All I want to read (/am able to read) at the moment are short, funny books. Wondered if you might be the same? So here I am, for the first time GUEST-LESS, recommending 10 of my favourite witty short stories, essay collections, scripts, picture books, and short novels. Since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I am brief and recommend the 10 books in just 10 minutes! (Not including the intro and theme music lol.) WOW! FUN!
If you don't even have 10 minutes to listen to my voice, here's the list:
1. David Sedaris / CALYPSO
2. Muriel Spark / THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
3. Philip Roth / THE BREAST
4. Raphael Bob-Waksberg / SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE YOU IN ALL YOUR DAMAGED GLORY
5. Stewart Lee / THE 'IF YOU PREFER A MILDER COMEDIAN PLEASE ASK FOR ONE' EP
6. Oyinkan Braithwaite / MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
7. Amina Cain / INDELICACY
8. Tibor Fischer / DON'T READ THIS BOOK IF YOU'RE STUPID
9. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West / LOVE LETTERS
10. Jon Klassen / I WANT MY HAT BACK
If you're looking to buy one, please consider your lovely local indie bookshop or bookshop.org.
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Ta ta,
Lily xo