The highly anticipated sequel to Bookworm about how books of all kinds delight, guide, comfort, and strengthen us throughout our adult lives.

“A bookworm’s delight” - Sara Collins “Funny, warm and charming” - Marian Keyes “Like butter on toast- perfect” - Caitlin Moran

A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page, and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around. From well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels, and other not-so-guilty pleasures, Bookish brims with literary insights, wry observations, and stellar recommendations. This is an ode to the bookish places - from local libraries to bookshops big and small - and the stories that make us who we are.

“Comforting, funny and moving - Bookish is wonderful to curl up with on good days and bad” - Sali Hughes “An affectionate, warm guide on the healing power of reading” - i News “Mangan makes for a wonderfully incisive critic and can pick apart a George Orwell with the same perspicacity with which she can, say, a Jack Reacher” - Observer