Where would we be without love, sex and romance? As part of Novels That Shaped Our World, we’re using the month of St Valentine to get passionate about books which fulfil our universal desire to ...

Kevin Barry is one of the contemporary Irish writers whose work I love and admire most. For his Shelf Analysis, he started ...

But then she meets Emma. Love is for Losers is a hilarious, life-affirming novel about all the big stuff in a teen girl’s life: first love, sex, death, family, heartbreak and kisses that turn the ...

The Book of Love is funny and whimsical as its characters harness fantastical powers, yet it’s also grounded in one of life’s ultimate truths: everyone eventually runs out of time, even if we ...