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Book cover of The World That We Knew

Amanda Cockrell Author Of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

From Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Amanda Cockrell Why Amanda loves this book

I have always loved the Golem story. This one is hauntingly mythic and still almost frighteningly contemporary. That the creator is a rabbi's daughter, not a son, opens a door into a wider exploration of the power of this ancient tale.

By Alice Hoffman ,

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4 authors picked The World That We Knew as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'Oh, what a book this is! Hoffman's exploration of the world of good and evil, and the constant contest between them, is unflinching; and the humanity she brings to us - it is a glorious experience. The book builds and builds, as she weaves together, seamlessly, the stories of people in the most desperate of circumstances - and then it delivers with a tremendous punch. It opens up the world ... in a way that is absolutely unique. By the end you may be weeping' Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive…


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Book cover of Aggressor

Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil

Amanda Cockrell Author Of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

From Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Reader Dog walker Lapsed academic

Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Amanda Cockrell Why Amanda loves this book

The grimalkin, who is a cat only in the sense that a dragon is a lizard. The goblins. The nod to Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market.”

By Oliver Darkshire ,

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1 author picked Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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In a tiny farm on the edge of the miserable village of East Grasby, Isabella Nagg is trying to get on with her tiny, miserable existence. Dividing her time between tolerating her feckless husband, caring for the farm's strange animals, cooking up "scrunge," and crooning over her treasured pot of basil, Isabella can't help but think that there might be something more to life. When Mr. Nagg returns home with a spell book purloined from the local wizard, she thinks: what harm could a little magic do?

This debut novel by beloved rare bookseller and memoirist Oliver Darkshire reimagines a…


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