Books

The best cookbooks to buy now

Sick of making the same seven dinners, week in, week out? Or just a sucker for tempting pictures of food? If any of the above apply, we’ve got you covered.
New books to give (or keep) this Christmas

A well-chosen book makes the best gift, but we're sacking off the online giants this festive season to give our local independent bookshop the love it deserves. Here are the top picks for your loved ones from The Oundle Bookshop.
Read these! Best new books for October

After a new read for your bedside table? Daunt Books Summertown shares the best new titles to sink your teeth into this month.
Your ultimate autumn culture planner 2020

Culture vultures, grab your diaries. Here's your Muddy-curated cheat sheet to the season's best art, theatre, TV, books and film in the UK.
Kids driving you nuts? The best parenting books

And we all thought parenting was hard BEFORE lockdown. Jeez! We've got five brilliant new books that promise to help.
10 of the best gardening books

Fancy getting all green fingered in the garden but don't really know where to start? Here's a helping hand with 10 terrific tomes to add to your reading list.
Press mute! 10 mood-boosting books

While it feels like you're starring in a very bad disaster movie right now, turn the volume down on the gloom and read feel-good books only.
April’s new releases

Powered through your bookcase already? Time for a new influx of instant classics.
Read these new releases this month

After a little escapism? With flights grounded, we're reaching for the next best thing - a good book! Here are seven sizzlers to add to your reading list.
Read THESE this month

Book of the month: The Recovery Of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel This ridiculously compelling thriller’s premise is delicious: Patty Watts has just been released from prison, after serving five years for poisoning her daughter Rose Gold for her entire childhood (Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, basically). Despite everything she went through, Rose Gold, now in her twenties […]
Read THESE this month

Reasons to be cheerful: spring has sprung and a brilliant new batch of March books has arrived. Gather around, and let Muddy's pro-bookworm Kerry Potter tell you a story.
5 things I’ve learned about motherhood

Acclaimed author (and Muddy favourite) Clover Stroud is in the midst of raising her 5 children. Miraculously she's found time to write a book about it all. Here's a taster.
The 5 best books out February

Muddy's pro bookworm Kerry Potter has got five Feb fancies for your delectation. Read all about 'em - and then win the lot!
Hey, mini-bookworms! Brilliant reads for kids

We know lots of little ones from toddlers to teens who love a good read, so here are a bunch of the best recent books for all ages.
Need a juicy new read?

Best October 2019 books by Kerry Potter
Book picks for Autumn…

... and win 'em all! Curl up into a comfy chair, pour a glass of wine, and dive into a new fab book with this month's hottest new reads.
The top 10 books of the summer

Don't pack your suitcase or load up your Kindle until you've read this! Muddy's books editor Kerry has picked the 10 best books to get stuck into on holiday.