Favorite Books

19/05/2020

Eight acclaimed authors reveal their favourite hidden gems outside the literary canon to Cameron Laux.

18/05/2020

Survey reveals the UK is a nation of literary fibbers, with many admitting to have pretended to read certain books in order to appear more cultured

16/05/2020

This week’s glorious grab bag of reviews

Laura Miller on Curtis Sittenfeld's alternate Hillary, Josephine Livingstone on the life of Odetta, Jonathan Dee on Lydia Millet's children's bible, and more

15/05/2020

The jury’s list of finalists will be announced on May 15, and final deliberations and voting for the 2021 prize will take place at OU in fall 2020.

World Literature Today announces the names of the jury members who will select the finalists for the renowned NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature.

14/05/2020

Here's our pick of some of the greatest first lines in literature

14/05/2020

At times of crisis in the past, writers coined words to describe our lives.

At times of crisis in the past, writers coined words to describe our lives. Kelly Grovier explores how words like ‘frustrating’, ‘spring-clean’ and ‘outsider’ came to be.

14/05/2020

Vox’s book critic offers recommendations to fit your very specific mood.

14/05/2020

Hilary Mantel’s trilogy was finished at last, Blake Gopnik exposed Warhol’s private life and Richard E Grant brought new life to Iris Murdoch. Here are our highlights of the year to date

14/05/2020

Long days, hot nights, abandoned houses...

The days are getting longer, the nights shorter. Cicadas buzz, a relentless nervous drone; you try to breathe, but the air is dense and suffocating. In the distance, the atmosphere shimmers—or is t…

14/05/2020

Every Wednesday, Alex Johnson delves into a unique collection of titles