Claire Fuller

English novelist and short story writer; author of Our Endless Numbered Days, winner of the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize, and Unsettled Ground, winner of the 2021 Costa Novel Award.

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Coming of age is the period when we fully become ourselves, and often the most vivid of our lives.

We’ve all been through that period of our lives and it’s often the most vivid, no matter our age. It’s when we fully become ourselves and interact with the world on our terms.

clairefuller.co.ukSaid 6 Oct 2026This on korrents
Melanie Finn’s The Gloaming is her ideal kind of novel: crafted sentences with a gripping story and characters.

My perfect kind of novel. Beautiful writing, with every sentence crafted and considered, but with a gripping story and characters.

clairefuller.co.ukSaid 11 Aug 2026This on korrents

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6 October

Claire FullerKorrents 6 Oct

From one piece Nine Coming-of-Age Novels 2 beliefs · clairefuller.co.uk

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Isabel Huggan’s The Elizabeth Stories should be better known.

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This collection of Canadian short stories should definitely be better known because they’re wonderful.

Nine Coming-of-Age Novelsclairefuller.co.uk
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Coming of age is the period when we fully become ourselves, and often the most vivid of our lives.

Their words

We’ve all been through that period of our lives and it’s often the most vivid, no matter our age. It’s when we fully become ourselves and interact with the world on our terms.

Nine Coming-of-Age Novelsclairefuller.co.uk

11 August

Claire FullerKorrents 11 Aug

korrents.com
Melanie Finn’s The Gloaming is her ideal kind of novel: crafted sentences with a gripping story and characters.

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My perfect kind of novel. Beautiful writing, with every sentence crafted and considered, but with a gripping story and characters.

Eight Novels with Lonely Womenclairefuller.co.uk

3 December 2025

Claire FullerKorrents 3 Dec 2025

korrents.com
Bitter Orange suits her third novel better than its first title, Blood Orange, which sounds like a thriller.

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it seemed more suited than Blood Orange, which I think sounds very thriller-like, and Bitter Orange isn’t a thriller.

Book titles: Bitter Orangeclairefuller.co.uk

2 December 2025

Claire FullerKorrents 2 Dec 2025

From one piece From Editing to Publication: Proofs, ARCs, Quotes and Blurbs 2 beliefs · clairefuller.co.uk

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Even if many readers ignore cover blurbs, they help publishers persuade retailers to stock and promote a book.

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But although blurbs might still be useful to some readers, they are helpful for when the publisher is trying to get a retailer to stock the book and help promote it.

clairefuller.co.uk
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Established authors should pay it forward by agreeing to receive proofs from newer writers.

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I feel there should be more paying-it-forward going on.

clairefuller.co.uk

20 August 2025

Claire FullerKorrents 20 Aug 2025

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Samantha Harvey’s debut novel The Wilderness deserves to be better known.

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Beautiful, tragic, moving. The Wilderness really deserves to be better known.

The Wilderness by Samantha Harveyclairefuller.co.uk

29 March 2021

Claire FullerRecommends 29 Mar 2021

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Train Dreams

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Train Dreams is set in the American West at the start of the 20th century, and it’s about a man called Robert Grainier, a railroad worker.

fivebooks.com
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Bear

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In my mind I have a very clear image of the house Lou visits, but if you were to read Bear, no matter how well Engel describes the house, it would look different in your mind.

fivebooks.com
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The Vet's Daughter

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And though there are awful things that happen in The Vet’s Daughter, it’s not written like a horror novel.

fivebooks.com

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A Month in the Country

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Even if, when writing a character from different gender or race than your own, you’re still using elements of what’s happened in your own life, the way I think Carr does in A Month in the Country.

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- Coming of age is the period when we fully become ourselves, and often the most vivid of our lives.
  
  We’ve all been through that period of our lives and it’s often the most vivid, no matter our age. It’s when we fully become ourselves and interact with the world on our terms.
  
  Nine Coming-of-Age Novels Said 6 Oct 2026
  
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- Isabel Huggan’s The Elizabeth Stories should be better known.
  
  This collection of Canadian short stories should definitely be better known because they’re wonderful.
  
  Nine Coming-of-Age Novels Said 6 Oct 2026
  
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- Melanie Finn’s The Gloaming is her ideal kind of novel: crafted sentences with a gripping story and characters.
  
  My perfect kind of novel. Beautiful writing, with every sentence crafted and considered, but with a gripping story and characters.
  
  Eight Novels with Lonely Women Said 11 Aug 2026
  
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Bitter Orange suits her third novel better than its first title, Blood Orange, which sounds like a thriller.

it seemed more suited than Blood Orange, which I think sounds very thriller-like, and Bitter Orange isn’t a thriller.

Book titles: Bitter Orange Said 3 Dec 2025

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Established authors should pay it forward by agreeing to receive proofs from newer writers.

I feel there should be more paying-it-forward going on.

From Editing to Publication: Proofs, ARCs, Quotes and Blurbs Said 2 Dec 2025

Full record — everyone who holds this →

Even if many readers ignore cover blurbs, they help publishers persuade retailers to stock and promote a book.

But although blurbs might still be useful to some readers, they are helpful for when the publisher is trying to get a retailer to stock the book and help promote it.

From Editing to Publication: Proofs, ARCs, Quotes and Blurbs Said 2 Dec 2025

Full record — everyone who holds this →

Samantha Harvey’s debut novel The Wilderness deserves to be better known.

Beautiful, tragic, moving. The Wilderness really deserves to be better known.

The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey Said 20 Aug 2025

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- Recommends A Month in the Country 29 Mar 2021
  
  Even if, when writing a character from different gender or race than your own, you’re still using elements of what’s happened in your own life, the way I think Carr does in A Month in the Country.
  
  fivebooks.com 29 Mar 2021
  
  What others say about A Month in the Country →
- Recommends The Vet's Daughter 29 Mar 2021
  
  And though there are awful things that happen in The Vet’s Daughter, it’s not written like a horror novel.
  
  fivebooks.com 29 Mar 2021
  
  What others say about The Vet's Daughter →
- Recommends Bear 29 Mar 2021
  
  In my mind I have a very clear image of the house Lou visits, but if you were to read Bear, no matter how well Engel describes the house, it would look different in your mind.
  
  fivebooks.com 29 Mar 2021
  
  What others say about Bear →
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Recommends Train Dreams 29 Mar 2021

Train Dreams is set in the American West at the start of the 20th century, and it’s about a man called Robert Grainier, a railroad worker.

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