Browsing the archives for the kate summerscale tag

2009’s Bestselling Books

I used to do these charts fairly regularly, but have somewhat fallen out of the habit. However, since the list of Top 100 Bestselling Books in the UK for 2009 is being published, I thought it might be interesting to have a look at the Top 20.
1. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
2. Eclipse – [...]

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January 4, 2010 by Kirsty in charts
Tagged 2009, bestsellers, books, dan brown, kate summerscale, steig larsson, stephanie meyer, twilight

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher – Kate Summerscale (2008)

We have, it would appear, always been fascinated with the darker side of human nature. Whether it be the many people who, up until the late 19th century, took daytrips to lunatic asylums to gawk at the patients, or the fact that I worked in bookshops for four years and True Crime was the biggest-selling [...]

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January 6, 2009 by Kirsty in book thoughts, history, victorian history
Tagged crime, kate summerscale, non-fiction, victorian

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