Month: October 2018

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1930s https://ift.tt/2P3gngZ Some books are flashes in the pan, read for entertainment and then left on a bus seat for the next lucky person to pick up and enjoy, forgotten by most after their season has passed. Others stick around, are read and re-read, are taught and discussed. sometimes due to great artistry, sometimes due to luck, and sometimes because they manage to recognize and capture some element of the culture of the time. In the moment, you often can’t tell which books are which. The Great Gatsby wasn’t a bestseller upon […]

Your Definitive Guide to All of Haruki Murakami’s Books https://ift.tt/2ypBVd3 Social Account or Sign up with a social account: Don’t worry. We will never post to your social media account without your permission. or create an account We’ve sent a registration confirmation email to . Please follow the instructions in the email within 48 hours to complete your registration. Forgot Your Password? Enter your email address or username and we’ll email instructions on how to reset your password. This username or email is associated with a Facebook account. Log in with your social account: Check Your Inbox We’ve sent you […]

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1900s https://ift.tt/2CLBzCj Some books are flashes in the pan, read for entertainment and then left on a bus seat for the next lucky person to pick up and enjoy, forgotten by most after their season has passed. Others stick around, are read and re-read, are taught and discussed: sometimes due to great artistry, sometimes due to luck, and sometimes because they manage to recognize and capture some element of the culture of the time. In the moment, you often can’t tell which books are which. The Great Gatsby wasn’t a bestseller upon […]

The Best Books for Aspiring Journalists https://ift.tt/2OWgmeJ In a world of ‘fake news’, ‘alternative facts’ and generally more media being consumed than the proceeding decades combined – high-quality journalism is more important than ever.  I have had the pleasure of interviewing some really incredible journalists; their dedication to the written word and to exposing the truth is inspiring. In this special reading list of the best books for aspiring journalists; I have put together a team of fantastic journalists; some I’ve previously interviewed, others I’ve admired. I have asked each of them to nominate what they believe to be the […]

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1910s https://ift.tt/2yis21S Some books are flashes in the pan, read for entertainment and then left on a bus seat for the next lucky person to pick up and enjoy, forgotten by most after their season has passed. Others stick around, are read and re-read, are taught and discussed. sometimes due to great artistry, sometimes due to luck, and sometimes because they manage to recognize and capture some element of the culture of the time. In the moment, you often can’t tell which books are which. The Great Gatsby wasn’t a bestseller upon […]

Life Got You Down? Time to Read The Master and Margarita https://ift.tt/2EqdWAR ‘“And what is your particular field of work?” asked Berlioz. “I specialize in black magic.”’ If many Russian classics are dark and deep and full of the horrors of the blackness of the human soul (or, indeed, are about the Gulag), then this is the one book to buck the trend. Of all the Russian classics, The Master and Margarita is undoubtedly the most cheering. It’s funny, it’s profound and it has to be read to be believed. In some ways, the book has an odd reputation. It […]

The six must-read novels that make up this year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist https://ift.tt/2OI8sCp Looking for a good book to cozy up with this fall? The Man Booker Prize has got you covered. The award’s judging panel chose six finalists this morning (Sept. 20) from the longlist of 13 books, with less than four weeks to go until the 2018 winner is announced. The longlist was heavy on dystopian fiction, said Kwame Anthony Appiah, chair of the 2018 judging panel, and many of the novels were “inspirational as well as disturbing.” “All of these books – which take in slavery, ecology, missing […]