Our Bestsellers in 2023
Selected by the Bookshop
Our bestseller of 2023 was the now completely out of print Solution Opportunities, a limited edition celebrating Iain Sinclair’s 80th birthday. The ever-present Pond at number two is one of four favourites from our bookseller recommendations bay, including new entry to the top ten The Ha Ha Bonk Book. Thanks for shopping with us this and every year!
From the publisher:
A limited-edition signed publication to mark Iain Sinclair’s 80th birthdayFor sale exclusively from the London Review BookshopA unique tribute to a remarkable writer, film-maker and walker, in an edition of only 400 numbered copies…
Recommended by Gayle
‘Not a day goes past that I don't shake a fist at the sky and cry in despair, “When will Claire-Louise Bennett publish something new?!” Until my cries are answered, I'll make do with rereading Pond, Bennett's wildly brilliant and totally unique collection of stories following one woman living alone in the Irish countryside. EDIT: Claire-Louise Bennett has now written another book, and it’s better than I dreamt it could be.’
Recommended by Gayle
‘Finally I have something to recommend when people ask for a funny book! Heartburn is properly hilarious, like a 200 page stand up set, except less mean, and with more food.’
From the publisher:
Translated by Emily WilsonThe greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our timeWhen Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017—revealing the…
From the publisher:
Translated by John HoweBy walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no history, it is just an…
From the publisher:
Writing about siblings from the London Review of Books ‘My childhood can never let me down as a guide to human complication.’– Andrew O’Hagan ‘Most of us who have siblings dream about being an…
Recommended by Claire
‘I owe all of my wit and comedic skills to this book, given to me at a very impressionable age, and I will not stop recommending it until we have a nation of mini Tommy Coopers. This is an absolute hoot and full of all the classics.’
Recommended by John
‘One of the most joyful novels I know. Impossibly buoyant and fragile: sunshine, spring, the Italian riviera.’
From the publisher:
The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming HomeBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINE'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is…
From the publisher:
Edited by Sarah Shin and So MayerFor the first time, Space Crone brings together celebrated author Ursula K. Le Guin’s writings on feminism and gender. Witness to the twentieth century’s rebellions and upheavals,…
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