Fiction

Being a great writer isn’t all about literary prose and correct punctuation – it’s the ability to tell a story and tell it well. This is the genius of Dan Brown.  Books like The Da Vinci Code and books like Angel and Demons take an extraordinary amount of research and Dan Brown prides himself on… Read More

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn was only developed into an award-winning series starring Amy Adams last year – however, the novel remains the better of the two. Most people will either have read or seen the film adaptation of Flynn’s novel Gone Girl, and Sharp Objects follows the same dysfunctional characters, wrapped up in lies… Read More

Becoming an adult is an intense discovery of the world and yourself—only exaggerated. Every break-up can feel like the end of your world and every new sensory moment is an explosion of emotion and bodily sensations. The thrill of those moments is captured skilfully in books like Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire. It was originally… Read More

If you are looking for more books like The Devil Wears Prada, then the obvious choice would be to seek out other titles by the same author — in this case, Lauren Weisberger. The Devil Wears Prada is her debut novel. The story sees our main character, serious journalist Andrea Sachs, out of her fashion… Read More

Sylvia Plath’s only novel, The Bell Jar, was published in 1963 and is a semi-autobiographical account of Plath’s own life as a young woman struggling with depression and bipolar disorder. The novel, which describes the debilitating feeling of depression as being akin to suffocating under a bell jar, is one of the best depictions of… Read More

The Book Thief, written by the Australian author Markus Zusak, is undoubtedly one of the most unique historical novels that is set in Nazi Germany, making it challenging to find other books like The Book Thief. It follows the story of a young German girl named Liesel who is sent to live with foster parents,… Read More

Alice Sebald’s 2002 novel The Lovely Bones is a powerful novel that tells the story of a family as told through the eyes of their daughter, Susie Salmon, who was brutally raped and murdered and narrates the novel from the afterlife. The novel follows the Salmon family as they grapple with Susie’s death and strive… Read More

If you ever do a search for the most recommended travel books or stories that inspired people, then chances are that The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho will come up. It’s a book that undoubtedly divides readers with many people I know having strong opinions one way or another about it. For the readers that enjoy… Read More