Booksellers Favourite Books Of All Time
Sellers of the field play favourites with books perfectly, and personally, pitched Tuesday May 11, 2021
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
Often my favourite book is the one I’m currently recommending to customers. At present, I’m raving about
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson. I toyed with choosing a classic (
Anne of Green Gables) or a Booker winner (
Girl, Woman, Other) as my favourite read, but nothing beats discovering a hidden gem. A book that slips stealth-like into your hand by an author you’ve never heard of.
As a bookseller I’m constantly racing to finish one book and start another. Which is why it is a rare and beautiful moment when, as happened with