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.

Give a Book was recently lucky to go to the excellent Penned Up Literary Festival... Read More

This month, we’re delighted to have a book choice from Dame Maggie Smith, the great... Read More

This month, writer and illustrator Sally Gardner chooses a book for us. Sally’s children’s books... Read More

This month, we are delighted to have a book choice from renowned actor Charles Dance,... Read More

This month, we’re delighted to have a book recommendation from novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Our Sister... Read More

This month, Harriett Gilbert chooses our Book of the Month. Harriett is a writer, academic,... Read More

This month, we asked illustrator and author Chris Riddell to choose our Book of the... Read More

Classicist Mary Beard chooses us a wonderful Book of the Month for September, which we... Read More

This month, author and reviewer Philip Womack chooses our Book of the Month, with a... Read More

This month, award-winning children’s author, Gill Lewis, recommends The Lost Words, an extraordinary book offering... Read More

Katherine Rundell, the award-winning author of Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder and The Girl Savage, chooses our Book of... Read More

This month, world-renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida recommends a book close to her heart. My first... Read More

Poet, writer, and musician Benjamin Zephaniah recommends Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. I first read this book... Read More

David Harmer is an Author, Poet, Lecturer and Consultant in Drama, Writing and Oracy. Often... Read More

Wendy Law-Yone is the critically acclaimed Burmese-born American author of A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma... Read More