Irvine Welsh and readers share August book recommendations
This is the Guardian's regular reader/writer roundup of books enjoyed in August, featuring recommendations from novelist Irvine Welsh, author Janice Hallett and members of the public. Contributors share a mix of literary fiction, crime and true crime titles, each explaining what drew them to their chosen books and why they stood out over the past month.
– Irvine Welsh praised Dave Eggers' Contrapposto, Graeme Armstrong's Raveheart and Dan Richards' Overnight
– Another contributor enjoyed Jenny Jackson's The Shampoo Effect, a comic novel about friends navigating adulthood in Massachusetts
– Janice Hallett recommended true crime works: Patrick Radden Keefe's London Falling, Carol Ann Lee's The Murders at White House Farm, and Fred Vermorel's Dead Fashion Girl
– A reader highlighted Emmanuel Carrère's V13, an account of the trial following the 2015 Paris terror attacks
- Guardian's August books roundup features Irvine Welsh and Janice Hallett
- Recommendations span literary fiction, comic novels and true crime
- Carrère's V13 covers the 2015 Paris attacks trial
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Originally published by The Guardian as “What we’re reading: Irvine Welsh, Janice Hallett and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in August”.