A decolonised reading list for anyone who wants to redress the racial bias of their education and to rethink what are considered the 'classics' of literature.

An engaging and original celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien, which reveals how his visionary creation of Middle-Earth is more relevant now than ever.

In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction.

Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic, this collection provides the author's criticism.