Ben's Book Club: Alternative Book Picks

Friend of the bookshop Ben Pope is a bookseller and a comedian and we're so excited that he's bringing his Book Club to Edinburgh Fringe!

Here’s how it works: Ben picks a book. You read it and so do his two hilarious comedian guests. Then: discuss. Three different books in three days! All of the joy of a good book club with none of the blah-blah-blah.

17 Aug - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn 18 Aug - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 19 Aug - A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Ben's compiled a list of books that are *not* the books he read for book club...as a special treat, we're happy to give attendees 10% off.

Alternatives to The Salt Path

• Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
• Findings by Kathleen Jamie
• Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
• Walking Home by Simona Armitage
• Upstream by Mary Oliver
• The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

Alternatives to Kitchen Confidential

• Tart by Slutty Chef
• Heartburn by Nora Ephron
• Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm
• Land of Milk and Honey by Pam Zhang
• Small Fires by Rebecca Johnson
• Consider the Oyster by MFK Fisher

Alternatives to A Court of Thorns and Roses

• Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
• Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Briefly A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
• When We Were Birds by Ayanna Banwo