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The Reading List: The Books That Inspired George Saunders’ Lincoln In The Bardo

In Detail: Our October Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

10 Questions To Help You Explore Our October Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

The Book Club Interview: George Saunders Talks To Dua Lipa About Lincoln In The Bardo

Playlist: George Saunders’ Writing Soundtrack For Lincoln In The Bardo

The History Behind Dua’s Monthly Read For October, ‘Lincoln In The Bardo’: President Abraham Lincoln & The American Civil War

Dua Lipa and friends

Welcome To The Girlhood Issue – Plus My 5 Favourite Books On The Theme

Service95 Book Club x Strand Book Store: Win Tickets To An Exclusive Evening With Alana S Portero

What To Read In September: The Books On Team Service95’s TBR Pile 

Inside The Iraqi-American Mothers’ Book Club “Fostering Community, Broadening Horizons & Bearing Witness”

“You Have To Be Willing To Risk A Lot”: Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio On Representing The Immigrant Experience

Author Isabella Hammad: “Writing About Palestine Is A Very Emotional Thing”  

Bookshop Spotlight: Inside The Strand Book Store, New York’s Iconic Literary Haunt

The Reading List Headshot book cover

The Reading List: 25 Fiction Releases We’re Bookmarking This Autumn 

Alana Portero playlist

The Playlist: Alana S Portero’s Writing Soundtrack For Bad Habit

Alana S Portero’s Recommended Reading List

Laberinto de Passiones, 1982 - Pedro Almodovar

Alana S Portero On “A Decade Of Reality & Desire”: Class, Queerness & The Promise Of La Movida In 1980s Spain

10 Essential Questions - Bad Habit

10 Questions To Help You Explore Our September Monthly Read, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

The Interview - Alana S Portero, author of Bad Habit

The Book Club Interview: Dua Lipa Talks To Alana S Portero About Bad Habit

In Detail: Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

In Detail: Our September Monthly Read, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero

Alana S Portero Performance Reading of Bad Habit

Watch: Alana S Portero Performs A Reading From Her Novel, Bad Habit

Hosting Book Club? Serve This Cocktail And Pintxo From Madrid Bar Gilda Haus To Help You Set The Scene

Displaced Voices: 5 Books By Refugee Authors You Need To Read 

Author Q&A: Dua Lipa In Conversation With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Travel Without Moving Your Feet: 6 Destination Reads To Feed Your Wanderlust 

Ayobami Adebayo by Tomiwa Ajayi

“I’m Very Curious About The Interior Lives Of People”: Author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ On Inhabiting Her Characters & Tackling The ‘Heavy’ Topics  

Ubud Writers/Readers Festival, Taman Baca

Service95 Is Going To The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival In Bali – Here’s Everything You Need To Know 

James Baldwin

Read: An Extract From No Name In The Street By James Baldwin 

Kabul, Farid Ershad/ Unsplash

My Dear Kabul Extract: The Realities Of Life Under Taliban Rule, As Told By The Women Of Afghanistan

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe by Norman Seef

“An Alchemical Connection” – How Patti Smith Met Robert Mapplethorpe 

What I’m Reading This Summer: 5 Books On My TBR Pile

Win Tickets To Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2024 & A Luxury Stay In Bali

Portest imagery, Book cover Flowers of Fire by Hawaawon Jung, Korean film and tv stills featuring Han Gong Ju, Miss Baek, Moonlight Winter, Queen Maker and The Bacchus Lady

With Flowers Of Fire, Hawon Jung Tells A Story Of South Korean Feminist Rebellion 

Akwaeke Emezi book

Read: An Extract From Akwaeke Emezi’s New Novel, Little Rot 

Malorie Blackman On World-Building In Noughts & Crosses

“The Goal Is For Reading Not To Be Considered A Privilege”: How Free Books Festival Is Making Literature Accessible For Everyone 

The Interview - Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts & Crosses

The Interview: Dua Talks To Malorie Blackman About Noughts & Crosses

5 Tearjerkers To Watch, Listen To & Read For When You Need To Get The Tears Flowing

Malorie Blackman’s Recommended Reading List

A still from the BBC adaptation of Noughts & Crosses

“A Portal For Nuanced Conversations About Race & Racism”: The Enduring Impact Of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses  

Alan Murrin On Choosing To Write ‘The Coast Road’ From The Perspective Of Women 

Say Nothing Q&A Dua Lipa and Patrick Radden Keefe

Author Q&A: Dua Talks To Patrick Radden Keefe About The Mystery At The Heart Of Say Nothing

Small boy with a toy gun - Maria McManus' essay on growing up during the Troubles

The Control Zone: Growing Up Amid The Chaos Of The Troubles In Northern Ireland 

A mural for Peace Day on the 'Peace Wall' in West Belfast that separates the Catholic Republicans who live along the Falls Road and the Protestant Unionists who live along Shankill Road (Aug, 2019)

Northern Ireland: Life After The Troubles 

Patrick Radden Keefe Recommended Reading List - Service95 Book Club - Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe’s Recommended Reading List

Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing Playlist

Playlist: Patrick Radden Keefe’s Writing Soundtrack For Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe - author of Dua's Monthly Read for June - on the joys of investigative journalism

Patrick Radden Keefe On The Art Of Investigative Journalism

Maria McManus resources list

Maria McManus On The TV, Books, Poetry, Film & Music To Discover Once You’ve Read Say Nothing 

British Nigerian Photographer Gabriel Moses on His Debut Book Regina 

Dua Lipa and author Douglas Stuart at Hay Festival

We’re Back At Hay Festival For Another Year

The Book Butler, Cambridge Arms

The Book Butler Shares The 5 Books Everyone Should Read

My Culture Hits: Willow Smith On What She’s Reading, Watching & Listening To Now

The Books That Made Me: Actor & Climate Campaigner Fehinti Balogun 

joan didion julian wasser stingray

Coca-Cola For Breakfast & Manuscripts In The Freezer: The Enduring Appeal Of Joan Didion

Bookshop Spotlight: She Said, The Berlin Store Platforming Women & Queer Authors

The Power Of Global Stories – Plus, My 6 Favourite Translated Books

“I Don’t Want To Read Everything From A Western Lens”: Dua Lipa On The Beauty Of Translated Fiction 

James Baldwin

Tomasz Jedrowski On How James Baldwin’s Novel Giovanni’s Room Inspired His Own Writing

Tomasz Jedrowski Playlist - Swimming In The Dark

Playlist: Tomasz Jedrowski’s Writing Soundtrack For Swimming In The Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski Recommended Reading List - Swimming In The Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski’s Recommended Reading List

Dua and Tomasz Jedrowksi Author Q&A

Tomasz Jedrowski Author Q&A

Tomaz Jedrowski On Writing Swimming In The Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski On Writing Swimming In The Dark

Books Are In The Air:” From Installations To Events, Paris Is Having A Literaissance

“Books Are In The Air:” From Installations To Events, Paris Is Having A Literaissance 

Hay Festival

Join Us At Hay Festival  

Lucy Ellis

How To Host Your Own Book Club  

Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One Of Literature’s Most Important Figures  

Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One Of Literature’s Most Important Figures  

Billie Holiday - ‘I Love Rock ’N’ Roll’: Women And The Music Memoir

‘I Love Rock ’N’ Roll’: Women And The Music Memoir

Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner Book Cover, portrait of author Michelle Zauner

Michelle Zauner On Writing Crying In H Mart

Portrait of Dua Lipa and author Michelle Zauner: Relates to author Q&A for Service95 Book Club

Michelle Zauner Author Q&A

Service95 Book Club: Crying in H Mart Reading List

Michelle Zauner’s Recommended Reading List

Crying In H Mart Playlist Book Club

Playlist: Michelle Zauner’s Writing Soundtrack For Crying in H Mart

The Importance Of Food In South Korean Culture

The Importance Of Food In South Korean Culture

An Exclusive Extract From Flash Fiction Book Persona Non Grata

“A Duality Of Dark & Light”: An Exclusive Extract From Flash Fiction Book Persona Non Grata

Portrait of playwright and writer Suzie Miller

My Culture Hits: Prima Facie Author Suzie Miller

The Best Literary Festivals To Visit Around The World  

Illustration of a women sat on a bed

Hernan Diaz On Conflicting Storylines And The Perception Of Truth In Trust

Portrait of poet Safia Elhillo

How Poet Safia Elhillo Is Creating A Safe Space For Black Muslim Women Through Her Writing 

Dua Lipa Q&A With Hernan Diaz, author of Trust, for Service95 Book Club

Hernan Diaz Author Q&A

Hernan Diaz on Writing Trust - Service95 Book Club

Hernan Diaz On Writing Trust

Playlist: Hernan Diaz’s Writing Soundtracks For Trust

Hernan Diaz Recommended Reading List

Hernan Diaz’s Recommended Reading List

Scenes in New York following the Wall Street Crash

Trust, The Roaring Twenties And The Wall Street Crash

Girl reading: Relates to feature about fiction trends in 2024

The 5 Fiction Trends To Bookmark For Your 2024 Reading List 

Portrait of Author Emmeline Clein

Dead Weight: Emmeline Clein On Disrupting Eating Disorder Culture Through Her Writing

My Pen Is The Wing Of A Bird Extract: New Fiction By Afghan Women 

Author Annabelle Hirsch For My Life In Culture

⁠My Culture Hits: A History Of Women In 101 Objects Author Annabelle Hirsch

5 Romantic Reads That Will Change How You Think About Love

5 Romantic Reads That Will Change How You Think About Love

Dua Lipa and Khaled Hosseini Author Q&A

Khaled Hosseini Author Q&A

Khaled Hosseini On Writing A Thousand Splendid Suns – Service95 Book Club

Khaled Hosseini On Writing A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini’s Recommended Reading List

Dua Lipa holding Dua's Monthly Read book, A Thousand Splendid Suns for Service95 Book Club

Announcing February’s Monthly Read: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Playlist: Khaled Hosseini’s Writing Soundtrack For A Thousand Splendid Suns

Portrait of writer and editor of Strong Words magazine Ed Needham

The Way I Work... Strong Words’ Ed Needham

Film stills from Vanity Fair, Saltburn, The Talented Mr Ripley, Succession, The Great Gatsby

Reckless, Dangerous, Undaunted: Pop Culture’s Enduring Fascination With The Outsider 

Portrait of author Jennifer Clement

The Books That Made Me – Jennifer Clement

Portrait of Author Kiley Reid

Kiley Reid On Her Second Novel: “Being Curious Is More Important Than Writing What You Know”

Dua Lipa and Emma Cline Author Q&A

Emma Cline Author Q&A

Emma Cline Writing Process - Service95 Book Club

Emma Cline On Writing The Guest

Emma Cline's The Guest Playlist - Service95 Book Club

Playlist: Emma Cline’s The Guest Soundtrack

How The Hamptons Became Home To The Power Elite - Service95 Book Club

How The Hamptons Became Home To The Power Elite

Emma Cline's Recommended Reading List

Emma Cline’s Recommended Reading List

Dua Lipa holding The Guest book by Emma Cline

Announcing January’s Monthly Read... The Guest

5 Transporting Books To Inspire Deeper Travels

5 Transporting Books For Deeper Travel Inspiration

Resources To Help Make Sense Of The History Of Israel And Palestine, With Organisations To Support 

Star light in library bookcase

Jólabókaflóð: The Icelandic Literary Tradition To Indulge In This Winter

Dua Lipa and Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett Author Q&A

Brit Bennett On Writing The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett On Writing The Vanishing Half

Service95 Book Club Brit Bennett's Recommended Reading List

Brit Bennett’s Recommended Reading List

Service95 Book Club: Brit Bennett's Vanishing Half Playlist

Playlist: Brit Bennett’s Writing Soundtrack

Dua Lipa holding Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Announcing November’s Monthly Read... The Vanishing Half 

Image of nude model crouching over monochrome flooring

How We Can Embrace Disobedience To Love Our Bodies 

Service95 Book Club Latin American Reading List

Book Club: The Best Latin American Books To Read Now 

Portrait of Colombian writer and journalist Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Juan Gabriel Vásquez On One Hundred Years Of Solitude 

Portrait of Sofia Cheliak the Director Lviv Book Forum

Lviv Book Forum Director Sofia Cheliak On The Power Of Literature In Wartime

Colourful streets of Cartagena, Colombia

From Aracataca To Cartagena: Exploring Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombia 

Rodrigo Garcia interviewed for Service95 Book Club's October Monthly Read, One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Rodrigo García Q&A

Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years Of Solitude Playlist

Playlist: Gabriel García Márquez’s Writing Soundtrack

Men Harvesting Bananas On A Latin American Plantation c 1950

Colombia’s Banana Massacre – The Real-Life Event That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez

Service95 Book Club Latin American Reading List

Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias’ Latin American Reading List

Service95 Book Club: Mariana Torres Roots short story Latin American writer

A Hay Festival Cartagena Short Story: Roots By Mariana Torres

Service95 Book Club: Juan Gabriel Vásquez On One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: “One Hundred Years Of Solitude Is Everything You Look For In A Novel”

Patti Smith in New York

Book Club: Inside Patti Smith’s World

Portrait of Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan

The Way I Work... Booker Prize Chair Of Judges Esi Edugyan  

Arlo Parks performing

The Way I Work... Arlo Parks 

Imagery from the Breathing Space book by Iranian artists about oppression and freedom in Iran

The Female Iranian Photographers Fighting To Be Seen 

Patti Smith Dua Lipa Author Q&A

Patti Smith Author Q&A

Announcing September’s Monthly Read... Just Kids 

Beat Magazine images

Beat: The Independent Music Magazine With Megastar Influence

Portrait of author Isabel Allende

The Way I Work... Isabel Allende 

A scene from Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel; Patti Smith on a balcony at the Chelsea Hotel, May 1971; Hotel Chelsea exterior; Chelsea Girls movie poster; Janis Joplin in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel, March 1969; Hotel Chelsea facade; Patti Smith and Eric Anderson at the Chelsea Hotel, May 1971

The Chelsea Hotel: A ‘Desperate Haven’ For New York’s Creatives

Patti Smith reading a letter to Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith Letter Reading

Patti Smith Just Kids Reading

Patti Smith’s Recommended Reading List

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe by Norman Seef

“An Alchemical Connection” – How Patti Smith Met Robert Mapplethorpe 

Playlist: Patti Smith’s Music Notes For Just Kids

World's Best Libraries: Stuttgart City Library, Alamy; Beitou Public Library, Alamy; Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library; Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Shutterstock; The British Library, Shutterstock; The Morgan Library, Alamy; Woollahra Library, Alamy

7 Incredible Libraries To Visit Worldwide   

The List Goes On 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Her Writing Process

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Writing Half Of A Yellow Sun

Half Of A Yellow Sun Service95 Book Club Augut Book of the Month

Announcing August’s Monthly Read... Half Of A Yellow Sun 

Books that feature the Igbo Language

“Why We Centre Igbo Culture And Language In Our Writing” 

Author Elif Shafak

The Way I Work... Elif Shafak

Women running into the sea

The Growing Movement And Sisterhood Of Women Without Kids 

Women protesting about book bannings and censorship

The Rise Of Literary Censorship: “To Ban A Book Is To Banish An Idea”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Recommended Reading List

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Recommended Reading List

Min JIn Lee Author Q&A

Min Jin Lee Author Q&A

Portrait of journalist and writer Yomi Adegoke

“What Happens When Online Activism, Anonymity, Influencer Culture And Self-Commodification Collide?”

Dua Lipa Interviewing Douglas Stuart for Service95's Book Club

Douglas Stuart Author Q&A

Min Jin Lee reading list - books artwork

Min Jin Lee’s Recommended Reading List

Dua Lipa Service95 Book Club Book of the Month July pick Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Announcing July’s Monthly Read: Pachinko 

Min Jin Lee Pachinko essay: images of Pachinko parlours in Japan throughout history

Min Jin Lee: “Pachinko Became An Organising Metaphor For My Story” 

Portrait of Iranian-American poet Sharif Solmaz

Iranian-American Poet Solmaz Sharif On The “Revolutionary Possibility Of Writing” 

Illustrated portrait of author Douglas Stuart

Listen Now – Dua Lipa: At Your Service Bonus Podcast Episode

Douglas Stuart’s Recommended Reading List

Book recommendations from Dua Lipa visit to Downview Prison: Black and British, The Mercies, The Hate U Give, Desert Flower, Dance By The Canal

Unlocking The Joy Of Reading 

Curtis Sittenfeld book Romantic Comedy

“Isn’t Writing Supposed To Be Harder Than This?” – Curtis Sittenfeld On Having Fun With Her New Novel 

The Hay Festival 2023 line-up of speakers

The Festival For Book Lovers 

Black and white image of writer Susan Sontag at a typewriter

Exclusive Excerpt From Susan Sontag’s New Essay Collection, On Women  

Dua Lipa at the 2023 Met Gala wearing vintage Chanel Bridalwear

Celebrating Fashion’s Greats

Image of book cover The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro

“It’s The Most Eviscerating Thing I’ve Ever Written” – Stephen Buoro On His Acclaimed New Novel

Service95 Book Club announcement graphic

For The Love Of Books 

Archive image of young boy in Glasgow blowing bubblegum in the deserted street

Douglas Stuart On The Powerful Images That Inspired Shuggie Bain 

World's Best Libraries: Stuttgart City Library, Alamy; Beitou Public Library, Alamy; Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library; Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Shutterstock; The British Library, Shutterstock; The Morgan Library, Alamy; Woollahra Library, Alamy

The Resurgence Of The Library   

Gal-dem founder and author Liv Little

Life After Gal-Dem: What Liv Little Did Next  

Author Max Porter's new novel Shy

“It Felt Like A Fever” – Author Max Porter On Creating His New Novel Shy 

Image of trans activist and author Munroe Bergdorf

“We’re Being Told We Don’t Exist By The People That Are Meant To Be Protecting Us”: Munroe Bergdorf On Trans Issues

Portrait of writer and poet Ocean Vuong standing under the branches of a tree

In Conversation With Poet And Writer Ocean Vuong

Book cover of The Gospel Of Wellness by Rina Raphael

This One Thing... The Gospel Of Wellness

Image of Michelle Obama's book The Light We Carry

This One Thing... The Light We Carry By Michelle Obama

Images of bookstores in Malaysia

How The Pandemic Made Malaysia A Nation Of Bookstore Lovers

Images of book covers featured in Dua Lipa's autumn book recommendations

The Booker Prize And My Lifelong Love Of Reading

Images of book covers Virgil Abloh: Figures Of Speech; Art And Climate Change; Jimmy DeSana: Submission; 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone and Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love

Five Art And Fashion Books To Have On Your Radar This Autumn

Portrait of chef and author Fatima Ali, and a picture of her book, Savor

An Excerpt From The Late Fatima Ali’s Book Exploring A Chef’s Hunger For More

Illustrated portrait of Min Jin Lee

Min Jin Lee’s 5 Places To Visit On A Day Off In Upper Manhattan

Portrait of author James Hannaham and the cover of his book Didn’t Nobody Give A Shit What Happened To Carlotta

James Hannaham: The Author Using Literature To Challenge The American Prison System

Illustrated portrait of Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky’s Best Books On How The Mind Works

Image of the book cover of All The Women In My Brain by Betty Gilpin

Betty Gilpin Is Finding Herself, One Chapter At A Time

Photographs and an illustration from the HÄN archive

The Archive Chronicling The Lived Reality Of London’s Queer Community

Portrait of British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and his book cover

This One Thing... Edward Enninful: A Visible Man

Images by photographer Nigel Shafran, taken from his retrospective book The Well

This One Thing... The Well by Nigel Shafran

Image of author Lillian Fishman alongside her book cover Acts Of Service

Author Lillian Fishman Shares An Excerpt From Her Debut Novel Exploring Sexual Desire

Image of children's book I Love My Body Because by Shelly Anand and Nomi Ellenson

“All Bodies Are Worthy... No Matter Their Size, Colour Or Ability”: The Author Finding Self-Acceptance By Writing Children’s Books

The book cover of Surfacing: On Being Black And Feminist In South Africa

This One Thing... Surfacing: On Being Black And Feminist In South Africa

An image of a woman's face obscured by yellow squares in a collage illustration

Learning to Love Being ‘Selfish’ 

Portrait of Akwaeke Emezi and their book cover

“My Novels Are Definitely Not Happy. So I Wanted To Write Something Happy For Once”: Akwaeke Emezi Is Deviating Into Romance

Hay Literary Festival, Wales

An Insider’s Guide To Hay-On-Wye

Portrait of graphic journalist Takoua Ben Mohamed in her studio

Takoua Ben Mohamed: Breaking Down Stereotypes One Graphic Novel At A Time

Book cover of The Last Girl by Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad: An Advocate For Sexual Violence Survivors Everywhere

mages from the Japanese Subculture book The Obsessed

This One Thing... The Obsessed: Otaku, Tribes, And Subcultures Of Japan by Irwin Wong 

Illustration of author Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara’s Top 5 Global Destinations

Black model smiling wearing orange tulle dress

The Necessity Of Black Joy

Watercolour illustrated portrait of American author Lisa Taddeo

Lisa Taddeo’s Top 5 Books Of All Time 

Dua Lipa reads book at dinner table, where she is eating a taco

In Praise Of Being Alone

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