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Two blissful weeks in the UK, a bookish Paris escape, and five spots left on my Hay Reading Retreat.

Plus: a classic that really is as good as everyone says...

Dec 18, 2025 • Lucy Pearson

12 quick reads you can finish in a day

Perfect for catching up on that Goodreads challenge you swore you’d stay on top of.

Nov 6, 2025 • Lucy Pearson

Nine heady novels set in Paris

A city of secrets, seduction and reckless excess...

Jul 3, 2025 • Lucy Pearson

50 books I love (part I)

Featuring my all-time favourite book, and 49 others I’ve loved along the way—plus my top pick of the year so far...

Jan 30, 2025 • Lucy Pearson

In the beginning

On what it's like to get dumped by a man you moved across the world for

Nov 22, 2024 • Lucy Pearson

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Katie Clapham's Desert Island Books

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The classics I can't stand

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Farrah Storr's Desert Island Books

Featuring the book that makes her cry every time, to the classic that's a cliché for a reason...

Dec 21, 2025 • Lucy Pearson and Farrah @Substack

Clover Stroud's Desert Island Books

Featuring a classic about family, ambition, sex, and violence and a deeply melancholic depiction of the end of adolescence...

Dec 14, 2025 • Lucy Pearson and Clover Stroud

Olivia Muenter's Desert Island Books

Featuring a modern-day classic and the book that’s guaranteed to make her cry…

Dec 7, 2025 • Lucy Pearson and Olivia Muenter

Hanako Footman's Desert island Books

Featuring the book that reminds her of her father, and the one she devoured on a beach in Hydra…

Nov 30, 2025 • Lucy Pearson and Hanako Footman

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Farrah Storr's Desert Island Books

Featuring the book that makes her cry every time, to the classic that's a cliché for a reason...

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Featuring a classic about family, ambition, sex, and violence and a deeply melancholic depiction of the end of adolescence...

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Featuring a modern-day classic and the book that’s guaranteed to make her cry…

Dec 7, 2025 • Lucy Pearson and Olivia Muenter

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