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What we’re reading: Solnit, French & Stuart
I took last week off and greedily devoured a number of books. The one I enjoyed most was last year’s Booker Prize winner, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Set in Glasgow in Thatchers era, th…
Should I keep this book or pass it on?
Funny Australian kids books to brighten your summer
Kip is a quiet and shy kid who struggles to fit in at school. She’s easy to miss and that’s the way she likes it. But when ten characters from her favourite comics, picture books, TV shows and video games – and her nightmare…
The 100 bestselling books at Readings in 2020
Of the 100 books listed below…
43 are fiction 19 are non-fiction 11 are children’s books (6 picture books, 4 middle grade books and 1 non-fiction) 10 are cookbooks 8 are biographies or memoirs 5 are collected works (2 anthology, 3 single-authored collection) 4 are crime readsOf the 102 authors (as well as editors, illustrators, transl…
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain…
Our children’s & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
What we’re reading: Hale, Raskin & Kim
This time of year is fantastic for getting large quantities of reading done, which I have certainly achieved. I bought my 12-year-old daughter a copy of Kind of a Big Deal by Shann…
The Costa Book Awards winners 2020
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards.
These awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland, across five different categories. They are intended to reward the most enjoyable book in each category, with the winner of the overall £30,000 book of the year prize to be announced on 26 January.
First novelThe wi…
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Everyone has been enjoying delving into some qua…