<?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>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:32:18 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 2024. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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Why is it taboo for writers?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/db9682f9-e0c0-4015-bd0e-4881d728dcb9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">db9682f9-e0c0-4015-bd0e-4881d728dcb9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Price Is Wrong — Brett Christophers on saving the planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[A convincing argument for why a solution to the climate crisis cannot rely on markets alone]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0b8a1c88-c670-4166-823c-7999f3f032bc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0b8a1c88-c670-4166-823c-7999f3f032bc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Butter — a recipe for obsession and true crime]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cult bestseller in Japan, Asako Yuzuki’s newly translated novel explores the case of a serial-killer chef]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a192b094-c4aa-4d31-b914-16bab017c9d3</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writer Ludmila Ulitskaya: ‘In 50 years, every town in Russia will have a Navalny Square’]]></title><description><![CDATA[In exile since Putin’s war on Ukraine, the Russian author talks about banned books — and the death of the jailed opposition leader]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7ee681ec-8ecd-4bd9-8bd7-1a25009d7feb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7ee681ec-8ecd-4bd9-8bd7-1a25009d7feb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:59:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Won a Nobel Prize — cancel culture in the crosshairs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julius Taranto’s debut takes a satirical swipe at bad behaviour on campus, but the result is somewhat academic ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9a0f646e-ff20-43a4-a535-b6ec0195bbba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9a0f646e-ff20-43a4-a535-b6ec0195bbba</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China, Xi Jinping and the making of ‘one people, one ideology’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two stimulating books shine a vital light on the thinking behind the superpower ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3ae0d3a0-85fa-4d1f-93e9-f3f084147517</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3ae0d3a0-85fa-4d1f-93e9-f3f084147517</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloistered — 12 years as a Carmelite nun  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catherine Coldstream’s intense memoir of a grieving daughter’s journey from agnostic to anchorite reads like a thriller]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3364f18b-3610-4229-a7ec-7ddf1d0efda2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3364f18b-3610-4229-a7ec-7ddf1d0efda2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:22:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the multiverse to a steampunk London — the best new sci-fi books]]></title><description><![CDATA[A staple of the genre is given a new twist in Vangie’s Ghosts, while High Vaultage takes readers on a journey into an alternative Victorian-era capital]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9aac5e03-2a1b-43df-8176-6a770822dc4c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9aac5e03-2a1b-43df-8176-6a770822dc4c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarah J Maas: the ‘romantasy’ writer who could save publishing ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The literary phenomenon has a legion of fans, many of whom found her through social media ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/50a4f410-37bd-4d21-8562-d4fd0048966f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">50a4f410-37bd-4d21-8562-d4fd0048966f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorry, love, One Day your prince will probably not come]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posh boys and the path to true romance]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/72ba2bdd-4e92-4d42-8ddc-82cbd358a52b</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill your darlings — insights into the art of the editing from Oxford’s Bodleian Library]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new exhibition shines a light on the endless drafting, false starts and painful advice behind great literature]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/785dcec3-5206-46d6-9348-41d5b1176437</link><guid isPermaLink="false">785dcec3-5206-46d6-9348-41d5b1176437</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love at Six Thousand Degrees — Nagasaki mon amour ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maki Kashimada’s novel about a woman haunted by the trauma of the city’s atomic past is an intensely original work ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dd8c582e-c5ec-43f5-9cfe-4a1de55976de</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dd8c582e-c5ec-43f5-9cfe-4a1de55976de</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:00:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours by Phillip B Williams — a place of safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[A genre-defying saga of a town taken over by escaped slaves is a compelling blend of historical fiction and magic realism]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/917c25d2-303b-46a8-b221-c075b7c6ae17</link><guid isPermaLink="false">917c25d2-303b-46a8-b221-c075b7c6ae17</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:00:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes a literary city?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some emerge naturally but others need a nudge, with bookshops, festivals and more, to welcome readers and writers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7dd861a5-c594-4a79-bb61-5136d0a5e900</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7dd861a5-c594-4a79-bb61-5136d0a5e900</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rites of Passage — death as ceremony in Victorian Britain]]></title><description><![CDATA[An unsentimental but quietly witty history lifts the veil on the business of bereavement and burial]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/70e46743-e9a4-4a21-9ea3-143b9fb96f56</link><guid isPermaLink="false">70e46743-e9a4-4a21-9ea3-143b9fb96f56</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business books: what to read this month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Corporate morality, the magic of dishabituating and tackling the tyranny of being constantly on the clock]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3dd23af8-d926-4a0c-b755-f9c525009d7c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3dd23af8-d926-4a0c-b755-f9c525009d7c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolusi — the epic birth of Indonesia]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Van Reybrouck’s history of the end of Dutch rule shines an overdue spotlight on a country that is at last taking its place on the world stage ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9377c6ec-7f06-4f93-ad75-8ca0848f0c44</link><guid 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