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Haruki Murakami has become a household name. Often seen as the frontrunner of Japanese literature in the West, he has also become an increasingly divisive author. Despite criticism regarding his presentation of women, and repetitiveness or banality in his oeuvre, Murakami still emerges as a widely read, well-enjoyed novelist. So
Valentine's themed recommendations
Orbital is Samantha Harvey’s love letter to Planet Earth. I was fortunate to begin the novel in my own orbit of sorts, on an airplane accompanying the rising sun from Singapore to London. Looking out, I felt the same strange sense of privilege that mirrored in its pages. This
The Felix Editoral Team review one book they read over Christmas break.
A review of the 2025 Booker Prize winner.
Felix Editors review a classic 2004 film about a socially awkward teenager.
Can love survive the modern world?
Over the summer I started reading Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka. The book assesses how algorithms have skewed and skewered out culture. More on that in a future issue. Filterworld helped me create awareness about my existence as someone who has grown up with the internet as
There are few better ways to understand someone’s character better than their choice of book.
A reflection of my experience reading Scientists for Survival amid our political climate; a book not about climate change, but who we could be in the face of it.
With International Women's Day approaching, and our Editor-in-Chief asking if I was interested in writing for this week's editorial, I thought long and hard about how to approach the question. I considered tracing a historical journey, imagining experiences of the first women who were granted permission
What's better than a yearly roundup? Not much. So, here is my 2024 Books Wrapped. Hopefully you find some agreement or inspiration. Best Books Ultra-Processed People, Chris Van Tulleken: Perfect for anyone curious about the intersection between science, health, and corporate power, Chris Van Tulleken's Ultra-Processed