THE STATUS GAME
ON HUMAN LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT
’Excellent… perhaps his best’
THE TIMES, 2021 BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘I hope everyone reads, digests and resists starting a cult about it. It’ll be difficult though’
PHILIPPA PERRY, bestselling author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
‘Will Storr is a master at this art. I can’t recommend it highly enough’
GREG LUKIANOFF, co-author with Jonathan Haidt of The Coddling of the American Mind
‘I haven’t finished reading The Status Game because I’ve only read it once. There’s so much in this dazzling book I will be revisiting over and over again’
DANIEL FINKELSTIEN, bestselling author of Everything in Moderation
THE SCIENCE OF STORYTELLING
’A hugely compelling reading experience’
THE OBSERVER
‘Excellent’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
‘Rarely has a book engrossed me more, and forced me to question everything I’ve ever read, seen or written. It’s a masterpiece. I am in awe’
DR ADAM RUTHERFORD, broadcaster and bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
‘If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
SELFIE
HOW THE WEST BECAME SELF-OBSESSED
‘Storr is irascibly good company, and has something approaching genius for marshalling his material’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
‘An intriguing odyssey of the self’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
‘Electrifying’
THE FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Brilliant… there aren’t many authors who can range so confidently across disciplines’
EVENING STANDARD
THE HERETICS
ADVENTURES WITH THE ENEMIES OF SCIENCE
‘A tour de force… an extraordinarily thoughtful account of what it means to believe anything’
SALON, BOOK OF THE WEEK
‘Funny, serious, richly vivid. Read this book.’
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Very valuable, and a great read to boot, this is investigative journalism of the highest order’
THE INDEPENDENT, BOOK OF THE WEEK
’Storr can open chapters like a stage conjurer… he is a funny and companionable guide who confounds expectations’
THE GUARDIAN
Published in the U.S. as The Unpersuadables
THE HUNGER AND THE HOWLING OF KILLIAN LONE
‘Riveting… Storr entices the readers with luscious descriptions of food while offering a grim, destructive vision of a brutal, personality-driven profession’
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW
‘A fine, well crafted debut… this is painless entertainment, one of many reasons to sing it’s praises’
THE INDEPDENDENT
‘Darkly imaginative and enjoyable’
CATHY RENTZENBRINK, bestselling author of The Last Act of Love
‘A pitch-dark, highly original fable about family, ambition and the redemptive power of cooking. By turns enchanting and grotesque, I couldn’t tear myself away from it’
ERIN KELLY, bestselling author of He Said/She Said