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
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Bailey's Women's Prize For Fiction: How To Be Both By Ali Smith Is Crowned This Year's WinnerAli Smith has been announced as the winner of the £30,00 Bailey's Women's Prize For Fiction for her remarkable novel, How To Be Both...
By Marie Claire
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This Is Why We Still Need Women-Only Book PrizesBooks about women are much less likely to win prizes than books about men.
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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Literary Festivals: The 5 Best Hip-Lit Events To Check Out This SummerDidn’t make it down to Hay Festival? No matter. Here’s our low down of the best hip literary festivals you can look forward to this summer (even if books aren’t really your bag)…
By Marie Claire
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7 Modern Day Memoirs That Won't Fail To Inspire And Enlighten YouFrom a Nobel Peace Prize winner to the daughter of an undertaker, the founder of The Girly Book Club talks us through seven stories that will give you a new perspective on life.
By Marie Claire
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Here Are 10 Books To Empower And inspire YouWe take a look at the books every woman should read by 10 amazing women
By Marie Claire
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12 Inspiring Charlotte Brontë Quotes To Live ByIn honour of Charlotte Brontë's 199th birthday this year, we've rounded up her most empowering and inspiring quotes...
By Marie Claire
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Best Holiday Reads Ever31 amazing books for the beach, pool, balcony - or just lying on your hotel bed. Go on, treat yourself.
By Miranda McMinn
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Raised By Wolves: Caz And Caitlin Moran On Their Sitcom And, Ahem, Unusual Upbringing...She’s a columnist, author, feminist icon and star of the Twittersphere. Now Caitlin Moran has written a sitcom, Raised by Wolves, with her sister Caz about their, ahem, unusual upbringing.
By Marie Claire
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Books To Read Before They Become Movies In 20152015 is shaping up to be the year of the adaptation. Here’s the books to read now before they hit the big screen.
By Marie Claire
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15 Things You Need To Know About Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird SequelHarper Lee has revealed she's releasing a new book, a sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird. This is what you need to know...
By Miranda McMinn
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5 Emerging British Performance Poets You Need To Know AboutMove over Shakespeare, poetry is making a modern-day comeback with a roster of IT-Brit poets who know how to pack a political punch.
By Marie Claire
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The Best New Healthy Cookbooks To Watch Out For In 2015Trust us, the trend for healthy eating isn't going anywhere. Here's our pick of the best new cookbooks coming out this year from our favourite health gurus...
By Marie Claire
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The Books To Look Forward To In 2015We asked Erin Woodward from The Girly Book Club to round up the new books that will lead the literary debate over the next twelve months. These are the 9 books to look forward to in 2015.
By Marie Claire
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These Hello Kitty Super-Fans Are Really Something...As Hello Kitty marks her 40th anniversary with an LA convention in her honour, we meet the grown-up super-fans obsessed with the cartoon feline.
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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Christmas Gift Books People Will LOVE To Find Under The TreeStruggling for a Christmas present inspiration? Check out the following book-shaped gifts.
By Andrea Thompson
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5 Unexpected Things We've Learned From Amy Poehler's Amazing New BookYep, Amy Poehler's written a book. And it's just as brilliant and hilarious and adorable as the woman herself.
By Martha Hayes
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Life-Changing Books That'll Inspire You To Push BoundariesThinking of taking a risk at work? Check out these inspiring books to make you braver.
By Marie Claire
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And The Man Booker Prize Winner Is...A book so haunting it 'kicked the judges in the chest'
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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5 Gorgeous Baking Books For You To Try This AutumnWith The Great British Bake Off final upon us, Marie Claire gives you a round-up of the best new baking books you need to have in your kitchen cupboard.
By Marie Claire
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Empowering Books For Women, By WomenThe Emerging Women Conference being held in New York (October 8 -11) hosts the who's who from women's business and empowerment.
By Marie Claire
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10 Nail-Biting Thrillers To Read NowIt's finally here, people. Gone Girl the film has hit our screens and we couldn't be more excited to see if it lives up to Gillian Flynn's epic novel. To get you in the mood for every single twist and turn, here are 10 other brilliant thrillers worth checking out in the meantime.
By Francesca Rice
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Francesca Martinez: 4 Books That Changed My LifeThe stand-up comedian and actress tells Marie Claire about the books that have influenced her the most.
By Marie Claire
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5 Books That Changed Katherine Heigl’s LifeFrom chilling thrillers to books on meditation, Katherine Heigl, our August cover star, reveals to us her top 5 reads. Here’s Marie Claire's rundown on them…
By Marie Claire
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And The Top 20 Most Life-Changing Books Written By Women Are…Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction unveils the #ThisBook list of the most influential novels written by women
By Caroline Leaper
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Judy Blume Is Writing A Book For Grown UpsTeen fiction author Judy Blume is planning an erotic novel
By Caroline Leaper
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8 Incredible Books Written By WomenTeam MC share their favourite books written by women.
By Marie Claire
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Why Sophia Amoruso's #GIRLBOSS Is The Book You Need In Your LifeIt's quite possible you've never heard of Sophia Amoruso, the founder of online retailer, Nasty Gal. The woman who, at 22, started selling vintage clothes she'd found in thrift stores on eBay, and seven years later was – is – the CEO of a business worth more than $100 million and one of the most powerful women in fashion today.
By Olivia Marks


