Why people recommend it
Hamnet is a deeply moving historical novel by Maggie O'Farrell that imagines the domestic life of William Shakespeare and the profound grief surrounding the death of his young son. On The Book Review podcast in 2024, Tina Jordan recommended the work as her favorite literary novel of the year, describing it as both a love story and a tale of incredible loss. Greg Coles brought up the book while noting he was getting into a Shakespeare mood, highlighting the substantial buzz surrounding the Irish writer's biographical look at the playwright's family. Gilbert Cruz introduced the novel as the fourth book on the fiction list alongside Liz Egan, and later welcomed the author herself to discuss her work on the podcast. Pamela Paul mentioned the novel while discussing reactions to the author's previous writing, and Greg Coles noted he was reading it following a favorable cover review, emphasizing how the narrative explores the historical and emotional dimensions of Shakespeare's personal life.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
- Greg Coles Discussed
- Tina Jordan Recommended
- Pamela Paul Discussed
Gilbert Cruz — 3 mentions
“we are on number four now the fourth book on the fiction side is hamnet by Maggie o farell and to tell us about that my colleague Liz Ean”
“our second conversation from last year is with the author Maggie ofarrell who spoke on the podcast about her claim novel hamnet which imagines the home life of William Shakespeare and his family”
“Maggie oferrell joins us to talk about her most recent novel hamnet”
Greg Coles — 2 mentions
“I'm getting into a little bit of a Shakespeare mood and the reason is there's a book that's coming out very soon like this week or next week that's got a lot of buzz by an Irish writer named Maggie oeral called hamnet which is kind of a biographical look at Shakespeare's life and especially his wife and his son”
“I'm reading Maggie o Farrell's new novel hamnet which as readers of Geraldine Brooks's very favorable cover review in the book review will know is about Shakespeare's family”
Tina Jordan — 1 mention
“and from this year I think I would have to say my favorite literary novel was Maggie o Farrell's hamnet and it is both a love story and a tale of of incredible loss”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“we were talking about it because Maggie o Farrell's new novel hamnet had just come out and everyone was saying oh you have to read her Memoir”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- A Children's Bible
- Shakespeare in a Divided America
- Shakespeare's wife
- A Promised Land
- A Saint from Texas
- All My Puny Sorrows
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“It's Khloe Xiao's Hamnit. Khloe Xiao's Hamnit.”
“I'm reading hamnet by Maggie o farell”
“he's not the author of Hamlet at this point he's Le author of Hamet”