From Peepo! to Middlemarch: 25 Must-Read Books Before You're 25
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Why Populists Are Winning and How to Beat Them by Liam Byrne offers a surprisingly fresh take on the issue.
At first glance, former New Labour minister Liam Byrne seems an unlikely figure to explain the rise of right-wing populism…
"Becoming George" by Fiona Sampson tells the fascinating story of a 19th-century novelist who lived as a man.
If we are truly facing a reading crisis—whether you attribute it to TikTok or podcasts—it makes sense that literary biography…
'I felt exposed and betrayed': did an acclaimed novelist take someone else's life story without permission?
Every November, the leading figures of French literature gather in the upstairs room of a classic Parisian restaurant to choose…
'Unjust and inhuman': How the royal family ignored a Black abolitionist's plea to end the slave trade
On an autumn day in 1786, an unexpected package arrived at Carlton House, the London home of George, Prince of…
Read this to find happiness: experts recommend the self-help books that truly deliver results.
Books to help you… Find love Chosen by Philippa Perry Amir Levine’s Secure, to be published in April, is based…
"How do you truly capture the reality of this moment?" George Saunders reflects on ghosts, mortality, and America under Trump.
Like his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize in 2017, George Saunders’s new novel is…
A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I had translated.
In the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, one image stayed with me: a book I had translated from English…
Here are some nonfiction books to watch for in 2026.
Over the past year, we’ve been spoiled with memoirs from high-profile stars like Cher, Patti Smith, and Anthony Hopkins. But…
The 2025 book quiz – created by Mick Herron, Bernardine Evaristo, Ali Smith and others
1. BERNARDINE EVARISTO Who is considered the world’s first known author? Priestess Enheduanna from Mesopotamia – lived c. 2300 BC…