's 1959 novel The Visited (and why she should really have picked one genre) www.stuckinabook.com/the-visited-...
The Visited (1959) by Joan O’Donovan
The Visited (1959) by Joan O’Donovan is yet another book that I’ve read because of a post by Brad. Well, if he starts a post by talking about ‘misfit spinsters’, you know I&…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Some thoughts on Joan O'Donovan's 1959 novel The Visited (and why she should really have picked one genre) www.stuckinabook.com/the-visited-...
I have literally never seen a Private Eye cover I found funny. When will I age into this demographic??
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I have literally never seen a Private Eye cover I found funny. When will I age into this demographic??
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Just finished reading Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None'. One of my all-time favourite Christies. Many readers have rated this as Christie's greatest book. My review is here.
#AgathaChristie #ClassicMysteries
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#AgathaChristie #ClassicMysteries
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Book Review – And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The next book I decided to read in my Agatha Christie adventure was ‘And Then There Were None’. It is one of my all-time favourite Christies and one of my all-time favourite crime myste…
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January 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Just finished reading Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None'. One of my all-time favourite Christies. Many readers have rated this as Christie's greatest book. My review is here.
#AgathaChristie #ClassicMysteries
vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/b...
#AgathaChristie #ClassicMysteries
vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/b...
Feeling quite excited about my book group's list of reads for the year - skewing surprisingly modern for us!
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
[1/2]
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
[1/2]
January 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Feeling quite excited about my book group's list of reads for the year - skewing surprisingly modern for us!
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
[1/2]
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
[1/2]
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You were all absolutely right about On The Calculation of Volume www.stuckinabook.com/on-the-calcu...
On The Calculation of Volume (vol.1) by Solvej Balle
The first book I finished this year could well be a candidate for my Best Books of 2026. Wonderful to be off to a strong start! I’m definitely behind the curve, so forgive me if you already k…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
You were all absolutely right about On The Calculation of Volume www.stuckinabook.com/on-the-calcu...
Happy birthday, #StellaGibbons! I'm sure what you'd want for your 124th birthday present is me reposting my ranking of your novels: www.stuckinabook.com/unnecessary-...
Unnecessary Rankings! Stella Gibbons
My ‘Unnecessary Rankings!’ series have quickly become my favourite blog posts to write, and I love reading your comments – sometimes in agreement, but usually not, and that’…
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January 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Happy birthday, #StellaGibbons! I'm sure what you'd want for your 124th birthday present is me reposting my ranking of your novels: www.stuckinabook.com/unnecessary-...
You were all absolutely right about On The Calculation of Volume www.stuckinabook.com/on-the-calcu...
On The Calculation of Volume (vol.1) by Solvej Balle
The first book I finished this year could well be a candidate for my Best Books of 2026. Wonderful to be off to a strong start! I’m definitely behind the curve, so forgive me if you already k…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
You were all absolutely right about On The Calculation of Volume www.stuckinabook.com/on-the-calcu...
Light Sleeper by Bess Atwell is by some distance my most-listened album in 2025. Endlessly beautiful and interesting.
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open.spotify.com/album/4wmalP...
Light Sleeper
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January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Light Sleeper by Bess Atwell is by some distance my most-listened album in 2025. Endlessly beautiful and interesting.
open.spotify.com/album/4wmalP...
open.spotify.com/album/4wmalP...
The new #Taskmaster line-up is INCREDIBLE.
January 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
The new #Taskmaster line-up is INCREDIBLE.
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How many books did I read? Male/female authors? Best, worst, and most confusing title? Strange things that happened in the books I read?
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
2025: Some Reading Stats
It’s time for some reading stats! Always such a fun post to put together, and I love reading other people’s – do pop a link in the comments if you’ve done something similar.…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
How many books did I read? Male/female authors? Best, worst, and most confusing title? Strange things that happened in the books I read?
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
How many books did I read? Male/female authors? Best, worst, and most confusing title? Strange things that happened in the books I read?
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
2025: Some Reading Stats
It’s time for some reading stats! Always such a fun post to put together, and I love reading other people’s – do pop a link in the comments if you’ve done something similar.…
www.stuckinabook.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
How many books did I read? Male/female authors? Best, worst, and most confusing title? Strange things that happened in the books I read?
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...
You'll find it all in my 2025 reading stats! www.stuckinabook.com/2025-some-re...