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The classics of English literature: whether you're reading for school or for pleasure, it can be hard to get a grip on the Western canon—and even harder to understand it. fivebooks.com/category/fic...
The People's Republic of China is one of five remaining countries in the world ruled by a communist party: the Chinese Communist Party or CCP, which has ruled China since 1949. fivebooks.com/category/pol...
“To explore the history of the BBC is basically to consider the history of the last century of British life” fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
“Wordsworth is in all sorts of ways just as indebted to Coleridge as Coleridge ever was to Wordsworth.” fivebooks.com/best-books/s...
Here, we've pulled together a list of short literary novels—most of them fewer than 200 pages in length—that have been recommended on Five Books over the years. fivebooks.com/best-books/s...
Whether you're looking for the best biographies of 2025, or outstanding works written decades or even centuries ago, we have some recommendations. fivebooks.com/category/bio...
A variety of writers, comics and academics recommend their best funny humour books and their favourite comic writing. fivebooks.com/category/fic...
"Fathers can’t really be replaced, in full, especially by somebody who doesn’t feel like a father." fivebooks.com/best-books/f...
"The combination of polls and elections keep democracies and politicians on the straight and narrow." fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
“Funny is funny. Whether you’re writing for kids or adults, the same rules of comedy apply” fivebooks.com/best-books/m...
NEW: Political scientist @buxtonjulia chooses five books on modern Venezuelan politics and explains how the country has been plagued by its vast oil reserves: fivebooks.com/best-books/v... Books by @SujathaTF, @mtinkersalas, @frrodriguezc
“What has passed between us is too much to be passed over in a sentence. We need to talk, to open our hearts to one another, examine them, and then together plan the future we want.” RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1936-2025) fivebooks.com/people/ngugi...
“He’s the thriller writer’s writer in many ways. People like le Carré and Graham Greene heaped a lot of praise on Ambler" fivebooks.com/people/eric-...
“Vidal has clearly read the historical sources. He must have looked at the art and architecture. The story is crafted so carefully." fivebooks.com/people/gore-...
Happy Thanksgiving to all our US readers. Thank you for all the support you've given us over the last year. #Thanksgiving2024
Loving our new handle (which is our domain name). Many thanks to @atproto.com for the clear instructions in their blog: blueskyweb.xyz/blog/4-28-20...
The best books on Third Culture Kids At its core, every young adult book is about figuring out who you are and what your place in the world is, argues Elizabeth Wein, author of numerous books for children and young adults. fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
Notable Memoirs of 2023 Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn selects the best recent autobiographical writing in this round-up of notable memoirs of 2023—taking in new work from such literary giants and a humorous debut depicting life in a haunted antiquarian bookshop. fivebooks.com/best-books/n...