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‘My name is Tara Selter. Every night when I lie down to sleep in the bed in the guest room it is the eighteenth of November and every morning, when I wake up, it is the eighteenth of November.'
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#onthecalculationofvolume #solvejballe
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
‘My name is Tara Selter. Every night when I lie down to sleep in the bed in the guest room it is the eighteenth of November and every morning, when I wake up, it is the eighteenth of November.'
#onthecalculationofvolume #solvejballe
#onthecalculationofvolume #solvejballe
'Swanson is an aficionado of the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and this novel exerts the same merciless grip, with a reverse chronology that keeps the reader on their toes.'
Peter Swanson's Kill Your Darlings is a Financial Times Book of the Year 🎉
Peter Swanson's Kill Your Darlings is a Financial Times Book of the Year 🎉
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
'Swanson is an aficionado of the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and this novel exerts the same merciless grip, with a reverse chronology that keeps the reader on their toes.'
Peter Swanson's Kill Your Darlings is a Financial Times Book of the Year 🎉
Peter Swanson's Kill Your Darlings is a Financial Times Book of the Year 🎉
We're so pleased to see @nicolaupson.bsky.social's seasonal crime story The Christmas Clue at #6 in The Times Hardback Fiction chart on Saturday 🎉
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We're so pleased to see @nicolaupson.bsky.social's seasonal crime story The Christmas Clue at #6 in The Times Hardback Fiction chart on Saturday 🎉
'I like lots of family dysfunction, preferably in the recent past, with a little poetry and my favourite hapless spies.'
What would be on your reading list for your dream holiday? Murder Takes a Vacation author Laura Lippman shares her picks with us 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
What would be on your reading list for your dream holiday? Murder Takes a Vacation author Laura Lippman shares her picks with us 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
'I like lots of family dysfunction, preferably in the recent past, with a little poetry and my favourite hapless spies.'
What would be on your reading list for your dream holiday? Murder Takes a Vacation author Laura Lippman shares her picks with us 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
What would be on your reading list for your dream holiday? Murder Takes a Vacation author Laura Lippman shares her picks with us 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Rachel Cooke, the journalist and critic, and our partner for the last few years on the Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize. A brilliant, thoughtful and inspiring champion of the Arts. We will miss her.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Rachel Cooke, the journalist and critic, and our partner for the last few years on the Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize. A brilliant, thoughtful and inspiring champion of the Arts. We will miss her.
Reposted by Faber Books
“The greatest books of 2025” - that’s quite a claim … but I am delighted that “Your Life is Manufactured” is on the list!
#manufacturing #bookrecommendations
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#manufacturing #bookrecommendations
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The greatest books of 2025
Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites, from fiction and crime to memoir and history
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“The greatest books of 2025” - that’s quite a claim … but I am delighted that “Your Life is Manufactured” is on the list!
#manufacturing #bookrecommendations
@faberbooks.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8174406...
#manufacturing #bookrecommendations
@faberbooks.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8174406...
'No list of tech-inspired thrillers can begin without Michael Crichton.'
To celebrate the release of The Confessions, find out which books Paul Bradley Carr recommends for those of us who are petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 👀
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
To celebrate the release of The Confessions, find out which books Paul Bradley Carr recommends for those of us who are petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 👀
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'No list of tech-inspired thrillers can begin without Michael Crichton.'
To celebrate the release of The Confessions, find out which books Paul Bradley Carr recommends for those of us who are petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 👀
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
To celebrate the release of The Confessions, find out which books Paul Bradley Carr recommends for those of us who are petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 👀
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
We're thrilled that Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026, twenty years on since it was first published and now under his own name in our new edition. Find out more from @dublincityoflit.bsky.social 👇
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We're thrilled that Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026, twenty years on since it was first published and now under his own name in our new edition. Find out more from @dublincityoflit.bsky.social 👇
www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/christi...
www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/christi...
Chapter 34 will be hosting a festive evening with @nicolaupson.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of The Christmas Clue, Thursday 20 November.
chapter34.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-nicola-upson-the-christmas-clue/
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An Evening with Nicola Upson – The Christmas Clue – Chapter 34
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Chapter 34 will be hosting a festive evening with @nicolaupson.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of The Christmas Clue, Thursday 20 November.
chapter34.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-nicola-upson-the-christmas-clue/
chapter34.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-nicola-upson-the-christmas-clue/
Jan Morris: A Life is out 9 April 2026. Available to pre-order now.
Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of the 20th-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. This is a portrait of an astonishing life, a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.
Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of the 20th-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. This is a portrait of an astonishing life, a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Jan Morris: A Life is out 9 April 2026. Available to pre-order now.
Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of the 20th-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. This is a portrait of an astonishing life, a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.
Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of the 20th-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. This is a portrait of an astonishing life, a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.
'It's like Shakespeare with vegetables.'
Find out which book Laura Lippman is talking about over on the Faber Journal, where she's crafted her dream holiday reading list in homage to her latest novel, Murder Takes a Vacation 🧳
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
Find out which book Laura Lippman is talking about over on the Faber Journal, where she's crafted her dream holiday reading list in homage to her latest novel, Murder Takes a Vacation 🧳
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'It's like Shakespeare with vegetables.'
Find out which book Laura Lippman is talking about over on the Faber Journal, where she's crafted her dream holiday reading list in homage to her latest novel, Murder Takes a Vacation 🧳
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
Find out which book Laura Lippman is talking about over on the Faber Journal, where she's crafted her dream holiday reading list in homage to her latest novel, Murder Takes a Vacation 🧳
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
The Faber Sales department is looking to recruit a Key Account Manager (Maternity Cover) to oversee established trading relationships with high street retailers, supermarkets, and non-traditional bookselling accounts. Apply by 16 November.
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Faber Sales department is looking to recruit a Key Account Manager (Maternity Cover) to oversee established trading relationships with high street retailers, supermarkets, and non-traditional bookselling accounts. Apply by 16 November.
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
'One of the most brilliant British writers working today.’ Spectator
🎲 Who decides the rules of the games we play? 🎲
Our stunning proofs for Seven, the timeless new novel from Joanna Kavenna 📚
Out 15 January in the UK and 14 July in the US.
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🎲 Who decides the rules of the games we play? 🎲
Our stunning proofs for Seven, the timeless new novel from Joanna Kavenna 📚
Out 15 January in the UK and 14 July in the US.
linktr.ee/sevenbook
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
'One of the most brilliant British writers working today.’ Spectator
🎲 Who decides the rules of the games we play? 🎲
Our stunning proofs for Seven, the timeless new novel from Joanna Kavenna 📚
Out 15 January in the UK and 14 July in the US.
linktr.ee/sevenbook
🎲 Who decides the rules of the games we play? 🎲
Our stunning proofs for Seven, the timeless new novel from Joanna Kavenna 📚
Out 15 January in the UK and 14 July in the US.
linktr.ee/sevenbook
'A taut, elegantly written thriller that explores the primal terror of loss and the quiet fury of a woman determined to uncover the truth.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We love this early reader review for Missing by E. A. Jackson, available to request now on NetGalley.
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We love this early reader review for Missing by E. A. Jackson, available to request now on NetGalley.
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'A taut, elegantly written thriller that explores the primal terror of loss and the quiet fury of a woman determined to uncover the truth.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We love this early reader review for Missing by E. A. Jackson, available to request now on NetGalley.
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
We love this early reader review for Missing by E. A. Jackson, available to request now on NetGalley.
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
'I’ve always been fascinated by technology’s ability to delight and terrify us in equal measure.'
Former tech journalist Paul Bradley Carr shares five books for people petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
Former tech journalist Paul Bradley Carr shares five books for people petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
'I’ve always been fascinated by technology’s ability to delight and terrify us in equal measure.'
Former tech journalist Paul Bradley Carr shares five books for people petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
Former tech journalist Paul Bradley Carr shares five books for people petrified (and occasionally a tiny bit excited) by Silicon Valley 📚
www.faber.co.uk/journal/read...
The pineapple is dead.
A Certain Hunger by @chelseagsummers.bsky.social is back with a brand new cover.
faber.co.uk/product/9780571372324-a-certain-hunger/
A Certain Hunger by @chelseagsummers.bsky.social is back with a brand new cover.
faber.co.uk/product/9780571372324-a-certain-hunger/
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The pineapple is dead.
A Certain Hunger by @chelseagsummers.bsky.social is back with a brand new cover.
faber.co.uk/product/9780571372324-a-certain-hunger/
A Certain Hunger by @chelseagsummers.bsky.social is back with a brand new cover.
faber.co.uk/product/9780571372324-a-certain-hunger/
Exclusive: @lukeharding1968.bsky.social - author of Invasion: Russia's Bloody War - interviewed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Guardian.
Luke's book Invasion is out now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Luke's book Invasion is out now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Exclusive: @lukeharding1968.bsky.social - author of Invasion: Russia's Bloody War - interviewed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Guardian.
Luke's book Invasion is out now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Luke's book Invasion is out now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Adele Bertei didn't just witness the No Wave explosion—she ignited it. In No New York, she reveals the untold story of the boundary-pushing women who made New York's most radical cultural revolution possible.
It's out in hardback & ebook on 26 March, you can pre-order it now.
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It's out in hardback & ebook on 26 March, you can pre-order it now.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Adele Bertei didn't just witness the No Wave explosion—she ignited it. In No New York, she reveals the untold story of the boundary-pushing women who made New York's most radical cultural revolution possible.
It's out in hardback & ebook on 26 March, you can pre-order it now.
linktr.ee/nonewyork
It's out in hardback & ebook on 26 March, you can pre-order it now.
linktr.ee/nonewyork
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for November is Kemps Books, in Malton, North Yorkshire. We spoke to owner Liz and perpetual employee of the month, Bookshop Dog Bruno.
faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-kemps-books/
faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-kemps-books/
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for November is Kemps Books, in Malton, North Yorkshire. We spoke to owner Liz and perpetual employee of the month, Bookshop Dog Bruno.
faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-kemps-books/
faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-kemps-books/
The Faber Sales department is looking to recruit a Key Account Manager to oversee established trading relationships with high street retailers, supermarkets, and non-traditional bookselling accounts. Apply by 16 November.
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Faber Sales department is looking to recruit a Key Account Manager to oversee established trading relationships with high street retailers, supermarkets, and non-traditional bookselling accounts. Apply by 16 November.
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
faber.co.uk/careers/key-account-manager-maternity-cover/
Ben Markovits is on the latest episode of Shop Talk discussing The Rest of Our Lives 📚
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ben Markovits is on the latest episode of Shop Talk discussing The Rest of Our Lives 📚
open.spotify.com/episode/62d3...
open.spotify.com/episode/62d3...
'It occurred to me that I often find it easier to talk to other people in my head when they’re not around – you keep the conversation going, sometimes more honestly and lovingly than you can in their presence.'
Ben Markovits joins fellow Booker shortlistees discussing their novels 👇
Ben Markovits joins fellow Booker shortlistees discussing their novels 👇
‘I had a year to write it from scratch’: the 2025 Booker finalists on the stories behind their novels
A newspaper report about a missing girl, the memory of a midwinter emergency … Susan Choi, Andrew Miller, David Szalay and others on what inspired their shortlisted books
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'It occurred to me that I often find it easier to talk to other people in my head when they’re not around – you keep the conversation going, sometimes more honestly and lovingly than you can in their presence.'
Ben Markovits joins fellow Booker shortlistees discussing their novels 👇
Ben Markovits joins fellow Booker shortlistees discussing their novels 👇
‘Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend. . . a profoundly moving experience.’ Ann Patchett
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
‘Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend. . . a profoundly moving experience.’ Ann Patchett
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
‘Surely the Spring, when God shall please,
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
‘Surely the Spring, when God shall please,
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
‘Deeply human. . . a beautifully quiet and devastating book.’ Sarah Jessica Parker
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits is shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize. ✨
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits is shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize. ✨
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
‘Deeply human. . . a beautifully quiet and devastating book.’ Sarah Jessica Parker
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits is shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize. ✨
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits is shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize. ✨