Books
Books and literature news and reviews, including the latest fiction, biographies and non-fiction releases, as well as some of the classic books of all time.
Terry Pratchett, Snuff review
Terry Pratchett’s Snuff is the latest novel in the brilliant City Watch series featuring the impassible Commander Samuel Vimes as he’s sort of forced on holiday with his wife Lady Sybil Ramkin
Bill Bryson returns stateside in One Summer: America 1927
It must have been pretty tough for Bill Bryson to choose a single year in US history to focus his latest book on, but somehow he’s managed to settle on 1927. Titled,
Stephen King’s Joyland paperback release
Like a lot of his nastier fiction characters, Stephen King’s pursuit of crime and thriller fiction perfection knows no bounds and in his latest novel, Joyland, he turns his attention to the
Robert Twigger swirls up the history of the Red Nile
Coming soon to a non-fiction hardback aisle near you is Robert Twigger’s Red Nile: The Biography of the World’s Greatest River going over the bloody history of the great African waterway. Making
Swimming Home, Deborah Levy review
As the name suggests, Swimming Home by British writer Deborah Levy is a submerged plunge into the refracting light and pockets of darkness of home life abroad. Nominated for the 2012 Booker
James Patterson & Mark Sullivan, Private Games review
It’s not necessarily meant to be a comedy, but there’s definitely a few laughable moments in James Patterson’s latest crime thriller, Private Games, co written with Mark Sullivan. It’s not that
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil small paperback release
Short-listed for the 2012 Booker Prize, Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis is a period read of a different kind. Set in the opium dens of Old Bombay (now Souther Mumbai), with an underworld of
Erotically Ever After, by Rachel Kenley, paperback release date
Erotically Ever After, Edited by Rachel Kenley, sounds like it’s going to be hilarious. Like the Kama Sutra of the fairy tale world it brings a big hint of kink to the
The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobson review
Mette Jakobson’s The Vanishing Act is well written, interesting and very different from a lot of other novels that look at love, relationships, family and loss. However, it just falls short of
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Combining the fantastical imagination of Terry Pratchett with the sci-fi skills of Stephen Baxter, The Long Earth is a great new addition to the world
