These are 5 perfect Halloween reads for October – one is 1818 classic | Books | Entertainment

Jacob Elordi will star in an adaptation of the 1818 classic by Mary Shelley (Image: Netflix) As the sun begins to set earlier and earlier every night, we are approaching…

Best new books to read in October—including one for Hunger Games fans | Books | Entertainment

With summer officially over and chillier temperatures now setting in, there’s no better time to curl up on the sofa with a good book (snacks and cosy candles optional, but…

Call off the hunt, I’ve found the autumn’s best thriller | Books | Entertainment

It’s up there with The Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy, Freddie Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal and Team Yankee, Harold Coyle’s brilliant 1987 novel imagining World War…

Pig transplants and bionic limbs — new book explores breakthroughs | Science | News

Mary travelled to China to investigate pig-to-human organ transplants (Image: Jen Siska/Getty) When science writer Mary Roach lay down inside an iron lung, she hoped to spend a night allowing…

Trump ‘to demand generals swear total loyalty just like Hitler’ claims historian | Books | Entertainment

President Donald Trump has denied that he ever said he needed “the kind of generals that Hitler had”, as reported by The Atlantic before the 2024 election. Now the Commander…

The top 10 best books of all time – including two by the same author | Books | Entertainment

From the classics to epic series, there are so many must-reads out there. If you are a bit of a bookworm you probably already have a list that you are working your way through…

The 5 books you must read before you die | Books | Entertainment

As autumn settles in and the days grow shorter, there’s no better time to curl up on the sofa with a warm blanket, a steaming cup of tea, and a…

Heroes and Villains… the best book about rock’n’roll since High Fidelity | Books | Entertainment

Iggy Pop and with the Stooges, one of author ML Rio’s inspirations, in New York in 1973 (Image: Getty) Novelist ML Rio is reminiscing about one of the first gigs…

Hitler’s Forgotten General ‘almost caused D-Day delay to 1945’ | Books | Entertainment

Over 81 years ago, the D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches were a key turning point in World War 2, as the Allies invaded Europe and began the year-long push…

I’ve read 15 books from 1 author this year—they got me out of a reading slump | Books | Entertainment

I love reading, but if the book isn’t gripping enough, I get super bored and distracted. In recent years, books have taken me around three months to finish because they…