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Fantasy is the genre of infinite possibilities. It's where dragons exist, kingdoms float in the sky, forests whisper secrets, and entire civilizations are built around impossible magic systems. There are, quite literally, no limits to what an author can imagine.

There is a very specific kind of nonfiction book that manages to feel like fantasy without sacrificing an ounce of academic rigour and veracity. Tyrants and Traders is that book, and the kind you can read in one sitting.

Most world history is written from one vantage point and then generalised outward, the West explaining the world to itself. Out of Chaos, Jon Wilson's new book out on August 27th, is the first text I have read that genuinely resists that gravitational pull.

This book is a coming of age novel of the very best kind, filled with the sorrows and joys, the ups and downs of life.

There are plenty of books that promise to reinvent the murder mystery genre. Few actually do. Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi (2020) is one of the rare exceptions: a novel that doesn't simply tell a mystery but examines why mysteries work in the first place.

Every month, I tell myself I won't become overly ambitious with my reading plans. And every month… I fail. July was supposed to be the month I tackled a mountain of books that had been sitting on my TBR cart for months. Romance, fantasy, mystery, literary fiction, political science… I somehow convinced myself I could comfortably fit all of them into one month.

Writer and activist Rebecca Walker visited Bush House to discuss memoir-writing and expressions of identity and belonging with KCL students.

A few months ago, I was up late, doom scrolling in bed only to be hit with this sudden sense of panic. Sarah J. Maas had just announced that the next book in the ACOTAR series would be released in October 2026. This was not ideal. I had seven other books from her Throne of Glass series to read before I could even tackle the Crescent City series, which was apparently essential to my understanding of the next ACOTAR book. So, I sat there glumly and calculated how many pages I w

Photo by Shanai Tanwar Yesterday I found the soul of Delhi in London. As I gathered alongside hundreds of Indian students and allies in Aldwych to protest the recent hunger strikes asking for education reform and government accountability in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, the energy was palpable. Under the greenery, surrounded by Urdu poetry and chanting “Inquilab Zindabad,” I could have sworn the homeland had manifested itself in this colonial capital this evening. Which is funny

Photo by Daniela Denyer Malo The Wedding People by Alison Espach, a fiction novel published in 2024, has become increasingly popular in reader circles this year and with good reason too. Marketed as a chick-lit romance, readers expect a funny, light-hearted, whirlwind romance type of book, yet what awaits within the pages is so much more. Beginning with an unexpected premise, our main character’s first proper interaction reveals the most unexpected backstory and motivations –