Olivia Laing: Reclaiming Paradise

To mark its twentieth anniversary, the London Review Bookshop has invited twenty writers and friends to name five indispensable books for navigating the next twenty years. Twenty limited edition bundles of Olivia Laing’s selections are now available, accompanied by an illustrated, numbered introductory note, signed by Olivia, and presented in a special anniversary tote bag (not available for general sale).

Paradise Lost by John Milton 
Civilisation and its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, translated by David McLintock 
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman
Conflict is Not Abuse by Sarah Schulman 
The Garden Jungle by Dave Goulson 

Anniversary artwork by Klaussie Williams.