Writers Review

Book reviews by writers or independent booksellers, with occasional special features. We choose our own recommendations: fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, poetry, nature writing. We hope you'll enjoy our selections and keep coming back for more. Follow us on Facebook, X (Writersreview1) and Bluesky (@writersreview.bsky.social). Our new venture, Writers Review Publishing, launched in April - see website link in sidebar and Q&As with the authors.

Monday, 22 December 2025

BOOKS OF THE YEAR part 2 - chosen by our contributors

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Here's our second batch of lovely recommendations. Thank you to our reviewers, all authors and booksellers, for your support - we couldn...
Monday, 15 December 2025

BOOKS OF THE YEAR Part 1 - chosen by our contributors

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  This is the first of three round-ups by our reviewers. Each has chosen their own best read of the year (or one of them) which did not nece...
Monday, 8 December 2025

Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE by Louis Sachar

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"I was expecting the jacket design to clearly demonstrate that this was a departure for Sacher, an important one, from children’s to ad...
Monday, 1 December 2025

Guest review by Tania Pettet: THE WOMAN WHO WENT TO BED FOR A YEAR by Sue Townsend

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  "She has always been a master of voice — from  Adrian Mole  to  The Queen and I , she writes with a kind of democratic empathy that s...
Monday, 24 November 2025

Guest review by Lesley Glaiser: FIRE-READY by Jane Rogers

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  " Usually when I pick up a collection of stories, I dip in at random, but with   Fire-Ready , I read greedily through from beginning ...
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Monday, 17 November 2025

SPECIAL FEATURE: Q&A with Sheena Wilkinson about her new novel MISS McVEY TAKES CHARGE

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"I’m always keen to be historically accurate but of course Felicity, and to a lesser extent April, represent the more forward-thinking ...
Monday, 10 November 2025

DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Sarah Perry, reviewed by Adèle Geras

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"The writing throughout is spare but not impoverished, elegant and dignified but also full of tiny touches of humour." Sarah Perry...
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