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Joan Didion - Writer - Journalist - Joan Didion The Center Will Not Hold - Griffin Dunne - 2017

Joan Didion’s greatest opening line

“To give us back to ourselves”.

Paulina Subia
Jan 12, 2026
Ray Bradbury at the Miami Book Fair International - 13 November 1990

Ray Bradbury’s favourite books of all time

No, it’s not ‘Fahrenheit 451’.

Rachael Pimblett
Jan 5, 2026
‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’- The raunchy banned book that became a best-seller and helped to launch counterculture

‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’: The raunchy banned book that became a best-seller and helped to launch counterculture

Highly controversial.

Paulina Subia
Dec 29, 2025
Eve Babitz - Writer - Activist

Eve Babitz’s favourite books of all time: “How could anyone not read?”

“It’s just a feeling I get when I read it…”

Paulina Subia
Dec 14, 2025
Joan Didion - Joan Baez - Split

When Joan’s Collide: Joan Didion’s dissection of Joan Baez

“The Madonna of the disaffected”.

Paulina Subia
Dec 12, 2025
George R.R Martin - 2017 - Author

George RR Martin’s favourite book: “It should not have worked”

Melancholy and beautiful.

Paulina Subia
Dec 10, 2025
Ernest Hemingway - 1954

Ernest Hemingway’s 17 favourite books: “A pleasure”

Essential reading…

Andrew Clayman
Dec 3, 2025
Stephen King - Author - 2023

Stephen King’s favourite opening line in the history of literature

“A perfect door opener”.

Andrew Clayman
Nov 24, 2025
'Slouching Towards Bethlehem'- Joan Didion’s brave look at the dark side of the 1960s

Joan Didion’s handwritten list of her 19 favourite books

“I was paralysed by them for a long time”.

Paulina Subia
Nov 20, 2025
Five classic books to inspire wanderlust

Five classic books to inspire wanderlust

Reading can take us anywhere.

Sam Farley
Oct 29, 2025
Postmodern Provisions- a perfect 'beer' taco dish fit for Thomas Pynchon

The greatest “neglected book” ever, according to Thomas Pynchon

Update the reading list.

Tom Taylor
Oct 26, 2025
Dick Cavett - Talk Show Host - 1974

Dick Cavett’s favourite books: a surprisingly unpretentious list

The legendary US talk show host selects the quirky and the classic.

Andrew Clayman
Oct 23, 2025

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