Are you interested in what's happening in Iran? Then here are some nonfiction texts I think you should read

Reading update. 9 books read this month & some favourites included The Overstory and Saoirse.

I've not bought a new new book in so long so when I saw Charlotte McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore was out in paperback I decided to treat myself

Look what I found in my local little free library! Not only a book I've wanted to read for ages but also this Pudsey headband for Children in Need. I was actually on my way to the shop to get my daughter one for tomorrow. Thank you to the beautiful person who donated it. #childreninneed #charity

#WorldKindnessDay is a chance to focus on those empathetic acts that can lead to a more compassionate society. By bringing people with shared values together regardless of their differences, public #Libraries act as spaces where kindness can flourish.

I'm not going to lie, Flesh was one of my least favouite books of the year. Although, it also doesn't surprise me that it went on to win the Booker Prize. If I hate a book it usually ends up on the Booker Prize list somewhere🤣What are everyone's thoughts on the winner? #BookerPrize #Booksky

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I don't want to be one of those annoying Strictly people but Strictly Come Dancing is back tonight!!! #strictlycomedancing

At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change. Out soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social and available for preorder now 📚 #Empathy #Politics #Leadership

Yes @zackpolanski.bsky.social keeps telling it like it is

Sat down last night to watch some mindless TV & was looking forward to the new Gogglebox. But what the hell is with all the posh people? The 2 Glasgow fellas aside the new additions are awful. Come on Channel 4, it's bad enough this country is over represented on TV by the elite&privileged few.

Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia

My current read is the fantastic, Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. It's epic in scale and the kind of book I want to rush back home to read. What was the last book that did this to you? #mustreads #booksky #bibliophile #epicreads #booklover #thebookerprize

A new favourite of mine is this book, The Treasures by Harriet Evans. One for lovers of the big family saga. Full review below: www.instagram.com/readintotemp...

Father's Day cupcakes. I'd love to say I made them...but that would just be a lie. 🤣

As usual I've been juggling reading multiple books this week but since it's half term I've not actually finished anything Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal is one I'm making great progress with. #booksky #litearyfiction #lovereading

The 2nd was the debut novel The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, a new & distinctive voice in contemporary literature #booksky #debutnovels #debutauthors

This was 1 of 2 reviews that went up this week, The Spirit of the Rainforest by Dr Rose Vasquez Espinoza. It reminded me all over again why the Amazon needs protecting at all costs #AmazonRainforest #booksky #nonfiction

May was a huge reading month,partly helped by having a week off & partly because I started quite a few of these last month. My favourites would have to be The Book of Disappearance and I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. #booksky #booklover #bookcommunity

I'm starting the weekend with 2 new books, The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei and I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, my pick for my local bookclub. Let me know what you're all reading. #lovebooks #booksky #newreads

Just before discovering the little free library at Abney Hall we came across this mini waterfall. It was so peaceful. I wish I's had a book to sit & read & listen to the water

Abney Hall Country Park. Then stopped for a 'posh Italian coffee'as the owner called it. #littlefreelibrary #booksky

So far, May's reading has been decidedly meh! Not wowed by any - a few, including Chopping Onions on My Heart and Mary Barton were pretty good. I'm waiting for that knock out work. #booksky #lovereading #Mayreads

Did a little happy dance when I stumbled on one of Susan Abulhawa's novels I've not read in Oxfam today. Mornings in Jenin and Against the Loveless World were just brilliant so I have high hopes for this. #booksky #palestinianliterature #bookcommunity #readersofbooksky

Considering we've had half -term in April, I managed to read far more than I was expecting. Admittedly, some of them were pretty short, snappy reads I could fit in around trips to the park. #booksky #reading

Today's reading spot by the lake. I'm very much enjoying Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah. What is everyone else up to today? #booksky #bookcommunity

Hello––my book Underland has been adapted into a feature film & the world premiere is at Tribeca in June. It's taken 4.5 years––& the team’s created something astonishing. A documentary that's groundbreaking in form, voice & tone. I hope you might see it one day. Full account on IG (@robgmacfarlane)

I also FINALLY got my arse round to reviewing Saba Sam's Gunk. Now I have to make a start on her debut short story collection @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social www.instagram.com/readintotemp...

My review of the Palestinian-American writer, Etaf Rum's novel, Evil Eye that I read almost a year ago now. www.instagram.com/readintotemp... #booksky #palestinianliterature #Palestinianbooks #ukbookreviewer #bookcommunity

My weekend secondhand charity shop book finds. Both were in a practically new condition. I've already jumped right into The House in the Cerulean Sea. #booksky #charityshopbooks #thriftedbooks

Nearly a decade ago, Amitav Ghosh, in THE GREAT DERANGEMENT, asks why literary fiction has failed to engage with climate change, and indeed attempts to make the case that literary fiction categorically cannot take on the task (9/x)

Such an eclectic taste in books probably sums up my reading so far this month. How would you sum up yours? #booksky #bookcommunity #lovereading

I managed to finish the last few pages of Lucy Rose's, The Lamb this morning just in time for the author talk I'm going to tonight @serenitybookshop.bsky.social that includes Susan Barker author of Old Soul. #indiebookshop #horrorbooks

It's the book everyone's talking about and for once I resisted the temptation to buy it....and instead talked my boyfriend into buying it so I could read it after him😆. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams #CarelessPeople #Meta #nonfiction

Just finished Mrs Caliban and it's exactly my kinda weird. Feminist magical realism are it's best. Now to finish Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis. #booksky

Today's reading plans involved a bucket of coffee and Lucy Rose's new novel The Lamb. #TheLamb #BookSky #BookCommunity @wnbooks.bsky.social

Some pretty fab bookish merchandise arrived a few days ago that I thought I'd share. It's from the literary emporium & this was part of their lucky dip sale. My favourite has to be the Maya Angelou pin badge. £12 for the whole box I thought was pretty good. #booksky

Two very different books but I'm really into both. HhhH is my local bookclub read for this month. Then I'm reading A Language of Limbs as part of a book tour & it's usually through these that I discover some of the most amazing books. #ukbookreviewer #ukbooklover #bookcommunity

Managed to squeeze in an hour of reading outside, only for a killer migraine to hit. This always happens when the sun comes out. #booksky #booklover

In honor of International Women's Day 2025, WWB spotlights 8 women writers who have celebrated their English-language debut this past year. Read the list, written by our Editorial Fellow Elete Nelson-Fearon: buff.ly/UqIttBg

A few book recommendations for #internationalwomensday by authors such as Roxane Gay, Alice Walker, Mikki Kendall, Angela Davis, Helena Kennedy, Cordelia Fine & Elinor Gleghorn What book would you recommend on International Women's Day? #booksky

Last night I finished The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara & whilst I process that one i thought I'd try & pick up where I left off with Anthony Doerr's, Cloud Cuckoo Land. Any excuse to get outside to read & I'm on it. #booksky #reading #readingoutdoors

How was everyone's reading month? Any standout reads? Here are my reading stats, I'm such a geek for these kind of things #readingwrapup #booklovers

Look what I picked up yesterday from @waterstones.bsky.social My preorder of Fundamentally by Nussainah Younis. I've been so excited for this one. #booksky #bookcommunity @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social

I'm reading a book, Culture is Bad, that reinforces this. Sad but unsurprising & it definitely chimes with my own experiences #workingclassvoices #workingclassart #workingclasscreatives

The stand out books so far this month have been Susan Abulhawa's, Against the Loveless World and Octavia Butler's, Parable of the Sower. I also finished Gunk by Saba Sams yesterday & loved that too. #booksky #bookcommunity

Finishing Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa today hopefully then I've got less than 100 pages of Parable of Sower. What is everyone reading this weekend? #booksky #bookcommunity