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Jules Swain, The Reading Paramedic

Hello, and welcome to my Shopfront! I'm a Paramedic based in Yorkshire and an avid reader and book reviewer. I love sharing my book recommendations on social media (I'm on all platforms!) - books are my passion & I just want everyone to share in the joy they bring. Doing the job I do, I need escapism, and that's what books bring me. 

 

I read a lot so have a lot of recommendations! I've split my shopfront into various different lists so I hope you can find some inspiration in there somewhere. I've also included a list of everything I've read this year, which I'll keep up to date with my current read. You may find some great pre-orders in there too.

 

Happy reading!

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Good Girl: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025
All Fours
The Persians
Fundamentally: Shortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction
Tell Me Everything
The Safekeep
Good Dirt
Show Me Where It Hurts: 'A searingly beautiful novel' Jennie Godfrey
Dandelion Yellow
Fundamentally: Shortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction
Madame Matisse
Our Last Wild Days
A Court of Frost and Starlight: An unmissable companion tale to the GLOBALLY BESTSELLING, SENSATIONAL series
The Devil's Draper
The Cleaner
The Eights
A Fortune Most Fatal
The Ministry of Time: The romantic, sci-fi, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller
The Artist: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
The Grapevine: Winner of the Stylist Prize for Feminist Fiction
Broken Biscuits: And Other Male Failures
Blue Sisters
Intermezzo: The global #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People
The List of Suspicious Things
Frank and Red: The 'warm-hearted, weepy, riotously funny, feel-good' story of an unlikely friendship.
This Motherless Land
Real Americans
Leaving
This Love: 'The new One Day' The Sunday Times Style
You Are Here: The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the author of One Day
Moon Road
Broken Country: THE MOST ADDICTIVE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NYT BESTSELLER
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: From the master of the plot twist
Hello Beautiful
Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
Other Women: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
The Reader on the 6.27
The Remains of the Day
The Crimson Petal And The White
The River Within
Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics Bronte Series)
The Goldfinch - 10th Anniversary Edition
The Secret History
Small Pleasures: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Heart of Darkness
The Devil's Draper
The Eights
The Artist: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
The Safekeep
The Tower
Restless Dolly Maunder
The Painter's Daughters: The award-winning debut novel selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club
Go as a River
Fifteen Wild Decembers
In Memoriam
The Midnight News: The gripping and unforgettable novel as heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
The Unpicking
The Lacuna: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Once a Monster: A reimagining of the legend of the Minotaur
North Woods: Read it once. Remember it forever.
Book Lovers
Happy Place
Funny Story
Good Material
First Time Caller
Show Me Where It Hurts: 'A searingly beautiful novel' Jennie Godfrey
Broken Country: THE MOST ADDICTIVE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NYT BESTSELLER
Hello Beautiful
Good Material
All Of Us Are Broken: The heartstopping thriller with an unforgettable twist
The List of Suspicious Things
Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
Remote Sympathy: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022
We All Want Impossible Things: The funny, moving Richard and Judy Book Club pick 2023
You Be Mother: The debut novel from the author of Sorrow and Bliss
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: "An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel" STEPHEN F
Isaac and the Egg: the unique, funny and heartbreaking Saturday Times bestseller
A Little Life
The Trick to Time
Dog Days
Dandelion Yellow
The Eights
Circus of Mirrors
Rodham: The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller asking: What if Hillary hadn’t married Bill?
Mrs March
Great Circle: The soaring and emotional novel shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 and shortlisted for the Booker
Tangerine
Carol: Film Tie-in
Miss Benson's Beetle: An uplifting story of female friendship against the odds
The Power: Now a Major TV Series with Prime Video
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Heartburn: 40th Anniversary Edition – with a Foreword by Stanley Tucci
Under a Pole Star: Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award
Intermezzo: The global #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People
Frank and Red: The 'warm-hearted, weepy, riotously funny, feel-good' story of an unlikely friendship.
Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
Sedating Elaine: 'a riotous rollercoaster of hilarity, tenderness and beautiful craziness'
The Miseducation of Evie Epworth: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
One Ordinary Day at a Time
A Man Called Ove: The global bestselling phenomenon
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Eileen
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
Miss Benson's Beetle: An uplifting story of female friendship against the odds
This Immaculate Body: 'electric . . . A chilling book by an exciting new voice’ VOGUE
Over My Dead Body: 'I couldn't put this fabulous, first class, five star read down.' JANICE HALLETT
Our Hideous Progeny
Last One at the Party: An intriguing post-apocalyptic survivor's tale full of dark humour and wit
The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times
The Book of Strange New Things
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: the million-copy global bestseller
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction phenomenon
Magpie
Divorced Not Dead
Funny Story
The Guests
Happy Place
The Garnett Girls
Looking for the Durrells: A heartwarming, feel-good and uplifting novel bringing the Durrells back to life
Book Lovers
The Lonely Fajita
Rachel's Holiday
The Getaway: A gorgeous holiday romance - perfect summer escapism!
Broken Country: THE MOST ADDICTIVE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NYT BESTSELLER
Slow Dance
The Wedding People: The hilarious and moving Read With Jenna book club pick
Intermezzo: The global #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People
Lovelight Farms: The perfect feel-good friends-to-lovers festive Romcom
Meet Me On The Bridge
Moon Road
Goodbye Birdie Greenwing
Real Americans
You Are Here: The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the author of One Day
Blue Sisters
Funny Story
Leaving
This Love: 'The new One Day' The Sunday Times Style
Hello Beautiful
Orbital
Broken Country: THE MOST ADDICTIVE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NYT BESTSELLER
This Motherless Land
Intermezzo: The global #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People
All the Colours of the Dark: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller – ‘a wonderful book’ (Richard Osman)
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: From the master of the plot twist
Real Americans
The Kellerby Code: 'If you like Wodehouse and you liked Highsmith . . . that's what it reminded me of.' Richard Osman
On the Savage Side
Hello Beautiful
The Bee Sting
Marking Time
Yellowface
Remote Sympathy: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022
Our Hideous Progeny
The Bone Flower
The Last House on Needless Street: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
Mrs Death Misses Death
Luckenbooth
The Spirit Engineer: Winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award
The Turn of the Key: From the author of The It Girl, read a gripping psychological thriller that will leave you wanting more
See What I Have Done: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
The Turnout: 'Impossible to put down, creepy and claustrophobic' (Stephen King) - the New York Times bestseller
My Absolute Darling
Such Small Hands
Into the Water: The Sunday Times Bestseller
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry: by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow 4/11/23
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
The Book of Form and Emptiness
The Midnight Library
Meet Me at the Surface
Sealskin
Luckenbooth
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction phenomenon
The Good People
Cunning Women: A feminist tale of forbidden love after the witch trials
Wuthering Heights (Vintage Classics Bronte Series)
Heart of Darkness
Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics Bronte Series)
Ice Town: the gripping and explosive new thriller featuring Tuva Moodyson
Wolf Pack: A Tuva Moodyson Mystery A TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK OF THE WEEK
Marking Time
Dark Pines: ‘The tension is unrelenting, and I can’t wait for Tuva’s next outing.’ - Val McDermid
Red Snow: Winner of Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards, 2019
Black River: 'A must read' Observer Thriller of the Month
Bad Apples: 'The stand out in a truly outstanding series.’ Chris Whitaker
Sirens
The Smiling Man
The Sleepwalker
Show Don't Tell
Orbital
The Premonition
Games and Rituals
Don't Look Now And Other Stories
Famished
Heartburn: 40th Anniversary Edition – with a Foreword by Stanley Tucci
The Tobacconist
A Whole Life
Undying: A Love Story
Heart of Darkness
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North: From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love
The revenant
Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water
And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems
Gifts: The perfect stocking filler for book lovers this Christmas
Under a Pole Star: Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award
The Toymakers: This Christmas, be completely swept into the magic of this enchanting and utterly gripping book
Christmas with Dull People
Bucket List: The 'ultimate feel-good novel'
Garden of her Heart
Spirit Level: 'It's touching, intriguing and GAS!' - Marian Keyes
Maid of Steel
The Glass Woman
Killer Bodies
The Bay
Fragile
A Blind Eye: A twisty and gripping detective thriller
Cuckoo in the Nest: as featured on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
Witness X: A futuristic crime thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night
Song of the Sea
Look What You Made Me Do
Winter People: Irish Examiner Best Books of 2022
The Midnight House: Curl up with this rich, spellbinding Richard and Judy Book Club read of love and war
Broken Biscuits: And Other Male Failures
Holding the Line: A true story of female-led resilience from the bestselling author of Demon Copperhead
The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People
Cold Fish Soup
Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s Strength
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
The Shift: JOIN THE MENOPAUSE REVOLUTION
Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
The Book About Getting Older: The essential comforting guide to ageing with wise advice for the highs and lows
Breaking & Mending: A junior doctor’s stories of compassion & burnout
The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People: How to Transform Feeling Overwhelmed and Frazzled to Empowered and Fulfilled
Can You Hear Me?: An NHS Paramedic's Encounters with Life and Death
Regrets of the Dying: Stories and Wisdom That Remind Us How to Live
The Salt Path
The Outrun
Slow Dance
Three Wise Men
Famous Last Words
A Court of Mist and Fury
As Young as This
Garden of her Heart
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love
Hot Not Bothered
A Court of Thorns and Roses: Enter the EPIC fantasy worlds of Sarah J Maas with the breath-taking first book in the GLOBALLY BES
Ice Town: the gripping and explosive new thriller featuring Tuva Moodyson
Wolf Pack: A Tuva Moodyson Mystery A TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK OF THE WEEK
The Wedding People: The hilarious and moving Read With Jenna book club pick
Life Hacks For a Little Alien: the tender and life-affirming debut, perfect for book clubs
This Motherless Land
The Wilds: The thrilling new mystery from the bestselling author of The Sanatorium
The Library of Heartbeats: A sweeping, emotional novel set in Japan from the author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water
And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems
In Memoriam
The Midnight News: The gripping and unforgettable novel as heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
Hello Beautiful
Prize Women: The fascinating story of sisterhood and survival based on shocking true events
One of the Good Guys: The Richard And Judy Bookclub Pick: This Is What Happens When Women Have Had Enough
The Unpicking
The Bee Sting
Good Material
Marking Time
The Lacuna: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Disobedient: The gripping feminist retelling of a seventeenth century heroine forging her own destiny
Mary: or, the Birth of Frankenstein
The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction
Men Who Hate Women: From incels to pickup artists, the truth about extreme misogyny and how it affects us all
Undercurrent: The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful novel about finding yourself, from the Times bestselling author of Five R
The Night Ship
What Remains?: Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking
Advent Street
The Things We Do To Our Friends
Wintering: The power of rest and retreat in difficult times
We All Want Impossible Things: The funny, moving Richard and Judy Book Club pick 2023
Cold Coast
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain: Winner of the Scottish National First Book Awards 2023
You Be Mother: The debut novel from the author of Sorrow and Bliss
Dislocations
The Butcher and the Wren: A chilling debut thriller from the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast MORBID
The Poisonwood Bible: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Hello Beautiful
The Unpicking
Our Hideous Progeny
North Woods: Read it once. Remember it forever.
The Bee Sting
On the Savage Side
Good Material
Happy Place
Over My Dead Body: 'I couldn't put this fabulous, first class, five star read down.' JANICE HALLETT
Go as a River
Other Women: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
Fifteen Wild Decembers
73 Dove Street
All Of Us Are Broken: The heartstopping thriller with an unforgettable twist
The Other Side of Mrs Wood