IF YOU READ –
April 26, 2025 – There is nothing quite like the feeling of turning the final page of a great novel and looking up at the world knowing you will never be quite be the same person. In reality, few books – even the really good ones – do much beyond giving you a pleasurable reading experience.
However, there are some novels that really do change you. This is the case for many classics (hence why they become classics), but it is also true for some more modern novels too. From Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun to David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas – here is the fiction which you will never forget…