Todd Family, Book 1
by Kate Atkinson
Recommended by Radhika Jones and Richard Osman
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Fantasy, and Fiction.
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For a...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Fantasy, and Fiction.
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Richard Osman
“3 BOOKS EVERYONE WILL LOVE Golden Hill Francis Spufford Life After Life Kate Atkinson Towards The End Of The Morning Michael Frayn”
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Consider The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Recommended by 5 sources.
“This sprawling, detail-rich historical novel follows cathedral builders, nobles, and townspeople across decades, delivering immersive scene-setting and a steady accumulation of plotlines. Its useful part is the sustained attention to craft—architecture, politics, rivalry—that makes the medieval world tangible. The main limitation is repetitive melodrama and swings in pacing: long, satisfying set pieces sit beside stretches that feel slow or contrived. Better read slowly rather than skimmed; readers who stick it out will find payoff in the concluding convergences.”
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