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So will Marnie and Michael end up together? Read on in part four of our exclusive extract of the One Day author's new book...
Conrad was telling her how awful the hotel had been. 'I had to send the towels back because, well, you don't want to know...'
In part three of One Day author David Nicholls's unmissable...most handsome man she had ever seen - but didn't he know it...
In yesterday's extract from One Day author David Nicholls' book, You Are Here, Marnie arrived in Cumbria for a group walking holiday organised by her friend Cleo. But who will she bond with?
EXCLUSIVE: Read the heart-stopping new love story from the ... solitary walks in the rain. Now find out what happens next...
In all her youthful visions of the future, of the job she might have, the city and home she might live in, the friends and family around her, Marnie had never thought that she'd be lonely.
From riveting tales of mobster wars to a 21st century Romeo & Juliet... our critics pick the best reads for you this weekend
From a terrifying plot featuring mobster wars to a love story set on a tropical island, check out our critics' picks of the best new books to read this weekend...
An open marriage is always destined to end in recrimination and tears, I should know, says BEL MOONEY
Author Molly Roden Winter and her husband, Stewart, are the next generation - our children, Generation X. With one discussion they agree to their open marriage with mind-boggling ease.
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t...g from a deadly stalking nightmare to a screwball black comedy
From the best new fiction to psychological thrillers, sci-fi, literary fiction and old-school reads, check out our critics' picks of the best new books to get your teeth into this weekend...
The brilliant double-agent who tricked Hitler and saved D-Day - and how the British had initially rejected him as a spy!
Was the ultimate success of D-Day due, in large part, to a single man? A man whose real identity was unknown until the 1980s - and, even today, is hardly a household name?
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t...tale of motherhood to the latest fast and furious Jack Reacher
Tales of life and death, a sleep-deprived mother, and the return of Jack Reacher... here are our critics' picks of the best new books to sink your teeth into this weekend.
Why smart phones are a form of child abuse: An author's tips on how to stop YOUR teen becoming addicted to screens
Jonathan Haidt, an American academic, is worried that smart phones have changed the nature of childhood, making our kids depressed and reducing their ability to function in the real world.
Novelist Lesley Pearse's own turbulent story: She grew up i... and bankruptcy... but now she sells a book every four minutes
When Lesley Pearse sat down to write her first novel, her problem wasn't what to put in but how much of her turbulent life story to leave out.
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t...everything from a paranormal page-turner to a haunting fantasy
Enticingly readable debuts, haunting fantasy and paranormal page-turners, check out our critics' picks of the best new books to read this weekend...
'Girls don't play guitars!' ... Lennon said, standing there...tain's first girl band but not everyone wanted them to succeed
To those of a certain vintage, The Liver Birds (two words) was a classic sitcom. As we now discover from this sassy book, the Liverbirds (one word) were also Britain's first female pop band.
PETER HITCHENS: Would NATO really go to war with Russia - o... A fascinating new book has a very thought-provoking answer...
It's said an attack on one member is an attack on all but a thought provoking new book questions whether we'd really put ourselves in the firing line to protect another...
First class heroism: Untold stories of the courageous World...worse - to fight back against the Nazis on the Channel Islands
During WW2, the men and women of Broad Street Post Office in Jersey were not forced to contend with faulty softwear and false accounting, but with a more dangerous foe - the Nazis.
He seduced hundreds of women (as well as a few men) and had...y new book reveals what turned Lord Byron into a sex addict...
You may think today's oversexed celebrities are a very 21st Century phenomenon, but their behaviour pales by comparison to Lord Byron,who would now be classed as a sex addict.
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t...n LA to the Reverend Richard Coles's irresistible new whodunit
From a parish page-turner to a scintillating satire about our febrile politics, and the labour and love of a farmer's wife, here is the best new fiction to get stuck into this weekend.
Incredible story of how Himmler's masseur - who was nicknam... to treat Greta Garbo - saved 100,000 prisoners from the Nazis
On February 3, 1945, Heinrich Himmler's masseur sent an urgent message to his HQ: could the SS chief be good enough to sign a stay of execution for a major who was due to be executed?
The grim truth about ultra-processed food: DR CHRIS VAN TUL...he devastating toll on his body after a month only eating UPFs
Normally, I wouldn't have Coco Pops for breakfast. But they seemed a good choice when I embarked on a month-long scientific experiment.
William didn't know if it was possible to love just one gir...oyal author PENNY JUNOR on the true story behind THAT break-up
Despite her good looks, Kate Middleton appears to have left little impression on the academic staff at St Andrews university, writes PENNY JUNOR. 'She was another girl in a pashmina,' says one tu...
How William finally met 'the Rottweiler' and she came out s...the young prince came to terms with Charles's love for Camilla
Two months before the death of Diana, Prince Charles decided to tell his boys about the woman he loved. He sat them down to explain how Camilla Parker Bowles had re-entered his life.
A history of the world in 12 shipwrecks: From the Ancient Greeks to Hitler's U-boats
In 1545, Henry VIII, staring across the Solent, was an appalled witness to the sinking of his warship, the Mary Rose.
I clicked the link and saw my son. ISIS killers had beheade...d son - and explains why she agreed to meet one of his captors
One of the many horrific aspects of being informed in the technological age that your son has been beheaded by a terrorist group is that you have to 'click on the link' to look at the photo that ...
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t...breathtakingly compelling crime to a delightful historic debut
From a compelling tale of a town split by missing children to a delightful historic debut about the daughters of an artist, check out our critics' picks of the best new books to read this weekend...
How to become a black belt at getting your own way: SAS her...stinct in part three of The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
Many of us have psychopathic traits - and as a book written by SAS hero Andy McNab and serialised in the Mail in 2014 revealed - they're vital to winning life's battles.
Why you should be as ruthless as an assassin to get ahead: ...nstinct in part two of The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
Think psychopaths are all serial killers? Wrong. Many of us have their character traits - and as a book written by SAS hero Andy McNab revealed in 2014, they're vital to winning life's battles.
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success: SAS hero Andy McNab...chopathic' character traits is vital to winning life's battles
Think psychopaths are all serial killers? Wrong. Many of us have their traits - as a book written by Andy McNab and serialised by the Mail revealed in 2014.
The tragedy of James and John - the last two men to be hang...urked a brutal darkness. Read CHRIS BRYANT's haunting new book
On a warm Saturday morning in August 1835, James Pratt said goodbye to his wife and daughter at his home in South-East London and set out for the city centre.
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t... of Troy's murderous sister to a thrilling psychological debut
From a tale of Helen of Troy's murderous sister to a thrilling psychological debut, check out our critics' picks of the best new books to read this weekend.
The 'lunatic effect' is real! Tonight's full moon is likely...a rise in odd behaviour and dangerous driving, new book claims
Author Rebecca Boyle investigates the old story about the links between the full moon and madness - the so-called 'lunatic' effect. It turns out there is something in it.
Thomas Hardy may have been lauded for his 'complete underst...siderate with his own wives and lovers, writes ANTHONY CUMMINS
His best known novel, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles describes the unjust punishment meted out to a young milkmaid driven to murder by her brutal treatment at the hands of a playboy aristocrat.
THE MAIL'S GREATEST BOOKS: Confessions of the 'Canoe wife'...by pleading not guilty, and calls it 'my most wicked betrayal'
Spending a night in a police cell is a frightening experience. When you have no idea what the future holds, wondering just how many more similar nights lie ahead consumes your mind.
THE MAIL'S GREATEST BOOKS: Confessions of the 'Canoe wife' ...cruelly deceived after John made one last bid to save his skin
She shocked the world by helping her husband fake his death in a canoe in order to cash in his life insurance. Here, Anne Darwin tells of the awful consequences for their children . . .
Confessions of the 'Canoe wife' Anne Darwin: A heart-stoppi...d her husband fake his death in a canoe reveals why she did it
With the police due to arrive the next day for a forensic search of the house my husband and I went methodically through every room, making sure there were no tell-tale signs of his presence.
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give t... on everything from gripping thrillers to contemporary fiction
From a crackling political thriller about Russian espionage to tales of life in the Jim Crow era of the American South, check out our critics' picks of the best books this weekend.
Hijacker who jumped out of a plane in 1972 with $200,000 - and was never seen again
It seems hard to imagine now, but in the 1960s and 1970s, huge numbers of scheduled airflights were hijacked, most of them by lone nutters armed to the teeth.
LITERARY FICTION
Mae and Ari meet at the sticky end of a tequila-blasted night out. She is gay, confident and flits merrily from one affair to the next; his sexual preference is harder to pin down.
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti: Just one of many con... screenwriter Stanley Price's celebrity packed, gossipy memoir
Stanley Price, who died in 2019, in his 88th year, could simply pick up the phone and take anyone to lunch - whether it be Marilyn Monroe or Sophia Loren.
Were there only SIX Wonders of the World? Historian Bettany...es the continued fascination the ancient mysteries hold for us
In this deeply researched book, the historian and TV documentary maker Bettany Hughes explores the fascination these 'brilliant adventures of the mind' continue to hold for us.
CHILDREN'S
This sequel to Welford's best-selling, moving and funny debut, Time Travelling With A Hamster, reunites us with Al Chaudhury, who travelled back decades to save his father.
CLASSIC CRIME
A hard-boiled, middle-aged gumshoe with time on his hands is persuaded to track down a missing dog, presumed stolen.
Antics of my war hero aunts
This is the story of Archie and his hilarious aunts, Penny and Josephine. Nonagenarian war heroines, they're plastered with medals and are off to Paris to accept yet another.
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Emma Thompson (pictured with her mother, Phyllida Law) keeps hers in her loo. John Legend has it in his piano bar.
MUST READS
Gwen is celebrating her 38th birthday by eating one of the best sticky toffee puddings she's ever tasted. But she has no one to share her day with.
Inside the mind of Putin... and why the West can never understand him: PETER HITCHENS reviews The Wizard Of The Kremlin
The Wizard Of The Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli takes the reader deep into the mind of Putin, says PETER HITCHENS.
MUST READS
The fiercely competitive world of an elite ballet company is the setting for Hamrick's debut novel.
HISTORICAL
Phillips' disquieting, uneven fifth novel, set in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, is an uneasy mix of abject horror and fatalistic hopefulness.
DEBUTS
This hilarious novel about falling in love with someone you really shouldn't has been much-hyped as the new Sorrow & Bliss. But having raced through it, I think it's very much its own thing.
CRIME
Irascible, devoid of empathy and idiosyncratic to the point of oddness, DS George Cross is an unforgettable character and a brilliant detective.
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Phones have become an extension of ourselves whether we care to admit it or not. They are a window into our world, but also a window through which we see the world.
LITERARY FICTION
Among the hottest debuts of the year, this is indeed a glorious endeavour - Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon.
How Ella gave any song real... soul! Cole Porter said she w... his lyrics - but it's thanks to her they're remembered at all
Born in 1917 in Virginia, Ella Fitzgerald carved Cole Porter's and Harold Arlen's and Johnny Mercer's songs into history. She will be remembered for that for as long as people have ears.
Reasons to be cheerful about climate change
Hannah Ritchie reveals why she is more optimistic about the state of the planet in her book Not The End Of The World.
WHAT BOOK would historian and author Bettany Hughes take to a desert island?
Historian and author Bettany Hughes would take The Complete Works of Shakespeare, including his sonnets, to a desert island.
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The third of his celebratory series on 'Iconic Black Women', Marcellas Reynolds tracks through the evolution of Black female performers and the music industry they inhabit.
SCI-FI
Prefect Tom Dreyfus, dogged, humane and irascible, is the Panoply's most valued investigator. And though he drives a space cutter rather than a Jag, he's more Inspector Morse than Judge Dredd.
PSYCHOS
This is a very clever book indeed. Soloski is herself a prize-winning theatre critic for the New York Times and the book is packed with gripping insider knowledge of the dark side of a critic's l...
RETROS
When mysterious Leonora Eyre meets antique dealer Humphrey and his nephew, James, all three lives become entwined in a complex web of manipulation, unfulfilled lust and jealousy.
LITERARY FICTION
Irish writer Barrett won widespread praise for his violent yet tender story collections Young Skins and Homesickness, often about low life in a fictional version of his native County Mayo.
MUST READS
Many of us begin the new year with good intentions, only to lapse. But Holmes's new book promises to banish the never-ending to-do list.
Was my father the Nazis' last victim? In 1938, 11-year-old...e could never escape the terror unleashed on Austria's Jews...
Journalist Julian Borger grew up with a vague impression that his father Robert had come to Britain from Vienna as a result of a newspaper ad, and after his father's death he managed to track it ...
I'm a professor, but people only care that I'm fat
Kate Manne argues the world is 'mired' in fatphobia. Rather than demand people shrink to a 'normal' size, we need to address the social systems which rank fatter bodies as inferior.
WHAT BOOK would author James Patterson take to a desert island?
Author James Patterson would use his time on a desert island to re-read James Joyce's books.
Crashed and stranded in the Andes for 72 days with no food... so would you have turned cannibal?
A triumph of empathy, Society Of The Snow Pablo Vierci recounts the events of 1972 that became known as the 'Miracle of the Andes'.
LITERARY FICTION
New motherhood in all its mesh-implanting, incontinence-inducing horror and glory is both skewered and celebrated in this disorderly, ultimately disappointing caper from Ainslie Hogarth.
MUST READS
Grace is stuck in traffic gridlock. The weather is torrid, she is burning up with a hot flush and her life is falling apart. On impulse, she gets out of the car and walks away.
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Spring has not yet sprung, and the oppression of the bleak midwinter is upon us. But amid the browns and greys of our gardens, Tony Hall shows the colour and life that can be cultivated in the wi...
SHORT STORIES
There's a dreamy quality to these death-stalked tales from Swedish author Stridsberg, which marry old-world mysteriousness to modern sensibilities.
CONTEMPORARY
Reid's debut, Such A Fun Age, was my book of the year in 2020, so I was excited about this second novel. I'm can report it's another razor-sharp coming-of-age story, which packs an emotional punc...
THRILLERS
This strikingly ingenious debut thriller from the American young-adult author Elston has already attracted attention, with a streaming TV series in preparation. It fully deserves the acclaim.
WHAT BOOK would TV presenter and author Neil Oliver take to a desert island?
Stranded on a desert island, British TV presenter and author Neil Oliver would take the opportunity to revisit Herman Melville's 'unrivalled masterpiece' Moby-Dick.
Why we really do feel each other's pain
In Emotional Ignorance, neuroscience writer Dean Burnett explores what scientists have so far made of the fact that we all feel things all the time, sometimes alarmingly strongly.
How to escape from a T-Rex? Just zig-zag
In How To Survive History, Cody Cassidy considers how a time traveller, with the benefits of hindsight and modern science, might survive some of history's greatest catastrophes.
Keep calm and carry on watching: With their bottom-pinching... it was the men, not the women, who were the butt of the jokes
At serious risk of cancellation due to their bottom-pinching and wolf-whistling, the Carry On films are rather defended as social history in The Carry On Girls by Gemma and Robert Ross.
NEW YEAR, NEW READS: From the forgotten stories A.A. Milne...itics select the most enticing fiction to look out for in 2024
Our critics have selected their top fiction for the new year. Get ready to be wowed by the latest books from authors such as Neel Mukherjee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Tom Hindle and Alex Michaeli...
Sink your teeth into our fiendish literary quiz - and you could win £1,000!
With seven rounds testing your knowledge of memoirs, anniversaries and books and TV series - and much more - this year's literary quiz is just the challenge you're looking for. Good luck!
Kick-start the fun this festive season ...with our top choice of books for the sports fanatic in your life
Elton John openly credits Taylor with saving his life. As respectively owner and manager, the pair took a ram-shackle, undistinguished side from the bottom of the football league to the top.
POLITICS
She was the original Spad, though that title goes nowhere near capturing the truly awesome singular power exercised by Williams over Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
NATURE
One of Britain's most recognisable naturalists, Steve Backshall is an eloquent enthusiast for the wonders to be found in the world's oceans.
From Joanie to unbreakable Arnie: ROGER LEWIS on the year's top celebrity memoirs and autobiographies...
Joan Collins is the last person left alive who, in person, overheard Judy Garland apologise for being late, as 'Liza wouldn't stop crying'.
Norman Mailer stabbed his wife, Orwell treated his as a lac... writers in 2023... Why literary lions make terrible husbands
When Adam Sisman approached David Cornwell, aka John Le Carré (pictured), as his possible biographer in 2010, Le Carré cited 'my messy private life' as a reason for being nervous.
From a pool party with Diana to a road trip with Billy Connolly - a bumper crop of riveting memoirs
ROGER ALTON has picked out the best memoirs of the year, including The Unlikely Duke: Memoirs of an Eclectic Life by Harry Beaufort and Billy Connolly's Rambling Man.
Divorced, beheaded, survived an IRA attack: Tony Rennell reviews the most compelling history books of 2023
TONY RENNELL reviews the year's most compelling history books, including Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn And The Marriage that Shook Europe and Rory Carroll's Killing Thatcher.
How does Santa get down the chimney? Discover the answer in...ects the titles that will entertain and enthral all the family
SALLY MORRIS has chosen her top children's books of the year, but it's not just the kids who are going to be entertained with these charming reads.
Feast your eyes on these picture-perfect presents
When you're thinking what to buy for your loved ones this Christmas, be sure to consider one of these beautiful picture books on subjects ranging from Princess Diana to designer Yves Saint Lauren...
Make time for your health and get outside for a walk
We've picked out a selection of books that will help you feel better for longer, including Dr Peter Attia's Outlive: The Science of Longevity and Davinia Taylor's Hack Your Hormones.
Why Liz Taylor needed 21 suites in a Paris hotel
Can there be anything new to say about the king and queen of excess? The answer is a stonking yes, as Lewis brings his perception and wit to bear on Taylor and Burton's relationship.
From the saucy return of Jilly Cooper to Booker nominees an...eep you up at night, our critics pick their novels of the year
With Christmas fast-approaching, it's time to draw up your reading list. Wondering where to start? Our critics have picked out their novels of the year across a range of genres for you to enjoy.
Mary Berry goes back to basics, while Jamie Oliver gets tas... spices up your life in our selection of 2023's best cookbooks
Dame Mary's latest book is full of useful time-saving tips, tricks and shortcuts to make your life easier. Her food is elegant yet uncomplicated.
SCI-FI AND FANTASY
After the massive reset at the end of Fourth Wing, Violet (aka Violence) Sorrengail is still flying high on her mighty - and mightily sarcastic - dragon.
HISTORICAL
A smash-your-heart-to-smithereens debut from Alice Winn as she tells the story of two schoolboy soldiers, who attempt to survive the slaughter of the trenches and keep their secret love alive.
CONTEMPORARY
A new book from Cooper is huge news, especially when it stars iconic protagonist Rupert Campbell-Black. Now 60, Rupert buys the rubbish local football club.
CLASSIC CRIME
In le Carré's first novel we are introduced to George Smiley, whose shambolic life belies a formidable intelligence. Having cleared a civil servant for security, the man is found dead.
SHORT STORIES
Lichens, tiny insects, solitary reading, train journeys, overheard conversations, dissolving friendships and matrimonial irritations make up Davis's delicious short stories.
DEBUTS
Hilarious and heart-breaking, this stars Sophie who works in a pub and Chris who likes to drink in them. He turns up in Sophie's bar and she can't believe her eyes - they have serious history.
POPULAR
I devoured this Hollywood thriller, whose heroine Mae is in 'black bag' PR. She cleans up bad celebrity stories, and boy are they terrible. Teen actor deaths, bent politicians, sex, drugs, murder...
THRILLERS AND CRIME
Retired LAPD cop turned private investigator Harry Bosch teams up with his half-brother, the Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller, to defend a woman imprisoned for killing her ex-husband.
LITERARY FICTION
One of our most consistently surprising novelists rips up the rulebook again, taking us into space in the company of six astronauts circling Earth on the International Space Station.
POETRY
The last in William Sieghart's brilliant Poetry Pharmacy trilogy is full of wisdom and will bring comfort to anyone who yearns to soothe a troubled heart and learn more about poetry.
GARDENING: If you're a gardener you'll really dig these
With weather patterns getting more extreme, many gardeners are having to rethink their outdoor spaces. Designer Tom Massey offers lots of encouraging, practical advice.
There's a moral void at the heart of Omid Scobie's laughabl... Sussex industrial grievance complex: JAN MOIR reviews Endgame
JAN MOIR: Within days of its publication, Endgame has already been described as a poisonous exercise in vengeance and, believe me, that is almost one of the positives.
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The holiday season is almost upon us, and we don't just mean the festive one. Now is the time to book that half-term break or summer escape - once the midwinter is upon us what else is there to d...
CHILDREN'S
This sequel to the ever-popular How The Grinch Stole Christmas captures all the energy, mayhem and humour of Dr Seuss's original.
WHAT BOOK would Adrian Edmondson take to a desert island?
Comedian and writer Adrian Edmondson would take War And Peace to a desert island. He read Leo Tolstoy's work for the first time in 2016 when he played a part in the TV version of the book.
CLASSIC CRIME
A book to be praised as much for the presentation as for the contents, these classic crime stories come in an attractive pocket edition wrapped in a seasonal jacket.
POPULAR
Audrey is a Chinese-American super-achiever who lives in New York City. A high-powered job and old-money boyfriend mean her Midwest immigrant background is now behind her.
LITERARY FICTION
The title of this endlessly unpackable novella, also the name of the disguised-but-graphic nude painting at its heart, is ambiguous. Is it a chilling prediction, or does it point to a wished-for ...
MUST READS
Growing up in West Philadelphia, Will Smith saw his father, Daddio, punch his mother so hard she collapsed. One of Daddio's bizarre acts of control proved to be a useful life lesson.
How Bazball sexed up cricket
Bazball is a book about he transformation of the Test team from dreary also-rans to tough competitors full of attacking flair and demonstrating joy in all they do thanks to coach Brendon 'Baz' Mc...
Why bluffers don't win at poker... or in life
In The Truth Detective, science writer and 'semi-pro' poker player Alex O'Brien's basic thesis is that learning and playing poker can help you in life and make us all into better, more rounded pe...
A ghost? No, just a very naughty vicar's wife! The truth ab...sh encounters - as revealed in a spine-tingling new compendium
Neil Oliver never says he doesn't believe in ghosts, but his book offers just as many rational explanations for sightings as it does sightings themselves.
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A picture tells a thousand words. With more than 2,000 images included in The Graphic Design Sourcebook, it seems as though Robert Opie has a lot to say.
HISTORICAL
On the battlefields of World War I, a shell-shocked, badly injured English soldier stares into the dead eyes of a young man killed in battle, desperately trying to take refuge in memories of his ...
LITERARY FICTION
Samantha Harvey never writes the same book twice: her novels have included All Is Song, drawn on the life of an ancient Greek philosopher, and The Western Wind, a medieval murder-mystery.
DEBUTS
Rani is struggling with her identity, obsessed with the idea she's not fulfilling the potential of her Oxford degree as she's looking after her two small children full time.
CRIME
To write your first novel at the age of 90 is no small feat, but it did not deter movie legend Michael Caine, and the result is hugely entertaining.
WHAT BOOK would Jilly Cooper take to a desert island?
If she were to be stranded on a desert island, writer JILLY COOPER would take the Oxford Book Of Quotations, so she could ward off loneliness by devouring her favourite authors.
MUST READS
David Burroughs is five years into a life sentence for murdering his three-year-old son, Matthew. He knows he didn't kill his child, but still feels that he deserves to lose his liberty for faili...
Cheap plonk or fine vintage? Even the wine critics can't tell!
Rebecca Gibb's gallop through wine fraud down the ages shows how the authenticity of wines is a grey area which relies heavily on expert opinion, something which has proved to be all too fallible...
First to wear football boots? Henry VIII!
Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports is packed with hilarious and interesting facts and stories. It's the perfect gift for any sports-mad person you know.
Beatles roadie whose passion for the band (and groupies) wr... collapsed - and his life ended in a hail of police gunfire...
This view of the Beatles through the eyes of their closest aide shows not just the workload of the group, but how the Beatles' demands became part of the crumbling scaffolding of Mal Evans's life...
Travels with a witty misfit: Billy Connolly on the dangers ...m of Scotland: rain, puritanism and no late-night restaurants!
Rambling Man is an easy-going if selective ramble around comedian, actor and musician Sir Billy Connolly's life and times.
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Whether you know him as Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom, or just David Jones, there is a David Bowie for everyone. Through Cummins's photos, each of these iconic personas is brought before our eyes.
RETROS
Born to working-class parents, Salvatia (Sally) blossoms into a docile but mesmerisingly beautiful teenager whose father hides her from men's sight.
PSYCOS
The irresistible character at the centre of this fast-paced, clever tale is a woman wonder psychotherapist, Dr Alex. She lives in Georgian-fronted splendour in Cambridge.
WHAT BOOK would writer and producer Terry Hayes take to a desert island?
Writer and producer Terry Hayes would take the Bible to a desert island in the hope it would stand him in good stead with the main character should the situation deteriorate.
CONTEMPORARY
Any new book from Cooper is a major event for multiple millions of fans around the world. Her most famous character, Rupert Campbell-Black, has also become a legend in his own right.
The great men of history who shaped Churchill
Packed with funny and moving scenes, the chapters of Mirrors of Greatness portray Churchill's views of other great contemporaries - de Gaulle, Gandhi, etc - and theirs of him.
LITERARY FICTION
As a young girl, Dolly Maunder lives for the gold star she is frequently awarded at school. She's bright - far too bright for the daughter of a farmer in Currabubula, New South Wales, in 1881.
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At school, Maria worked hard, enjoyed her lessons and hoped to train as a teacher. Then she met Joby, a dangerous charmer. Now she lives in a grim London bedsit and works as a cleaner.
Why a little bit of poison is (sometimes) good for us
Most Delicious Poison is full of insights into the natural world. Whiteman is fascinated by what he calls the 'paradox of toxins': that things that could kill you in large doses are often, in sma...
He was a military genius who lead an Arab revolt against th...ished into obscurity: From Lawrence of Arabia to Tom of Dorset
This corking biography from explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes provides a new but no less epic view of the life and legend of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence.
The day I made Eartha Kitt snore: Michael Ball spills secrets of off-stage dramas in a glittering career
During his 40-year career, Ball has endured many a hitch with revolving stages, mislaid props and 'actors not making it back on stage because of costume changes'.
'She would only resume eating when I convinced her I was ok... reveals why caring sheep will never leave their friend behind
Growing up on a farm where her parents raised cows, pigs and hens, Rosamund Young always thought sheep were rather dull animals, devoid of personality, but later found that to be wrong.
Forget good taste, says the King's garden designer - as she reveals how to discover your own horticultural style
Jinny Blom is an award-winning landscape designer who has made gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show for both King Charles and Prince Harry. For her, gardening is the highest of art forms.
SCI-FI
Collapsing empires, historic atrocities and violent priest cults . . . that's just background to an obsessive and murderous game of interplanetary cat and mouse.
LITERARY FICTION
The latest novel by Ireland's most translated author of all time (apparently) appears with a note announcing it is the first in a series of interlinked novels, titled for the elements.
SHORT STORIES
Voices echo through this collection of subtle, beautifully precise short stories and a novella. There's the haunting message of a widower's wife on the family answering machine.
THRILLERS
This deliciously serpentine story opens in a hotel dining room where a married woman, Olive Anderson, sits for supper. Suddenly another woman arrives and announces that she's her wife.
WHAT BOOK would author Nina Stibbe take to a desert Island?
Author Nina Stibbe is currently Thunderclap,a memoir by art historian Laura Cumming. She would bring the collected works of Barbara Pym to a desert island.
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For the Bluetits, Blue Balls, Menopausal Mermaids and Wild Ones, all groups featured in this celebration of icy plunges, a freezing dip is just the thing.
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Robin Ince, the comedian, writer and co-presenter, alongside Professor Brian Cox of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage, says his life is summed up by the Japanese word, Tsundoku.
When the 60s were far from swinging! Book details the dark ...mosexuality was still illegal, suicide a crime and racism rife
Cataloguing events in Britain between 1962 and 1965, David Kynaston's 700 pages find room for Manfred Mann's hit Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Hughie Green opening Ilford's furniture supermarket.
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Pen Vogler is currently reading The Secret of Cooking by Bee Wilson, enjoying her 'grater techniques'. She would take RHS Encyclopedia Of Gardening to a desert island.
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'All that glitters is not gold' is an accusation that can't be levelled at Yves Saint Laurent, as this companion to the GOLD by YSL exhibition in Paris proves.
Wanted: A wife to look after my pigs. From a 19th-century l...nia that proves when it comes to the heart, little has changed
Edward Brooke-Hitching's delightful book is a collection of the curiosities, absurdities and downright filth that can arise when two (or more) human beings become attracted to each other.
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It's been 12 years since Cole wowed critics with his debut Open City, in which a psychiatrist wanders Brussels and New York musing on the legacies of historical bloodshed.
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Alex is 30 and unhappy with her life. She has fallen out with her best friend, Wren, and her novel is paralysed by writer's block. At this low moment, she lands a place at a writer's retreat.
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Popular images of rural France are of bucolic contentment with good food and wine. But, when it comes to life in the Loire, Ian Moore gives us the darker side...
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In this future shock Wyndhamesque tale, bots do everything from driving to very personal services.
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According to The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, his is a guitar book for people 'who wouldn't normally have guitar books'. It showcases over 50 of his guitars, on which he wrote numerous hits.