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  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    ReviewFT Series
    Best Books of the Year 2020

    From ideas for rethinking economics and politics to pure escapism, FT writers and critics choose their favourite titles of what has been an extraordinary year for books

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    FT SeriesBest Books of the Year 2020
    Best books of 2020: Travel

    Tom Robbins selects his must-read titles

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    FT SeriesBest Books of the Year 2020
    FT readers — what is your favourite book of 2020?

    Tell us your recommendation and pick up a few tips for your own reading list too

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Life lessons: France’s literary heroes revisited

    Two authors re-examine the colourful lives and artistic impact of some of the great 20th-century figures

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    FT SeriesSummer Books 2020
    Summer books of 2020: Travel

    Tom Robbins selects his best mid-year reads

  • Friday, 17 April, 2020
    ReviewFiction
    A Theatre for Dreamers — ouzo, intrigue and Leonard Cohen

    Polly Samson’s reimagining of the lives of the 1960s bohemian set is as a good as a Greek holiday

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Review
    The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts — hunting for treasure

    How the quest for long forgotten instruments played out as a literary adventure in Russia’s far east

  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Colour of the Sky After Rain — the art of doing business in China

    Tessa Keswick’s mix of memoir and travelogue goes behind the scenes of China’s highest echelons

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace

    On the trail of family roots in eastern Europe, Kapka Kassabova shares lessons about identity and conflict

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    ReviewBiography and memoir
    A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar — exquisitely told

    A philosophical exploration of death, love and art

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Review
    Along the Trenches — a thoughtful eastern Europe travelogue

    Navid Kermani travels Europe’s frontiers to explore the legacy of conflict and modernity

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Best Books of the Year 2019
    Best books of 2019: Travel

    Tom Robbins selects his must-read titles

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Review
    A Beginner’s Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer

    An impish outlier in a slew of books for visitors to the Rugby World Cup and Tokyo Olympics

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Review
    Sovietistan by Erika Fatland — mesmerising trip across central Asia

    Modernity and tradition clash in the surprisingly diverse post-Soviet states of this fascinating travelogue

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Review
    A tour of Britain through writers’ eyes

    With literary legends for company, Peter Fiennes takes us on a nostalgic odyssey

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    FT SeriesSummer Books 2019
    Summer books of 2019: Travel

    Tom Robbins selects his mid-year reads

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    We’ll Never Have Paris — sweeping anthology to the city

    Can the great capital live up to our preconceptions? This work has something for most tastes

  • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
    Review
    Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane — hidden depths

    An epic and occasionally portentous book radically defamiliarises the reader’s habitual view of the world

  • Friday, 22 February, 2019
    ReviewHistory books
    Time Song by Julia Blackburn — in search of Doggerland

    The land that once linked Britain to Europe is fertile ground for delving into past lives and current concerns

  • Friday, 18 January, 2019
    Review
    Dear Los Angeles by David Kipen — a happening city

    The very American story of how Los Angeles came to capture and inspire visitors

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    Books of the Year 2018
    Best books of 2018: Travel

    Tom Robbins selects his must-read titles

  • Friday, 12 October, 2018
    ReviewLife & Arts
    In My Mind’s Eye by Jan Morris — straying from the herd

    Her travelling days may be over, but the grand dame of travel writing still offers novel perspectives on the world

  • Friday, 29 June, 2018
    FT SeriesSummer books 2018
    Summer books of 2018: Travel

    Tom Robbins selects his mid-year reads

  • Thursday, 21 June, 2018
    Review
    The Immeasurable World by William Atkins — library in the sands

    A rich and refreshing study of the complex ecosystem of the world’s deserts

  • Friday, 1 December, 2017
    FT SeriesBooks of the Year 2017
    Best books of 2017: Food and Travel

    Tim Hayward and Tom Robbins select their must-read titles

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