Isolarion, And Other Stories (new edition, 2020)
“He had me purring from the word go… unique and very special.” –– Geoff Dyer, THE GUARDIAN
“Blends a vivid account of daily life, fluid and unsettling, in a modern British town with powerful allegorical reflections on the connections between past and present, time and space, and high culture and the hard scrabble world that sustains it.” –– ECONOMIST
“Attlee paints an iridescent picture of a new Oxford that no guide book has yet captured’.” –– NEW YORK TIMES
Under the Rainbow, And Other Stories (2021)
“Attlee captures an intense moment of national self-reckoning by letting those who speak to him from their doorsteps really speak.” –– Alexandra Harris, author of Weatherland
“A sensitive journey into our changed world.” –– KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Under the Rainbow refracts the pandemic into a prism of colours … that touches issues from racial injustice to the climate emergency”. –– Roman Krznaric, author of History for Tomorrow
Guernica: PAINTING THE END OF THE WORLD, Head of Zeus (2017)
“An impressive overview… succeeds in showing how influential Guernica has been, and how it continues to be used as a reference point in political and military conflicts today.” –– SUNDAY TIMES
“Guernica is so famous that it can sometimes feel almost banal. But Attlee’s book helps you appreciate its daring and resonance.” –– Nicholas Rankin, LITERARY REVIEW
“Attlee’s study of Picasso’s superstar work of art… builds on a solid cultural and historic understanding of the painting to collate 80 years of evolving reaction“. SPECTATOR
Station to Station, Guardian Books (2015)
“No railway junction imaginable could match Attlee’s dazzling range of imaginative connections.’ –– Michael Williams, INDEPENDENT
“In Attlee’s hands the Great Western Line is indeed full of wonders, prompting passages on everything from infrared technology to resurrection as painted by Stanley Spencer in Cookham.” –– Michael Kerr, TELEGRAPH
“Attlee mines fascinating stories from the landscape, rattling off anecdotes about characters as diverse as Oscar Wilde, Diana Dors and TE Lawrence — tales that will keep me company on this journey forever more”. worldtravelguide.net
Nocturne: A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF MOONLIGHT, Penguin (2012)
“(Attlee) is a stylist of amazing wit and skill.” –– IRISH TIMES
“Attlee’s observations of the night sky take on a cumulative weight, forming a kind of guide for good living on Earth: late night walks, the pleasures of looking, the spectacular and forgotten thrills of natural phenomena.” –– SUNDAY TIMES
“Charming, spellbinding. An Inspiration”. NEW YORK TIMES.