Okay so lots of people are clearly desperately looking for the right book to buy someone right now, and though it pains me to admit it, my book might not be the right one for everyone. So, authors - reply with your books and explain why someone might like! I'll add them to this handy thread! - ThreadSky

jonnelledge.bsky.social • 79 days ago

Okay so lots of people are clearly desperately looking for the right book to buy someone right now, and though it pains me to admit it, my book might not be the right one for everyone.

So, authors - reply with your books and explain why someone might like! I'll add them to this handy thread!

Reposted from Tom Phillips

Are YOU struggling to think of a present to buy someone? Might they, perhaps, enjoy fascinating and funny books about the long history of people getting things wrong? Have you considered... my books?

My books: they are good and if you buy them you will make people happy, probably.

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peterstaffordbow.bsky.social•79 days ago

This moderately massaged version of my LinkedIn profile details the origin story of Britain’s most fabulous supermarket wine buyer. The Wolf of Wall Street meets A Year in Provence.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corkscrew-highly-improbable-occasionally-professional-ebook/dp/B08KHN58R9

heawood.bsky.social•79 days ago

My memoir The Hungover Games is more of a manual really, for those times you find yourself drunk in Hollywood, accidentally becoming someone's mother.

scriblit.bsky.social•79 days ago

Cursed Under London! A very bisexual Tudor set Fantasy Romcom! For someone who loves/d Horrible Histories or WWDITS or Ghosts or OFMD or wishes their romantasy had more jokes/their romcoms had more dragons! https://farragobooks.com/book/cursed-under-london/

northernwrites.bsky.social•78 days ago

@jonnelledge.bsky.social's book bought. What is the HR best Audible entry point for your books @scriblit.bsky.social?

jonnelledge.bsky.social•78 days ago

thanks!

northernwrites.bsky.social•78 days ago

The best. Not sure why I need permission from HR?

scriblit.bsky.social•78 days ago

Hahaha! Well, would you like family friendly fantasy fairy tale hijinks, or slightly more adult real world set supernatural hijinks or Tudor fantasy romcom hijinks?

northernwrites.bsky.social•78 days ago

Let's start with option 2.

Currently obsessed with Rivers of London if that's any guide

northernwrites.bsky.social•78 days ago

And love ghosts/HH 4 LYF

hollygramazio.bsky.social•79 days ago

Mine is a comedy about an attic that starts creating an infinite supply of husbands, which may also not be what everyone is after but if it IS what you’re after then I do think this book is the only place you can get it https://lnk.to/thehusbands

charlotte2153.bsky.social•79 days ago

Wouldn't usually be the sort of thing I'd go for, but I picked it up at the station recently and LOVED it!

hollygramazio.bsky.social•79 days ago

Ah so glad you enjoyed it!!

anthonygladman.com•79 days ago

How about some non-fiction 🍸

https://geni.us/GinATastingCourse

roberthutton.co.uk•79 days ago

Can you think of any other books published in April, Jonn? https://bsky.app/profile/roberthutton.co.uk/post/3lcppjdwka22r

monroetempleton.bsky.social•79 days ago

I think someone who is into metaphysical sci-fi/alternate history, or sad stories about gay monks, may enjoy either!

https://bsky.app/profile/monroetempleton.bsky.social/post/3klzecscsb227

jonathanpinnock.com•79 days ago

Basically your run of the mill comic-thriller-with-a-dash-of-maths series. Fast moving, funny and occasionally quite exciting...

jonathanpinnock.com•79 days ago

Or if you don't fancy that kind of thing, there's always the sequel to Pride and Prejudice you really didn't know you wanted. There's a trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiEvcuVeA64

jonathanpinnock.com•79 days ago

Alternatively I also do literary short stories. Dot Dash got four stars in the Independent on Sunday, on the same page as George Saunders. So there.

jonathanpinnock.com•79 days ago

Nearly forgot. There's poetry too, God help me.

jonathanpinnock.com•79 days ago

And there's this thing, which is the only book ever to have been reviewed in Family Tree Magazine (book of the month) AND Songlines (two stars, bastards). Might only find it on Abe, mind.

eliotandersen.bsky.social•79 days ago

Do you like old photos of steam trains?
Do you like new photos of steam trains?
Do you like the Lake District?
Do you like old and new photos of steam trains in the Lake District?

(Vols 1 & 2 also available - though not required prior reading)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ratty-Album-Three-Jenner-Andersen/dp/0954279824/

alisongoldie.bsky.social•79 days ago

May I suggest The Improv Book by yours truly, crammed full of games and suggestions for how to create stories, characters and amusing situations. It’s for students, teachers, pros or amateurs, and handy for Xmas games with the fam or friends. Pub. Bloomsbury if you don’t want to patronise Bezos.

aliciawarne.bsky.social•79 days ago

My book is for anyone who likes "historical" fantasy AND cozy mysteries. It offers a sprinkle of magic, a reluctant sleuth and a boatload of suspects.

Setting is (very) loosely based on the Dutch Golden Age.

https://www.aliciawarne.com (ebook only, multiple ebook retailers)

jonnelledge.bsky.social•79 days ago

Delighted to be able to say, honestly, that the first book someone sent me for this thread is literally one I bought for a family member 19 hours ago

heawood.bsky.social•79 days ago

Your mother is going to love it.

jonnelledge.bsky.social•79 days ago

non-zero chance I buy this for a relative, too, tbh

jonnelledge.bsky.social•79 days ago

Good book here for anyone struggling with a loved one's addictions

jonnelledge.bsky.social•79 days ago

this is in the extensive "shit, I wish I'd written that" category

leeduncanis.me•79 days ago

I've never seen you and Nigel Fletcher in the same room, but perhaps because I've only just learned who he is, and have never met you

jonnelledge.bsky.social•79 days ago

If THIS doesn't make you want to read a book then why are you even following me

jonnelledge.bsky.social•79 days ago

same but in a fairly different way

etwritehome.bsky.social•79 days ago

I'm a bit under the weather and struggling to focus and I read that this was taking place on an "alternative Elizabeth Line" so many times and, while it sounds amazing, I'm a little bit disappointed it doesn't.

casmilus.bsky.social•79 days ago

The best should-have-been-PM was Somerset de Chair. He was the real thing of which Boris Johnson was the badly-scanned digital upload version.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/death-of-a-selfconfessed-heterosexual-1568079.html

laswa.bsky.social•62 days ago

Thanks for the boost - extra £100 raised for Open Road charity 🥰

laswa.bsky.social•79 days ago

My book is the story of my brother and has tips for the loved ones of those with substance addiction. Everyone knows someone, and being there for them is important but not easy. No happy ending, but there are moments of humour in the book. Every penny raised is for the Open Road Visions charity.

keithbarrow80.bsky.social•79 days ago

My first book, a journey along the Cornish Main Line, delving into the remarkable history of the route with a focus on the many changes over the last decade. Illustrated with over 100 high-quality images of trains in the beautiful and varied Cornish landscape.

nigelfletcher.bsky.social•79 days ago

“The Not Quite Prime Ministers”:
Bite-size historical nuggets with a dash of humour, a James Bond-style car chase, assassinations, scandals and other assorted historical delights and pub-quiz trivia, as I count down the leaders of the opposition who failed to make it to Number 10 Downing Street

jamtone.bsky.social•79 days ago

Best place to buy this that maximises your returns and gives least to Beff Jezos, please?

nigelfletcher.bsky.social•79 days ago

Thank you!
Direct from @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social : https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-not-quite-prime-ministers#buy-this-book
Or from bookshops such as Blackwells: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Not-Quite-Prime-Ministers-by-Nigel-Fletcher/9781785908101

jamtone.bsky.social•79 days ago

No, thank you. And John. That's me dad's Xmas present sorted!

mayfaircynic.bsky.social•79 days ago

Blackwells, owned by Waterstones, owned by Elliott Advisors?
That Blackwells?
Oh well, as long as it's not Bezos, I suppose?

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