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What Writers Read

35 Writers on Their Favourite Book

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What Writers Read

By: Pandora Sykes, Various
Narrated by: Nick Hornby, Sara Collins, Tessa Hadley, Paris Lees, Paul Mendez, Diana Evans, Nina Stibbe, Elizabeth Day, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Damon Galgut, Aysha Kala, Simon Darwen, Pandora Sykes
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Bloomsbury presents What Writers Read by Pandora Sykes, read by Pandora Sykes, Elizabeth Day, Nick Hornby, Diana Evans, Paris Lees, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Paul Mendez, Sara Collins, Nina Stibbe, Tessa Hadley, Damon Galgut, Simon Darwen and Aysha Kala.

A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH

In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return to time and again and that helped make them the writers they are.

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM :

Nick Hornby * Ruth Ozeki * Ann Patchett * Benjamin Zephaniah * Marian Keyes * Elizabeth Strout * Deborah Levy * Tessa Hadley * Elif Shafak * George the Poet * Leila Slimani * Ali Smith * Derek Owusu * Dolly Alderton * Paris Lees * Jojo Moyes * Paul Mendez * Sebastian Faulks * Diana Evans * Meena Kandasamy * Lisa Taddeo * Nikesh Shukla * Taiye Selasi * Monica Ali * Nina Stibbe * Caleb Azumah Nelson * Elizabeth Day * Sara Collins * Damon Galgut * Naoise Dolan * William Boyd * Emma Dabiri * Fatima Bhutto * Kit De Waal

©2022 Introduction text copyright Pandora Sykes, Various contributions copyright, Various Contributors (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Essays Literary History & Criticism Nonfiction

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Nice sentiment, badly narrated.

Some of the narrators/authors were so monotone I found it hard to absorb the words but I like the sentiment of the book.

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