Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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In which I muse about the books I acquired this winter.

#bookhaul #bookrecommendations #booktubetbr #booklover

Books discussed:

Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie

The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe

Dr Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party by Graham Greene

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet

The Little I Knew by Chiara Valerio

Bacchae Nima Taleghani

The South by Tash Aw

Women and Children First by Alena Grabowski

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

Love Forms by Claire Adams

Great Italian Stories, Penguin Modern Classics

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

Cursed Daughters by Oyinken Braithwaite

Messalina by Honor Cargill-Martin