Books

Lockdown literary list

From F. Scott Fitzgerald’s decadent parties in the Roaring 20s to Hilary Mantel’s Tudor-set Wolf Hall trilogy, here’s our choice of books to add to your literary list during lockdown.
March books: read me this month

Reasons to be cheerful: spring has sprung and a brilliant new batch of March books has arrived. Gather around, and let us tell you a story.
Comfy, cosy, and creative places to curl up and read a book

Some of the best spots across Leicestershire and Rutland for getting stuck into a good book.
The 5 best books out February

We’ve got five Feb fancies for your delectation. Read all about ’em right here… Book of the month My Wild And Sleepless Nights by Clover Stroud As a rule, I don’t read books or blogs about motherhood. I find them boring. I’m deep in the midst of the heavy-lifting parenting years myself, with two primary school age children […]
Happy new year, happy new read!

What kind of insaniac leaves the house in January? Retire to the sofa pronto and get stuck intoone of these enthralling new literary picks.
Muddy’s 10 best books of 2019

So many rip-roaring reads, so little time. But Muddy has made it easy for you - here's our definitive list of the year's best books. Get stuck in!
Need a juicy new read?

Glorious celeb gossip, literary big-hitters and a must-read on relationships this month. Read all about our October picks.
Read THESE this month…

Get reading with this month's best new books.
The top 10 books of the summer

Don’t pack your suitcase or load up your Kindle until you’ve read this! We’ve picked the 10 best books to get stuck into on holiday. Prepping for a holiday isn’t top of my list of fun tasks – another 8 page to-do list? Great! But there is one exception to the rule; one part of this herculean […]
The books you MUST read this summer

June's best new books are a corking bunch, including Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert's breathtaking new novel.