We're off to South London this week to meet and chat to the fabulous Ayisha Malik! Ayisha worked in publishing before the publication of her first smash hit novel Sofia Khan is Not Obliged, described as 'the Muslim Bridget Jones'. She then produced a sequel The Other Half of Happiness and her new book, This Green and Pleasant Land has just been released to great acclaim. We talked to her about Rochester versus Darcy, religion in writing, childhood faves and terrible author behaviour.
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood
Ayisha Malik - Sofia Khan is Not Obliged
Ayisha Malik - This Green and Pleasant Land
L. Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz
Lewis Carroll - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Angela Carter - Fairy Tales
Jane Austen - Persuasion
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen - Emma
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate
Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love
Nancy Mitford - Don’t Tell Alfred
Muriel Spark - Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark - Momento Mori
Muriel Spark - Loitering With Intent
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s Diary
Helen Fielding - The Edge of Reason
Monica Ali - Brick Lane
Norton Anthology of Literature
Graham Greene - End of the Affair
Graham Greene - A Burnt Out Case
Anita Brookner - Hotel Du Lac
Alex Khan - Bollywood Wives
Regina Porter - The Travellers
Nigella Lawson - Nigella Kitchen
Giorgio Locatelli - Made in Sicily
Brian Chikwava - Harare North
Fatima Bhutto - Songs of Blood and Sword
Kate Fox - Watching the English
JK Rowling - Casual Vacancy
Liane Moriarty - Big Little Lies
Richard Yates - Collected Stories
Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Raymond Carver - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Grace Paley - Collected Stories
Richard Flanagan - Narrow Road to the Deep North
Adam Johnson - Orphan Master’s Son
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment
Elif Bautman - The Idiot
Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend
Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d’Ubervilles
Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd
David Nicholls - One Day
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