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For the first time ever, we have a British prime minister who studied for an English degree. Not all of his 58 predecessors went to university, but those who did favoured subjects such as history and classics and, more...

My earliest reading memoryThe deaths of Old Dan and Little Ann in Wilson Rawls’s Where the Red Fern Grows were etched into my being as a first grader in Chesterfield County, Virginia.My favourite book growing upStephen King’s The Stand....

“I believe there are monsters born in this world to human parents,” begins the trailer for Zoe Kazan’s adaptation of East of Eden, which looks freaking incredible.The monster of Steinbeck’s epic multigenerational saga is Cathy Ames, played by Florence...

There is something about Greek mythology that is endlessly captivating. The stories of the gods, demigods and their trials have been told many times, and yet I still find myself drawn to these tales. One of my favorite retellings...

Think about the last book you bought. How did you choose it? Was it from a recommendation, a review, a TikTok video? Did the cover grab you, were you swayed by the quotes on the front, or did you...

Apple BooksApple Books is your destination to find and buy audiobooks and ebooks. Discovering and enjoying your next favorite story is a seamless experience across your devices. From thrillers to mysteries, the choices are endless. All with no subscription...

Even though I am writing this in August of 2026, thanks to publishing announcements and catalogs, my mind is already in the year 2027. Have I already started reading some 2027 galleys? Of course! If I’m excited about something,...

For all the readers who don’t mind chocolate in their peanut butter, here’s a list of exciting sci-fi and fantasy books that dip into the mystery genre. Mystery novels are always a good time, but mystery novels with demons,...

In her thoughtful and deeply unsettling The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore (We the People) examines our headlong race toward a technology-driven form of governance that...

In the summer before university, my mother gave me a copy of The Pursuit of Love. We’d moved countries at the beginning of my A-levels and those months in between had been defined by a level of loneliness I...