Service95 Book Club

Welcome to the Service95 Book Club. Each month, founder Dua Lipa selects a new book for us to explore – discover her picks, plus exclusive author interviews, playlists and essays here, along with many more reading recommendations. Let’s read the world differently

The Reading List

5 Books To Read When The Sunday Scaries Hit

Watch: Author Olga Tokarczuk Perform An Extract From Her Novel, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

10 Questions To Help You Discuss Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead By Olga Tokarczuk

The Reading List

The Books That Inspired Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

Olga Tokarczuk’s Writing Soundtrack For Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

The Book Club Interview: Dua Talks To Olga Tokarczuk About Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

How Do You Do A Book Justice In Another Language? The Translator Of Drive Your Plow... Shares Her Process

Everything You Need To Know About Dua’s Monthly Read, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

The Reading List

The 5 Books On Dua’s Gift List This Year

Book Zines, Underground Magazines & A Bath Full Of Gravy: The Manchester Creatives Bringing Back Print

The Culture List

What Author Hanako Footman Is Reading, Watching & Listening To Right Now

The Reading List

The Books Patti Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & More Authors Are Gifting This Year

The Reading List

The 5 Best Books of 2024, Chosen By Team Service95

The Reading List

Jólabókaflóð: The Icelandic Literary Tradition To Know This Winter – & 5 Perfect Books To Curl Up With

Bookshop Spotlight

Bookshop Spotlight: How Bali’s Cahyati Press Is Platforming Women’s & Queer Voices

Writer & Human Rights Lawyer Sara M Saleh On Reflecting The Palestinian Experience

The Reading List

What To Read In November: The Books On Team Service95’s TBR Pile

The Reading List

The Reading List: 5 Books By Disabled Authors To Read Now

“I’m After A Kind Of Writing That Feels True To How I Feel”: Author Nam Le On Poetry, Perception & The Power Of Language

The Reading List

5 Books That Will Change The Way You Think About Sex

Anthony Boyle On Bringing The Troubles To Life In The TV Adaptation Of Say Nothing – & Why He Nearly Didn’t Take The Part

Books Saved Reginald Dwayne Betts In Prison – Now, He’s Behind The Literature Prize Voted On By Incarcerated Readers

Ocean Vuong’s Writing Soundtrack For On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The History: Setting The Scene For On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong

The Reading List

The Reading List: The Books That Inspired Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

In Detail: Everything You Need To Know About Dua’s Monthly Read, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

10 Questions To Help Delve Into On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Interview: Dua Talks To Ocean Vuong About On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Watch: Ocean Vuong Perform A Reading From His Novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The Reading List

The 5 Best Autumn Reads To Curl Up With – & Why It’s An Author’s Favourite Season

The Reading List

Bernardine Evaristo On 5 Modern Poets To Know & Championing Undiscovered Literary Talent

“I Carry My Sense Of Belonging Deep Within”: Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann On Connecting With Her Indigenous Heritage

The Culture List

What Musician MARINA is Reading, Watching & Listening To

Bookshop Spotlight

Bookshop Spotlight: Boekhandel Dominicanen in Maastricht, Netherlands

Pedro Almodóvar On His First Book: “I Feel Freer When I’m Writing Than I Do In Life”

George Saunders Explains How To Read Lincoln In The Bardo

The Reading List

The Reading List: The Books That Inspired George Saunders’ Lincoln In The Bardo

An Exclusive Essay From George Saunders On Writing Lincoln In The Bardo 

10 Questions To Help You Discuss Our October Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

In Detail: Everything You Need To Know About Dua’s Monthly Read, Lincoln In The Bardo

The Book Club Interview

The Book Club Interview: George Saunders Talks To Dua Lipa About Lincoln In The Bardo

The Real History Behind Dua’s Monthly Read For October, Lincoln In The Bardo

George Saunders’ Writing Soundtrack For Lincoln In The Bardo

Service95 Book Club x Strand Book Store: Win Tickets To An Exclusive Evening With Alana S Portero

Inside The Iraqi-American Mothers’ Book Club “Fostering Community, Broadening Horizons & Bearing Witness”