Footnotes & Tangents Library
Book guides | Slow reads | Notes
Welcome to the Footnotes & Tangents Library. Explore curated resources for our slow reads and reading lists compiled by Simon Haisell.
Further resources
Wolf Crawl | Hilary Mantel, Thomas Cromwell & Tudor England
Hilary Mantel | General resources
The Siege of Krishnapur | JG Farrell and the Indian Rebellion
A Place of Greater Safety | Hilary Mantel’s historical novel and the French Revolution
Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart
The Blue Flower | Penelope Fitzgerald and German Romanticism
Midnight’s Children | Salman Rushdie, his novel and modern India
