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.

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

This month’s book has been chosen for us by best-selling novelist Jeffrey Archer. The 39 Steps... Read More

This month, our book has been recommended by author, broadcaster, poet and Chancellor of Manchester... Read More

A couple of years ago the great short story writer George Saunders described in the... Read More

This month’s book, chosen by poet Emily Berry, is the wonderfully named From the Mixed-up Files of... Read More

For this month’s choice we asked best-selling author Sophie Kinsella to pick a book. Luckily... Read More

In July we asked the legendary playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard to choose our book... Read More

Historian Dan Snow picks our latest book of the month, coinciding with him kindly forming... Read More

Our book this month has been chosen by author Wilbur Smith. His official pick is... Read More

This month our book has been chosen by historical novelist Lindsey Davis. The classic children’s... Read More