While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Kate Atkinson books.
- Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel [Large Print] (2011)
- Case Histories (2008)
- Transcription: A Novel (2019)
- Life After Life: A Novel (2014)
- One Good Turn (2007)
- When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel (Jackson Brodie) (2010)
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel (1997)
- Big Sky (1900)
- A God in Ruins: A Novel (2016)
- Human Croquet: A Novel (1997)
Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel [Large Print] (2011)
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other-or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly.
Case Histories (2008)
‘Investigating other people’s tragedies and cock-ups and misfortunes was all he knew. He was used to being a voyeur, the outsider looking in, and nothing, but nothing, that anyone did surprised him any more. Yet despite everything he’d seen and done, inside Jackson there remained a belief – a small, battered and bruised belief – that his job was to help people be good rather than punish them for being bad.’Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer.
Transcription: A Novel (2019)
In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past.
Life After Life: A Novel (2014)
“One of the best novels I’ve read this century. Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren’t enough breathless adjectives to describe LIFE AFTER LIFE: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound.”–Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath.
One Good Turn (2007)
One Good Turn
When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel (Jackson Brodie) (2010)
On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason’s family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna’s life is changed foreverOn a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking soundAt the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel (1997)
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets.
Big Sky (1900)
Rare Book
A God in Ruins: A Novel (2016)
“He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future.” Kate Atkinson’s dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again.
Human Croquet: A Novel (1997)
Part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel, this novel tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe, a typical 1960s British suburb.
Best Kate Atkinson Books: The Ultimate List
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Lonely Planet Australia 21 (Travel Guide)
Author(s): Andrew Bain, Brett Atkinson, Fleur Bainger, Cristian Bonetto, Samantha Forge, Anthony Ham, Paul Harding, Rachel Hocking, Trent Holden, Anita Isalska, Anna Kaminski, Tatyana Leonov, Sofia Levin, Virginia Maxwell, Hugh McNaughtan, Kate Morgan, Charles Rawlings-Way, Andy Symington, Tasmin Waby, Steve Waters
ID: 3424635, Publisher: Lonely Planet, Year: 2021, Size: 242 Mb, Format: epub
Lonely Planet Australia's Best Trips 3 (Road Trips Guide)
Author(s): Paul Harding, Brett Atkinson, Andrew Bain, Cristian Bonetto, Samantha Forge, Anthony Ham, Trent Holden, Anita Isalska, Anna Kaminski, Tatyana Leonov, Virginia Maxwell, Hugh McNaughtan, Kate Morgan, Charles Rawlings-Way, Andy Symington, Steve Waters
ID: 3424695, Publisher: Lonely Planet, Year: 2021, Size: 401 Mb, Format: epub
Lonely Planet West Coast Australia
Author(s): Atkinson, Brett;Armstrong, Kate;Waters, Steve
ID: 2598344, Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications, Year: 2019;2015, Size: 10 Mb, Format: azw3
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are absolutely chart-busters according to USA Today, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.