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Harriet Lane
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Author of ALYS, ALWAYS; HER; and OTHER PEOPLE’S FUN (W&N/Little, Brown, 2025)
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Francis Wheen picks OPF as one of his Books of the Year in the Spectator
Francis Wheen picks OPF for the Spectator’s Book of the Year roundup: My greatest cause for rejoicing was a new novel from Harriet Lane, the laureate of stalking, long after those of us who loved Alys, Always (2012) and Her (2014) had given up hope of any more. Like its predecessors, Other People's Fun (Weidenfeld, £20) has a female narrator who seems at first to be a nondescript mouse but turns out to have sharp little teeth and a scarily observant eye. It's funny, creepy and unputdownable.
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Very early reviews for Other People’s Fun (the i paper, Grazia, Red)
OTHER PEOPLE'S FUN HARRIET LANE LITERARY THRILLER Other People's Fun Harriet Lane WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, £20 Ruth's old acquaintance Sookie suddenly wants to reconnect - but something's off. Lane returns with a tense, sharply observed novel of class, social media and manipulation, simmering with quiet dread. Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane Ruth's marriage has ended, her daughter has left home and her job is ho-hum, so when she meets up with Sookie - the most popular girl in school - at a class reunion, she's keen to reconnect (she's been spying on her social media for years anyway). Sookie's life is Insta-perfect and Ruth is the dutiful friend. Or is she? Funny literary suspense. Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane (W&N, £20, out 30th October) This deliciously twisted tale is a one-sitting read steeped in tension and unease. Reluctantly divorced and stagnating in her job, Ruth reunites with Sookie, queen bee of their school days, but Sookie's friendship is purely transactional. When Ruth discovers that Sookie is hiding explosive secrets behind her perfect Instagram grid, things take a dark turn.
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Pre-order bargain

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Oh go on — pre-order my book. 25% off OTHER PEOPLE’S FUN at Waterstones, until the end of the month!
July 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Suddenly many London buses have ‘wooden floors’, as if we are in a country kitchen or an Alpine hut. Was TfL offered a job lot?
Interior of 210 to Finsbury Park with ‘wooden floor’ laminate
July 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The way she went back in was magnificent. From the NYT piece
… Garai returned to the front of the stage and continued acting as intensely as before, without missing a word. It was no different than having a director interrupting her mid-rehearsal, Garai said.
March 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM