I’ve always loved books and reading in all the different ways I’ve come across it! I remember being read to before bed when I was little and going to the library on a Friday after school to choose another big pile of books to take home with me. I was the person everyone knew as the bookworm and would always have a book on me, even at family parties (still am!). My little list consists of books I loved growing up that I still think of and remember fondly and books I’ve really enjoyed over the past few years.
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The Willoughby Book Club Team's Favourite Books - Alisha
My reading tastes vary year to year, depending on where I am and what I'm doing in any particular moment. It means some of my favourite books seem slightly idiosyncratic, but they just makes sense in my weird, little brain! I like a bit of everything really, but I'm mainly drawn to fully fleshed out characters and locations, and a plot hook that grabs me by the scruff. In my list below you'll find (among other things) hippies, Neapolitans, shapeshifters, and Palestinian freedom fighters. These are books that I have avidly recommended to friends and readers of all kinds, so I hope you'll find something that piques your literary interest.
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The Willoughby Book Club Team's Favourite Books - Olivia
My reading has wandered far and wide over the years, and I couldn't possibly narrow down all my favourite titles from a life of reading, that's far too hard a question. So my list consists of titles I've returned to again and again, for comfort reading, for laughs, for seeing things in a re-read that I didn't notice previously. These are all books I've recommended to others, I hope there's something that might interest you here too.
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The Willoughby Book Club Team's Favourite Books - Marianne
Lemony Snickett told me to never trust anyone who doesn’t carry a book with them, and I took that to heart and still don’t leave the house without one.
This list was more of a struggle than I thought it would be, I’m quite easily pleased and if I enjoy a book, I tend to call it my favourite which results in a very long list. My family is full of avid readers who all have very varied tastes and this influenced a lot of my reading growing up. Even now, we still love gifting each other books and recommending our current reads to just about everyone. A lot of the books on this list come from when I was a teen, and I was the most into reading I have ever been. Whether it's a memory of the first series I bought as it was released and eagerly awaited each new instalment, or my friend's in school passing along the same book so we could all get in on the hype, or reading the books of my mum’s childhood favourite show, all the books on this list hold a special memory. They are more just the words inside. For quite a solo hobby, making this list reminded me that one of my favourite things about books and reading is how it fosters community and connection.
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The Willoughby Book Club Team's Favourite Books - Aishah
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