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Books about tennis that have been recommended on Five Books. Many are novels, though Andre Agassi's memoir also comes highly recommended, as does The Inner Game of Tennis (1974), by W. Timothy Gallwey, described by Billie Jean King as her 'tennis bible.' fivebooks.com/category/spo...
Tennis Books - Five Books Expert Recommendations
The best books on tennis as recommended by experts.
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NEW: Autobiographical writing has been booming. Hence the introduction of the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or Memoir. We put together a list of all the titles that have won or been a finalist for the prize since its inauguration in 2023. fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Autobiographies and Memoirs
A full list of all the books that have won or been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or Memoir since its launch in 2023
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"As we’ve moved towards a detached and virtual society, you still have many people who are, effectively, Cartesian dualists who spend their time in their head on the internet doing abstract tasks." fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
The Best Cycling Books
The best cycling books, recommended by James Hibbard, former US professional cyclist and author of the Art of Cycling
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Browsing the back catalogue of Pulitzer Prize-winning books is an excellent way to identify books worth reading—both for their readability and for their intellectual heft. We collected together our coverage of previous Pulitzer Prize winners. fivebooks.com/books/pulitz...
Pulitzer Prize Winners - Five Books Expert Recommendations
Our listings of the books that have won Pulitzer Prizes since the turn of the century: exceptional works of fiction and nonfiction by American authors
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“My most exciting daily journey is to the compost bin and back” fivebooks.com/best-books/c...
Comfort Reads
The prolific, 'genre-fluid' author Neil Gaiman selects five of his favourite comfort reads: books to read in difficult times.
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“If you don’t relate to your history you simply can’t comprehend what is going on now.” fivebooks.com/best-books/m...
His Novels
Michael Morpurgo takes us on a journey behind the scenes of five of his own books – and why he likes to weave fiction out of truths.
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"Le Guin’s worlds are too complex and rich to be boring. It’s not didactic. It’s an exploration." fivebooks.com/best-books/f...
Five Lesser-Known Books by Sci Fi Greats
Sci fi writers have busy, flexible minds and give us a lot to enjoy beyond their famous novels, says our fantasy and sci fi editor Sylvia Bishop. Here, she recommends five of her favourite…
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"Since not everyone can read every language in the world, the only way to find out what people are writing and thinking is to read translations." fivebooks.com/best-books/e...
Translation
Award-winning literary translator Edith Grossman discusses translation and its ever-growing importance – a Five Books interview
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Best books on Greece, from ancient times to modern. Books to help you understand ancient Greece and its modern counterpart and the relationship between them fivebooks.com/category/wor...
Greece - Five Books Expert Recommendations
Best books on Greece, from ancient times to modern. Books to help you understand ancient Greece and its modern counterpart and the relationship between them
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"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" by Richard Flanagan tells the story of Dorrigo Evans, a doctor from Tasmania who, as an old man, flashes back to his time in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, building the infamous Burma Railway. 1/2
"Many people have opinions about Leo Strauss, but only a small portion of those who have opinions have spent much time reading his books." fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
Liberty and Morality
The Hoover Institution scholar explores five books that he believes teach us something about how we are "failing to understand, appreciate and defend our liberty"
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P. D. James (1920–2014) was one of the great names of British crime fiction. She is best known for her detective novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a Scotland Yard detective and poet, though she also wrote standalone novels and the dystopian novel "The Children of Men." fivebooks.com/people/books...
"Libraries are a place of comfort for all of us." fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Books about Libraries for 4-8 Year Olds
Children’s author Bahram Rahman recommends his favourite picture books about libraries for children age 4-8
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Norwegian literature is a rich and diverse body of work that reflects the country's history, culture, and stunning natural landscapes. fivebooks.com/category/wor...
Norway - Five Books Expert Recommendations
The Best Books on Norway.
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“At least the label is no longer pejorative. People are now proud to be writers of historical fiction” fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Historical Fiction of 2024
The best historical novels of 2024, as shortlisted by the judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
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“His idea of art was apocalyptic enough for him to think that a work of art could effect an overall change in society” fivebooks.com/best-books/w...
Wagner
The best books about Richard Wagner, composer of the Ring Cycle, as recommended by academic and opera critic Michael Tanner.
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"The word orang-utan is actually Malay for man of the forest. So it brings you close to the idea that humans are animals living in this environment." fivebooks.com/best-books/r...
Global Warming
The policy director for the Optimum Population Trust, the environmental think-tank, discusses books on Global Warming with Five Books.
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"I think the star factor is detrimental to the health of Broadway." fivebooks.com/best-books/c...
Broadway
What divides a hit from a flop, artistically speaking? The New York Times theatre critic Charles Isherwood takes us behind the scenes to assess the art of writing for Broadway and the rules for…
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“The unusual period is the 1960s through the early 2000s, when racist thought was pushed to the side” fivebooks.com/best-books/i...
Immigration and Race
The best books on immigration and race, recommended by Reece Jones, author of White Borders and a professor at the University of Hawaii
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Books about oceans and the sea, recommended on Five Books by marine biologist Helen Scales, as well as novelists, philosophers, journalists and geologists. fivebooks.com/category/nat...
Oceans - Five Books Expert Recommendations
Best books on the seas and oceans, recommended by experts. Everything from piracy to pollution and over-fishing, from the ocean floor to tall ships.
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"Popular culture, more and more, shapes our fantasies, our expectations, our beliefs about what is real.” fivebooks.com/best-books/s...
Popular Culture
Popular culture shapes our fantasies, our expectations and our beliefs about what is real, argues Susan Bordo. She picks five books that shed light on popular culture.
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“Democracy has an internal, inherent tendency to lead to despotism” fivebooks.com/best-books/f...
The French Revolution
The best books on the French Revolution, as recommended by one of its greatest living scholars, Lynn Hunt.
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“In the last 20 years, four or five European states have vanished.” fivebooks.com/best-books/e...
Europe’s Vanished States
The rise of China means the study of its history is suddenly in vogue. But, says historian Norman Davies, there’s as much to learn, if not more, from looking at states that have disappeared
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Here you'll find book recommendations to help you understand the history and heterogeneous culture of Ukraine, Europe's second-largest country. fivebooks.com/category/wor...
Ukraine - Five Books Expert Recommendations
Here you will find book recommendations to help you understand the history and heterogeneous culture of Ukraine, Europe's second largest country.
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The 19th century was a golden age for books, with the flourishing of great realist novels, as well as epic adventure stories and what would turn out to be distinct genres It was also an important time for the history of ideas. fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
NOTABLE NOVELS OF FALL 2026 As summer winds up, it's time to plan our next season of reading. Here's our round-up of notable new novels of fall 2026—including new writing from Marlon James and @emilymandel.bsky.social. fivebooks.com/best-books/n...
Notable Novels of Fall 2026
Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn offers a round-up of the notable new novels of the fall 2026 publishing season.
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#OTD in 1939 Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany after it failed to withdraw its troops from Poland. Read about World War 2 on Five Books: fivebooks.com/category/his...
"I like it when people go into a subject and explore it fully for me or with me." fivebooks.com/best-books/y...
Favourite Cookbooks
Love Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbooks? Here the chef and author recommends his own favourite cookbooks (not by him) and why he loves them.
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