Books
Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot

Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships

Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 

Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell 

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell
Get your copy of Big Issue’s brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback

Get your copy of Big Issue’s brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback
Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: ‘It’s a great act of love to look at a book with your child’

Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: ‘It’s a great act of love to look at a book with your child’
Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in
