Welcome to Five Books For!

If you love reading, you’re in the right place. My name is Kate and I love reading and talking about books with other book lovers. Every month we explore a different theme and I recommend five books to read that fit our theme, usually across a range of genres. Every book I recommend is one that I’ve read and loved - I will never recommend something I don’t think is brilliant.

There’s also a second newsletter each month which explores our theme in more depth and includes a poem, a playlist, links to interesting articles and other good stuff.

Five Books For is completely free - free to read, and free of advertising. If you want to take out a paid subscription then the option is there - think of it as a way to support the newsletter - but there is never any obligation to pay for the content and all subscribers get the same content each month.

Themes we’ve explored so far include unstuffy classics, favourite detectives, spy novels, books for spooky season, books to make you laugh and plenty more. To read some of the past editions you can visit the archive here.

Whether you choose a free or paid subscription, please know I am so excited to be reading with you. Let’s talk books!

Kate

Kate is a writer and artist who lives in Seville with her husband, son, dog and mostly-feral cat. She writes Five Books For, a newsletter for people who love great stories, in between looking after a rambunctious toddler and disposing of the feral cat's “gifts”.