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12 must-read YA books for summer 2023

Summer is officially here but you don’t need to travel to faraway destinations to feel…

Book Review: Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton

If you love stories with morally grey protagonists who are just as likely to kill…

Siobhan MacGowan on the real life incidents that inspired The Graces

The Graces, set at the turn of a 20th century Ireland, tells the story of…

Book Review: A Calamity of Mannerings by Joanna Nadin

On the cusp of turning seventeen, Panth Mannering is a spirited teenager knocking on the…

Ruth Kelly: Why islands make great settings for thrillers

Authors have been using islands as locations for thrillers for decades. Agatha Christie started the…

Book Review: The Fascination by Essie Fox

After his mother dies in childbirth, orphan Theo is raised by his grandfather, Lord Seabrook,…

22 books to add to your summer 2023 reading list

Whether you enjoy an escapist beach read full of sun, sand and sea, or prefer…

Louise Wolhuter: Isn’t there more to everyone than meets the eye?

When I was a little girl, there was an old woman we’d often see round…

Author Alexander Darwin discusses the appeal of the found father trope

There’s a reason for Pedro Pascal’s recent rise in popularity and it isn’t just his…

S.J. Wills: Welcome to Tremorglade

One night each month, Sel Archer takes his mum down to the basement of their…

Read an extract from When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Alex Green is four years old when she first sees a dragon in her next-door…

Book Review: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey

From the first tease of Natalie and August’s love story in Secretly Yours, Tessa Bailey…