Book of the Month

Each month, we share a book recommended by a special guest for Give a Book. Have a browse below, and join our mailing list to read them each month.

James Reed CBE is the Chairman and CEO of Reed – Britain’s biggest and best-known... Read More

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is the Sunday Times bestselling author of novels for children and adults including the Geomancer trilogy, a... Read More

A.L. Kennedy is an award-winning writer. She has written nine novels, six short story collections,... Read More

Patrick McGrath is the author of several novels and short storycollections including The Grotesque, Spider,... Read More

Jenni Fagan is the author of five fiction novels, one non-fiction memoir about growing up... Read More

Luke Jennings is a British author and journalist. He trained as a dancer at Rambert... Read More

We asked the reading group members and education department at HMP YOI Isis – where... Read More

Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels, most recently A Bird in Winter, published by... Read More

Until March 2022, Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC served as a judge at the The Central Criminal... Read More

Sarah Waters OBE is a multi-award winning British Author. She has written 6 novels, including Tipping... Read More

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran in 2016 and remained in prison there until she... Read More

Sabrina Mahfouz is a British Egyptian writer. Her theatre shows include A History of Water in the Middle... Read More

Dr. David Maguire (Honorary Senior Research Associate, UCL, Institute of Education) has researched and managed... Read More

The Leviathans is a thriving Prison Reading Group in HMP Wormwood Scrubs. They have very... Read More

Terence Blacker is an author, song-writer and columnist. His first novel Fixx (1996) won critical acclaim and... Read More