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10 Books by Women for Long Winter Evenings, From Katherine May's Wintering to Little Women

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Snowbound trains, a house cut off by the tide, a Russian frost king and a Christmas in Cornwall. Ten books by women writers to see you through the darkest months.

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Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time, the 15th Dog Man Book, Is Out Now: What It Is About and the Full Reading Order

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Dav Pilkey's new Dog Man graphic novel arrived on 3rd November, ten years after the series began, with Grandpa bending time and space.

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A Court of Splintered Harmony Sold 188,914 Copies in Its First UK Week: How That Ranks Against Inferno, Go Set a Watchman and Onyx Storm

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The sixth A Court of Thorns and Roses novel is the fastest-selling adult fantasy book in the UK since records began in 1998, and its US hardcover figure has now landed.

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Richard E Grant Has Written Four Books, and the Memoir of His Wife's Last Year Is the One to Read First

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

As The Celebrity Traitors brings him a new audience, a guide to his two film diaries, his Hollywood novel and A Pocketful of Happiness, and the order to read them in.

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Dolly Parton's Picture Books for Children, and How UK Families Can Still Get Her Free Books Every Month

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Five picture books carry her name, from Coat of Many Colors to three Billy the Kid stories, and the Imagination Library she founded is still posting a free book to children under five across the UK.

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Whale Harbor, GMA's November Book Club Pick, Follows Eleven Irish Brothers Scattered From Connemara to Montana: A Guide for Book Clubs

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Mary Beth Keane's family saga is out in the US now and in the UK as Whale Harbour on 5th November. What it is about, why it suits a book club, and ten questions to bring to your meeting.

An old illustrated book of fairy tales lies open on a dark table among dried flowers and warm fairy lights.

Koschei the Deathless in A Court of Splintered Harmony Comes From the Slavic Folk Tale That Hides His Death Inside an Egg

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Before A Court of Forgotten Melody arrives on 12th January, here is the old folk tale behind the villain of ACOTAR and the books where you can read it.

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Waterstones and Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picked Eight of the Same Books for Book of the Year 2026

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Booksellers on both sides of the Atlantic voted for Land, London Falling, The Book of Birds and five more. The full Waterstones shortlist of 20, and the dates both winners are named.

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The 16 Spring 2027 Books Left Uncertain by Catapult's Closure, Title by Title

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull and Hawthorne stopped operating on 30th October. These are the new books they had scheduled from January to April, and what readers who preordered them can do.

Green bookseller stalls lined with second-hand books along the Seine in Paris.

How to Read the Four Novels Competing for the 2026 Prix Goncourt Before Tuesday's Verdict in Paris

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A cold case from 1949, a trainee teacher in the Paris suburbs, a flat full of boxes and a photographer who vanishes beside a mountain lake are the four books one step from France's top literary prize.

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Hot Titles to Read This November, From The Friday Bookshop to Judi Dench's Memoir

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Nine new books for the dark evenings, from a Japanese station bookshop and a Danish novel set on one endless November day to Judi Dench and LeVar Burton in their own words.

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How to Read the Five Translated Books Shortlisted for This Year's National Book Award

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

From a photography studio in London to a hospital in Doha, the five translated books competing for the National Book Award on 18th November and who each one suits.