Recommend a book!

Have you just read a fantastic book that you're dying to tell everyone about? Perhaps you've got a favourite novel that you reach for time and time again? Share your thoughts with other library users!

Making your recommendation

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Tell us the title and author of the book you would like to recommend, and a short summary of why you would like to recommend it. Your recommendation may be displayed on a Book Recommendation Board in your local library or on this webpage.

Keep an eye on this page - we will post a selection of your recommendations as we receive them!

Your recommendations

God's Architect by Rosemary Hill/William Blake by Peter Ackroyd

I saw Auguste Pugin and William Blake in a new light. Outstanding biographies.

Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie

Fiendishly involved plot with quite believable characters. A nostalgic reminder of the need to take your ration book to a hotel!

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills

An interesting mix of contemporary and historical issues. Easy to read but able to hold your attention.

God's Architect by Rosemary Hill

It was really well written amd very readable. A full, but interesting, account of Pugin's life and times.

The Careful Use of Compliments: AnIsabel Dalhousie Novel by Alexander McCall Smith

I think he writes brilliantly and I love the Sunday Philosophy Club series because all human life is in them.

The Savage Garden  by Mark Mills

An easy read, fairly 'meaty' - just the thing for a winter's grey day as it's set in Italy. Pure escapism!

Thomas Hardy: Time-torn man by Claire Tomalin

It is well written and brings the life of Thomas Hardy to life. It is full of information and very detailed, perhaps a little too much at times.

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Having read her 'Poisonwood Bible' (terrific) this book was written in a similar style: compassionate and with warmth and humour.

Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by Max Hastings

A very good book full of general information unknown to the general public.

Ronnie: The Autobiography by Ronnie Wood

It's of big interest to all 'Rolling Stones' music fans. The book features his brother Art Wood whom lived local (Teddington) and Ronnie himself lives local. Ronnie and Art Wood have in fact a lot of local music connections.

The Island by Victoria Hislop

I got hooked on this story of the leper colony and the role of secrets in families.