Books of the Year 2018
Part One
Each year we catch up with as many different people as we can at our Christmas shows to talk to them about their books of the year and this year is no different. In Part 1 we chat with Robin Ince, Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Sophie Scott, Jo Neary, Ginny Smith, Dean Burnett, Gecko, Hannah Critchlow and Philip Ball. Loads more to come next week too.
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Reading List
Alan recommends:
Drunken Baker by Barney Farmer
Time Loops by Eric Wargo
Lucia by Alex Phoebe
Gef! The Strange Tale of the Extra-special Talking Mongoose by Christopher Josiffe
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Melinda recommends:
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
Undead Uprising by John Cussans
Ginny recommends:
The Happy Brain by Dean Burnett
Inferior by Angela Saini
Dean recommends:
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Philip recommends:
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
After Me Comes the Flood by Sarah Perry
Blueprint by Robert Plomin
Gecko recommends:
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Art of Noise by Daniel Rachel
Hannah recommends:
Factfullness by Hans Rosling
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Sophie recommends:
I’m a Joke and So Are You by Robin Ince
Selfie by Will Storr
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Murmur by Will Eaves
Jo recommends:
Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
Widow Basquiat by Jennifer Clement
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million by John Higgs
The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Kenneth Williams
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
The Atheist’s Mass by Honoré de Balzac
Trent recommends:
Mad Enchantment by Ross King
Yes We (Still) Can by Dan Pfeiffer
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek
Robin recommends:
The work of Arthur Schopenhauer
Martin Parr: Return to Manchester from Manchester Art Gallery
Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris
Murderous Passions by Stephen Thrower
A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett
Beyond Weird by Philip Ball
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Doug Naylor and Rob Grant
Better Than Life by Doug Naylor and Rob Grant
Fat by Rob Grant
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Aaaaargghh, Spider! by Dawn French
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
The Disordered Man by Erik Kandel
You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life by Andrew Hankinson
Back Drops by Kenneth Williams
The Lighthouse series of self help books
Stranger Than We Can Imagine by John Higgs
The Outsider by Colin Wilson
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