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Books you need to read this November
Books you need to read this November

Miriam Sallon

How a Personal Journey Ignited the Philosophy of Simplicity
How a Personal Journey Ignited the Philosophy of Simplicity

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5 Greatest depictions of heterosexual sex in fiction
5 Greatest depictions of heterosexual sex in fiction

Annie Dabb

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Author Ottessa Moshfegh on adapting Eileen for the screen
Author Ottessa Moshfegh on adapting Eileen for the screen

Emily Maskell

Susie Dent: Books that changed my life
Susie Dent: Books that changed my life

Reader's Digest Editors

Editor’s Picks

Why it's important to buy and borrow books legitimately
Why it's important to buy and borrow books legitimately

Lauren John

10 Facts about the Mongols, the nomads who seized the world
10 Facts about the Mongols, the nomads who seized the world

Christopher P Atwood

The art of an inspiring read: Books about film art
The art of an inspiring read: Books about film art

George Chrysostomou

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Excerpt: The Buddhist CEO by Thane Lawrie
Excerpt: The Buddhist CEO by Thane Lawrie

Thane Lawrie

Quiz: Which author wrote this?
Quiz: Which author wrote this?

Reader's Digest Editors

Excerpt: The Shortest History of The Crown
Excerpt: The Shortest History of The Crown

Reader's Digest Editors

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6 Mind bending science books you need to read
6 Mind bending science books you need to read

Alice Gawthrop

What's so special about film-to-book adaptations?
What's so special about film-to-book adaptations?

George Chrysostomou

5 Real-estate themed thrillers you need to read
5 Real-estate themed thrillers you need to read

Lisa Gray

5 Classic books you need to read (like, right now)
5 Classic books you need to read (like, right now)

Alice Gawthrop

6 Judy Blume classics you need to reread
6 Judy Blume classics you need to reread

Idman Omar

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The triumph of the book: Why the printed book is back

The triumph of the book: Why the printed book is back

Richard Glover

6 Mind bending science books you need to read

6 Mind bending science books you need to read

Alice Gawthrop

Sasha Velour on the evolution and power of drag

Sasha Velour on the evolution and power of drag

Ian Chaddock

The science of life and death in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The science of life and death in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Sharon Ruston

On Oscar Wilde and plagiarism

On Oscar Wilde and plagiarism

Joseph Bristow and Rebecca N Mitchell

Books you need to read this November

Books you need to read this November

Miriam Sallon

What makes the perfect winter read?

What makes the perfect winter read?

Kate Townshend

How Watership Down was turned into a graphic novel

How Watership Down was turned into a graphic novel

Annie Dabb

A dark history of Goth, a genre obsessed with love and death

A dark history of Goth, a genre obsessed with love and death

John Robb

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Mistress of a new world: Early science fiction in Europe’s “Age of Discovery”

Emily Lord Fransee

Sheena Patel: Books That Changed My Life

Sheena Patel: Books That Changed My Life

Reader's Digest Editors

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: Books That Changed My Life

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: Books That Changed My Life

Alice Gawthrop

5 Disturbing books you need to read this Halloween

5 Disturbing books you need to read this Halloween

Alice Gawthrop

How two devoted fans found Terry Pratchett's lost stories

How two devoted fans found Terry Pratchett's lost stories

Alice Gawthrop

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