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15 of the Best Enemies-to-Lovers Books of All Time

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy may be the blueprint, but you're guaranteed to fall for all of these novels.

Marie Claire · Oct 29, 2025

Saltwash by Andrew Michael Hurley review – raw, dark folk horror confronts mortality

This wildly atmospheric tale of a reunion of dying people in a crumbling seaside hotel borrows tropes from cosy crime, but is truly chilling

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith review – essays for an age of anxiety

From cultural appropriation to gender, Smith nails the politics of creativity. But on actual politics, she is less assured

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

Jack Smith Miscalculated The Odds of Drawing Judge Cannon, and After He Lost, Asked SG Prelogar For Permission To Seek Cannon's Removal

A new book provides an inside look to the Florida Special Counsel investigation.

Reason · Oct 28, 2025

Black British book festival launches publisher

BBBF organiser Selina Brown announced the new project, focusing on undiscovered authors, following a decline in the publication of Black literature

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

The Winds of Winter Delay Deepens—George R.R. Martin Finally Explains Why

Why is The Winds of Winter so delayed? George R.R. Martin reveals the one condition he needs to write and how his busy schedule and other projects prevent it.

International Business Times UK · Oct 28, 2025

OPINION - Exclamation marks are girly. You know it, and now there's proof

Jane Austen used them, but chiefly to convey emotional incontinence

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025

Richard Ayoade among authors in running to have pig named after book

The comedian is tipped for the Wodehouse prize for comic fiction alongside Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin and Sandi Toksvig

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie – a haunting coda to a groundbreaking career

From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the novelist at his peak

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

Former Royal Staff Reveal the Odd Reasons Prince Andrew Would "Punish" Them, From "Wearing Nylon Ties" to Having "Face Moles"

According to a royal source, staff were "there to serve and not question his actions."

Marie Claire · Oct 27, 2025