Home > Writers’ Picks
Writers’ Picks: Friends of NHE choose their favourite three books
Browse these top-three selections from our authors and friends to inspire your next read. Remember, you can buy any three books and save £5. The discount will automatically be applied at checkout. If you need more inspiration, visit our Gift Helper for the best books based on interests.
Writers’ Picks


Gyles Brandreth’s
Top Three
Grumbling at Large: Selected Essays of J. B. Priestley
by J. B. Priestley


Damian Barr’s
Top Three
All That Is Worth Remembering
by William Hazlitt
Drawn From Life: Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne
by Michel de Montaigne

Tom Broughton’s
Top Three

Roger Scruton’s
Top Three
The Mystery of Being Human: God, Freedom and the NHS
by Raymond Tallis

Amanda Ross’
Top Three
Five Ways of Being a Painting and other Essays
by William Max Nelson

Margaret Drabble’s
Top Three
Drawn From Life: Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne
by Michel de Montaigne
Triptych: Three Studies after Francis Bacon
by Jonathan Littell