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Herman Melville: Storms of the heart
Jay Parini reveals how Melville’s relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, to whom Moby-Dick is dedicated, ranged from admiration to ecstasy.
Telegraph Book Club: Week Two: Discussion
This week, Genevieve Fox and the Telegraph Book Club discuss Rose Tremain's Trespass, leaving quite a lot of blood on the carpet.
Cedilla by Adam Mars-Jones: review
Leo Robson finds shelter and joy in Adam Mars-Jones' remarkable new novel, Cedilla.
The Anthology of Rap ed by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois: review
By trying to elevate rap to the status of poetry, The Anthology of Rap ed by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois highlights the form’s limitations, suggests Andrew Pettie.
India: a Portrait by Patrick French: review
Basharat Peer delights in a vivid study of India by Patrick French, that brings to life the politicians and entrepreneurs behind the country’s economic boom.
Latest Books News and Reviews
James Bond and Sherlock Holmes resurrected in new novels
James Bond and Sherlock Holmes are to be resurrected for two new full-length novels being penned by authors Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Deaver.
18 Jan 2011
India to host first Comic Con
India is gearing up to host its first ever comics convention along the lines of the legendary San Diego Comic-Con International.
17 Jan 2011
'Wicked Bible' to go on display
A rare copy of the notorious seventeenth century 'Wicked Bible', which shocked readers by exhorting them 'Thou shalt commit adultery', is to go on public display for the first time.
17 Jan 2011
Step forward the real Darcy
A fashion for reading a novel through its author’s life misses the point, argues Sebastian Faulks.
16 Jan 2011
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders: review
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders reveals the scarlet thread of death that ran through Victorian life; Wendy Moore follows it
16 Jan 2011
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand: review
From Hitler's Olympics to a Japanese prisoner of war camp to the bottle, Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken tells an astonishing life story, says Nigel Jones
16 Jan 2011
Cedilla by Adam Mars-Jones: review
Adam Mars-Jones's Cedilla reveals a very talkative – and very unusual – young man : Mark Sanderson relishes his company
16 Jan 2011
We Had It So Good by Linda Grant: review
Does bust inevitably follow the baby boomers? Jane Shilling assesses We Had It So Good, Linda Grant's cool dissection of aspirations
16 Jan 2011
The London Train by Tessa Hadley: review
Catherine Taylor witnesses the fall-out as two seemingly stable lives slip into chaos in Tessa Hadley's The London Train.
16 Jan 2011
Title Deed: How the Book Got its Name
Gary Dexter explains the origins of Nathanael West's A Cool Million
16 Jan 2011
A Kind Man by Susan Hill: review
Lucy Beresford is touched Susan Hill's A Kind Man, an adroit and poignant parable of selflessness
16 Jan 2011
What if Diana had lived?
Monica Ali explains why she imagines what might have become of Diana in her controversial new novel 'Untold Story'.
15 Jan 2011
London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew, ed by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst: review
Simon Heffer looks anew at Henry Mayhew's revolutionary work, London Labour and the London Poor, in a new edition edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
14 Jan 2011
How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism by Eric Hobsbawm: review
Ben Wilson reviews Eric Hobsbawm's new work, How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism.
14 Jan 2011
Chapman's Odyssey by Paul Bailey: review
Keith Miller on a fine novel about a dying actor, Chapman's Odyssey by Paul Bailey.
14 Jan 2011
The London Train by Tessa Hadley: review
Helen Brown enjoys the psychological scenery of twenty-first century Britain, as displayed elegantly in Tessa Hadley's The London Train.
14 Jan 2011
The authors who are first among sequels
Some writers are more popular when it comes to unfinished literary business, writes Philip Hensher.
13 Jan 2011
Catcher In The Rye 'sequel' can be published outside US
"I've never had much respect for old things," controversial Swedish author admits.
13 Jan 2011
Diana Athill: Being the other woman was what I was best at
As a youthful editor she made authors shine. Now she outsells nearly all of them. Diana Athill talks about love, infidelity and finding fame in her nineties.
11 Jan 2011
Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer: review
Kylie O'Brien loves an entertaining memoir about yoga, Poser by Claire Dederer.
11 Jan 2011
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders: review
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders is a vivid account of the Victorian fascination with gruesome murders, stripping away the layers of folktale and legend, finds Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
11 Jan 2011
John Buchan and The Thirty-Nine Steps
Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, celebrates John Buchan's hero Richard Hannay, the most gentlemanly of spies.
11 Jan 2011
George Gershwin by Larry Starr: review
Ivan Hewett on a new biography of George Gershwin by Larry Starr.
11 Jan 2011
Ice Bear: A Natural and Unnatural History of the Polar Bear by Kieran Mulvaney: review
Toby Clements peers into the freezing world of the polar bear, reviewing Ice Bear by Kieran Mulvaney.
10 Jan 2011
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