Archive - Nick Reads

The Shards TV Show Is a Great Advert for Reading

As someone who has claimed The Shards is Bret Easton Ellis’s masterpiece, I was anxious, in both senses, to watch the TV adaptation.

18 hrs ago • Nick Reads

Sep 10 • Nick Reads

12 'Rules' That Are Destroying Literature

I recently read an interesting essay from Liza Libes called ‘12 Literary Opinions That Would Get Me Kicked Out of an MFA Program’.

Sep 9 • Nick Reads

August 2026

Why Is Murakami's Norwegian Wood So Good?

Hello, sorry for the slight break.

Aug 24 • Nick Reads

Ranking the Craziest Writing Routines

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been fascinated by the strange routines writers employ to get their work done.

Aug 11 • Nick Reads

The Novel That Explains Modern America | Simon Evans

Hello, I have just posted a new video on the Nick Reads YouTube channel, discussing Don DeLillo’s White Noise with comedian and reader of great…

Aug 6 • Nick Reads

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Reappraising Ian McEwan

Following my last reading update, I finished my reread of Don DeLillo’s White Noise, and made a video on it.

Aug 2 • Nick Reads

July 2026

This Novel Predicted South Africa's Collapse

Hello, I have a new video out on the Nick Reads YouTube channel.

Jul 28 • Nick Reads

Is This the Greatest American Novel?

What if there was a novel that predicted Chernobyl, Covid, 9/11, and the hyperreal world we now inhabit?

Jul 23 • Nick Reads

Publishing Censorship Has Gone Insane

The publishing world has gone completely insane.

Jul 17 • Nick Reads

Dua Lipa's 'Banned' Books Are a Joke

The moment I heard Dua Lipa was curating a list of ‘banned’ books, the first thing I knew for certain was that these books would definitely not be, in…

Jul 14 • Nick Reads

Ten Postwar American Novels I Missed Off My List!

Some of you may have seen my top ten postwar American novels video.

Jul 10 • Nick Dixon

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