This week’s novel excerpt on The Pool is The Corset by Laura Purcell.
Book Riot reports on five times Harry Potter acted like a Slytherin.
Danez Smith has been announced as the winner of the Forward poetry prize for best collection. He is the youngest ever winner.
This week’s Guardian Books Podcast is a Guardian Live event from London’s Islington Assembly Hall with the bestselling Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard.
The Independent lists the 8 best money management books.
Iain Dale has written about ten books he’s enjoyed.