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Dan Brown's Inferno

Dan Brown's Inferno was published on Tuesday 14th May with all the fanfare we've come to expect.

As Dan Brown fever increases, Penguin Classics have published a beautiful version of Dante's Inferno.

Nicholas Lezard also reminded Guardian readers of the 10 best reasons to give Dante's original a go...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

The release of the latest big-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale of decadence, idealism and excess, The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann.

The Chelsea Garden Show

The Chelsea Flower Show celebrates its centenary this week and we're all looking forward to the coverage those beautiful show gardens will be given country-wide.

Books on film and DVD

This week on the radio

Richard Holmes' Falling Upwards is BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week whilst A Delicate Truth by John le Carré continues as this week's Book at Bedtime, Louise Erdrich was the main interviewee on Sunday's Open Book and Alice Walker was this week's castaway on Desert Island Discs.

Case Histories - Kate Atkinson on BBC1

Jason Isaacs has returned to our screens as Jackson Brodie in the second series of Case Histories. The first episode, which aired on Sunday 19th May, is adapted from Kate Atkinson's novel Started Early, Took My Dog.

Bestselling books on TV this week

Award-winning books and authors

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