The shortlist includes Real Life by Brandon Taylor; Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi; Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart; This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga; The New Wilderness by Diane Cook; and The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
The crux of the book is this: ‘Habits are the compound interest of personal development.’ When trying to build a new habit or develop a new skill, one often falls into the trap of thinking big.
Might be an odd mix of titles, but the Felix Books Editors present to you their top picks of the decade
Arts Editor Ozbil Ege Dumenci chips into the Books section for a week!
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”
Another masterpiece by Celeste Ng featuring a family drama surrounding the suspicious death of a young girl
Winner of the Goodreads choice awards 2017
A deeply empathetic story set in post-colonial Kenya
Editor-in-Chief, Andy Djaba, makes his Books Section debut to review a special evening full of gems with the former First Lady
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
From democratisation of justice to weapons of destruction, our voices create a stage for shaming at an unprecedentedly large scale
Over the Christmas break, Books writer Pavan Inguva revisited some old book purchases - and realised the timelessness of themes and inclinations.