Mark Twain by Ron Chernow review – the story of America’s first literary celebrity
A definitive new biography takes in adventures on the Mississippi, racist stereotypes and get-rich-quick schemes.
June 19, 2025
A definitive new biography takes in adventures on the Mississippi, racist stereotypes and get-rich-quick schemes.
National Book Award Winner! This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
Iain Pears’ intricately plotted, highly intelligent and very enjoyable novel, An Instance of the Fingerpost, explores the troubling and problematic side of the historical movement labelled with the smug term ‘The Enlightenment’.
Intriguingly, Mitchell doesn’t tee up the sequel but argues rather that this is the natural end to his story since afterwards kings and queens were less central to England’s story.
Ancillary Justice is an award-winning science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in 2013. It is Leckie’s debut novel and the first in her Imperial Radch space opera trilogy.
Far from the Light of Heaven is a 2021 science fiction mystery novel by Tade Thompson. It was a finalist for the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award and 2022 Nommo Award for Best Novel.
