Books

Dawn Butler: Growing up with four brothers helped me navigate male-dominated Westminster
politics

Dawn Butler: Growing up with four brothers helped me navigate male-dominated Westminster

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Memoir

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban

Top 5 books featuring magical creatures, selected by Katherine Rundell
Fiction

Top 5 books featuring magical creatures, selected by Katherine Rundell

How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside
Environment

How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan: Poetry alive with compassion and acceptance
Review

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan: Poetry alive with compassion and acceptance

Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
Review

Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
Illustrated children's books

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
Fiction

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit
review

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit

Rediscovering my love of dancing changed my life… and inspired my book 
Expressive writing

Rediscovering my love of dancing changed my life… and inspired my book 

Top 5 books about monsters and parasites, selected by Ronald Malfi
Fiction

Top 5 books about monsters and parasites, selected by Ronald Malfi

Ripe review: A dread-filled indictment of capitalism
Fiction

Ripe review: A dread-filled indictment of capitalism

Little Rabbit review: The politics of kink
Fiction

Little Rabbit review: The politics of kink

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past
Minority writing

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan
Fiction

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia review: Menacing and magical happenings made believable
horror

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia review: Menacing and magical happenings made believable

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Top 5 unlikely fictional heroes, selected by David Jackson
Fiction

Top 5 unlikely fictional heroes, selected by David Jackson

The question I’d most like to ask Kim Yo-Jong, North Korea’s doyenne of despotism
North Korea

The question I’d most like to ask Kim Yo-Jong, North Korea’s doyenne of despotism

The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams review: Women in the shadow of war
Fiction

The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams review: Women in the shadow of war

The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly review: A story of Scotland’s black gold rush
Fiction

The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly review: A story of Scotland’s black gold rush