{"id":356404,"date":"2026-07-09T10:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/uncategorized\/recommended-reads-1-reading-matters\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:39:03","slug":"recommended-reads-1-reading-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=356404","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reads #1 \u2013 Reading Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/recommended-reads\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png\" data-orig-size=\"1536,473\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Recommended reads\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=1024\" width=\"825\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=825\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=825 825w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recommended-reads.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the first edition of <strong>Recommended Reads<\/strong>, a weekly feature highlighting three books I think deserve a place on your reading list. Each is a book I\u2019ve previously read and reviewed, so every recommendation comes with my personal endorsement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m hoping this will be a fun and useful way to discover your next great read \u2014 or simply add another tempting title to your TBR pile. I\u2019ll be publishing <strong>Recommended Reads<\/strong> every Wednesday, giving you plenty of time to track down a copy before the weekend\u2019s reading begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week, I\u2019ll recommend:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Release:<\/strong> a book published within the past two years, one that\u2019s usually still available on bookshop shelves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Backlist: <\/strong>an older title that\u2019s stood the test of time and is well worth rediscovering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wildcard:<\/strong> anything goes! It might be a forgotten classic, a remarkable memoir, a gripping non-fiction story or simply a book I can\u2019t stop thinking about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each book, I\u2019ll share a brief introduction and point you towards the original review if you\u2019d like to read more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s begin:<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-48081\"\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/2025\/09\/12\/woo-woo-by-ella-baxter\/woo-woo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,459\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Woo woo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg?w=98&amp;h=150 98w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/woo-woo.jpg?w=196&amp;h=300 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018<strong>Woo Woo\u2019 by Ella Baxter<\/strong> (Allen &amp; Unwin, 2024) is darkly funny, surreal and bonkers. It follows Sabine, a highly strung conceptual artist, who is preparing for a solo exhibition. As pressure mounts, she teeters on the edge while juggling logistics, self-promotion, a stalker and the ghost of a visual experimental artist offering advice. Weird but sharp, it skewers conceptual art with knowing satire. It was my favourite read of last year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Perfect for readers who love\u2026<\/strong> literary fiction with a dark dollop of satire, unconventional narrators and stories about art.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">**<strong>Backlist<\/strong>**<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/2023\/07\/06\/the-gardener-by-salley-vickers\/the-gardener\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"300,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Gardener\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg?w=98&amp;h=150 98w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-gardener.jpeg?w=196&amp;h=300 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Gardener by Salley Vickers<\/strong> (Penguin, 2021) is a beautifully observed novel about a bereaved woman who uses her inheritance to buy a rundown Jacobean house in a small English village. As she begins restoring the overgrown garden with the help of an Albanian migrant, she finds the work becomes a form of therapy which helps her come to terms with her own troubled past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Perfect for readers who love\u2026<\/strong> thoughtful character-driven fiction, gentle storytelling and tales about resilience.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">**Wildcard**<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/2023\/08\/31\/christ-stopped-at-eboli-by-carlo-levi-translated-by-frances-frenaye\/christ_stopped_at_eboli\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"300,464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Christ_stopped_at_eboli\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg?w=300\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg?w=97&amp;h=150 97w, https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/christ_stopped_at_eboli.jpeg?w=194&amp;h=300 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi<\/strong> (Penguin Modern Classics, 2000) is an unforgettable account of Levi\u2019s political exile in southern Italy in 1935. Part memoir, part social history, it offers a compassionate portrait of an impoverished community at a time of great change. Written with extraordinary powers of observation, it highlights how fascism abandoned some of Italy\u2019s poorest people and forced opponents into cruel exile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Perfect for readers who love..<\/strong>. memoir, history, travel writing and stories about dignity and endurance.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Have you read any of these? I\u2019d love to hear what you thought \u2014 or what you\u2019d recommend for someone else\u2019s reading list.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:10px\">Discover more from Reading Matters<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" alt=\"Unknown's avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22c2f54f56e2699247df4012113b8331a8af2729e2a2265230007b34cea4681e?s=90&amp;d=monsterid&amp;r=G\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22c2f54f56e2699247df4012113b8331a8af2729e2a2265230007b34cea4681e?s=90&amp;d=monsterid&amp;r=G 1x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22c2f54f56e2699247df4012113b8331a8af2729e2a2265230007b34cea4681e?s=135&amp;d=monsterid&amp;r=G 1.5x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22c2f54f56e2699247df4012113b8331a8af2729e2a2265230007b34cea4681e?s=180&amp;d=monsterid&amp;r=G 2x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22c2f54f56e2699247df4012113b8331a8af2729e2a2265230007b34cea4681e?s=270&amp;d=monsterid&amp;r=G 3x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22c2f54f56e2699247df4012113b8331a8af2729e2a2265230007b34cea4681e?s=360&amp;d=monsterid&amp;r=G 4x\" class=\"avatar avatar-90\" height=\"90\" width=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-avatar --><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"author-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished by <span class=\"author-name\">kimbofo<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-heading --><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\tI am a book obsessive who has been charting my reading life online since the early 2000s.\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/readingmattersblog.com\/author\/kimbofo\/\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tView all posts by kimbofo\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-bio -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first edition of Recommended Reads, a weekly feature highlighting three books I think deserve a place on your reading list. 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