Bookish: A Love Letter to Reading
Paperback Published on: 12/03/2026
Price: £12.99
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Isn't it just great when a book enters your life and completely changes you?
Isn't it just great when a book enters your life and completely changes you? I love getting into the minds of people, especially into the minds of people's... READ MORE
A Book for the Bookish Army Among Us!
I adored Bookworm (Lucy Mangan’s earlier work) yet Bookish was seemingly written with my past reading choices in mind! I laughed … and I mean properly laug... READ MORE
For anyone with a TBR stack
I had previously enjoyed Bookworm by the same author and this follows the reading journey of Lucy through her adult years with changing tastes and times.
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Synopsis
A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around.
From well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels and other not-so-guilty pleasures Bookish brims with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations. This is an ode to the bookish places – from local libraries to bookshops big and small – and the stories that make us who we are.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529967180
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 21 mm
- Weight: 228g
- Languages: English
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As a book lover, introvert and reader above pretty much all else, I very much enjoyed this deep delve into the joys of reading and what it brings to one's ... READ MORE
Nostalgic
An entertaining look at the author and her obsession with books. So many times I said 'Oh that's me' throughout this book. It was a lovely book to read and... READ MORE
Perfectly Bookish
Having read and adored Lucy Mangan's Bookworm I was overjoyed to see a follow up in Bookish - a look at how a love of books progresses from childhood to mi... READ MORE
For all booklovers everywhere.
I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, but could not resist Bookish by Lucy Mangan. I always enjoy her newspaper columns and reviews, and like her am a lifelon... READ MORE
How could you not love this book of books…
How I have not become Lucy Manghan’s best friend I do not know. I am the same age, was born in Lewisham hospital and bought up around Croydon / Bromley and... READ MORE
Gorgeous, Like Coming Home
I loved Bookworm when it came out. Lucy Mangan and I are of a similar age and read for similar reasons. I found so much I recognised in Bookworm and also c... READ MORE
Part memoir, part inspiring reading list – this is a 'bookish' delight for anyone who loves to read!
It's clear that author Lucy Mangan is a long-time writer and columnist; her writing is snappy and engaging as she packs a huge amount of information in eac... READ MORE
A mirror to my reading life
At times I really felt like Mangan was writing my own story both in book terms and life in general which made for a fascinating read and had me turning to ... READ MORE
Enjoyable, if not as spectacularly so as ‘Bookworm’
Mangan in an engaging and witty writer, this second outing of her detailed and life long account of her love affair with books felt less absorbing than tha... READ MORE
A book, a mug of coffee and a comfy chair please
I thoroughly enjoyed Lucy Mangan's earlier work, Bookworm, about her childhood reading memories, so I was keen to read Bookish which picks up where Bookwor... READ MORE
If you love books - not like, but love - this is for you
Lucy Mangan’s Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is about her passion (obsession?) for reading. It is a book for book-lovers – no, not just people who r... READ MORE
Five stars!
Bookish by Lucy Mangan is a heartfelt, witty and deeply engaging memoir that explores the way books shape our lives and guide us through the most significa... READ MORE
Lovely book about books
I absolutely loved Bookworm, Lucy’s earlier homage to childhood reading, which really could have been about me and Bookish is every bit as good. It carries... READ MORE
A love letter to books
Another elongated love letter to books from Lucy Mangan that will stay with me for a long time. Any self-professed bookworm will recognise themselves in Ma... READ MORE