The Bibliophile's Compass

1726  Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Ireland) A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read 2021 Treacle Walker by Alan Garner ( My Review )  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An extraordinary, “playful, moving, and wholly remarkable” (The Guardian) coming-of-age novel filled with myth and magic from one of England's greatest living writers. Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize 2021 Medusa  by Jessie Burton (UK) A dazzling, lyrical YA retelling of Greek myth, from Jessie Burton, internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. 2025 The White Octopus Hotel  by Alexandra Bell (UK) Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if a second chance awaits them behind its doors. 2025 The Black Wolf by Louise ...

2011 Collected Folk Tales by Alan Garner (UK) The definitive collection of traditional folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner. 2015 The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest  by Mark Z. Danielewski The Familiar, Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found . . . The Familiar, Volume 2 Wherein the cat is hungry . . . A "novel [which] goes beyond the experimental into the visionary, creating a language and style that expands the horizon of meaning . . . hint[ing] at an evolved form of literature.” 2020 Memorial by Bryan Washington A funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love. Winner of the 2021 Stonewall Book Award Longlist for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Longlist for 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize

2003 Thursbitch by Alan Garner (UK) Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755. The print of a woman's shoe was found by his side in the snow where he lay dead. 2007 Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro  After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022 2014 A Brief History of Seven Killings  by  Marlon James The novel spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 and its aftermath, through the crack wars in New York C...

2012 Boneland by Alan Garner is published A sequel to  The Weirdstone of Brisingamen  and  The Moon of Gomrath . The boy Colin from the earlier novels is now an adult, still living near the top of Alderley Edge but now a professor working at the nearby Jodrell Bank Observatory. 2012 If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura is published  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ When an unexpected diagnosis turns his world upside down, a lonely man, with only Cabbage the cat for company, is faced with an impossible choice. 2017 Late author Terry Pratchett' unfinished works destroyed by steamroller as per his instructions 2018 The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker published It recounts the events of the  Iliad  chiefly from the point of view of Briseis. 2022 The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell is published It brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duches...

Title : Treacle Walker Author : Alan Garner Publication Year: 2021 Pages : 152 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Fantasy, Magical Realism, Myth, Folklore Awards : Shortlisted for 2022 Booker Prize and Shortlisted for British Fantasy Award for Best Novella Source : Audiobook @everand_us Before getting into this literary rabbit hole, I skimmed some reviews and was greeted with a chorus of bewildered exclamations: “What did I just read?” Oh boy, I knew I was in for a ride! This was not just a casual stroll through the pages; I was about to embark on an adventure through the land of “What on earth is happening?” Now, don’t get me wrong—this isn’t the “What am I reading?” of despair; it’s more of a delightful “Wow, this is bizarre but oddly beautiful!” As I flipped through the pages, I tried to decipher the enigma, and naturally, I sought out more reviews and articles for some guidance! Welcome to “Treacle Walker,” a tale that masquerades as a children’s book but is definitely w...