Read what’s on your favourite writers’ bookshelves
Books endorsed by Sally Rooney, Andreas Malm, Yanis Varoufakis and more!
Want a book you know you’ll love? Read your favourite authors’ favourite authors.
These books will help you dive deeper into the genres and fields of study you’re most interested in, as well as expand your horizons — all endorsed by the best!
Let your heroes give you some recommendations.
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Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney has emerged as one of the most compelling literary voices of her generation. She has been vocal in her solidarity with Palestine, which may result in her books being withdrawn from sale in the UK. She's praised Ghassan Kanafani’s Men In The Sun and Wim Carton & Andreas Malm's The Long Heat.
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Andreas Malm
Andreas Malm is a revolutionary climate activist, and author of the best-selling How to Blow Up a Pipeline. He wants you to read:
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Kim Stanley Robinson
Robinson is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers. He described The Long Heat by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton as “part of that crucial cognitive mapping project” for making fundamental changes in our political economy.
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Yanis Varoufakis
Internationally recognised economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis wants you to read:
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Naomi Klein
Journalist, political analyst, and author of bestsellers such as Doppleganger, The Shock Doctrine, and No Logo, Naomi Klein wants you to read:
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Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature, consistently examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language, and class. She wants you to read:
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Teju Cole
Teju Cole, author of Open City and winner of the PEN/Hemmingway Award, described John Berger as “a humane and uniquely confiding voice.”
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