Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Manningtree Witches | 2021 | A.K. Blakemore | Buy |
| 2 | The Glutton | 2023 | A.K. Blakemore | Buy |
A.K. Blakemore’s two novels both draw on real historical events and push them into unsettling, richly imagined territory. The Manningtree Witches (2021) takes place in a small Essex town during the English witch trials of the 1640s, while The Glutton (2023) follows a man with an impossible hunger through 18th-century France.
Both books share a willingness to sit with the physical and the grotesque, and both received strong critical attention. The Manningtree Witches won the Desmond Elliott Prize and earned praise for its period language and atmosphere.