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Finding Bear by Hannah Gold is a heartwarming adventure story about a girl’s quest to help save a polar bear. Levi Penfold

Five fiction books to inspire climate action

Climate stories that focus on solutions are more likely to inspire positive environmental action.
America’s biggest book publishers originally viewed LGBTQ+ romance as a niche market. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?

It’s tempting to see this trend as a sign of the times. But the biggest book publishers started changing their approach only once they realized they were leaving money on the table.
The Conversation Editor Misha Ketchell at the launch of Books & Ideas in 2022.

Introducing our Books & Ideas newsletter

The Conversation’s new Books & Ideas newsletter will come out every Friday and will feature the best in-depth book reviews, explainers and essays.
Retranslations are making their way into book covers.

Why retranslate the literary classics?

Which version of “The Metamorphosis” or “Crime and Punishment” should you choose? In a particularly well-stocked library or bookshop, you could find many different English translations.
What does 2024 have in store for Britain’s future? Karl Black / Alamy Stock Photo

Six books (and one play) to read to understand British politics today

With an election on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to curl up with one of our expert recommendations.
left to right: Elliott Gould, Natalie Wood, Robert Culp and Dyan Cannon on the poster for the 1969 film ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’. Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images

The Ethical Slut has been called ‘the bible’ of non-monogamy – but its sexual utopia is oversimplified

The publication 25 years ago of The Ethical Slut shattered social norms and stigma about non-monogamy. It’s now sold over 200,000 copies – and continues to be important.

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