This month we bring you a selection with a double promise: stories that already shine on the page and that, in 2026, will make the leap to the screen. It’s not just a reading list, it's an early...
Over at Five Books For this month, I thought it would be interesting to explore something I've never yet covered: books to change your life. I'm not talking about great works of fiction either...
The pressure is on. You need to buy Christmas presents for everybody you love and, for some people, you are stuck. It’s an inevitable part of the season. If you know somebody who is fascinated by...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that this quote from Jane Austen is one of the most famous and quoted in literature. This opening line of Pride and Prejudice sets the tone for the novel and...
Welcome to the second in our Book Bytes series on Global Comment, where will review books in a short video format. This first instalment has Nasser Ali Khasawneh talking about how much he enjoyed...
“The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgement” These are the words of guidance priest Berandol...
Last month, László Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and, taking advantage of that momentum, we've put together this selection of short reads for the month. Nobel Prize...
There’s something irresistibly satisfying about a gentleman thief. The perfect crime, executed with grace and wit, has an elegance that brute force just can’t match. Arsène Lupin, Maurice...
Fear takes many shapes, but few last as long as the ones born on the page. Some stories don’t need special effects or a soundtrack to unsettle you, only the quiet pulse of a sentence that knows...
Over at Five Books For this month, I've been thinking about a different type of Halloween read: the kind of book that leaves you feeling deeply unsettled, so much so that you have to keep putting...
