How to start your own platinum book club

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from a lifetime of reading, it’s this: books are better when shared. The conversation after a brilliant novel – the ‘Did you gasp at that twist?’ or the ‘I highlighte

Here are our recommendations – and yours – of what to enjoy reading this fortnight

Discover which four paperbacks have earned a place in our Good Books March Collection, chosen by our panel of VIP Members and expert judges

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

by Heather Rose (£20, HB, John Murray) Set in the wild, untamed beauty of 1840s Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), this sweeping historical novel follows Caroline, a courageous and determined woman carving

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