Foyles (@thebigfoyles)

It was such a treat to welcome the icon Caroline O’Donoghue to Charing Cross Road to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon —Whistler by Ann Patchett —Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys by Viv Albertine…

It was such a pleasure to have Abigail Bergstrom visit us to tell us about her latest novel and share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —Body Work by Melissa Febos —All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman —The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson —Hot Milk by Deborah Levy Uninhibited…

There’s only a handful of days until the winner is announces for this year’s Booker, and some of our booksellers have predicted what they think will win this year’s @The Booker Prizes! Who are YOU hoping to see win on Monday? #BookerPrize #Books #Foyles #BookTok

It was such a pleasure to welcome Min Jin Lee to the shop and for her to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —Hunger by Roxane Gay —The Duke of Deception by Geoffrey Wolff —Educated by Tara Westover  —This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff Her new novel AMERICAN HAGWON is a breathtaking…

It was such a delight to welcome Louise Hegarty to Charing Cross Road recently and share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, tr. Natasha Wimmer —War with the Newts by Karel Čapek, tr. Ewald Osers —Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry by B. S. Johnson…

What a total honour it was to welcome the icon that is Patti Smith to Charing Cross Road for a signing and to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —Enough About Angels by László Krasznahorkai, trans. Ottilie Mulzet —Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, trans. Allison Markin Powell and Lisa…

It was so exciting to welcome the lovely Maisie Peters to Charing Cross Road to tell us about her recent album and also to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —Tom Lake by Ann Patchett —Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly —The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro —Famesick by Lena Dunham Come…

Joetry 005 🖊️ It’s that time of the month! Welcome to another episode of Joetry, and to celebrate Black History Month Joe has some poetry recommendations for you! Here’s what he’s recommended: - Omeros by Derek Walcott - A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson - Selected Poems by Linton Kwesi…

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It was a pleasure have to have the Goldsmiths Prize-nominated writer Aea Varfis-van Warmelo visit Charing Cross Road and share her #FoylesFour! In a very fun approach, she chose four books that had been recommended to her on dates with men, and here’s her four choices: —Of Mice And Men by John…

It was so nice to have Patrick Freyne visit and for him to share his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark —Commonwealth by Ann Patchett —New Grub Street by George Gissing —Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way by Elaine Feeney EXPERTS IN A DYING FIELD is…

It was a total honour to welcome Kazuo Ishiguro to the store recently for a signing, and luckily for us he also shared his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez, tr. Megan McDowell —The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff —Frankenstein by Mary…

It’s time for another #FoylesFour and we were delighted to welcome Angela Flournoy whose new novel THE TURNER HOUSE is out today! Here’s what she chose: —A Mercy by Toni Morrison —To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf —The Known World by Edward P Jones —Blackouts by Justin Torres THE TURNER HOUSE…

Have you ever wondered what Russell T Davies would choose for his #FoylesFour? Well, now you know! Here’s what he chose: —Barkskins by Annie Proulx —What We Can Know by Ian McEwan —Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish —Asterix and the Roman Agent by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo His new…

To celebrate the publication of Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel PARTITA, we teamed up with @Faber Books and welcomed the very talented Riho Akagi to play some music from the book. It’s a story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of…

Out today is David McCloskey’s brand new novel LONDON STATION and we were delighted to have him stop by to share his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —MI6 by Gordon Corera —The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj —The Wager by David Grann —I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca…

It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for! It’s time for THE GRUFFALO to share his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —Stick Man by Julia Donaldson —The Smeds and the Smoos by Julia Donaldson —Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson —Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson GRUFFALO GRANNY is out now…

Throwback to when we had the delightful Claire Daverley visit us instore to share her #FoylesFour and tell us about her new novel! Here’s what she chose: —Fight Night by Miriam Toews —Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, tr. Geraldine Harcourt —The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt —Wild Dark Shore by…

We were so excited to have Maggie Stiefvater in to visit us to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones —All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot —Piranesi by Susannah Clarke —Watership Down by Richard Adams THE LISTENERS is Stiefvater’s…

To celebrate Michael Cragg’s new book all about the icon that is Kylie Minogue, we challenged him to share his #FoylesFour, but instead of books, his four favourite Kylie albums! Here’s what he chose: —Rhythm of Love —Impossible Princess —Light Years —Aphrodite His new book chronicles Kylie…

We were so excited to have Louise Kennedy stop by the shop to talk to us about her brand new novel STATIONS and to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —First Love by Ivan Turgenev, tr. Isaiah Berlin —In The Forest by Edna O’Brien —Beloved by Toni Morrison —I Could Read The Sky by Timothy…

Hot off being shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize and after our sold out event, we were delighted to find time with Marlon James as he shares his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —The Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn —As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann —The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G. B…

It was one of our favourite books of the summer, so we were so glad to have Pulitzer Prize-winning Andrew Sean Greer stop by and share his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —The Known World by Edward P Jones —An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge  —The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel…

Sophia Smith Galer’s book HOW TO KILL A LANGUAGE has been one of our favourite nonfiction titles of the year, so it was such a delight to welcome her instore to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran —Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë —The Ornament of the…

There’s been a lot of bookseller love for VENUS, VANISHING and we’re excited to be welcoming Rebeccca Birrell to the shop in a discussion with Freya Bromley on 30 September. 🎟️ Tickets are onsale now on the Events page on our website. #EventsAtFoyles #VenusVanishing #RebeccaBirrell #NewFiction

It was such a thrill to welcome Brandon Taylor to the store to share his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard —The Château by William Maxwell —Thérèse by François Mauriac, trans. Gerard Hopkins —Homesickness by Colin Barrett HIs new novel, MINOR BLACK…

We always love spending time with Max Porter so it was a treat to welcome him in the shop to share the *children’s* edition of his #FoylesFour! Here’s what he chose: —When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson —The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood —Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg…

Joetry 004 🖊️ It’s that time of the month! Welcome to another episode of Joetry, and if you’ve ever felt like you’re in your Flop Era then Joe has some poetry recommendations for you! Here’s what he’s recommended: - Hera Lindsay Bird by Hera Lindsay Bird - Joy is My Middle Name by Sasha…

We were thrilled to welcome Philip Hensher to Foyles this week to tell us about his brilliant new book A HISTORY OF THE NOVEL IN BRITAIN, which describes how the evolutionary scramble by writers and publishers to get attention drove constant innovation in writing techniques, and produced new ways…

It was such a delight to welcome Madeleine Dunnigan, author of JEAN, to the shop recently to share her #FoylesFour! Here’s what she chose: —The Waves by Virginia Woolf —Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, tr. Megan Backus —That They May Face The Rising Sun by John McGahern —Giovanni’s Room by James…