Discover which four paperbacks have earned a place in our Good Books April Collection, picked by our panel

Novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave recommends reads for when you require an extra dash of courage

Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w

Our books editor Zoe West’s favourite picks for the month

Kerry Fowler suggests the best books to curl up with this month

“As movers and the moved both know”, John Updike noted, “books are heavy freight ... They make us think twice about changing addresses.” Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library begins with the