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Culture. Books to read during lockdown

Five new books to read in lockdown

With lockdown only set to continue, bolster yourself with a few good reads…

Fiction

1. Redhead By The Side Of The Road by Anne Tyler (Chatto & Windus, £14.99)

Pulitzer prize winner Anne Tyler’s latest novel focuses on “what goes through the mind of a man like Micah Mortimer”. Micah, an unabashed lover of routine, runs his own one-man IT business helping mostly-...

Culture. Harlan Coben has published a new book called The Boy From The Woods

Harlan Coben on moving into TV territory and why he has to write

Even if you’re not an avid reader, you will probably have encountered thriller-writer Harlan Coben’s work.

Jumping seamlessly from more than 30 bestselling novels to a string of top-notch original dramas – he’s the mastermind behind recent Netflix series The Stranger and Safe – he’s worth an estimated $25 million, with more than 70 million books in print and a lucrative contract with...

Marian Keyes, culture, books

Author Marian Keyes on her travels to chilly locations and escapades around the world

Bestselling Irish novelist Marian Keyes, 56 – who has brought us love, laughter and all matters of the heart in her many novels, including Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, This Charming Man and The Break – has travelled the world on book tours, charity events and speaking engagements.

Her latest novel Grown Ups follows the trials and tribulations of an extended and...