Books

The writer and journalist chooses her five favourite books about women, fashion and the Second World War

Ignore the outside world and immerse yourself in these life-changing novels

The Irish author‘s new book has been described as her best work yet - but not everyone is totally convinced

Lucassen, a Dutch historian, sets out to ‘chronicle the history of human work’

Standage’s history of wheeled transport is richly rewarding

Charity provoked backlash after claiming beloved 1968 book reinforces ‘harmful’ gender stereotypes

Goulson’s new book on insects offers a much-needed challenge to humanity’s assumed ‘dominion over the planet’

Two Wall Street Journal scribes chart the downfall of WeWork’s ‘messiah’

Brown’s account of Jeffrey Epstein’s undoing is a ‘searing indictment of a society in thrall to money and power’

Lewis once again turns a complex subject into ‘a fluid intellectual thriller’

A slew of recent releases claim Trump prepared to desecrate the constitution to stay in power

Let your mind explore new horizons via these exciting new titles

A fascinating and moving memoir of former FT columnist Kellaway’s late career switch

The hugely enjoyable fourth instalment of Turner’s series looking at Britain’s recent past

Patrick Radden Keefe examines the dynasty behind the opioid crisis

White’s unorthodox biography ‘dismembers Hitchcock into a dozen parts’ 

Antonia Fraser’s biography takes on a life that ‘reads like a Victorian sensation novel’

Kathleen Stock picks her way through the complex and contentious issue of trans-activism

The former editor of The Sunday Times Style Magazine and podcaster chooses her favourite books

The award-winning Nigerian novelist shares the books she most recommends

Brad Stone explores everything Jeff Bezos has done ‘that has made him the richest man in history’

The award-winning biographer and literary critic recommends five of her favourite books

Frances Wilson sifts through D.H. Lawrence’s legacy for ‘what remains urgent and alive’

Nancy Mitford’s comic novel The Pursuit of Love, newly adapted for the BBC, mythologised her family as a group of adorable oddballs. But what was the …

The award-winning author of nine novels and two short story collections chooses his five favourite books

The Scottish-born Harvard historian Niall Ferguson has put the pandemic in the historical context of catastrophes

The comedian and host of The Adam Buxton Podcast chooses five books he recommends to friends

Serhii Plokhy’s ‘gripping narrative’ reveals the bad decisions that led to the Cuban missile crisis

Catherine Ostler’s ‘scintillating’ biography of Elizabeth Chudleigh

John Sutherland’s ‘eye-opening’ book about the poet and his long-term girlfriend

Edmund de Waal pens a unique companion volume to his 2010 bestseller The Hare with Amber Eyes

Clinton Heylin’s 528-page tome – which only takes us as far as 1966 – proves the singer to be a ‘fibber’ 

A ‘riveting, serious and deeply intelligent’ biography of the complicated author 

Philip Hoare’s book on Dürer is a ‘captivating journey’ blending biography, art history, nature writing and memoir