A column to help you find intriguing books The sheer volume of fiction (without even starting on historical accounts, ...

Take Noel Olivier, the youngest of the four and the star of Sarah Watling’s riveting book. David ‘Bunny’ Garnett fell ... Laurence Olivier was a cousin on their father’s side, Siegfried Sassoon a ...

Other authors who mean a lot to the musician (and now children’s book writer): Kevyn Aucoin and Hilary Mantel. Karen Russell’s “The Antidote” is set in 1930s Nebraska, when the promising ...

By Dwight Garner How the Movies Made Joan Didion a Great American Writer A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by ...

The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration the timing seemed too good to be true. Den of Spies ...

March 11, 2025 • Willow Winsham's new book on witches, past and present, offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art. February 26, 2025 ...

What they all talked about is uncertain. Hodgson's main interest was dogs. He told Siegfried Sassoon that Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘was ...

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...