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90. Clara the Triumphant Rhinoceros. Jane Kurtz. Illustrated by Claire Messer. 2025. 40 pages. [Source: Library] [nonfiction picture book, 5 stars]First sentence: […]

‘Carrie’ author discussed Trump’s America in a new interview

1952 Napoleonic naval fiction, seventh written and second by internal
chronology. As a very junior lieutenant, Hornblower is aboard a ship
on her way to the West Indies…

89. The First Men in the Moon. H.G. Wells. 1901. 213 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars, adult science fiction, classic]First sentence: As I sit down to write here […]

2013 SF, fifth in its series. Ishmael Horatio Wang graduates from
First Mate on the ship he put right last book to Captain of
yet.another worst ship in the fleet.

At four million words he beats Pepys, but the daily jottings of a judgmental don fail to transcend his rather stuffy millieuAC Benson is remembered today, if at […]

800 writers and publishing workers have signed a statement objecting to the LGBTQ+ book prize’s nomination of Boyne, who described himself as a ‘terf’Ten autho […]

Seán Hewitt, who introduces a new edition of the Scottish author’s final memoir, guides readers through his landmark works a year on from his deathJohn Burnside wa […]