Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Breathe a Word | 2010 | Caroline Blackwood | Buy |
Never Breathe a Word (2010) is a posthumous anthology of Caroline Blackwood’s writing, published fourteen years after her death. The collection brings together fiction, essays, and journalism from across her career, providing a single-volume introduction to her distinctive voice.
For readers unfamiliar with Blackwood’s work, this collection is a good starting point. It captures the dark humor, precise observation, and unsentimental tone that characterize her best writing. The book was edited from her published and unpublished work to represent the full range of her output, from short fiction to cultural commentary.