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Welcome to Bookstoker!

We’re here to help you find that book that you can’t put down, the book you’ll push on all your friends, the book that’ll change your life.

We read literary fiction, non-fiction, classics and children’s books, all genres and styles embraced in our aim to share the love. You’ll also find fabulous Bookstagrams and literary news.

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Good Morning, Mr Mandela by Zelda La Grange

Endearing memoir that falls short of full potential

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Blood River – A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart by Tim Butcher

Gripping tale about a journalist's trip down the Congo river

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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

A success, and enjoyable in its own right, but a disappointing Pulitzer

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April Reads ✨ Inspired by the recent spectacular A April Reads ✨ Inspired by the recent spectacular Artemis ll expedition, we’re revisiting the profound and beautiful Orbital by Samantha Harvey, 2024 Booker Prize Winner.

It tells the story of one day and sixteen orbits of the Earth, in the company of six astronauts as they reconcile their scientific objectives with existential contemplation and the insistent human buzz emanating from our lonely planet. See link in bio for our review. | 📷 @jonathancapebooks | #Bookstoker 

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