CoverSpy London

A team of book nerds hits the Underground, Overground, parks, and bars to find out what Londoners are reading now. Also available in the original CoverSpy New York City flavour. Follow us at @CoverSpyLondon. Now accepting new agents; write us at [email protected].

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, October edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fashion Climbing, Bill Cunningham (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Difficult Women, Roxane Gay (Agent Bathwater, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thirteen, Steven Cavanaugh (Agent Expat, London) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beartown, Fredrik Backman (Agent Eyre, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Power, Naomi Alderman (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You, Caroline Kepnes (Agent Cortado, Los Angeles) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drawn to Sex, Erika Moen (Agent Prefect, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transcription, Kate Atkinson (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park, Marie Winn (Agent Sunshine, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edinburgh, Alexander Chee (Agent Velocipede, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lethal White, Robert Galbraith (Agent Woollysocks, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[coverspy]

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (F, 30s, black and white hijab, glasses, nose stud, bag on lap, R train)

[strandbooks]

We couldn’t wait to get our hands on these new releases! 🙌📕❤️#newbooktuesday (at Strand Book Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/BocmTa0APTK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4rxdbziilwog

[literaryhistories]

I found an old train ticket in this second hand book I bought a while ago. 

I’m wondering who was so passionate about studying Romanticism on a train from Milano to Trieste on 11th april 1988. Were they returning from holidays and studying for an exam? Or were they doing research for their thesis? 

[coverspy]

What She Knew, Gilly Macmillan (F, 30s, little leather backpack, black and tan striped shirt, walking up Whitehall St near Water St)

[macrolit]

Giveaway Contest: Thanks to the generosity of @harperperennial, we’re giving away all eight of the brand new, limited edition 2018-19 Harper Perennial Olive Editions! And this year, all of the Olives are CLASSICS! <3 Won’t these look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these books, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will randomly choose a winner on November 10, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, for the third straight year, Harper Perennial has agreed to make this an International giveaway! Good luck!

[macrolit]

Here’s our brand new giveaway!

[coverspylondon]

Hello fellow cover spies -

I recently crashed my phone (whoops) which had all of my spied covers stored on it (r.i.p.). For the time being, I’ll be reblogging from other CoverSpy cities until i restore a back log. If you want to submit your own spots, send them through the ‘civilian spots’ on our blog. Sorry for the radio silence, but the phone was a bit a fiasco. XOXO, happy reading,

Agent Expat

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The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Edward Luce (M, mid30s, grey suit, blue checked suit, green back on the floor, District line

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113 Minutes, James Patterson with Max DiLallo (F, 40s, black knee-high boots, large rings, small backpack in lap, Victoria line)

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Broken River, J. Robert Lennon (F, 20s, maroon jacket, trainer, greyish green scarfe, large black over-the-shoulder purse, Greater Northern Rail overground)

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A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers (M, 20s, wireless headphones, glasses, trainers and a backpack, bends the cover back to read the facing page, Victoria line)

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The Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving (M, 60s, turtle neck sweater, tiny neat handwriting, Half Cup - Judd St)

[bookmania]

Wait a second 😂

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Vagina, Naomi Wolf (F, 20s, large red backpack-style purse, round glasses, all black clothes, Picadilly line)

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A Boy Made of Blocks, Keith Stuart (F, 30s, grey scarf, suede boots, Victoria line)

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A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (F, 30s, floral print dress, blazer, flats with cardinals embroidered on them, Gower St)

[coverspy]

The Agents’ #FridayReads, July edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsheltered (ARC), Barbara Kingsolver (Agent Book Chic, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who Is Vera Kelly?, Rosalie Knecht (Agent Brooklina, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deliverance, James Dickey (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Isle of Youth, Laura Van Den Berg (Agent Grasshopper, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories, Teresa Solana (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Men Explain Things To Me, Rebecca Solnit (Agent Prefect, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor (Agent Sunshine, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hunger, Roxane Gay (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Girl King, Mimi Yu (Agent Velocipede, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Reaper at the Gates, Sabaa Tahir (Agent Woollysocks, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[coverspylondon]

Dreamsongs: A Retrospective Book One, George R. R. Martin (Agent Expat, London)