Novels about writers

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster

New edition of one of the greatest children’s classics of American literature which Includes extra material for young readers, including a section on the book, information about the author and…

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Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

First published by HarperCollinsUS in 1964, this classic children’s novel has sold over 4 million copies and was awarded the New York Times Outstanding Book Award.

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Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell

Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of…

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Wonder Boys

Michael Chabon

The tale of a failing writer trying to come to terms with a pregnant lover, an absent wife, and insane editor, a gifted student - and a 2600-page unfinished masterpiece.

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The World According To Garp

John Irving

The iconic coming-of-age novel that made John Irving a household name

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The End of the Affair

Graham Greene

The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance…

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Orlando

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf’s seductive, provocative masterpiece is a whirlwind adventure through time, gender and identity. Introduced by Tilda Swinton

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Atonement

Ian McEwan

A story that begins with three young people in the garden of a country house on the hottest day of 1935, and ends with three profoundly changed lives. A depiction…

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Possession

A. S. Byatt

A exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story.

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The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

A beautiful new edition of Diane Setterfield’s bestselling gothic mystery.

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The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

A novel, that was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. It is partially based on the author’s own life and descent into mental illness. It presents a…

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The Hours

Michael Cunningham

The Hours is a novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.

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The Angel’s Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Prequel to the bestselling The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game is a tale of lost souls and haunting shadows set amid the winding alleyways of Barcelona during the…

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The Master

Colm Toibin

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile.

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The Book of Chocolate Saints

Jeet Thayil

The Book of Chocolate Saints follows the unforgettable character Francis Newton Xavier and his journey towards salvation - or damnation - or perhaps both.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer,Annie Barrows

Gloriously honest, enchanting and funny, this is a moving tale of post-war friendship, love and books, a captivating and completely irresistible novel of enormous depth and heart.

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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England. Includes movie stills from the 2019 feature film directed by…

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The Accidental Tourist

Anne Tyler

As Macon’s life falls apart, he tries to tie it back together with routine and habit. But sometimes life just doesn’t work like that.

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The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides

The new novel from the bestselling author of Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides.

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Misery (Halloween edition)

Stephen King

Halloween 2019: King returns with retro-classic editions of four powerful novels, featuring strong female characters. The nostalgia-inducing covers are perfect for the collector and eye-catching to readers new to his…

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Less

Andrew Sean Greer

A scintillating satire of the American abroad, a rumination on time and the human heart, a bittersweet romance of chances lost, Less is the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize…

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The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

Adelle Waldman

Nathaniel Piven is a rising star in Brooklyn’s literary scene. After several lean, striving years and an early life as a class-A nerd, he now (to his surprise) has a…

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Motherhood

Sheila Heti

Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti…

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Separation Anxiety

Laura Zigman

Gleefully irreverant and genuinely touching, Separation Anxiety is a novel that celebrates the ‘squeezed generation’; a book filled with heart and humour for anyone fumbling their way towards happiness.

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Asymmetry

Lisa Halliday

A major publishing event: a dazzling, provocative, hand-grenade of a novel introducing a remarkable new writer

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Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities…

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The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.

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Outline

Rachel Cusk

Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2015, this book is all about writing and talking, about self-effacement and self-expression, about the desire to create and the human art of self-portraiture in…

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Indelicacy

Amina Cain

A ghostly feminist fable, Amina Cain’s Indelicacy is the story of a woman navigating between gender and class roles to empower herself and fulfill her dreams.

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Novels about writers

Daddy-Long-Legs

Harriet the Spy

Fangirl

Wonder Boys

The World According To Garp

The End of the Affair

Orlando

Atonement

Possession

The Thirteenth Tale

The Bell Jar

The Hours

The Angel’s Game

The Master

The Book of Chocolate Saints

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Little Women

The Accidental Tourist

The Marriage Plot

Misery (Halloween edition)

Less

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

Motherhood

Separation Anxiety

Asymmetry

Conversations with Friends

The Friend

Outline

Indelicacy