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6 good reads about privilege, from The Great Gatsby to Crazy Rich Asians

A Wall Street satire by Tom Wolfe. Edith Wharton’s jab at high society. Six books that offer a sense of escape yet are strangely relatable.

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Japanese novel about a serial killer hailed as feminist overseas

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Review | From Hiroshima to Fukushima in rambling, riveting Wildcat Dome

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Hunger Games prequel novel Sunrise On The Reaping called ‘heart-wrenching’

District 12 victor Haymitch Abernathy’s past is explored in ‘propulsive’ fifth book by Suzanne Collins set in fictional dystopia she created.

(From left) Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson and Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Harrison plays Haymitch Abernathy in the movies adapted from Suzanne Collins’ novels. Her latest explores Abernathy’s youth. Photo: Lionsgate
(From left) Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson and Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Harrison plays Haymitch Abernathy in the movies adapted from Suzanne Collins’ novels. Her latest explores Abernathy’s youth. Photo: Lionsgate
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He made US$2.6 million and was only happy for 3 days. He explains why

Han Jung-soo achieved financial independence and retired in his 20s. But money ‘does not automatically lead to a happy ending’, he says.

American cinema

At 16, she writes, she made a pass at Keanu Reeves. He turned her down

‘Even the way he’d rejected me was charming,’ writes Ione Skye in her memoir Say Everything about an encounter with the actor in his shower.

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To Kill a Mockingbird author’s recently found short stories out soon

‘We can never know too much’ about ‘great American author’ Harper Lee, nephew says of coming book of essays, newly unearthed short fiction.

American author Harper Lee, writer of To Kill a Mockingbird, in 2007. A compilation of 45 years of her essays and short stories written before her 1960 novel will be published in October 2025. Photo: AP
American author Harper Lee, writer of To Kill a Mockingbird, in 2007. A compilation of 45 years of her essays and short stories written before her 1960 novel will be published in October 2025. Photo: AP
Books and literature

‘My life is a mystery,’ says Anthony Hopkins as he spills all in memoir

In We Did OK, Kid, actor, 87, delves into his Welsh childhood, his battle with drinking and how he became sober, and ‘fear of getting hurt’.

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Ex-Facebook director’s ‘explosive’ memoir about Meta trio’s ‘excesses’

How Mark Zuckerberg tried to get Facebook into China and Meta’s ‘profoundly flawed’ leading trio described by ex-global public policy chief.

Chinese culture

Explainer | What Journey to the West reveals about early China-India exchanges

16th century novel tells the tale of Xuanzang, a monk who contributed to Chinese religion and medicine after his travels to Buddhist India.

A still from the Chinese TV series Journey to the West, which ran from 1986 to 2000. Wu Cheng’en’s 16th-century book still holds cultural importance in the modern era. Photo: CCTV
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‘Da King of da Monsters’ Godzilla blows into Chicago in new comic series

The popular Japanese monster is attacking American cities in a new comic-book series, and the Windy City is the rampaging kaiju’s first stop.

Art for Godzilla vs Chicago. The comic book is the first in a series called Godzilla vs America, with Los Angeles and Boston next in line for some kaiju chaos. Photo: Instagram/timseeley
Art for Godzilla vs Chicago. The comic book is the first in a series called Godzilla vs America, with Los Angeles and Boston next in line for some kaiju chaos. Photo: Instagram/timseeley
Books and literature

Korean cuisine’s ‘unspoken language’ shared with world via picture books

Through colourful books filled with memories, authors and illustrators are showing the joy of Korean food to young readers everywhere.

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Stephen King’s Hansel and Gretel a fairy-tale collaboration

‘King of Horror’ American author’s retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale with illustrations by the late Maurice Sendak due out in September.

What to do in Hong Kong

Highlights of the coming Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2025

Taking place from March 1 to 8, this year’s HKILF will again feature established and emerging writers from Hong Kong and around the globe.

Hong Kong writer and poet Sonia Leung is among the authors who will feature at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in March 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Books and literature

Review | Art in Hong Kong, brisk summation of city’s cultural power

Post’s arts editor gives incisive, accessible analysis of Hong Kong’s place in the art world, how it got there and the road ahead.

The M+ museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District is a recent addition to the infrastructure built in recent decades to support artists in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP
The M+ museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District is a recent addition to the infrastructure built in recent decades to support artists in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP
United States

Late US president Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for best audiobook

Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, received the award on the former president’s behalf.

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Review | Asian-American woman literally moulds her perfect man in Blob: A Love Story

Author Maggie Su’s surreal new novel offers a unique look at humanity as a woman creates her own very handsome Frankenstein’s monster.

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Wellness

How ancient bones reveal secrets to old diseases such as plague

Anthropologist Alice Roberts describes how secrets of diseases can be uncovered from old skeletons building workers and archaeologists find.

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Palaeopathologist Alice Roberts at an excavation of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeast England. Photo: facebook.com/ProfessorAliceRoberts
Palaeopathologist Alice Roberts at an excavation of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeast England. Photo: facebook.com/ProfessorAliceRoberts
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Onyx Storm author Rebecca Yarros meets superfans as new book tops charts

Yarros was interviewed by Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, answered fan questions and took photos with them in Manhattan.

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100 years after The Great Gatsby’s release, novel makes ‘new connections’

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel has inspired social movements and a Leonardo DiCaprio film. The author’s hometown is marking its centenary.

Food and Drinks

British-Chinese author’s hopes for her A to Z of Chinese food

In An A to Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included), London writer Jenny Lau picks apart food clichés to explore what it means to be Chinese.

Jenny Lau of Celestial Peach at the launch of her book An A-Z of Chinese Food, in London. The British-Chinese writer hopes it inspires East and Southeast Asians around the world. Photo: Ming Tang-Evans
Travel news and advice

Hong Kong budget travel queen visits 143 countries, 50 to go this year

47-year-old Kez Williams aims to visit every UN-recognised country. She tells the Post how and why she travels so much and offers some tips.

Kez Williams aims to visit all the United Nations-recognised countries in the world. Photo: courtesy of Kez Williams
Kez Williams aims to visit all the United Nations-recognised countries in the world. Photo: courtesy of Kez Williams
Books and literature

New Korean books in English to look forward to in 2025

Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang’s translated novel We Do Not Part leads a strong line-up of new English-language Korean literature this year.

Books and literature

Author Ian Rankin on his favourite books and being a ‘frustrated rock star’

The writer of the Inspector Rebus novels talks about his new book Midnight and Blue, being an author, and books that have given him pleasure.

American cinema

Copyrights on Popeye, Tintin, Singin’ in the Rain start expiring in 2025

The sailor and boy detective can be reproduced without permission from 2025, but some details, like Tintin’s red hair, are still copyrighted.

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An original 1932 cover of the comic Tintin in America by Georges Remi aka Hergé. Photo: AFP
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