Nicholas Lezard’s Choice

‘Motherwell’, by Deborah Orr

'Clean' by Michele Kirsch

‘I Used to be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz’

‘Heaven’s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind’ by Lyall Watson

‘Berkmann’s Cricketing Miscellany’ by Marcus Berkmann

‘Cassandra Darke’ by Posy Simmonds

‘The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies’, by Robert Kirk, introduced by Marina Warner

A Really Good Day, by Ayelet Waldman

Happening, by Annie Ernaux

‘This Searing Light, the Sun, and Everything Else’ by Jon Savage

Nicholas Lezard’s Choice: ‘If Not Critical’ by Eric Griffiths, ed. Freya Johnston

Nicholas Lezard's Choice: ‘The Art of Travel' by Alain de Botton