Rachel Khoo's Desert Island Books
Featuring the novel she read during her first summer in Sweden, and a book that makes her so furious she has to read it in stages...
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Twenty-one failsafe recommendations to get you out of a reading slump
Books so good they'll work for almost anyone...
Chloë Ashby's Desert Island Books
Featuring a beloved classic, and her favourite Ali Smith novel...
Lucy Mangan's Desert Island Books
Featuring the children’s classic she simply couldn’t bear to be without, and her favourite Jane Austen...
Joanna Rakoff's favourite campus novels
A guest edit by the author of My Salinger Year
Chiara Barzini's Desert Island Books
Featuring a book that feels almost destined for a desert island and a collection of stories she found almost by accident...
An invite to my festive reading retreat, and what happened in Hay (part deux)
Christmas in the countryside and a rather belated story about my encounter with Miriam Margolyes…
Beth Brower's Desert Island Books
Featuring a childhood favourite, and a series she adores with all of her story-loving heart...
Eugenia Ladra's Desert Island Books
Featuring her favourite Uruguayan book, and the novel she's completely obsessed with...
Dawn O'Porter's Desert Island Books
Featuring the book that made her want to be a writer, and the classic she thinks everyone should read...