The Ultimate C Word Reading List

That’s right, ladies. We’ve got together to create our very own ULTIMATE C Word reading list - this can be novels, non-fiction, poems, short stories, haiku’s. Hell, it could even be a naughty limerick. If you think we are missing something that you would add to this list - comment below!

THE ULTIMATE C WORD READING LIST

• Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth (recommended by Hester Allen)

• Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja (recommended by Oremie B)

• The Source by Sarah Sultoon (recommended by Micaela Blitz) - read Micaela’s review here.

• Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (recommended by Kennie Morrison - read her review here.)

• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (recommended by Susie King)

• The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz (recommended by Leanne Lu)

• The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh (recommended by McKenna Black)

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo (recommended by Nicolle Knapova)

• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Horari (recommended by Laura Bertinelli)

• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in Silicon Valley by John Carreyrou (recommended by Emily King)

• The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš (recommended by Elena Koprtla) - read her review here

• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (recommended by Emily King)

• A Little Life by Hanya Yanaghara (recommened by Lily Maret) - read Lily’s review here.

• Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce (recommended by Natasha Hughes) - read Natasha’s review here.

• Educated by Tara Westover (recommended by Lily Hanna)

• Circe by Madeline Miller (recommended by Susie King)

• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (recommended by Jo) - read Jo’s review here.

• Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (recommended by Emily King)

• Pink Shoes and Jilbaab: Not Your Average Hijab Guide by Kiran Shah (recommended by Kennie Morrison) - read Kennie’s review here

• Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (recommended by Leanne Lu)

• The Bronze Horseman Series by Paulina Simmons (recommended by Emily Douglass)

• The Confidence Code by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman (recommended by Kirsty Griffiths)

• 1984 by George Orwell (recommended by Nicolle Knapova)

• I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (recommended by Emily King)

• We’ll Always Have Paris - Sex and Love in the City of Light by John Baxter (recommended by Elena Koprtla) - read her review here

• Death In Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye (recommended by Lily Maret)

• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (recommended by Susie King)

• An Ordinary Life by Amanda Prowse (recommended by Kennie Morrison) - read Kennie’s review here.

• Arturo’s Island by Elsa Morante (recommended by Laura Bertinelli)

• 11 Minutes by Paulo Coehlo (recommended by Maike Valentina)

• Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye (recommended by Elena Koprtla) - read Elena’s review here

• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (recommended by Leanne Lu)

• Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (recommended by Lily Hanna)

• Red Notice by Bill Browder (recommended by Hugh Bushell)

• Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna (recommended by Susie King)

• Three Women by Lisa Loeb (recommended by Emily King)

• One Of Us Is Lying by Karen. M. McManus (recommended by Nicolle Knapova)

• Blonde Roots by Bernadette Evaristo (recommended by Elizabeth Day in her podcast How To Fail)

• Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (recommended by Susie King)

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (recommended by Karen Burns) - read Karen’s review here.

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