Fiction
Rooms for the Weather
For readers who enjoy a closely observed setting, a quiet mystery and characters whose small decisions change the shape of a story.
Read the book pageThe reading room
A few notes
from the reading table.
What the books notice, how they read and the kinds of conversations they might begin.
Places
The City at Walking Pace
For someone interested in streets, buildings and the ordinary details that give a place its character. The short chapters welcome dipping in.
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Making
Things Made to Stay
For readers drawn to materials, craft and the way an everyday object is put together. The drawings help explain the joints, handles and repairs described in the essays.
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Nature
An Orchard of Days
For a reader who enjoys seasonal nature writing and a book that can be read a little at a time. Each return to the orchard reveals what has changed with the season.
Read the book pageChoosing your pace
A book can fit a different kind of afternoon.
Some books ask you to stay with a story. Others welcome opening at a chapter, a drawing or a single essay. Consider how you want to read as well as what you want to read about.