Books by Piers Paul Read

Great novels about the law have always been an inspiration to lawyers, bringing home the problems of the law, the human mess that it tries unsuccessfully to make sense of, and the gulf that can exist between the law and justice. Scott Turow, the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, talks to us about his own favourite legal novels, from a classic set on aboard a Royal Navy ship during the Napoleonic wars to a murder trial in the Pacific Northwest after World War II.

From the early days of Christianity in the first centuries after the death of Jesus of Nazareth, believers have sought to write down their experiences, their struggles, and their transformation as they found God. Our recommendations are weighted towards earlier Christian texts, in keeping with the historical focus of our site, though some books by exceptional modern theologians and writers also feature.

When addressing the really fundamental questions in science, researchers must assume that there is an objective reality to describe. But the nature of that reality may be more subtle, allowing space for the existence of God, says Andrew Briggs, professor of nanomaterials at Oxford University.