May 23, 2022

7 Books To Read After Finishing The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams recommends her top picks on books that center around words as well as those about the Oxford English Dictionary

7 Books To Read After Finishing The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams recommends her top picks on books that center around words as well as those about the Oxford English Dictionary

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

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On the first of January each year, Aaliya begins a translation of one of her many books, not Arabic. Once finished, she packs it away, never to be read. The blurb, for once, echoed my own thoughts after reading this book – ‘A sublime novel, a love letter to literature and an acclamation of its power to define who we are.’

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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I dream of libraries and bookshops where the narrow corridors between crowded shelves lead you, like a maze, to worlds you can barely imagine. How could I resist a story about a cemetery for forgotten books? Once I started, I could not find my way out. It was a kind of heaven.

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

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The Sarajevo Haggadah as a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript created in fifteenth-century Spain. Geraldine Brooks imagines it’s journey through time and honours the people who protected it – Hebrew, Christian and Muslim.

Books About the Oxford English Dictionary

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester

Lost for Words by Lynda Mugglestone

Caught in the Web of Words by KM Elizabeth Murray

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Channeling her energy and embracing the powerful choice to prioritize joy everyday.
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Pre-order Heiress Among Thieves at the link in bio.
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