September is a bumper month for new book releases, this month sees the long awaited new novels from Marlon James, Emily St. John Mandel, Hernan Diaz and Min Jin Lee. Enjoy 5 Stunning New Books for September 2026!
August is Women in Translation month, every year readers and literary organisations around the world, discover, discuss and celebrate women writers in translation. Enjoy 10 Must Read Books for Women in Translation Month!
Evelyn Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books.. His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited, was written while on leave from the army in 1945. Enjoy 5 Best Evelyn Waugh Books to Read!
Test your knowledge of classic fiction with The Really Old Book Quiz. For this quiz we’re rolling back the years with classic literature pre-18th Century. Enjoy!
A Comedy in Rubber by O. Henry was first published in 1881. It tells the tale of two people, William Pry and Violet Seymour, who fall in love but miss their own wedding as they are too busy watching accidents and unusual events.
Tempting Providence by Alexander Kuprin is part of his short story collection A Slav Soul, and Other Stories which was published in English in 1916.
September is a bumper month for new book releases, this month sees the long awaited new novels from Marlon James, Emily St. John Mandel, Hernan Diaz and Min Jin Lee. Enjoy 5 Stunning New Books for September 2026!
Originally published in 1919, Goat Feathers by Ellis Parker Butler is a humorous essay written in the early 20th century that explores the distractions and diversions that often prevent individuals from achieving their true potential.
August is Women in Translation month, every year readers and literary organisations around the world, discover, discuss and celebrate women writers in translation. Enjoy 10 Must Read Books for Women in Translation Month!
Doctor Ox’s Experiment by Jules Verne was published in 1872. The novella describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox, and is inspired by the real or alleged effects of oxygen on living things
Evelyn Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books.. His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited, was written while on leave from the army in 1945. Enjoy 5 Best Evelyn Waugh Books to Read!
The Signalman by Charles Dickens was first published as part of Mugby Junction, the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. It was titled “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signal-Man.”
Test your knowledge of classic fiction with The Really Old Book Quiz. For this quiz we’re rolling back the years with classic literature pre-18th Century. Enjoy!
Originally published in 1868, Aunt Kipp by Louisa May Alcott  is a lively tale of family comedy and inheritance, in which a spirited young woman named Polly must navigate the whims of a difficult rich aunt while longing for freedom and fun.Â
