Books

David Attenborough is a national treasure in Britain (Image: Getty) David Attenborough is a huge lover of books and has named his six favourites. In 2014, in an interview with the Folio Society, the beloved broadcaster and naturalist Attenborough recalled his lifelong favourites. He said: “There is something about a …

Adam Kay is best known as the author of This Is Going to Hurt (Image: Charlie Clift) Adam Kay has an admission. “I doubt I was the only person who sat in medical school lectures thinking, ‘That would be a good way to murder someone’,” he grins. “So it was …

SAS 101 by Titch Cormack, Hardback, £22 Long before the SAS were a twinkle in the eye of their founder David Stirling, Ralph Bagnold and his merry band of explorers and mavericks of the Zerzura Club – named after a legendary lost Libyan oasis – were traversing the most hostile …

Which of these books have you read? (Image: Getty) Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the iconic Sherlock Holmes stories, which have become a cultural fixture in literature. They first appeared in print in 1887 with Conan Doyle’s novel A Study in Scarlet. Many will have read or considered …

To say I was devastated by the news that one of the funniest writers on the planet had passed away would be an understatement. Along with Doug Naylor, Grant created the British comedy sci-fi series that shaped who I am as a person today. Red Dwarf is the series I …

Last month, George RR Martin hit a devastating milestone. It’s now been over 5,543 days since he published A Dance with Dragons (2011) in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. This means the 77-year-old has spent more time writing The Winds of Winter than he did on all …

Four gripping new books for July (Image: Montage Simon Lord) Mr Sidhu’s Post Office by Amman Brar, Hardback, £16.99 If you’re not feeling a little teary by the end of this heartbreakingly beautiful debut novel, you might want to check your pulse. Widowed Sikh postmaster Sukhdev ‘David’ Sidhu has run …

Ballistic by Frank Gardner, Hardback, £20 In the frozen Arctic north a Russian submarine slips from port to launch a ballistic missile in an apparent training exercise. Shortly afterwards, a senior Russian officer recruited by the British goes on the run but not before alerting the Secret Intelligence Service in …

Book fans have a lot to get excited about over the summer (Image: Getty) As we approach summer, you’ll likely be thinking about the books you want to add to your holiday reading list and beyond. Look no further; Waterstones has you covered. This time we’re talking science fiction, fantasy …

Baroness Batters says UK farmers are beset by uncertainty and Rachel Reeves, right, isn’t helping (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster / Express) When I call to chat to Baroness Batters about her new memoir, she is busy helping a calf through a traumatic arrival. The former National Farmers’ Union president, who is …