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, 3 November 2025

Guest review by Graeme Fife: THE MIGHTY DEAD - WHY HOMER MATTERS by Adam Nicolson

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  "Nicolson, in this enthralling book, introduces Homer in a way entirely apt to the invention and broad sweep of the original." G...
Monday, 27 October 2025

Guest review by Susan Elkin: DRAYTON AND MACKENZIE by Alexander Starritt

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"Intelligent and compelling without ever resorting to shallow literary pretentiousness. I loved it – and wondered why on earth it wasn...
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Monday, 20 October 2025

Guest review by David Breakell: PRECIPICE by Robert Harris

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  "Historical fiction is not just a passport to the past. It can also give us a new perspective on our contemporary world: some things ...
Monday, 13 October 2025

ALBION by Anna Hope, reviewed by Linda Newbery

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  "Combines typical ingredients of the big house novel and family saga with deep questions about individual responsibility, whether wro...
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Monday, 6 October 2025

Guest review by Sarah LeFanu: UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch

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  " Her joy in thinking and observing, in the vagaries of the emotions, in the pleasures of friendship, and in the pursuit of love, are...
Monday, 29 September 2025

Bookseller feature: Richard Hayden of THE RYE BOOKSHOP chooses CRAFTLAND by James Fox

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  "Craft, it is implied, is for hobbyists at home; instead, this tiny and shrinking minority do work. Hard work ... " Richard Hayd...
Monday, 22 September 2025

Guest review by Catherine Butler: THE TALE OF GENJI by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Kencho Suematsu

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  "Gradually you are training yourself to see and think your way into a radically different world. And that is a rich reward." C...
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