The Bibliophile's Compass

1726 | 📖 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift | Ireland | 306 pages | Satire, Classic Literature | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 📚 🎧 2021 | 📖 Treacle Walker by Alan Garner | United Kingdom | 152 pages | Fantasy, Mythopoeic Fiction | 🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | My Review | 🎧 2021 | 📖 Medusa by Jessie Burton | United Kingdom | 208 pages | Mythological Fiction, Retelling | 🏆🏆 | 🎧 | @jessieburton 2025 | 📖 The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell | United Kingdom | 368 pages | Mystery, Fiction | 2025 | 📖 The Black Wolf by Louise Penny | Canada | 375 pages | Mystery, Thriller | 🏆🏆 | @louisepennyauthor 2025 | 📖 Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith | United Kingdom | 331 pages | Short Stories, NonFiction, Literary Fiction | 2025 | 📖 Wreck by Catherine Newman | United States | 224 pages | Contemporary Fiction, Drama | 🎧 @catherinewman

1980 | 📖 Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee | South Africa | 170 pages | Allegorical Fiction, Post-Colonial Literature | 🏆🏆🏆🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 📚 2011 | 📖 Collected Folk Tales by Alan Garner | United Kingdom | 337 pages | Folklore, Short Stories | 2015 | 📖 The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest by Mark Z. Danielewski | United States | 880 pages | Experimental Fiction, Speculative Fiction | @markzdanielewski 2020 | 📖 Memorial by Bryan Washington | United States | 320 pages | Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 | 📱 | @bry.washing 2020 | 📖 The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child | United Kingdom | 336 pages | Thriller, Action Fiction | 2026 | 📖 The Natural Order by Matthew Aldrich | United States | 352 pages | Fiction, Drama | 🎧 2026 | 📖 The Last Love Story by Katharyn Blair | United States | 352 pages | Young Adult, Romance | 🎧 2026 | 📖 An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon | United Kingdom | 320 pages | Mystery, Humorous Fiction | 🎧 | @drjocannon 2026...

Title : Holy Matrimony Book : The World and Other Places Author : Jeanette Winterson Publication Year : 1998 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Short story, postmodern satire, satire Marriage is another institution Winterson approaches with affection, suspicion, and a sharpened satirical instrument. “Holy Matrimony” follows two people preparing for their wedding who decide to marry in a church despite having no religious faith. They want the ceremony, the architecture, and the cultural legitimacy without necessarily subscribing to the theology. In other words, they would like the full traditional package but prefer to skip the terms and conditions. In a conventional romantic story, entering the church might restore their faith, bless their union, and bring everyone closer to God. But this is Winterson, so naturally that option is unavailable. Instead, the wedding becomes an opportunity to question marriage, organised religion, and the authority these institutions claim over people’s relationships. W...

2019 | 📖 Devotion by Hannah Kent | Australia | 432 pages | Historical Fiction, Historical Romance | 🏆🏆 | 🎧 | @hannahkentwrites 2021 | 📖 Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child | United States | 327 pages | Thriller, Crime Fiction | 2021 | 📖 Bournville by Jonathan Coe | United Kingdom | 354 pages | Historical Fiction, Satire | 🏆 | @jonathancoewriter 2023 | 📖 This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack | Ireland | 193 pages | Literary Fiction, Philosophical Fiction | 📱🎧 | @mike_mccormack_author