From the master of spy thrillers, bloody battlefields during the Wars of the Roses and finding hope for the future for our planet by Jane Goodall, Penguin’s top twelve essential Christmas reading guide is here.
All of these books can be found in the Another Place library for you to borrow during your stay.
Master of spy fiction, the late John le Carré finished this novel before his death in December 2020.
Released in October 2021, John le Carré delves into ‘the soul of the modern Secret Intelligence Service’ with the story of a bookseller who becomes embroiled in a spy leak.
Filled with anecdotes about growing up in Westchester, NY, falling in love over dinner and teaming up with his partner to create conversation-starting food for their children. A gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burnt dishes, each as heartfelt and delicious as the last. Written with Stanley’s signature wry humour and nostalgia.
A novel that illuminates the tensions between desire and safety; the legacy of tragedy and the crimes and misdemeanours of families.
Preseident Barak Obama and musician Bruce Springsteen converse in this entertaining dialougue, exploring everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to the growing distance between the American Dream and reality.
A journey in love, how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. Authors and experts share their experiences in this celebration of love in all its forms.
2019 Booker prize winner presents this unique read about staying true to yourself and to your vision. A manifesto about never giving up.
An epic feminist retelling of the War of the Roses. Journey behind the closed bedchambers and bloody battlefields of the first days of the Wars of the Roses, a war as women fight it.
Jane Goodall’s latest book inspires positivity in the face of climate change, championing the intelligence of humans to innovate ourselves out of the crises.
Arguably, the most sensational group of structures anywhere in the world. A visual journey through Europe’s cathedrals outstripping many palaces and castles.
Guardian columnist and award-winning food writer Rachel Roddy condenses everything she has learned about pasta in a practical, easy-to-use collection of over 120 essential pasta recipes.
Thomas Mann found himself on the wrong side of war, cheerleading the German army in WW1 and anticipating the horrors of Nazism in WW2. Fictionalised biography of a man full of great acclaim and contradiction.
The ugliness of war is imagined in The Women of Troy as Pat Barker retells one of our greatest classical myths.
Penguin’s complete Christmas reading guide is available to buy from all good book stores. If you are staying with us, all of the books can be found in the Another Place library for you to borrow during your stay.
