There was a time when “summer books” meant popcorn reads you consumed in a sunbaked afternoon — disposable books devoured and left behind for the next hotel room guest. Not that there’s anything wrong with the joy of a high-paced thriller, the passionate heights of romance or the horror that raises goosebumps in the heat. We love them ourselves. But summer is also a time for slowing down to taste lots of literary flavors, whether it’s the spiciness of a globe-trotting adventure, the sweetness of...
Page turners for the beach, transporting novels to stay up late with, and memoirs that will reframe your own reality: These 12 new books are the perfect companions for summer 2024.
TikTok is swirling with hundreds of must reads, but are worth the hype? Whether your looking for a comedy, romance, sci-fi, or contemporary fiction, there’s bound to be something you’ll like. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite #BookTok books that will have you laughing, crying, and asking “WTF did I just read?” all summer long. Uncover a Multi-Layered Narrative When a narrative draws you in, compels you to feel for its characters, and moves you to tears, you know it’s a masterpiece. “A...
Poppy Rushton, from Bolton, learnt the alphabet shortly after turning one
"Brod’s angling recollections have an energy and authenticity, as well as a presence, that put you there."
Writers signing a letter calling on book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels exhibit a lazy habit of mind that has no place in literature, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment. Only an autocracy would demand that all its creative output mindlessly cohered to the values of the regime. []
Scary Mommy has a never-before-read excerpt from the forthcoming paperback edition of Paris Hilton's memoir, PARIS.
The US-based writer and translator on his new novel set in 1930s Vienna, his deep connection with the authors he has worked with and why he always returns to Donna Tartt’s The Secret HistorySam Taylor, 53, was living in rural France with four well-received novels to his name when he realised that he wasn’t going to be able to support his family through writing alone. After being turned down for bar work in nearby Lourdes, he decided to try literary translating, starting with Laurent Binet’s...
Joy-Anna Duggar opened up about what the experience of reading sisters Jill and Jinger's tell-all books was like for her.
In all my years of writing about ABC's "The View," I have yet to settle on a precise descriptor for the show and its often cartoonish cast of characters, but I
Actor LeVar Burton got emotional while talking about the "Reading Rainbow" documentary, claiming we are living in a "bulls t" era of book banning.
'I was refused a c-section and nearly bled to death after my womb tore - but my fight for survival had only just begun' Louise Thompson also describes her childbirth ordeal in an interview with You magazine .