Lit With Charles
Hi, I'm Charles, I’m half-French half-Canadian, grew up in Paris, and at the start of the pandemic, became a book reviewer almost by accident (long story...)
Having explored the pages of the literary landscape, I’ve found that when it comes to reading there are no rules. So, consider this your alternative guide to a very wide world of literature. No hand-waving or hype – just me, Charles, a lifelong book lover, bringing you fresh ideas to diversify your reading list.
You can find Lit With Charles all over the internet. Follow me on Substack (Lit With Charles) or Instagram at @LitWithCharles for daily bookish content – I post reviews and reading recommendations across an eclectic range of books. I also have a weekly podcast, Lit With Charles, available on Spotify or wherever else you get your podcasts, in which I interview authors about the four books that have shaped their life & work.
Let’s get more people reading.
Roman Stories - Book Club Review
In Cold Blood - Book Club review
A look at the literature movement OuLiPo & other experimental movements
Interview with Alice Sherwood, author of "Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture"
Interview with James Crabtree, author of "The Billionaire Raj"
My Favourite Novels About Love
Book Recommendations on Democracy & Free Speech
A long(er) review of “The Passenger” by Cormac McCarthy
When Is A Novel Not A Novel?
Graham Green
Interview with Baroness Minouche Shafik
Interview with Betony Vernon, author of "The Boudoir Bible" and "Paradise Found"
Interview with Genevieve West, editor of the book "You Don't Know Us Negroes" by Zora Neale Hurston
Interview with Dr. Timothy Brennan, author of "Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said"
Interview with Marie-Diane Meissirel, author of "Les accords silencieux" (The Silent Chords)
Interview with Bill Griffith, the curator of Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner in Oxford, MS
Interview with Charmaine Chan, author of "The Magic Circle"
Interview with Tristan Hoare on Sculpture
Interview with Kati Marton, the author of "The Chancellor"
"Middlemarch" by George Eliot. Interview with Professor Nancy Henry, a specialist of George Eliot
Interview with Gwennaël Gaffric, French translator of "The Three Body Problem" trilogy, by Liu Cixin
Interview with Joseph Darlington on "Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry"
Review: Book 52 "No Friend but the Mountains", by Behrouz Boochani
Review: Book 51: "Un etranger nommé Picasso" by Annie Cohen-Solal
Review: Book 50 "Gödel, Escher, Bach", by Douglas R. Hoftstadter
Review: Book 49 "La plus secrète mémoire des hommes" by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Book 48: Review of "Afterlives" by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Book 47: Review of "Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982", by Cho Nam-Joo
Book 46: Review of "The Promise", by Damon Galgut