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2024 release just dropped to 99p (NB: only 200pp)
The Spamalot Diaries - by Eric Idle
- "a rollicking account of the making of his Broadway musical Spamalot ... an irresistible and unfiltered ode to the art of live theater."
- "A memoir as entertaining as the Broadway musical smash . . . A ripping read that feels like a ride on a scary showbiz roller coaster and an invitation to a movable feast of the elite in the celebrity fast lane."
- "Quite simply wonderful . . . This is so much more than a making-of book; it's also a portrait of Eric Idle"
- "Spirited and exceedingly witty . . . Idle's observations are sharp and clever. It's exciting and very entertaining reading."
First time or rarely cheap - now just dropped to 99p :
Project Hail Mary - by Andy Weir (480pp, author of The Martian)
My Favourite Mistake - by Marian Keyes (600pp)
The Echo Maker - by Richard Powers (560pp)
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World - by Catherine Nixey (360pp)
The whole of this series is currently free (400+ pages each, individually well-reviewed)
The Traveler's Gate Trilogy (3 book series) - by Will Wight
One of the best political voices ...
‘This beautifully written book is a haunting reflection of identity and our relationships with the people and places we love’ -- Daily Mail
‘Travel writing at its best ... One of the most unexpected and enjoyable reads of 2016… The book fizzes erudition and is delightfully leavened by the companionship of his aged and doughty father." -- Guardian
‘Suggests an open-mindedness in Stewart, a tolerance and flexibility that could make him an exceptional politician while it also continues to define him as a writer’ -- New York Review of Books
"the book is about love… He is observant, gently mocking and he writes beautifully." -- The Times
"He is a gift to literature." -- Evening Standard
Area 51: An Uncensored History - by Annie Jacobsen (580pp) -- 99p for second time
Customers find the book engaging and informative, with well-researched facts of scientific, military, and political events. Readers praise the writing quality as superb and insightful.
'Area 51 is an assertive account, revelatory ... Her research is compellingly hard-hittting ... makes an indelible impression' -- (NEW YORK TIMES)
'An extraordinary book ... Discovering what really happened at Roswell is the holy grail of conspiracy theorists ... Based on unprecedented interviews with personnel at Area 51' -- (DAILY EXPRESS)
You Are Here - by David Nicholls (360pp) -- 99p first time
One of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday Times. A book of the year pick in the Guardian, Observer, Independent, Mail on Sunday, GQ, Good Housekeeping, NetGalley and Red
You become so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility' -- Observer
'The irresistible feel of a classic romance' -- Mail on Sunday
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now' -- FINANCIAL TIMES
'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters' -- DAILY TELEGRAPH
'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does' -- EVENING STANDARD
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ4Z5V36 Wind and Truth: Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson £0.99
The Nix - by Nathan Hill (750pp) dropped to 99p
- A superb debut novel . . . could well be the most ambitious novel of the year... It seems like Hill is a writer who can do pretty much what he wants. ― Daily Telegraph
- Dazzling . . . rich and multilayered . . . the debut of an important new writer, able to variously make readers laugh out loud while providing a melancholy, resonant tale that argues "there is no greater ache than this: guilt and regret in equal measure." ― USA Today
- The best thing a reviewer can do when faced with a novel of this calibre and breadth is to urge you to read it for yourselves – especially if your taste is for deeply engaged and engaging contemporary American prose fiction of real quality and verve. -- Ed Docx ― Guardian
- Compulsive and crazily entertaining -- Anthony Quinn ― Observer
- We're in the presence of a major new comic novelist . . . a brilliant, endearing writer . . . Readers . . . will be dazzled. ― Washington Post
- Nathan Hill Is Compared to John Irving. Irving Compares Him to Dickens. ― New York Times
There's a couple by Taylor Jenkins Reid @ 99p - Daisy Jones and The Six - and - Forever, Interrupted >
More 99p-ers
A Slice of Fried Gold: Taste my Memories - by Nick Frost - first time cheap
Stories of the Law and How It's Broken - by The Secret Barrister - rarely cheap
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - by Naomi Klein (550pp) rarely cheap