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From multi-generational epics to expansive masterpieces, we’ve compiled a selection of novels and immersive literary tomes that stretch to 500 pages or more

We’ve served up some of the best Booker-nominated novels featuring food, books that will surely satisfy your appetite to be both well-read and well-fed

‘He sets down his weapon, then with difficulty takes off his boots, their smell (excrement, musty sweat) adds even more to his exhaustion. His fingers on the frayed laces are dry matchsticks, slightly burned in places; the nails are the same colour as the boots’

From whip-smart whodunnits to novels that break all the rules, these Booker Prize-nominated books will take you on a journey through the France we know and love – and show you another side of it, too

From hotels with unusual proprietors to the settings for passionate affairs, join us as we check in to some of literature’s most memorable establishments

Sameer Rahim writes on Naipaul, a complex and divisive figure, regarded by some as morally suspect  – but it’s wrong to see him as an elegist for empire

Whether you’re new to The Safekeep or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, discover more in our comprehensive guide
 

Adjoa Andoh talks about how her parents’ reading tastes influenced her formative years - and why she is looking for books that have ‘an eternal life’ when reading for the Booker Prize