Must-Read Books You Haven’t Heard Of chosen by Jenna Smith

Read This: Books under the Radar is a weekly post usually written by a guest author – often a friend of mine, someone I’ve met on my writerly travels, or an author I admire. But this time I’m delighted that we have a book blogger on, recommending three books she thinks deserve more recognition. If you’re interested in buying any of the books, please click on the covers and give these hidden gems some love. You can see the full list of books which have been selected, on Bookshop.org, where you can have a browse and buy any that take your fancy. Happy reading!

Read This: Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith a force for books! She runs The Book Taster book clubs – groups online and in person around the country where people gather to discuss books. Who better to choose three books which have gone under the radar. And I’m delighted that I will be her guest author for her online book club on 24th November, where we’ll be discussing The Memory of Animals. Here’s what she has to say about herself:

Jenna has been book blogging under the name @book_club_mumma since 2017 & is the founder of The Book Taster- an online and in person book club community which started in 2019. Jenna hosts one online and two in person book clubs a month whilst facilitating 22 Book and Pudding Clubs across the U.K. Bringing people together in bookish conversation and building a community of readers is Jenna’s passion and drive. A mother to two girls and an excitable black Labrador – Jenna always has a book on the go & never re-reads a book or cracks a spine! 

Find Jenna online at:
www.instagram.com/bookclubmumma
www.instagram.com/thebooktaster
www.thebooktaster.com

Here are her recommendations:

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Read This: Sarah Leipciger’s recommends three books which are hidden gems

Read This is a weekly post written by a guest author – often a friend of mine, or someone I’ve met on my writerly travels, who recommends three books that they think deserve more recognition. If you’re interested in buying any of the books, please on the covers and give these hidden gems some love.

Read This: Sarah Leipciger

I first met Sarah back in 2016 when we appeared at bookshop event together talking about our debut novels. I’ve loved all of hers, but especially her third, Moon Road. You can see the breakfast picture I took of it and read my brief review on Instagram here. And I’m delighted and proud that the quote I wrote for the book made it to the front cover. Here’s a bit more about her:

Sarah Leipciger has written three novels, The Mountain Can Wait, Coming Up for Air (currently being adapted as an opera with the Leipzig Opera House), and now Moon Road, published spring 2024. Sarah is an Associate Lecturer on the MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck University and also teaches at City Lit, London. She is undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths University and is currently researching her fourth novel, which means she gets to read about bootlegging, rum running, lake folklore and drafty old penitentiaries

You can find her on Instagram and X (Twitter). Here are Sarah’s recommendations:

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