Simon Garfield - Author

Simon Garfield was our Guest Editor in October 2012 - click here - to see the books that inspired his writing.

Simon Garfield is the author of a dozen acclaimed books of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Just My Type and Our Hidden Lives, the edited diaries from the Mass Observation Archive. He lives in London and St Ives, with a strange miscellany of maps lining the walls.

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On the Map Simon Garfield Packed with interesting facts, written in an incredibly accessible style this book is simply amazing. From early attempts to map the world, where strangely East was at the top of some maps (hence the term Orient yourself), to a map... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2012 Lovereading Price: £12.74 - Saving £4.25 (25%)

Just My Type : A Book About Fonts Simon Garfield This morning I reached the end of Just My Type, I sighed and put the book down, wishing it had been a lot longer and I hadn’t read it so quickly. Fonts, can I hear you asking, what’s interesting about... Format: Paperback - Released: 22/09/2011 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

Mini: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car Simon Garfield How do you make an object that changes the way people think about travel, a small metal box that inspires huge devotion in those who own it, a car that continues to make headlines fifty years after its launch? This... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

We are at War The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times Simon Garfield The diaries of five people during the Second World War, an unmarried secretary, a mother with evacuated children, a social worker, a salesman and a writer. It illustrates the very human side and in many ways a very ordinary side... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

We Are at War Simon Garfield The diaries of five people during the Second World War, an unmarried secretary, a mother with evacuated children, a social worker, a salesman and a writer. It illustrates the very human side and in many ways a very ordinary side... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2005 Lovereading Price: £14.99 - Saving £5.00 (25%)

Our Hidden Lives Simon Garfield The diaries of five ordinary people during the period of 1945 to 1948, originally collected for the Mass Observation Project, which, with literally thousands of others, have been stored, mostly unread, in the University of Sussex. What can I say... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2005 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)