If you're a man going through a divorce — or recently out the other side — you've probably noticed that most of the advice out there isn't aimed at you. The self-help shelves are full of books about "rediscovering your feminine power" and "healing your inner goddess," which is lovely but not enormously helpful when you're eating cereal at 11pm in a flat that stinks of paint. The books on this list won't tell you how to fix your marriage. That ship has sailed, and frankly, it was probably … continue reading
The Best 1980s Time-Travel Novels (For Readers Who Miss the Mixtape Era)
If your heart still lives somewhere between a tape deck and Teletext, this list is for you. This isn't a vague roundup of time travel novels — this is specifically about books that drop you into the 1980s, or close enough to smell the hairspray. Walkmans, Top of the Pops, pre-internet Britain, and the quiet ache of wondering what you'd do differently if life handed you a do-over. I've split the list into three sections: modern British nostalgia (the bittersweet do-over novels), international … continue reading
Books With Autistic Characters: 40+ Fiction Recommendations
If you're searching for books with autistic characters, fiction featuring neurodivergent protagonists, or novels that portray autism with honesty and emotional depth, you're in the right place. This guide curates over forty reader-recommended books across genres — literary fiction, romance, YA, fantasy, cosy mysteries, and contemporary novels. Some characters are explicitly autistic; others are widely understood to be neurodivergent based on how they think, feel, and move through the world. … continue reading
Books About Going Back in Time to Fix Mistakes
We've all done it. Lain awake at 2am replaying a conversation, a decision, a single stupid moment that set your life on a different course. What if you could go back? Not to witness history or fight aliens — just to fix the thing that went wrong. To say the words you didn't say. To walk through the door you walked past. To not buy that can of Coke from a newsagent in 1986. That last one's mine. I've spent the best part of a decade writing novels about exactly this premise — ordinary people … continue reading
Books for Men Who Are Quietly Struggling
This post isn't for the man who's already asked for help. He's taken the hardest step and he'll find his way. This is for the man who hasn't. The one who's sitting in a car park for ten minutes before going inside because he needs the silence. The one who's fine — always fine — because that's what he says and nobody pushes it. The one who's quietly running out of road and doesn't know how to tell anyone, or even whether he should. It might also be for you, if you love that man and you don't … continue reading
Useful Twitter Hashtags For Avid Readers
Imagine being at a party where every guest is shouting at you at the same time. Sound fun? Obviously we'd rather filter what we want to hear and this is why Twitter hashtags are incredibly useful. By clicking any of the hashtags below, you'll only see tweets that are specifically book-related. Using hashtags is also a useful strategy if you happen to be tweeting about a book and want to reach a wider audience beyond your followers. … continue reading