As detectives in fiction go, Lord Peter Wimsey is unique. He’s an aristocrat, a gentleman-scholar, and a lover of rare books. He’s a...

Antoine Laurain is a contemporary French writer known for his charming novels which often blend elements of magical realism, humour, and...

Over the past couple of decades AI tools of varying degrees of complexity and proficiency have become a part of our daily lives…in...

A look at some of the books we recommend on the subject of gardens and gardening...

While the Lord of the Rings is the most popular of Tolkien’s works, this is a book he never intended to write. He was first and always a...

Every once in a while, a book or a movie comes along that defines an era, and makes a mark on our collective psyche. 2001: A Space Odyssey...

Food writing is a broad term that includes cook books, restaurant reviews, memoirs about growing up in a particular culture with food...

A roundup of some of the classic travel narratives that are staples on our travel writing shelf

The origins of the environmental movement go back to the 1960s. One of the pivotal books written at this time was Silent Spring by Rachel...

Denk’s memoir, Every Good Boy Does Fine, is about his early life and influences, his journey as a musician, the perceptive teachings of...

-- by Mehr The Wind In The Willows,  by Kenneth Grahame, is a classic children’s novel, and is based on the bedtime stories Grahame told...

The naturalist Gerald Durrell humorously recounts his adventures with his chaotic and funny family on the Greek island of Corfu.

Jules Verne's adventure novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, is an enduring  classic that has captivated generations of readers....

A quick introduction to the writer and his works - our recommendation to those looking for great spy novels. In a world of...

Aldous Huxley was born in Surrey, in 1894. His grandfather was the noted biologist and naturalist T. H. Huxley, an early proponent of...

"We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." These are the words of Carl Sagan who became a household name in...

The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan, published in 1915, is considered by many to be the progenitor of the modern spy novel, the classic...

Tana French is a literary force, renowned for her gripping psychological thrillers and her masterful weaving of complex characters with...

Why we love Percival Everett's novels.

Here is a quick introduction to The Three-Body Problem trilogy by Chinese science fiction writer Cixin Liu.