Celebrating their 5th anniversary, the team at Lamplight Books share their deep-cut reads — overlooked gems to add to your TBR!
Lamplight is turning five, and it’s making us reflective. So, we’ve cherry-picked a pile of our deep cuts for you: books that maybe didn’t get the love they deserved at the time, books that still get overlooked on ‘best of’ lists, and books that, whenever we see them on the shelf, feel like meeting an old friend.
Happy reading!
Mel, Bonnie and Courtney
THE LIST
Whaea Blue – Talia Marshall
In this rip roaring memoir, Talia takes every wrong turn until she doesn’t.
A Truce That Is Not Peace – Miriam Toews
A delicate memoir that illuminates the authors former Amish parents struggle with the world.
Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry
A stunner of a western. All humanity is captured in this epic journey through the American west.
The Sky is Falling – Lorenza Mazetti
Now back in print, this witty tale of two orphans and their country childhood is wisdom for our time.
The Wall – Marlen Haushofer
A fictional world so powerful, you will not want to be interrupted. Female survival as an art-form and glorious animals.
Baby Driver Jan Kerouac
The most underrated Kerouac. A lyrical journey through a complicated father daughter relationship.
Minor Detail – Adania Shibli
A hauntingly beautiful account of the ongoing disempowerment of Palestinians.
Crossing to Safety – Wallace Stegner
Two couples, one privileged, one not, make for a beautiful lesson that life is indeed long.