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Mr B’s Books to Remember in a Year to Forget: Beautifully Formed Novellas

Curated by

Tom Mooney

Less is more. By concentrating the language and action of a drama into fewer words, great authors create stories no less memorable for their brevity; there’s nothing like the intensity of reading a powerful novella in a single sitting.

 

Each year we produce our Christmas catalogue which features 101 of our favourite books of the year and the festive season (you can read it right here – https://mrbsemporium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Christmas-Catto-2020.pdf). But that’s ONLY 101 books, and there are so many more to talk about and in 2020 they’re so tricky to discover. That’s why we’ve decided to create the first annual Mr B’s “Books of the Year” Lists which in 2020 we’re calling “Books to Remember in a Year to Forget“. In all, there will be a staggering 70 “half-dozens” of books across all the genres and subjects we get asked for most and that we read the most. We’ve limited our picks to books published in 2020 – either in hardback or paperback form. Beyond that it’s just a free-wheeling subjective gallop through what we consider to be some of 2020’s publishing highlights.

Get 15% off when you buy all the books on the list

All books on this list £67.96 £57.76

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  • Weather
    Jenny Offill
    £12.99
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  • Snow, Dog, Foot
    Claudio Morandini, J Ockenden
    £12.00
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  • That Reminds Me
    Derek Owusu
    £8.99
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  • The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero
    Paulus Hochgatterer, Jamie Bulloch
    £10.00
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  • The Invisible Land
    Hubert Mingarelli, Sam Taylor
    £12.99
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  • Twelve Nights
    Urs Faes, Jamie Lee Searle, Jamie Lee Searle
    £10.99
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