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Hannah Richell

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I am the author of six published novels, my latest being the crime thriller One Dark Night. I am releasing my first work of non-fiction, An Ocean and a Day, in 2026. This is a deeply personal memoir about love, loss and the moments that make a lifetime.

While each of my novels is a stand-alone story, what connects them all is my fascination with families and secrets, my desire to dive below the surface and explore the darker recesses of the human experience, the weight of grief and the echoes of loss, the light and resilience that can be found in unexpected places, combined with my ambition to tell you a cracking story that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.

I am a judge on the annual Richell Prize, established in 2014 by Ha ...more

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Hannah Richell’s books

Average rating: 3.83 · 29,007 ratings · 4,206 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Search Party 3.71 avg rating — 10,452 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Year 3.94 avg rating — 4,325 ratings — published 2013 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets of the Tides 3.79 avg rating — 4,459 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Dark Night 3.86 avg rating — 3,851 ratings — published 2025 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peacock Summer 4.04 avg rating — 3,415 ratings — published 2018 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River Home 3.96 avg rating — 2,502 ratings — published 2020 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Ocean and a Day: A powerful and poignant memoir on grief, loss and hope, from the internationally bestselling author of The Search Party it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Ocean and a Day: Almost unbearably moving yet impossible to put down -- the uplifting memoir from the bestselling novelist it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Stopping at a damask rose bush laden with pink flowers, she cuts several stems, laying them in her basket before bending to breathe in their fragrance, sweet and pungent like Turkish delight. Further on, she trims bunches of ruffled sweet-pea blossoms, growing in spirals around tall cane pyramids.”
― Hannah Richell, The Peacock Summer

tags: flowers, gardening-as-therapy

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“Home. She closes her eyes and thinks of a swaying meadow, dappled sunlight falling through green branches, walking among tall, leafy trees. She thinks of long, tapered feathers with eyes the color of emeralds and sapphires.”
― Hannah Richell, The Peacock Summer

tags: feathers, home, peacock, reminiscent

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“There is no one in the walled garden for company but the dog and a lone blackbird fluttering hopefully through the espaliered fruit trees and over the netted gooseberry bushes. The sun is still a low rose-gold blush on the horizon. Dew seeps through her silk slippers but she hardly notices.”
― Hannah Richell, The Peacock Summer

tags: natures-beauty

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Polls

July ~ Side Reads BotM- 1st Poll

Top 5 books move on to 2nd Poll

The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion

15 votes, 24.2%

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

by Gabrielle Zevin

11 votes, 17.7%

Secrets of the Tides

by Hannah Richell

7 votes, 11.3%

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

by Anthony Marra

6 votes, 9.7%

Unwanted

by Kristina Ohlsson

6 votes, 9.7%

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce

5 votes, 8.1%

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4 votes, 6.5%

The Uncoupling

by Meg Wolitzer

3 votes, 4.8%

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

3 votes, 4.8%

South of Broad

by Pat Conroy

2 votes, 3.2%

62 total votes

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