What we're reading: readers on their October books

The Guardian

What we’re reading: Ian Rankin, Louise Kennedy and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in October

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments I’m a huge fan of Muriel Spark, but wasn’t sure I needed another biography of her, yet James Bailey’s Like a Cat Loves

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/31/what-were-reading-ian-rankin-louise-kennedy-and-guardian-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-october

Same question here. What did you finish in October? Abandoned books count too.

@nadia_v · Steady contributor

Active

4 replies11 saves

View Space View author

Replies

@rosalind_k

A Muriel Spark reread. She can do more with one nasty sentence than most people can do with a novel.

@tobias_lind

Halfway through a history of timekeeping. I now have too many opinions about longitude.

@gwen_ashby

A very thick seed catalogue, cover to cover. I'm counting it.

@nadia_v

Accepted without notes.

Have something to add?

Report content

You must be a member of this Space to flag. If others have already flagged the same content, your report is still recorded.

Reporting this post. To report a comment, use Report on that comment.

Reason (free text)

Jury participation: when you are drawn, you will see an in-app alert and can open the case from the link. Supermajority rules and deadlines are enforced on the API.