Books that take you to another time and place

From the beaches of Sussex in 1935, to the swinging sixties in London and Sicily in the 1870s, these books will take you to another time and place wherever you’re spending the summer.

Explore new worlds at your fingertips

Summer reads for kids

Here are our favourite summer reads for children of all ages, perfect for those long lazy days... and occasional rainy days.

The best children's books for summer

How to live free from your addictions

'My qualification for writing this book is not that I am better than you, it's that I am worse. I am an addict, addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, money, love and fame.' 

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A girl. A boy. His mother.

Laura has it all. A successful career, a long marriage to a rich husband, and a twenty-three year-old son, Daniel, who is kind, handsome, and talented. Then Daniel meets Cherry. Cherry is young, beautiful... and she wants Laura's life.

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02 / 08 / 17By The Window Seat

Wedding readings for every kind of couple

Struggling to find the right reading for someone's big day? Here's our pick of the most beautiful, moving and original lines ever written about love. Nothing too cheesy but still likely to bring on a few tears.

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08 / 08 / 17

The best book adaptations coming to a screen soon

We've rounded up the new TV series and films based on fiction that we can't wait to watch. 

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27 / 07 / 17

Kate Tempest shortlisted for Mercury Prize 2017

Let Them Eat Chaos is on the shortlist for the 2017 Mercury Music Prize. 

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18 / 08 / 17

Two more Jessie Burton books to Picador

Picador has signed the next two books from Jessie Burton, million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. 

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Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

  • Garden Theatre
    Garden Theatre
    , UNITED KINGDOM
  • 25 August 2017 04:00
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Adam Kay at Waterstones West End

Adam Kay at Waterstones West End

  • Waterstones Edinburgh (West End)
    Waterstones Edinburgh (West End)
    128 Princes St Edinburgh, EH2 4AD UNITED KINGDOM
  • 28 August 2017 17:00
28 August 2017 05:00Z 28 August 2017 07:00Z

Imagine if David Sedaris had spent six years training as a junior doctor or if Do No Harm was turned into stand-up comedy... Come and meet former junior doctor Adam Kay at the end of his 2 week...

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