Richard Osman's Book Recommendations
Richard Osman is an English television presenter, producer, novelist, and comedian. He is best known for being the co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. Given his recommendations of both literary fiction and thrillers, Osman seems to enjoy a wide range of reading material.
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📚 Books Recommended by Richard Osman 10
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup
"Love [this] book."
book list View source ↗"@AndyMawby Love that book. And so insanely different to AMITC."
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A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better
"Dark and disturbing, but wise, moving and beautifully written."
book list View source ↗"Book recommendation! Blown away by 'A Station On The Path To Somewhere Better' by Benjamin Wood. Dark and disturbing, but wise, moving and beautifully written. Am immediately going to seek out his other books now. What a writer."
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Sorrow and Bliss
"What a wonderful book."
book list View source ↗"I am behind the curve I know, but what a wonderful book Meg Mason's 'Sorrow And Bliss' is. Wise and sad, but so funny. Like 'actually' funny. What an absolute treat."
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Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?
"If you understand what this title means then you will love this book."
book list View source ↗"If you understand what this title means then you will love this book, as Nige Tassell tracks down members of all 22 bands on the original C86 cassette. If you don't know what C86 was, then it might be a BIT niche."
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The Amateurs
"Love [this] book."
book list View source ↗"@estellecostanza Love that book."
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With a Mind to Kill
"Brilliant [book]."
book list View source ↗"I'll tell you who's an absolutely wonderful writer, @AnthonyHorowitz. So many brilliant books, including his new Bond novel 'With A Mind To Kill'."
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The Dirtiest Race in History
"One of my favourite sports books of all time."
book list View source ↗"Sad to hear of the death of Richard Moore. His book 'The Dirtiest Race In History' about the Seoul 100m final is one of my favourite sports books of all time. Do please buy one if you want an incredible story written by an incredible writer."
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Take Your Breath Away
"Your local bookseller will have loads of great recommendations but I loved 'The Sorrow & The Bliss' by Meg Mason, 'The Girls Who Disappeared' by Claire Douglas', 'Take My Breath Away' by Linwood Barclay and 'A Station On The Path To Somewhere Better' by Benjamin Wood. Enjoy!"
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The Girls Who Disappeared
"Your local bookseller will have loads of great recommendations but I loved 'The Sorrow & The Bliss' by Meg Mason, 'The Girls Who Disappeared' by Claire Douglas', 'Take My Breath Away' by Linwood Barclay and 'A Station On The Path To Somewhere Better' by Benjamin Wood. Enjoy!"
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A Month in the Country
"Also, I'm rereading JL Carr's 'A Month In The Country'. What a beautiful, funny, sad book. Just an absolute treat."
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