As a year-long festival celebrating the region’s writers gets under way in the UK, Icelandic novelist Sjón selects essential reading from the far north.
Inside Voices, Outside Light
Sigurður Pálsson and Martin Regal
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This book presents poems from Palsson's ten collections written between 1980-2008. Swirling with...
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The Gravity of Love
Deborah Bragan-Turner and Sara Stridsberg
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"I'll put my head in the oven so you know where I am," he whispers, kissing her neck. Jim -...
Fiction
The Tower at the Edge of the World
William Heinesen and Glyn Jones
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The Tower at the Edge of the World is William Heinesen's last novel written when he was 76, and is...
Fiction
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
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Sonja's over forty, and she's trying to move in the right direction. She's learning to drive. She's...
Fiction
Crimson
Niviaq Korneliussen and Anna Halager
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This is the story of a group of friends, on the cusp of adulthood, exploring life, seeking...
Fiction LGBTQ
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Whether you're devoted to Richard and Judy's recommendations, searching for some Fresh Talent, take a look at the books that WH Smith can't stop talking about this month:
Fools and Mortals
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A dramatic new departure for international bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, FOOLS AND MORTALS...
Me. You. A Diary
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This is Dawn French's fabulous new non-fiction book for 2017, and it's totally interactive: take a...
The Infinite Monkey Cage: How to Build a Universe
Robin Ince and Brian Cox
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The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent...
Science mathematics
Little Me: My Life from A-Z
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Hello there. Welcome to the dust jacket of my autobiography. I see they've made my teeth whiter in...
Dork Diaries: Crush Catastrophe
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Embrace your Inner Dork! Nikki Maxwell, Queen of the Dorks, is back in the twelfth instalment of the...
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Was top 40 on my site, but most of the books won't come up in search here. See the full list of 40 here: http://www.prettyopinionated.com/2018/01/anticipated-2018-ya
Save the Date
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All first editions will be signed by the author--available while supplies last! Father of the...
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Legendary: Caraval Book 2
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The spellbinding sequel to Sunday Times bestselling Caraval, told from the point of view of...
science fiction fantasy
A Court of Frost and Starlight: Court of Thorns and Roses
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Narrated by Feyre and Rhysand, this bridges the events in A Court of Wings and Ruin and the upcoming...
young adult fiction
Restore Me: Shatter Me Book 4
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The book that all SHATTER ME fans have been waiting for is finally here. The fourth incredible...
science fiction fantasy young adult
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She...
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Children of Time
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The...
A list of Trevor Noah's top 15 favorite books to read to from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/trevor-noah-favorite-books/
Native Life in South Africa
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First published in 1916 and one of South Africa's great political books, Native Life in South Africa...
To Quote Myself: A Memoir
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In 2015 the first edition of To Quote Myself was published and it soon became a bestseller at the...
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
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Steve Martin has been an international star for over thirty years. Here, for the first time, he...
My Traitor's Heart
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In '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan – descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white...
But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
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New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their...
Essays Politics Philosophy
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A list of Bill Gates' top 10 favorite books to read to from One Grand Books! https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/bill-gates/
How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules,...
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Read an exclusive interview with the author here 100,000 years ago, at least six human species...
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity
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-Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The...
The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?
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Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of...
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A list of Elton John's top 5 favorite books to read from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/elton-john-favorite-books/
If I Built a Car
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If I built a car, it'd be totally new! Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . . Jack has...
What is a Refugee?
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Who are refugees? Why are they called that word? Why do they need to leave their country? In this...
Stick Man
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
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"Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three." But...
Treasure Island
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'We want that treasure, and we'll have it!' Jim Hawkins has discovered a terrible plot. Mutiny is in...
The Family Book
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The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they...
A list of Tina Turner's top 11 favorite Books to read! https://radicalreads.com/tina-turner-favorite-books/
Teachings of Buddah
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This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese,...
The Art of Happiness
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The Art of Happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the Dalai Lama's...
The Power of Compassion
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This work is a selection of edited talks given by The Dalai Lama during his last visit to Britain....
The Divine Comedy
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Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, tracing Dante's journey from...
