FT commissioning editor Maria Crawford chooses her must-read titles:
All We Saw
Book
A mesmerising, luminously beautiful new poetry collection from Anne Michaels, internationally...
House of Lords and Commons
Book
'Exquisite' (New Yorker), 'breathtaking' (Los Angeles Times), 'baroque and moon-lit' (Boston Globe)...
poetry
Some of the best TV shows of 2017 were based on books and as the New Year rolls around we can look forward to a whole host of new adaptations.
Watership Down
8.4
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A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over forty years, Richard Adams' spellbinding classic...
The Little Drummer Girl
Book
In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and...
The City & The City
8.0
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When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Bes el, somewhere...
The War of the Worlds
7.7
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The Penguin English Library Edition of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 'Death!' I shouted....
Sharp Objects
8.3
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Some scars never heal ...An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL....
and 10 other items
Some of our favourite YA books that are being released as movies in 2019.
P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
7.6
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Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except...
Artemis Fowl (2020)
4.2
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Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing...
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
7.5
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The adventures of Artemis Fowl, criminal mastermind, begin. Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind...
The Sun Is Also A Star (2019)
7.3
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Natasha and her family have less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be deported from New...
The Sun is Also a Star
8.5
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The New York Times and internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of...
and 10 other items
Free Audio Book of the Month Podcast
Podcast
Each month LearnOutLoud.com releases a free classic audiobook. Sections of this title are made...
Mindlessness Coloring Book
Jon Link and Mick Bunnage
Book
'Mindlessness' will be the third in the popular Modern Toss series of satirical adult coloring...
Bringing a book to screen is no easy feat, but sometimes they get it (mostly) right.
Gone Girl (2014)
7.7
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Nick Dunne's wife Amy goes missing, leading to police investigations and media frenzies that cause...
American Psycho (2000)
7.6
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A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his...
City Of God (2002)
8.3
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The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, are a place where...
The Godfather
9.0
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Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society....
Room (2015)
8.0
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Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman (Brie Larson) and her young son (Jacob...
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The line-up for this year’s Costas, which set out to reward the year’s “most enjoyable” books, is female-heavy, with 14 women on the 20-strong list.
The Explorers
Book
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by...
children
The Island at the End of Everything
8.0
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Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy....
Wed Wabbit
8.0
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You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have...
children
Moonrise
7.5
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'They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Coz people are gonna be telling you all...
verse capital punishment young adult
Useful Verses
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Richard Osmond's debut collection Useful Verses follows in the tradition of the best nature writing,...
poetry
and 15 other items
The concise red book of Spanish verbs
Book
333 of the most important verbs in Spanish in full conjugated form. Each verb is illustrated by...