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"Nixon had enough self-awareness to know that his reputation was turning into a political liability, so he tried to reinvent himself."
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Richard Nixon
The best books about Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, recommended by historian David Greenberg.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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"I choose not to fly. I’ve got loads of hypocritical behaviours that I engage in, but occasionally I try and do the right thing. We should all do our bit. That’s really important."
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Economics and the Environment
If you want to take an economy that's wholly dependent on fossil fuels and turn it into a low-carbon one it's going to be expensive, says economist Dieter Helm—and the sooner we face up to that…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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“They’re the books that I aspire to write and love to read”
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The Best Romance Books with a Twist
"They're not your traditional ‘boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl in the end.’ There's normally something else underlying the plotline, which elevates it slightly from your traditional…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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"People who are able to fit things into their lives and into their relationships will do better than those who fit themselves into the interests of a technology company."
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How To Use Technology And Not Be Used By It: A Psychologist's Reading List
Which books are useful for thinking about how to use technology, rather than being used by it? Psychologist Margaret Morris provides a reading lsit.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"There’s a need to show that the Caribbean is much more than a beautiful place. All of this is reflected in our fiction."
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The Best Caribbean Fiction
Alexia Arthurs, the author of How To Love a Jamaican, recommends novels that explore the myriad expressions of Caribbean identity
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"Shmuel Agnon is the only Israeli writer who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is still regarded as the best writer in modern Hebrew literature."
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Israel and Palestine in Art
Award-winning novelist and playwright positions himself among a new breed of Israeli historians: "I think I am part of a new trend in Israel to be critical of the way we tell our history"
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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"Sicilian Food is not just a book of recipes. Simeti writes about food in a very interesting way, explaining the origins of some dishes and the different versions."
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Mediterranean Cooking
Cook and bestselling author Diane Seed selects five books on Mediterranean cuisine. From the forgotten spices of Turkey to the stews served to Greek freedom fighters, the variety of the region’s food…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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"Every new novel by Cusk is a major literary event, although her experiments with form—and her unpicking of what she has previously called the “underpinnings” of narrative—are often initially received with bafflement"
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Notable Novels of Summer 2024
Our deputy editor highlights the unmissable new literary fiction of summer 2024: five of the most hotly anticipated novels.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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"Applied ethics is the application of moral theory to the real world."
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Ethical Problems
Given the choice between allowing five people to die, and killing one person, what would you do? The best books on these and other 'ethical problems.'
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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"Oh, she was Russian. You should have heard her voice! So, Atlas Shrugged is the mature, the fullest expression of her rejection of any kind of collectivism."
Libertarianism
The magazine editor, journalist and biographer of Ayn Rand selects five books that define the essence of libertarianism. Atlas Shrugged is first on her list
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"People read romance because it’s a genre that is written mainly for women, it’s built on women’s voices and stories, and there is great comfort to be found in a guaranteed happy ending."
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The Best Romance Books of 2021
The best romance books of 2021, as chosen by romantic fiction junkie and popular romance blogger, Natasha Tomic
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"For most self-identifying atheists, it’s not just that they don’t believe in a God or gods, but that they don’t believe in any kind of supernatural realm."
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Atheism
Which are the best books on atheism? The philosopher and author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction chooses his top five.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"Born digital describes works that are created with a computer and are meant to be read on the computer. They’re not works that you print out."
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The Best Electronic Literature
The best electronic literature, recommended by literary scholar and digital literature specialist, Jessica Pressman.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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"Xinjiang was subject to the policies of China in the same way that the Turkic-speaking Muslim regions on the other side of the border in the Soviet Union were subject to the dictates of Moscow."
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Uyghur Nationalism
It's hard to understand what's going on in the Xinjiang region of China and the nationalism of the Uyghurs who live there without reading some history. Here Professor Michael Dillon, a historian at…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"A lot of Brexit is very funny. One of the things the British are world class at is taking the piss."
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Brexit
The best Brexit books, as recommended by Boris Starling, journalist and Bluffer's Guide to Brexit author. Find your Brexit book.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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“The Egyptians called the hieroglyphs ‘medu netjer’ which means the words of the gods”
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Hieroglyphics
The best books to start learning about hieroglyphics, the writing of ancient Egypt, as recommended by historian Diane Greco Josefowicz
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November 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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“Populism has led countries to choose the wrong economic policies that focus mostly on immediate redistribution rather than on sustained economic growth”
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Latin American Politics
Political scientist Patricio Navia recommends books that explain the nature of Latin American politics and discusses how the identity of Latin America is inextricably bound up with its colonial…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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"There wasn’t an awful lot there: at the time LA was a relatively small town, but it had masses of real estate."
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Hollywood
The best books on Hollywood. Five books to understand the Hollywood vision, culture and history.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"You’re not going to be cured, but you can overcome some of the difficulties that your insecurities give you and end up in a better place."
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Overcoming Insecurities
Most self-help books promise to take you from 0 to 100, but many people reading them are starting at minus 100. The author of What's Stopping You? picks books that helped him come to grips with his…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"There’s a new sense that you mustn’t just lose yourself in a narrative but think about how that narrative is formed and shaped, and who is talking to you."
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Modernism
The best books on modernism and modernist movements, recommended by literary scholar Alexandra Harris, author of 'Romantic Moderns'
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November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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RIP James Watson (1928-2025) "In his book, Watson described what was a very exciting time to have been alive. Anybody who reads The Double Helix is drawn into this world of competition and excitement and academic existence":
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November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"While I fully admit that there are politicians and handlers who misuse spin, who deceive us, I think that a lot of what we complain about is simply spin by the other side, spin by people we don’t agree with."
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Political Spin
It's as old as Plato's Gorgias, but it was Richard Nixon who really got it down to a fine art. Rutgers professor David Greenberg recommends the best books to read to better understand political…
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"History is funny, weird and usually gory. Usually, I like the funny parts and the weird parts like people eating penguin soup to survive an Antarctic shipwreck."
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The Best History Books for 8-10 year olds
Are you trying to get your son or daughter into reading more history? Here Alex, a 10-year old boy living in Oxfordshire in the UK, shares some of his favourite history books.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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"Her revelations about torture and forced slave labour perpetrated by the British in Kenya completely refuted the lazy idea you sometimes hear that the British were somehow “less bad” as colonial overlords than the French or the Belgians."
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The Opium War
The best books on the Opium War, as recommended by Oxford historian, Julia Lovell.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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"Partition is a very complicated story. Many people have tried to tell it before, but this is far and away the best book I’ve read on Partition."
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India, Ancient and Modern
The award-winning writer selects five books on India and says that the Mahabharata, eight times the length of the Bible, is one of the great works of literature of mankind - and every bit as good as…
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM