“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
— Jhumpa Lahiri
The Reading List 2025
The Fall of the House of Usher
I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
Call for the Dead
He knew how intelligent men could be broken by the stupidity of their superiors, how weeks of patient work night and day could be cast aside by such a man
John le Carré
The Great Divorce
There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ
C.S Lewis
Twisted
I want to reach into your chest and hold your heart in my hands, making sure it only beats for me,” I rasp. “But I don’t want your firsts, Yasmin. I want your forever
Emily McIntire
The Glass Menagerie
She lives in a world of her own – a world of – little glass ornaments…
Tennessee Williams
The Man in the Brown Suit
I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway. It is a theory of mine that one always gets what one wants
Agatha Christie
Conversations with Friends
Everyone’s always going through something, aren’t they? That’s life, basically. It’s just more and more things to go through
Sally Rooney
The Ruin of all Witches
In this climate, the idea festered that adversaries, naturally powerless and forbidden to use violence, might resort to magic to get their own way
Malcolm Gaskil
King of Sloth
Love isn’t about perfection, Luna; it’s about imperfect people creating their own version of happily ever after
Ana Huang
Coriolanus
Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding
William Shakespeare
The Jungle Books
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue
Rudyard Kipling
Puccini - His Life and Works
Julian Budden