The 2015 movie Stanley Tucci called the “antidote” to the role he couldn’t stand playing
Six years waiting to make things right.
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Books are written works that have shaped human culture, knowledge and storytelling for thousands of years. From ancient epics and classic literature to contemporary fiction, biographies, memoirs and non-fiction, books remain one of the world’s most influential forms of artistic and intellectual expression.
Literature has produced enduring works by authors including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami, while modern publishing continues to introduce new voices across every genre.
Whether in print, digital or audio format, books continue to inspire readers, preserve history and influence film, music, politics and popular culture.
The 1981 Cure song inspired by Robert Smith’s favourite book: “I was obsessed”
A classic children’s book.
How Kurt Vonnegut foresaw America’s broken democracy
“We have constructed a collapse-proof government”.
The unassuming Bronx cottage where Edgar Allan Poe wrote his greatest poems
“This place is a beautiful one…”
‘In Cold Blood’: The novelisation of a murder that foretold the darkness of the 1960s
The ‘nonfiction novel’.
Christy Brown: The Irish artist portrayed by Shane MacGowan and Daniel Day-Lewis in the same year
A biopic and a tribute in song, one right after the other.
More About books
Books are written or printed works that present stories, ideas, information or research across genres including fiction, non-fiction, biography, history, science and poetry.
Among the most influential books are 'Don Quixote', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Moby-Dick', '1984', 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.
Books preserve knowledge, inspire imagination, document history and encourage critical thinking, making them one of the most enduring and influential forms of human communication and artistic expression.