Book recommendations for Christmas and the New Year

Recommendations for Christmas and the New Year

from Book Stop, Tavistock

The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy

Levy’s Booker-longlisted novel is at once a meditation on time and a deeply sensitive and affecting tale of memory, ageing and lost love, which reflects upon both the freedom and entrapment of the past. The book follows protagonist Saul Adler in two different realities, both centred around car crashes on Abbey Road. The first part of the book traces Saul’s trip to East Germany in 1988, following his collision in London. There he writes, falls in love and attempts to bury his authoritarian father’s ashes. The second part takes place in 2016 where Saul lies in hospital, recovering from another crash and surrounded by the ghosts (or are they real?) of his father, brother, Stasi agents and lovers…

Published by Hamish Hamilton: £14.99

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

A beautiful and poetic illustrated book of wisdom told through the lives of four friends

Penguin: £16.99

The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

Second installment of Pullman's epic new trilogy

David Fickling: £20

Private Eye Annual 2019

£9.99

Blue Moon by Lee Child

Never fear, Jack Reacher's here! Signed copies at Book Stop

Bantam: £20

How Trains Work

Fantastic illustrated lift-a-flap guide for younger readers

Lonely Planet: £12.99

Katya Church, Book Stop