Recommended reading - Fiction

By Word on the Water, The Bookbarge

Recommended reading - Fiction

By Word on the Water, The Bookbarge

Welcome to Word on the Water! Here is a list of some of our favourite curated titles

There are Rivers in the Sky

There are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

£18.99 £18.04

Girls Against God

Girls Against God

Jenny Hval

£11.99 £11.39

Acid Nun

Acid Nun

Corinne Halbert

£28.99 £27.54

The Future

The Future

Naomi Alderman

£20.00 £19.00

A Darker Shade: New Stories of Body Horror from Women Writers

A Darker Shade: New Stories of Body Horror from Women Writers

Joyce Carol Oates

£12.99 £12.34

Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

Barbara Kingsolver

£9.99 £9.49

The Premonition

The Premonition

Banana Yoshimoto

£12.99 £12.34

Cursed Bunny

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

£12.99 £12.34

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

£16.99 £16.14

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

Fernando Pessoa

£10.99 £10.44

Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart

MICHELLE ZAUNER

£10.99 £10.44

Fup: A Modern Fable

Fup: A Modern Fable

Jim Dodge

£9.99 £9.49

Moon Witch, Spider King: Dark Star Trilogy 2

Moon Witch, Spider King: Dark Star Trilogy 2

Marlon James

£10.99 £10.44

The Complete Cosmicomics

The Complete Cosmicomics

Italo Calvino

£9.99 £9.49

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

Elizabeth Smart

£10.99 £10.44

The Lonely Londoners

The Lonely Londoners

Sam Selvon

£9.99 £9.49

In the Belly of the Queen

In the Belly of the Queen

Karosh Taha

£12.99 £12.34

Small Things Like These: An Oprah Book Club Pick

Small Things Like These: An Oprah Book Club Pick

Claire Keegan

£9.99 £9.49

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

Maddie Mortimer

£9.99 £9.49

The Clothing of Books

The Clothing of Books

Jhumpa Lahiri

£9.99

Piranesi: WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021

Piranesi: WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021

Susanna Clarke

£9.99 £9.49

The Candy House

The Candy House

Jennifer Egan

£9.99 £9.49

Fire Rush

Fire Rush

Jacqueline Crooks

£16.99 £16.14

The Inseparables: Vintage Classics French Series

The Inseparables: Vintage Classics French Series

Simone de Beauvoir

£9.99 £9.49

Days of Awe

Days of Awe

A.M. Homes

£9.99 £9.49

The Souvenir Museum

The Souvenir Museum

Elizabeth McCracken

£9.99 £9.49

Learwife

Learwife

J.R. Thorp

£9.99 £9.49

Life Doesn't Frighten Me (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition)

Life Doesn't Frighten Me (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition)

Maya Angelou, Jean-Michel Basquiat, et al.

£15.99 £15.19

Americanah

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

£9.99 £9.49

The City of Tears

The City of Tears

Kate Mosse

£20.00 £19.00

What If We Stopped Pretending?

What If We Stopped Pretending?

Jonathan Franzen

£7.99 £7.59

The Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

The Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Elena Ferrante

£20.00 £19.00

Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019

Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019

Bernardine Evaristo

£9.99 £9.49

Bluest Eye

Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

£9.99 £9.49

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

£9.99 £9.49

The Testaments: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019

The Testaments: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019

Margaret Atwood

£9.99 £9.49

The Shadow King

The Shadow King

Maaza Mengiste

£9.99 £9.49

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

£9.99 £9.49

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

£9.99 £9.49

Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

£9.99 £9.49

The Lost Spells: An enchanting, beautiful book for lovers of the natural world

The Lost Spells: An enchanting, beautiful book for lovers of the natural world

Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris

£14.99 £14.24

Bolt from the Blue

Bolt from the Blue

Jeremy Cooper

£12.99 £12.34

Permafrost

Permafrost

Eva Baltasar

£11.99 £11.39

Shuggie Bain

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

£10.99 £10.44

The Mirror and the Light

The Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel

£10.99 £10.44

South of the Border, West of the Sun

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami

£9.99 £9.49

Broadwater

Broadwater

Jac Shreeves-Lee

£8.99 £8.54

Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

£9.99 £9.49

The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

£9.99 £9.49