Edward Sugden

June 3, 2025

Moby‑Dick doesn’t deserve the ‘difficult’ label – this sea romance was once loved by office workers, sailors and children

Edward Sugden, King's College London

Early readers knew Moby-Dick for what it was: an extreme and ambitious form of popular genre fiction.

December 16, 2024

The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts

Manjeet Ridon, De Montfort University; Alice Kelly, University of Warwick; Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford; Debra Benita Shaw, University of East London; Edward Sugden, King's College London; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Jane McBride, University of Galway; Orlaith Darling, University College Dublin; Sarah Annes Brown, Anglia Ruskin University, and Scarlett Baron, UCL

These are the ten books that made the most lasting impression on our expert reviewers

May 22, 2024

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker prize – a chaotic love at the end of times

Edward Sugden, King's College London

A richly wrought tale of love found at the fag end of a republic wins the 2024 International Booker.

May 13, 2024

International Booker prize 2024: six expert reviews of the shortlisted books

Helen Vassallo, University of Exeter; Anne Whitehead, Newcastle University; Edward Sugden, King's College London; Hyunseon Lee, SOAS, University of London; Lucyl Harrison, University of Hull, and Rafael Mendes Silva, Trinity College Dublin

Six brilliant novels from around the world but only one can win.