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Dorothy Soames (pictured) was abandoned at London's Foundling Hospital as a baby and had a childhood where physical punishment was common and was 'bereft of love and tenderness'

Author discovers her parent’s tragic early life at London’s Foundling Hospital

Comedian and author David Baddiel (pictured) is currently reading The Last Trial by Scott Turow would take Updike's four Rabbit books to a desert island

WHAT BOOK would author David Baddiel take to a desert island?

Emilio Pucci's eponymous fashion house is famous for its bold and colourful prints, including styles such as these palazzo pyjamas (pictured) from the Fall/Winter 1969 collection

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Picador £8.99, 336 pp

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

The journalist Colin Mackenzie found Ronnie Biggs, (pictured in Rio) the escaped Great Train Robber, in 1974

Colin Mackenzie’s new memoir tells the story of his journalism career

Desmond Shawe-Taylor bought an old rectory in Dorset for £7,500 in 1945. He was joined by his friends Eddy Sackville-West and art dealer Eardley Knollys (pictured together)

In an age when being gay was illegal, four literary men set up house in Dorset

Philip Serrell's (pictured) memoir reveals how he ended up in auctioneering and the bustle of the saleroom, which he describes as 'a theatre of drama with an ever-changing cast of actors'

TV auctioneer Philip Serrell reveals his cut-throat business in a memoir

FANFARE FOR TIN TRUMPETS by Margery Sharp (Dean Street £10.99, 222 pp)

RETRO READS | Daily Mail Online

Matt Haig (pictured) is currently reading, and not for the first time, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamot, while the writer would take Walden by Henry David Thoreau to a desert island

WHAT BOOK would writer Matt Haig take to a desert island?

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Tinder £8.99, 480 pp)

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

The Illustrated Provence Letters of Van Gogh by Martin Bailey (Batsford £16.99)

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

Jonathan Bate has penned a biography revealing how similar John Keats (pictured) and F. Scott Fitzgerald were

F Scott Fitzgerald and his hero Keats were tormented by fears that size really does matter

Dr Bruce Greyson spoke with dozens of people who had a near-death experience and provides the accounts in his new book After (stock image)

Psychiatrist studies near-death accounts and says they make you happier

Dear Friend And Gardener is a collection of letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto (both pictured) that show how close their bond was despite being 'chalk and cheese'

Letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto reveal their close bond

A TOWN CALLED SOLACE by Mary Lawson (Chatto £14.99, 304 pp)

LITERARY FICTION | Daily Mail Online

A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry (Faber £8.99, 320 pp)

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

Author Francis Spufford (pictured) is currently reading Hermione Lee's biography of Tom Stoppard

WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island?

Her Majesty by Christopher Warwick provides a fascinating photographic history of the Queen's long and remarkable life

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

Infectious disease has always been with us and arguably always will be. Charles Kenny's book is a lively survey of our millennia-long struggle to defeat it (file image)

Charles Kenny details a history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease

The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell (pictured) describes how women decide whether or not to have children

The fretful woman’s fertile years

Eliot Higgins, 42, (pictured) was a college dropout with no specialist training as a techie but ended up revealing the details of the Novichok poisonings

Geek who exposed Novichok killers

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's father disinherited her when she married Robert Browning. The play The Barretts Of Wimpole Street (pictured here in the film version) depicts their love story

How do I love thee… passionately!

ALEXANDRIA by Paul Kingsnorth (Faber £16.99, 416 pp)

DYSTOPIAN | Daily Mail Online

INSATIABLE by Daisy Buchanan (Sphere £12.99, 352 pp)

CONTEMPORARY | Daily Mail Online

THE SANATORIUM by Sarah Pearse (Bantam £12.99, 400 pp)

THRILLERS | Daily Mail Online

TEN DAYS by Austin Duffy (Granta £12.99, 272 pp)

LITERARY FICTION | Daily Mail Online

Irish writer Marian Keyes (pictured) would take The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson to a desert island

WHAT BOOK would writer Marian Keyes take to a desert island?

Damon Centola has penned a book about how change works and why it often fails. Pictured: Demonstration of Google Glass

Author explores how change happens and why it often fails

Juliet Nicolson explores how the Great British Freeze of 1962-3 kick-started the modern era in a new book. Pictured: A milkman doing his deliveries on skis in London, 1962

During the bitter winter of 1962-63, the sea turned to ice, milkmen froze in their floats

THE GODMOTHERS by Monica McInerney (Welbeck £12.99, 400 pp)

POPULAR | Daily Mail Online

LIGHT PERPETUAL by Francis Spufford (Faber £16.99, 336 pp)

LITERARY FICTION | Daily Mail Online

Children's author Francesca Simon (pictured) would take The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope to a desert island

WHAT BOOK would children’s author Francesca Simon take to a desert island?

Carol Dyhouse takes a look at the social history surrounding different fairy tales. Pictured is Frozen which was released in 2013

The truth about Prince charming

Simon Garfield has penned a new book exploring all things related to canine. Pictured: Queen Elizabeth II and her dog

A glorious new celebration of man’s best friend

Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan tells the story of the British artist's colourful life and loves. Pictured: Francis Bacon in 1969

Devoted to booze, betting, boys… and his nanny!

This book is by nature writers Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott and Peter Marren who describe how the seasons can help us navigate difficult times during the pandemic

Spring in the time of coronavirus

WHEN WE GOT LOST IN DREAMLAND by Ross Welford (HarperCollins £12.99, 416 pp)

CHILDREN’S | Daily Mail Online

GIRL A by Abigail Dean (HarperCollins £14.99, 336 pp)

CRIME | Daily Mail Online

LUSTER by Raven Leilani (Picador £14.99, 240 pp)

LITERARY FICTION | Daily Mail Online

CROW COURT by Andy Charman (Unbound £14.99, 336 pp)

HISTORICAL | Daily Mail Online

Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World is by the author Andrea Pitzer and tells the story of explorer William Barents journey to the Arctic Seas with his crew. Pictured is a still from the film Nova Zembla about the Dutch voyage

Now that’s what you call ICEOLATION!

Somebody to Love by Alexandra Heminsley tells the story of when Alexandra's husband revealed to her that he wanted to be a woman. She is pictured with her son in Brighton

Love reinvented at the end of a marriage…

Sarah Smarsh who is a former research fellow at Harvard University, has penned a biography about Dolly Parton (pictured)

Dolly Parton says she’s certainly not dumb – and not blonde either!

Author Richard Flanagan (pictured) is currently reading James Rebanks' English Pastoral

WHAT BOOK would author Richard Flanagan take to a desert island?

In Damien Lewis's gripping book, the extraordinary story of Major Barkworth's unit unfolds as compellingly as any thriller. Pictured: Part of the secret Nazi hunter team

SAS Nazi hunters proud to be known as Bigots

Benjamin Ferencz (pictured) was raised in one of New York's poorest neighbourhoods in 1920s but, by the time he was 27, he was working as a prosecutor in Nuremberg War Trials

Prosecutor in the Nuremberg War Trials fought tirelessly for human rights throughout his life

THE SWITCH by Beth O’Leary (Quercus £8.99, 368 pp)

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

SECRETS OF THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS by John G. Sayers (The Bodleian Library £25)

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

Historical novelist Kate Mosse (pictured) reveals what book she would take with her to a desert island

WHAT BOOK would historical novelist Kate Mosse take to a desert island?

Biographer Richard Bradford has penned a book about author Patricia Highsmith (pictured) who created the chilling psychopath Mr Ripley

Devil woman: The realities of author Patricia Highsmith

For more than two decades, Marc Hamer (pictured), who knows a thing or two about living with little, has tended a garden that he doesn¿t own

Homeless man who found true peace as a gardener has written an inspirational memoir

WITCH BOTTLE by Tom Fletcher (Jo Fletcher Books £16.99, 320 pp)

SCI-FI/ FANTASY | Daily Mail Online

LION by Mark Adlington (Unicorn £30)

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid (Bloomsbury £8.99, 320 pp)

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

Nick Pourgourides pays tribute to Kenneth More in a fascinating biography.Pictured: More with Kay Kendall in Genevieve

Kenneth More was so perfectly British he wore a collar and tie on the beach

British author Andrew Steele, explores the latest scientific thinking on ageing in a new book (file image)

New book claims scientists are on the brink of discovering how: You CAN live for ever!

Oxford-educated Englishman James Reeve, 81, chronicles his adventures around the world in a delightfully entertaining memoir. Pictured: Reeve at work

Artist pens eccentric memoir chronicling his adventures around the world

Fearne Cotton (pictured) explores how pretending to be a shinier and less honest version of ourselves can make us sadder and lonelier in a new book

Fearne Cotton reveals how she unravelled in a moving new book

ME by Elton John (Pan £9.99, 416pp)

MUST READ | Daily Mail Online

Stephanie Cross rounded up a selection of must-reads to look forward to in 2021

The biggest and best titles to look forward to in 2021

Helen Brown reveals a selection of the best non-fiction books to start the year. Pictured: Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne and Ben Whishaw as John Keats

Helen Brown reveals the best non-fiction reads to broaden your horizons in 2021

Name the one play by Shakespeare (pictured) that is set in the 11th century

Brainteasers in our literary quiz… which could win you £1,000!

VOGUE: THE FANTASY & FASHION by Vogue Editors (Abrams £75)

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

WHAT WE’LL BUILD by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins £14.99, 48 pp)

PICTURE BOOKS | Daily Mail Online

GHOSTS by Dolly Alderton (Fig Tree £14.99, 352 pp)

CONTEMPORARY | Daily Mail Online

REPRODUCTION by Ian Williams (Dialogue Books £16.99, 464 pp)

LITERARY FICTION | Daily Mail Online

BOX 88 by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins £14.99, 400 pp)

THRILLERS | Daily Mail Online

TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini (Tor £20, 880 pp)

SCI-FI AND FANTASY | Daily Mail Online

Author of Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood, Jasper Rees, interviewed Victoria Wood (pictured) several times in her life and draws upon those interactions and her personal musings for the book

Comedienne Victoria Wood was a ruthless perfectionist who filled her co-stars with dread

War historian Gavin Mortimer concluded that modern Brits have much to learn from the generation whose steely spirit was forged in the fires of World War II, such as that of Captain Tom Moore who raised millions of pounds for the NHS during lockdown (pictured)

How the ‘slackest generation’ became our Second World War heroes

Nell Dunn, one of the most controversial authors of the 1960s has revealed more about the life of her muse - her best friend Josie. Pictured, Nell Dunn and her son Rueben Sandford in 1964

One woman, 23 lovers, no regrets: Author NELL DUNN reveals all about her muse and best friend Josie

Sean B. Carroll says that everything in life and the universe is controlled by an element of randomness (stock image)

Historian explains how randomness rules both the universe and our lives

BRITISH SUMMER TIME BEGINS by Ysenda Maxtone Graham (Little Brown £18.99, 352 pp)

Nick Rennison selects the year’s best history books

DIARY OF A YOUNG NATURALIST by Dara McAnulty (Little Toller £16, 224pp)

Eat and drink like a boozy butterfly this Christmas

MIND GAMES by Neville Southall (HarperCollins £20, 304pp)

You CAN be a winner, even when you lose: Roger Alton selects the best books on sport from 2020

SKINCARE by Caroline Hirons (HarperCollins £20, 304pp)

Want to be happy? Do more NOTHING

RADICAL WORDSWORTH by Jonathan Bate (Collins £25, 608pp)

Tony Rennell on the year’s best biographies

THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIANS by Ross Montgomery (Walker £7.99, 400 pp)

YOUNG FICTION | Daily Mail Online

CONTACTS by Mark Watson (HarperCollins £14.99, 384 pp)

CONTEMPORARY | Daily Mail Online

SPLITTING by Amanda Ellison (Green Tree £16.99)

Best books to gift those devoted to becoming their healthiest self

GALAXIES: INSIDE THE UNIVERSE'S STAR CITIES by David J. Eicher (Wildfire £25)

From war’s true colours to the Stones at home, 2020’s best illustrated books by Marcus Berkmann

FRIENDS AND ENEMIES by Barbara Amiel (Constable £25)

Why i’d like to murder my friends and other festive thoughts from our pick of this year’s memoirs

Mark Mason rounded up a selection of the best books for filling stockings this Christmas, including Between The Covers by Jilly Cooper (pictured, in 1978)

This year’s best tomes for filling stockings revealed

SPIRIT OF PLACE: ARTISTS, WRITERS AND THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE by Susan Owens (Thames & Hudson £25)

Bel Mooney reveals the best art books you can find for gifting those who love creativity

THE NEIL GAIMAN READER (Headline £30, 752 pp)

FI/FANTASY | Daily Mail Online

THE GAME by Luca Veste (S&S £7.99, 432 pp)

PSYCHO THRILLERS | Daily Mail Online

WHEN I COME HOME AGAIN by Caroline Scott (S&S £14.99pp, 496 pp)

HISTORICAL | Daily Mail Online

Selina Hastings examines the life of novelist Sybille Bedford (pictured) who was abandoned by her mother for 15 years

A dizzying ride on the sexual carousel

Marina Wheeler (pictured) said she would take all three volumes of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 with her onto a desert island

WHAT BOOK would QC and author Marina Wheeler take to a desert island?

British literary critics revealed a selection of this year's best books about celebrities, including REVOLUTION by Gary Numan (Constable £20)

Our pick of the year’s best TV and showbiz memoirs

Staying Human by Neil Astley (Bloodaxe £12.99)

Poetry? It’s the new pop: The best books for gifting those who love rhymes this Christmas

THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS by Kes Gray Illustrated by Claire Powell (Hodder £6.99)

Children’s books that are festive crackers

Shaun Williamson (pictured) who played Barry in EastEnders, explores why Britain loves quizzes so much

Why Barry from EastEnders has all the answers

A CONSPIRACY OF BONES by Kathy Reichs (Simon & Schuster £8.99, 368 pp)

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

AN ENGLISHMAN AT WAR by Stanley Christopherson (Corgi £12.99, 560pp)

MUST READS | Daily Mail Online

TINA TURNER: THAT'S MY LIFE by Tina Turner (Rizzoli £50)

PICTURE THIS | Daily Mail Online

Historian Charles Spencer (pictured) said he would take Screenplay by Syd Field with him to a desert island

WHAT BOOK would historian Charles Spencer take to a desert island?

WHO THEY WAS by Gabriel Krauze (Fourth Estate £14.99)

So which books will have Santa hooked this Christmas?

Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson (Chatto £26, 342pp)

Dish up delights for your festive family bubble

GENDER SWAPPED FAIRY TALES by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett (Faber £20, 208pp)

FAIRY TALES | Daily Mail Online

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