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I love books that reimagine a story that is well known, challenging reader's assumptions about the characters or the circumstances they find themselves in, while also standing on its own for readers that haven't read the inspiration. JAMES brings Huck Finn's companion to life, giving him wit, intelligence, and agency. I read it twice, back-to-back. Easily my favorite read of 2025!
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
Richard Powers never fails to engage and move me with his brilliant writing and profound insight into the worlds we inhabit. This exploration of the riches of the oceans left me inspired.
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory and Bewilderment.
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while…
A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recovery
'I do not know who I am anymore or where I have gone ...'
Ariane Beeston is a child protection worker and newly registered psychologist when she gives birth to her first child - and very quickly begins to experience scary breaks with reality. Out of fear and shame, she keeps her delusions and hallucinations secret, but as the months pass Ariane gets worse. Much worse. Finally admitted to a mother and baby psychiatric unit, the psychologist is forced to learn how to be the patient.
The Guardian of the Palace is the first novel in a modern fantasy series set in a New York City where magic is real—but hidden, suppressed, and dangerous when exposed.
When an ancient magic begins to leak into the world, a small group of unlikely allies is forced to act…
'This is The Undoing meets Big Little Lies. A fast-paced, decadent skewering of upper-middle-class motherhood' ABIGAIL DEAN
'The Other Mothers is the elevated, devourable thriller you've been looking for' ASHLEY AUDRAIN
'I read this brilliantly plotted, brilliantly observed thriller in one sitting ... So good' INDIA KNIGHT
The outstanding new thriller from the author of international bestseller, Greenwich Park _______________
You want to be one of them. Until you know them.
Ex-journalist Tash has been searching for a story to launch her freelance career. But she has also been searching for something else: new friends to help her navigate motherhood.…
This is an academic book, yes — 29 chapters’ worth of research on Chinese media — but it’s one I’m genuinely fond of. And not just because I helped edit it (though full disclosure: I did). What I like most about the volume is how wide-ranging it is: it takes you through the media worlds of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Chinese communities beyond the mainland, without pretending there’s a single story to tell.
The second edition builds on what worked in the first, but it also feels very much of the moment. There’s new work here that grapples with fast-moving technologies, shifting politics, and changing media cultures — the stuff that makes studying Chinese media endlessly fascinating and occasionally head-spinning.
It’s the kind of book you can dip into for a specific topic or keep on your desk as a reference, whether you’re a researcher, a PhD student,…
The new, second edition of this successful Handbook explores the growing and evolving field of Chinese media, offering a window through which to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalisation and regionalisation.
Bringing together the research of an international and interdisciplinary team providing expert analysis of the media in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, as well as among other Chinese communities, this new edition:
Highlights how new social, economic and political forces have emerged to challenge the production and consumption of media outputs
Reveals how the growing prevalence of social media, such as…
This is not a book that scolds you. That’s part of its power. Naomi Alderman doesn’t wag her finger or declare herself morally superior. She does something far worse (and better): she recognizes the impulse. The pleasure. The little rush that comes with being on the “right side” of outrage. And then she calmly explains why that rush has historically ended in bonfires.
The essays move between witch trials, social media pile-ons, feminism, power, religion, and storytelling, but the throughline is simple: humans love certainty, and we love punishing people even more—especially when we can call it justice. Alderman’s great trick is showing how good intentions don’t actually protect us from cruelty. Sometimes they grease the wheels.
What I loved most is her refusal to give easy villains. This isn’t a “cancel culture is bad” rant, nor is it a “people are too sensitive now” manifesto. It’s more like: What…
An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning writer Naomi Alderman
'Alderman is one of our most surprising and delightful public intellectuals, and this book grapples wonderfully with our current schisms and their historical precedents' JON RONSON
'Alderman helps us see the digital information crisis with fresh eyes, sharing profound wisdom and showing us how to avoid sacrificing our humanity for the sake of being right on the internet' OLIVER BURKEMAN
What's the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking…
Aury and Scott travel to the Finger Lakes in New York’s wine country to get to the bottom of the mysterious happenings at the Songscape Winery. Disturbed furniture and curious noises are one thing, but when a customer winds up dead, it’s time to dig into the details and see…
