Top 5 Books
5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell
![climate](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/alan-rodriguez-USiA1Hcizk8-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell
Top 5 books with a sense of place and community, chosen by writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/documerica-6RYBXYl8G_U-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books with a sense of place and community, chosen by writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom
5 books to read about women confronting racism, selected by author and comedian Njambi McGrath
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thought-catalog-IcUbKfIuQ70-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
5 books to read about women confronting racism, selected by author and comedian Njambi McGrath
Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody
![Doppelgangers](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/alexander-grey-NeRKgBUUDjM-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody
Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/haunted-house-7504018_1920.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
![A young person in silhouette on a dark, misty road](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/atharva-tulsi-Uv2BaNZjjvY-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI's James Harkin
![Close-up of a dartboard with a dart in the bullseye](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anastase-maragos-X4zx5Vc_LZU-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI's James Harkin
Top 5 books set in historic London, selected by author Mike Delaney
![Black and white photo of horse bus in trafalgar square](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/horse_bus_in_trafalgar.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books set in historic London, selected by author Mike Delaney
5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
![An illustration of pink hearts rising from the pages of a book](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a-book-6259138_1920.jpg?w=768)
5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
Top 5 books about love, selected by 'QI elf' Edward Brooke-Hitching
![Pink neon light in the shape of a heart](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ayana-wyse-t2bj6unVYoM-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books about love, selected by 'QI elf' Edward Brooke-Hitching
Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma
![A notebook, a pen and a cup of coffee](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/yannick-pulver-hopX_jpVtRM-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma
Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
![Black and white image of Winston Churchill](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes
![Marble statue of Artemis in black and white](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1583_Books_Top5_shutterstock_2202302599.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes
Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
![Albert Einstein in black and white](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/albert-einstein-1933340_1920.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn
![A book of translation, a daisy and a key](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/key-5105878_1920.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn
Top 5 books featuring magical creatures, selected by Katherine Rundell
![Dragon illustration](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/fantasy-2747066_1920.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books featuring magical creatures, selected by Katherine Rundell
Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
![A yellow spade and red bucket on a pebble beach](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/toy-3953026_1920.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
![Gothic illustration by Jon Klassen of a little girl holding a skull](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jon-Klassen-skull.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
Top 5 books about monsters and parasites, selected by Ronald Malfi
![A dark forest and a pair of gleaming eyes](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/neil-rosenstech-KG-9TUrAFsg-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Top 5 books about monsters and parasites, selected by Ronald Malfi
Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan
![Steam train going over a viaduct](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/roland-losslein-DmDYX_ltI48-unsplash.jpg?w=768)