Natalie Xenos

There's nothing I love more than a good retelling. Whether it reimagines a historical event, a classic myth or a beloved fairytale, I adore books that breathe new life into old stories. Marissa Meyer isn't a stranger to retellings – from Cinderella and Red Riding Hood to Rumpelstiltskin and The Queen of Hearts, she's rightly earned herself the title of ‘Queen of the Fairytale Retellings'. Now with her latest novel,

It's one month to Christmas and if you're seeking the perfect book to place under the tree, we've got you covered. From gripping YA and transportive fantasy to heart-fluttering romance and immersive historical, our gift guide features something for every bookish personality.

The festive break is fast approaching and one of the best things about the holidays is curling up with a blanket and a good book. If you need a little fiction inspiration, here are six reads that are perfect for the yuletide season.

The magic of Christmas is all around us but if you’re looking for enchantment of an especially bookish kind, you’ll find it in the pages of Georgia Summers’ spellbinding new novel, The Bookshop Below.

The arrival of 2026 brings with it a plethora of new and exciting fantasy books, many of which bear Hodderscape's distinctive dodo emblem.

What do you get if you strand six struggling authors on a remote island and ask them to compete for a game-changing book deal and two million dollars? In the case of

In the wake of World War I, the world is a damaged and decidedly unmagical place. Mouse Dunne once dreamed of becoming a Faerie anthropologist but with her beloved cousin lost in the Somme, and her brother suffering from devastating shell shock, she knows she must put aside such youthful dreams. When she receives news that her late uncle has left her Thistlemarsh Hall, a crumbling manor once blessed by the Faerie King himself, Mouse travels back to the English countryside to salvage what's left of her crumbling ancestral home. But there's a catch: if she doesn't restore the house to its former glory in one month's time, she will forfeit her inheritance and any hope of caring for her ailing brother.

Just when I thought I'd had my fill of books featuring dragons, Blood Bound came along and reminded me why I love the romantasy genre so much.

With the recent release of Amazon Prime's Off Campus , the adaptation of Elle Kennedy's ice hockey romance novel The Deal , fans are going wild for contemporary romance set in the world of competitive sport.

As readers, we're forever falling in love with fictional people and wishing we could pull them out of the pages so that we can meet them in real life. Kirsty Greenwood's new novel,