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Rubenhold makes a nuanced, intelligent aim to tell the stories of Jack the Ripper’s victims and give the women back their autonomy.

Despite being only 60 pages long, Adichie's 'Dear Ijeawele' is a phenomenal exploration of how we can raise feminists.

Rajesh takes us on a seven month journey across the world, capturing the unique quality of train travel.

An international bestseller, The Beekeeper of Aleppo traces the lives of Nuri and Afra as they flee their home in Syria to seek asylum.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014, The Goldfinch is a masterpiece of literature.

First published in 1936, Jamaica Inn follows Mary Yellan as she moves to live with her uncle and aunt on the Cornish coast.

Deemed a classic of the English language, Pride and Prejudice is quite possibly the most well known and well loved of Austen's novels.

Edith Eger offers an inspiring account of how of how she dealt with the immense suffering she was forced to endure as a Jew during Nazi rule

Eddo-Lodge considers racism in a British context, opening a vital conversation that should make anyone who denies racism wake up to reality.

I have recently read some wonderful short books, both fiction and non-fiction, that I learnt a lot from and enjoyed in different ways.

'A Streetcar Named Desire' is set in New Orleans, and follows Blanche DuBois as she visits her sister Stella.

Burton's novel is an exciting tale that encompasses racial tension, economic dispute, emotional trauma and a touch of magical realism.

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Exploring themes of love, betrayal, abuse and gender, Brontë offers an account of the love between two people destined to be apart.

Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs is a compilation of journalistic articles written by different women on engaging topics.

Read on for my top recommendations of books inspired by World War II and the fall of the Nazi Regime.

Written and published anonymously, A Woman in Berlin offers an insight into the life of a woman in post-WWII Berlin.

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre has been labelled as one of the most significant pieces in the history of English Literature.

Since the outbreak of coronavirus meant theatres across the globe were forced to close their doors, The National Theatre have begun...

An emotionally demanding novel, Dronfield offers an account of Fritz and Gustav Kleinmann's experience of the Nazi regime.

'Rebecca' tells the story of an unnamed young woman who marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that he is haunted by his late wife.

Political journalist Isabel Hardman reveals the ins and out of Parliamentary life in this thought provoking read.

Room is a heart-wrenching story of a mother and her son who are held captive in a single room in the garden of a vicious predator.

The Story of an African Farm is a complex novel that intertwines themes of religion and gender to create a beautiful of literature.

Dr. Sarah Hill considers the biological/social effects taking the pill has on women's bodies.

The Help is a touching novel, exploring the racial divide in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi.

Review of Small Island, Andrea Levy