If you want to read only the best, gripping stories in 2020 (and why wouldn’t you?), look no further than the must-reads in this list. Hand-picked for their originality, heart-pumping [ … ]

Source: The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military – A Book Review – American Herald Tribune

What’s been your favourite historical novel of the decade? Source: 10 Best Historical Novels of the 2010s | Books of the Decade

Visit the post for more. Source: Book review – Modernist Art in Ethiopia | Africa at LSE

As his reissued early 90s thriller Westwind soars up the bestseller charts, Ian Rankin picks the most compelling reads of his 2019. Source: Ian Rankin Recommends His Top 5 Reads [ … ]

The most notable picture books, middle grade and young adult books of the year, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor. Source: The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2019 – [ … ]

We have 25 books for your to choose from- there is bound to be one you’ll love! Source: The Bookworm’s Advent Calendar: 25 books to read this Christmas

The life of novelist Marian Evans offers opportunities for drama and entertainment Source: Controversial atheist to secular saint: Writing a novel about George Eliot’s life

Eagle-eyed viewers noticed the First Minister’s extensive Ian Rankin collection during an interview Source: Ian Rankin jokes Nicola Sturgeon ‘sneaked into my house’ after Sky interview – Edinburgh Live

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Geek GirlHolly SmalePublished by Harper Collins Source: Young adult book review: Geek Girl by Holly Smale | The National

“You hold in your hand a miracle. A book about a passion, and the hipsters, oddballs and old heads who share it, written by one of their number, albeit a [ … ]

In 1927 two young undergraduates from Cambridge spend the summer working on St Kilda, one is Fred Lawson and the other is his friend, and the laird’s son, Archie Macleod. [ … ]

Of all the obscure theological terms to re-enter modern parlance, purgatory – the Catholic concept of a place of suffering inhabited by the souls… Source: ‘No stuffy old classic’: Alasdair [ … ]

With A-list actors providing the narration, and a host of new productions of old favourites, there’s never been a better time to get into audiobooks. Here are some of the [ … ]

Quantum mechanics in Something Deeply Hidden; vicious entertainment in Bunny Source: Browser review: Wendell Berry’s collection of evocative stories