Tag Archives: Sara Gran

My Top Ten Books of the Year

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so here are my top ten novels of the year. Lemme know what you think, and what your own favourites are. I won’t write much about each here, but you can click on the book covers for my reviews … Continue reading →

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A whole bunch of my reviews in The Big Issue are now online

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

I write a regular fortnightly book review/column thing in The Big Issue magazine, and a whole bunch of them are now online. Check em all out below: Sara Gran & Lisa O’Donnell James Robertson & Tao Lin Brian Aldiss & … Continue reading →

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Faber & Faber, how come you are so good?*

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

This is going to sound like total brown-nosing (ass-kissing to my American friends), but most of my favourite books of this year so far have been published by Faber & Faber. My publisher. Seriously, here’s a list of fantastic novels: … Continue reading →

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Culture I consumed in March, a bit late

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Ach, bit late with this, sorry. Been a busy little motherfucker, though, you know, writing books, looking after the kids, going on holiday to a warm country, shit like that. Soooo, anyway, below is a list of what I consumed … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten Books of 2011

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I’ve read shitloads of books this year. Here are my favourites. In order. A couple of things I noticed on compiling this list: – Only 3 or 4 would be considered ‘literary’ fiction, the rest are crime, mostly … Continue reading →

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