What book does Oskar Jensen not understand the hype around?
This week, Oskar Jensen answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him…
Read Full RecipeMonth: January 2025
‘A tangled, terrifying story’: The best crime novels out now – THE DARK HOURS by Amy Jordan, THE BIG EMPTY by Robert Crais, THE DAY OF THE ROARING by Nina Bhadreshwar
Geoffrey Wansell reviews the best crime novels out now.
Read Full Recipe
The best popular fiction to round off January: SIX POPPIES by Lisa Carter, NESTING By Roisin O’Donnell, THE CLEANER By Mary Watson
Wendy Holden reviews the best Popular fiction out now.
Read Full Recipe
‘A stellar piece of storytelling’: The best Historical novels out now – THE GHOSTS OF ROME by Joseph O’Connor, THE ARTIST by Lucy Steeds, THE QUEEN OF FIVES by Alex Hay
Eithne Farry reviews the best historical novels out now.
Read Full Recipe
Bill Gates was called ‘retarded’ at age of nine and told to stay back a year in class, reveals astonishing new memoir by one of the world’s richest and most successful tech pioneers
When Bill Gates was nine, a therapist said he was 'retarded'. He wasn't bad at his lessons. It was his voice - he was squeaky.
Read Full Recipe
The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker: He died without knowing – now his art sells for £15,000
Constance Craig Smith discovers the extraordinary life and work of Joe Tucker in this gem of a book by the artist's nephew.
Read Full Recipe
Picture This: Britain through the decades
Want a blast from the past? This picture time capsule will send you straight back to 1985.
Read Full Recipe
The Last Days of Budapest by Adam LeBor: I almost hope my family died in an air raid – the alternative’s too awful
In Adam LeBor's new book, The Last Days of Budapest, Ysenda Maxtone Graham unearths the tragic plight of Hungary's Jews.
Read Full Recipe
Source Code by Bill Gates: He became one of the world’s most successful men and a multi-billionaire but in his autobiography Bill Gates reveals…Aged nine, I was called stupid and told to stay back a year
Alexander Masters uncovers the extraordinary upbringing of computer genius, multibillionaire, philanthropist Bill Gates, in the first of his 3-part memoir.
Read Full Recipe