Editors’ Top Picks of the Decade
Might be an odd mix of titles, but the Felix Books Editors present to you their top picks of the decade
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My life with Michael: 10 Years of Thriller Live, Written by Gary Lloyd
Arts Editor Ozbil Ege Dumenci chips into the Books section for a week!
Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”
Celeste Ng’s Debut Novel: Everything I Never Told You
Another masterpiece by Celeste Ng featuring a family drama surrounding the suspicious death of a young girl
Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere
Winner of the Goodreads choice awards 2017
A Review of Petals of Blood
A deeply empathetic story set in post-colonial Kenya
Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama
Editor-in-Chief, Andy Djaba, makes his Books Section debut to review a special evening full of gems with the former First Lady
The Ghost Map: dive into the 1854 London cholera outbreak
The setting of this book - a cholera outbreak in Victorian England revolving around cesspools contaminations - is not particularly the most attractive thing in the world, yet it’s fascinating to see the story behind how we came to understand that cholera is water-borne, how it established the base of
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed: The guillotine of modern life?
From democratisation of justice to weapons of destruction, our voices create a stage for shaming at an unprecedentedly large scale
A trip down memory lane: two mini reviews
Over the Christmas break, Books writer Pavan Inguva revisited some old book purchases - and realised the timelessness of themes and inclinations.
Left Off the Shelf
Despite increasing diversity in many industries, the literary scene is still white-dominated. Books writer Rahul Mehta explores the reasons why and what we can do about it.
Ferrante Reviewed
Books writer, Indira Mallik, reflects on The Neapolitan Quartet - My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child - by Elena Ferrante