Book Guides by Simon Haisell

Simon Haisell
Jul 08, 2024
Share

My name is

Simon Haisell
and I write guides to help you get the most from the very best historical fiction.

Explore my completed guides or join our group slow reads below:

Completed book guides

  • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

    33 posts packed with resources, analysis and discussion
    Links to character summaries and further reading

    Bonus posts by

    Andrea
    on the food of Wolf Hall

  • Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
    17 posts packed with resources, analysis and discussion
    Links to character summaries and further reading

    Bonus posts from

    Andrea
    and
    Nikki

Slows reads 2024

  • The Cromwell trilogy by Hilary Mantel

    Join hundreds of readers on a slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy. Read around 40 pages a week over one year, from Putney to Tower Hill: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, The Mirror and the Light.

  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

    A slow read of Tolstoy’s masterpiece, a chapter a day for 361 days. Join the daily chat and read weekly summaries, background and analysis.

Coming in 2025…

  • A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

  • The Siege of Krishnapur by J G Farrell

  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

  • The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald

My guided audiobooks on Audrey