<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Books]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/2c92f797-1a8c-4d1a-a087-acca9b562425</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:08:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/2c92f797-1a8c-4d1a-a087-acca9b562425?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2025. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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Three timely books explore the possibilities]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7fec2d48-d8ce-4265-8614-f140f6c3fdf6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7fec2d48-d8ce-4265-8614-f140f6c3fdf6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best books of the week]]></title><description><![CDATA[The promise and the perils of the new nuclear age; Russia’s post-Soviet capitalist free-for-all (and its sanctions-dodging); the lasting influence of 1960s counterculture; a history of Italy’s militant Red Brigades; an inside story of the successes and failures of Britain’s CEOs; new novels by Claire Adam and Susan Choi; behind the scenes with the director of Pompeii — plus Alex Clark’s selection of audiobooks]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/19b2cbcf-4db2-4f7c-ba36-94270de66989</link><guid isPermaLink="false">19b2cbcf-4db2-4f7c-ba36-94270de66989</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:42:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to get children reading again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fewer young people are reading for pleasure than ever before, with broad economic and social consequences. Can the trend be reversed?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/71911235-a5b6-4fae-a47f-f348a9e02817</link><guid isPermaLink="false">71911235-a5b6-4fae-a47f-f348a9e02817</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:19:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect Storm — how the west has wrestled with Moscow’s oligarchs and oil barons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thane Gustafson’s economic history of post-Soviet Russia wonders how impervious Putin is to western sanctions]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4e67a3a6-04b9-4337-8e80-4b43570d573f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4e67a3a6-04b9-4337-8e80-4b43570d573f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flashlight — Susan Choi’s rich generational saga]]></title><description><![CDATA[The novelist draws on Japanese-Korean history to create a restless, leisurely and capacious work that takes in a sweep of periods and places]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ad89bc2f-cf84-45ef-9f7c-606f8371444e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ad89bc2f-cf84-45ef-9f7c-606f8371444e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:00:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Forms — the alchemy of great fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Desmond Elliott Prize winner Claire Adam creates the illusion of real life on the page in the story of a middle-aged Londoner searching for her adopted daughter ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a34feedf-d336-419f-a7f4-ecd69ff3b148</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a34feedf-d336-419f-a7f4-ecd69ff3b148</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CEO — lifting the veil on Britain’s corporate elite]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of the men and women who run our business world offers colourful tales of heroes, villains, succession struggles and salaries]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f690c38c-cf00-4a2d-985f-7ecc84a11653</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f690c38c-cf00-4a2d-985f-7ecc84a11653</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Red Brigades — how a subversive group terrorised Italy]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Foot’s superbly researched and grimly absorbing history of the left-wing militants’ attempts to bring down the state in the 1970s ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0c015633-83e2-4f28-83fd-405a5af0e097</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0c015633-83e2-4f28-83fd-405a5af0e097</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:06:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hippies, hubris and evangelism — the legacy of the psychedelic ’60s]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘The Acid Queen’ and ‘The Last Great Dream’ chart the characters and consequences of the counterculture — and its continuing influence today]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fd0fd3a1-3164-4c88-aaea-6659d7818936</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fd0fd3a1-3164-4c88-aaea-6659d7818936</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Iran: books recommended by FT readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best reads on the country’s local, regional and global history, as chosen by you]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/60df1086-ce92-43f6-b028-d5107ebc5894</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60df1086-ce92-43f6-b028-d5107ebc5894</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Buried City — Pompeii’s director takes us behind the scenes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s spirited part-history, part-memoir evokes the everyday life of the ancient city, and poses some very modern questions ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/04f74d9c-8faa-4fee-8314-97fddb8a1a38</link><guid isPermaLink="false">04f74d9c-8faa-4fee-8314-97fddb8a1a38</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five of the best new audio books — from interior lives to outer space]]></title><description><![CDATA[What’s in a name for an unborn child? Plus tales of troubled teens; walking across England; and journeying to the stars]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/459b4ce5-7049-4cc5-993e-a45121c3e3f5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">459b4ce5-7049-4cc5-993e-a45121c3e3f5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/492ba355-e428-4b32-b1d3-1a6a81d9b6d3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">492ba355-e428-4b32-b1d3-1a6a81d9b6d3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 04:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s the story behind the return of Oasis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some say money, others nostalgia — or maybe it’s the endlessly fascinating double act of Noel and Liam Gallagher]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e6a8b9c8-1e27-464f-9c82-42c764dbbb0e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e6a8b9c8-1e27-464f-9c82-42c764dbbb0e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 04:00:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business books: what to read this month ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young workers getting to the top, managing crises, and advice on leading holistically]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3fb38a96-362b-4a3e-89ae-8716eca65e53</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3fb38a96-362b-4a3e-89ae-8716eca65e53</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fox by Joyce Carol Oates — when the teacher is the threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author’s latest novel is a chilling portrait of manipulation and menace within the cloistered world of an elite boarding school]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/83640b40-b97b-44eb-8ce0-2e41422dbdfd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">83640b40-b97b-44eb-8ce0-2e41422dbdfd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>