Some Great Books To Read
One of the few advantages of the Lockdowns last year was having the opportunity to get some reading done! Several of you have messaged me asking for suggestions on books to read – so here are some ideas to get you started! Thanks to all my friends who contributed these suggestions! 🙂
If you have some recommendations to add I would be delighted to hear! Simply leave a comment in the section below!
Fiction
Ten Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World – Elif Shafak
The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
Where The Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
Restless – William Boyd
The Mirror & The Light – Hilary Mantel
The Architect’s Apprentice – Elif Shafak
Black Milk – Elif Shafak
The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Stedman
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
Cutting For Stone – Abraham Verghese
Everything I’ve Learned About Love – Lesley Garner
East West Street – Philippe Sands
The Weight of Ink – Rachel Kadish
The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra – Vaseem Khan
I Hid My Voice – Parinoush Saniee
The End of The Ocean – Maja Lunde
History of Bees – Maja Lunde
The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri
Normal People – Sally Rooney
Dear Mrs Bird – A J Pearce
Small Pleasures – Claire Chambers
The Last Runaway – Tracy Chevalier
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
Miss Benson’s Beetle – Rachel Joyce
The Lying Life of Adults – Elena Ferrante
The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyles
Rodham – Curtis Sittenfeld
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
Non Fiction
Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahnemann
What Colour is Your Parachute – Richard N. Bolles
Surrounded by Idiots – Thomas Erikson
Humankind – Rutger Bregman
Hiroshima – John Hersey
David & Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell
Books With a Swiss Twist
An Expert Guide to Living In Switzerland – Buy from Bergli Books
Swiss Watching by Diccon Bewes
Swisscellany by Diccon Bewes
Slow Train to Switzerland by Diccon Bewes
Behind Closed Doors by JJ Marsh
Living and Working in Switzerland latest edition by David Hampshire
Swiss Life: 30 Things I Wish I’d Known by Chantal Panozzo
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum See review of Hausfrau here
The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
Bergli Books Switzerland
From www.Bergli.ch – simply search on the book name on the top left of the Bergli homepage
How To Be Swiss – Diccon Bewes – Buy from Bergli Books
Wild Swim Switzerland – Steffan Daniel – Buy from Bergli Books
Helvetic Kitchen – Andie Pilot – Buy from Bergli Books
Swiss Fondue – Buy from Bergli Books
Swiss Bread – Buy from Bergli Books
Food And Cookery
Palestine On A Plate – Joudie Kalla
The Curry Guy Bible – Dan Toombs
The Little Paris Kitchen – Rachel Khoo
James Martin’s Great British Adventure – James Martin
Delia’s Complete Cookery Course – Delia Smith
Cook, Eat, Repeat – Nigella Lawson
Mary Berry’s Quick Cooking – Mary Berry
Nadiyha Bakes – Nadiyha Hussain
The Great British Bake Off: Love To Bake
Rachel’s Favourite Food At Home – Rachel Allen
The Sunday Brunch Cookbook – Simon Rimmer & Tim Lovejoy
Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen – Durkhanai Ayubi
Pinch of Nom – Kay Featherstone and Catherine Allinson
Indian in 7 – Monisha Bharadwaj
Midnight Chicken (& other recipes worth living for) – Ella Risbridger
Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start – Tom Kerridge
The Quick Roasting Tin – Rukmini Iyer
Tin Can Cook – Jack Monroe
Super Sourdough: The foolproof guide to making world-class bread – James Morton
Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen – Lara Lee
The Girl from Tel Aviv: Family recipes, kitchen secrets & childhood tales – Lim Robinson
Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen – Ravinder Bhogal
Dishoom: From Bombay with Love – Shamil Thakar
From the Oven to the Table – Diana Henry
Pasta Grannies – Vicky Bennison
East – Meera Sodha
Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook – Madhur Jaffrey
The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking – Marcella Hazan (apparently the best bolognese recipe going)
Flavour – Otto Lenghi
Vegetarian
VEG – Jamie Oliver
Greenfeast – Nigel Slater
Chetna’s Healthy Indian – Chetna Makan
Little Green Kitchen – David Frenkiel & Luise Vindahl
Bazaar – Sabrina Ghayour
The Hairy Bikers’ Veggie Feasts – The Hairy Bikers
Vegan
Bish Bash Bosh – Henry Firth & Ian Theasby
Nom Nom Vegan – CookNation
Bosh! Simple Recipes – Henry Firth
Easy Vegan Bible – Kate Beskow
Vegetable Kingdom: A Vegan Cookbook – Bryant Terry
Vegan One Pound Meals – Miguel Barclay
PLEASE NOTE: Some of the above contain affiliate links which mean I may earn a small commission – but the price to you will be exactly the same.
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2 comments
Fiction: Normal People by Sally Rooney.
Cookbook: The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan (best bolognese according to thekitchn.com)
Thanks so much! Have added to the list ! 🙂