By Jenna Todd

In the midst of this lockdown madness, I’ve celebrated ten years of both working at Time Out and being a bookseller. I fell into this book world by accident (with a sprinkling of fate) and have since become completely immersed - I can’t imagine doing anything else.

Starting in 2010, I worked the 9pm nightshift, sharing the counter with our tiny shop kitten Lucinda (now in early retirement) and spent the days devouring book recommendations from my colleagues such as Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and Eleanor Catton’s The Rehearsal.

Since then, it’s been a joy to work with the most incredibly smart, caring and passionate coworkers, collaborate with our generous and hilarious owner Wendy and connect with our likeminded community - including customers and industry colleagues - who all share an overwhelming love and enthusiasm for our wee store.

Here are my favourite reads for the last decade, I’m sure I’ve shamefully missed a few out - but this is to the best of my memory:

2010 Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett

2011 Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell