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Readers have been voting for the best book ever over on Goodreads. Suzanne Collins’ beloved book The Hunger Games, the first of the franchise, has come out on top. The book was published in late 2008 and has gone on to be one of the most successful books of all …

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more ‘I’m a true crime author but i love murder mysteries’ (Image: Paul Donnelley) There’s nothing like a gritty, strange, and thought-provoking murder mystery that really challenges and tricks the reader, but …

TV presenter Steph McGovern has written a hard-hitting thriller which tackles themes including stalking, grooming, political corruption, terrorism and inequality. The former host of Steph’s Packed Lunch, a top TV business reporter before that, used her two decades of interviewing powerful global figures – including US President Donald Trump – …

Readers have voted this 1929 war novel as the best of its genre. All Quiet On The Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of the First World War, has been selected by Goodreads readers. The anti-war book is a semi-autobiographical account of the WW1 experience. It …

After over a decade of speculation, frustration, and fervent fan theories, George R.R. Martin has finally delivered a long-awaited update that will thrill Game of Thrones fans worldwide. In a live-streamed interview with Penguin Random House, the legendary author confirmed that The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his …

Henry V is best known today for defeating a numerically superior French army at Agincourt, a feat immortalised by William Shakespeare. But according to historian Dan Jones, it’s a miracle England’s greatest medieval monarch lived to fight his most famous battle, let alone win it. Twelve years prior the fight, …

I’ve spent years as an avid reader, amassing my own personal library, swearing that there was something special about the physical paper trophies on my bookshelves that was more important than the ease of e-readers. However, upon finally giving them a go… I understand. My Kindle Paperwhite quickly became an …

I have several crime writer friends who were policemen or lawyers before they turned their experiences into fiction. But the man responsible for creating Britain’s first police force did it the other way round. Henry Fielding was one of the 18th century’s most celebrated novelists, author of Tom Jones and …

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more These 10 books are perfect for taking on holiday with you (Image: Morsa Images via Getty Images) There’s nothing quite like lounging in the sun on holiday, fresh from a dip …

More than a century after its first publication, James Joyce’s Ulysses continues to divide, dazzle, and dominate the literary world. Long hailed by critics and academics alike as a towering achievement of modernist literature, the novel was first published in 1922 and takes place within one single day, June 16, …