Suggest me a book based in London or Oxford. Preferably by a woman writer. Also a fan of fiction (literary, historical, romance, contemporary) and also non fiction.
Not by a woman, but The Diary of Samuel Pepys is super interesting IMO. Covers the plague and the fire and a bunch of interesting tidbits about the Royal Navy.
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The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
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The Golden Compass and sequels. Not by a woman but a female protagonist and one of my favorite trilogies of all time.
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Maame
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Babel.
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White Teeth
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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire. I swear this thing smells like a bookstore even when you listen to it in audio.
The Switch by Beth O’Leary for contemporary romance
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Strong poison and Gaudy night by Dorothy Sayers
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*The Dictionary of Lost Words* and *The Bookbinder of Jericho* by Pip Williams are both historical fiction based on true events in Oxford before and around WW1. They feature the University colleges/press/bindery/scriptorium.
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Not by a woman, but The Diary of Samuel Pepys is super interesting IMO. Covers the plague and the fire and a bunch of interesting tidbits about the Royal Navy.
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
The Golden Compass and sequels. Not by a woman but a female protagonist and one of my favorite trilogies of all time.
Maame
Babel.
White Teeth
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire. I swear this thing smells like a bookstore even when you listen to it in audio.
The Switch by Beth O’Leary for contemporary romance
Strong poison and Gaudy night by Dorothy Sayers
*The Dictionary of Lost Words* and *The Bookbinder of Jericho* by Pip Williams are both historical fiction based on true events in Oxford before and around WW1. They feature the University colleges/press/bindery/scriptorium.