What's Phil been reading?
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By Mr Books Bookshop
Here's the list of new and older books I've been reading (and enjoyed)
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
Peter Godfrey-Smith
£9.99 £9.29Fascinating look at what constitutes intelligence (warning: contains a shocking fact about octopus lives...)
Dad, the Donkey's on Fire
Ian McMillan
£9.94 £9.24Ian McMillan - more than a friendly voice on Radio 4, a philosopher and thought provoker.
Piranesi: 'Spectacular' The Times
Susanna Clarke
£14.99 £13.94I loved Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell and this drew me in from the start. Don't spoil it for me, I don't know who the biscuit tin man is yet!
Venice
Jan Morris
£10.99 £10.22Beautiful classic from Jan Morris, a pioneer in many ways. Now sadly gone, but this book will live forever.
Venice
Peter Ackroyd
£16.98 £15.79Runs Jan Morris a (fairly) close second. Evocative and fascinating.
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay
£9.99 £9.29Unputdownable. Funny and eye-watering. Not for the squeamish, but goodness, it makes you admire medical professionals.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Sophie Rickard
£14.99 £13.94This illustrated version tells the tale in an easily accessible way. Should be compulsory reading in all schools.
100 Things I Meant to Tell You
Arthur Smith
£12.99 £12.08Funny man, entertaining and humane book. We were lucky to be able to chat to him on our podcast.
I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals
Liam Drew
£9.99 £9.29Liam's fascinating exploration of what makes us and all mammals...well, mammals. Some brilliant facts in here (and Liam was another podcast guest)
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Patrick Leigh Fermor
£10.99 £10.22Another evocative travel book - and only the start of an epic journey that could only have been completed in the 1930s. But what a time to cross Europe!
One Hundred and Fifty-Two Days
Giles Paley-Phillips
£12.99 £12.08A beautiful, poetic, insight into a boy's life as his mother is ill and his Dad and Nana struggle to cope.
Phil's reading list