Books
Want a great book recommendation? Be it summer reads or a classic to cosy up with, find out what team Marie Claire are reading
Books
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These are our Editor approved books to add to your 2021 reading list
By Jenny Proudfoot
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8 books about mental health everybody should read
The best-sellers helping you to understand your mental health a little better.
By Sarah-Rose Harrison
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Wait, did The Prisoner of Azkaban predict Dumbledore’s death?
One fan theory certainly seems to think so...
By Georgie Lane-Godfrey
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The Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 longlist has officially been announced
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Caitlin Moran: 'The only argument you should be having in feminism is one with yourself'
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Stu Heritage: ‘Why I’m raising my sons to be the very best feminists’
Author and Guardian columnist, Stuart Heritage, lays down the ground rules on toxic masculinity and championing women for his sons in a post #metoo era
By Marie Claire
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20 plus new books by Black and POC authors to put on your 2021 reading list
*Manically Googles 700ft bookshelf*
By Kate McCusker
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Kiley Reid: 'Giving black artists responsibilities like teaching you something new about race is just additional labour'
Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot sits down with bestselling author Kiley Reid for MC Book Club to talk about her debut novel, Such A Fun Age...
By Jenny Proudfoot
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#ShelfLife: Delta Goodrem on her favourite books
We grill our favourite people on the books that changed their lives...
By Sophie Goddard
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Marcus Rashford launches a book club and we're totally onboard
At 23 years old is there anything this man can't do? Emma Mason reports
By Marie Claire
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Claudia Winkleman on getting over other people's perfect lives
Back on our screens with Strictly and definitely on our reading list with her debut book, Quite, the funny and fabulous Claudia Winkleman is here to get a few things off her chest
By Maria Coole
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How many of the Duchess of Cambridge's favourite books have you read?
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Self-help guru Rachel Hollis shares ways to get back on track when the world's against you
Fear. Grief. Loss. Betrayal. Best-selling author Rachel Hollis has been through all these emotions. Here, she shares her five crucial ways to get through the mother of all years
By Maria Coole
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Dawn O'Porter talks lockdown, grief and her new book 'Life In Pieces'
Digital Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot sits down with Dawn for MC Book Club to talk about her new book, Life In Pieces, or as she calls it her 'accidental memoir'...
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Favourite short reads handpicked by top writers
Now sit down, chill out and take your pick from seven of the best bite-sized stories by female authors. Isn't that better already..
By Maria Coole
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Books to educate yourself and your children on race and racism
What to read when you want to educate your family about race and racism
By Olivia Adams
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J.K. Rowling will be releasing a free new children's book online
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Why books can stop you losing the plot
Feeling down or struggling with low-level anxiety? Turns out biblio-therapy could be the answer
By Maria Coole
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Why my greatest fear is other people’s children
This Mother's Day will be the strangest one ever thanks to coronavirus and social distancing, but for mum-of-two Lotta Sonninen there's one silver lining - no furniture-destroying, stain-smearing other people's kids will be in her house
By Olivia Adams
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Apparently Harry Potter fans make better partners
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Elizabeth Day on being broody and battling her dislike for Boris Johnson
By Olivia Adams
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Christmas gifts for book lovers, the Marie Claire edit
Struggling with Christmas shopping? We've found the perfect reads for every bookworm in your life. You're welcome.
By Nicole Cherruault
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Check out our top five novels for cosy Christmas reads
Good luck getting up off the sofa now...
By Niamh McCollum
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‘I’m determined to break the shameful quietness of poverty’
Cash Carraway has spent most of her life living below the breadline. Now she joins a wave of female writers speaking out about it
By Marie Claire
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'I went suddenly blind overnight'
TV producer Vanessa Potter was in perfect health and then one morning, she went suddenly blind
By Marie Claire
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The South Korean book that inspired a new wave of #MeToo
A novel called Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 launched South Korea's #metoo protest. Now as the film adaptation hits the big screen, its fans are subject to online abuse
By Marie Claire
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Study says that if you've read Harry Potter, you're probably a better person
Winning.
By Jadie Troy-Pryde