Edward Sugden

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Senior Lecturer in American Studies, King's College London

Penguin Classics

June 3, 2025

Moby‑Dick doesn’t deserve the ‘difficult’ label – this sea romance was once loved by office workers, sailors and children

Edward Sugden, King's College London

Early readers knew Moby-Dick for what it was: an extreme and ambitious form of popular genre fiction.

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December 16, 2024

The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts

Manjeet Ridon, De Montfort University; Alice Kelly, University of Warwick; Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford; Debra Benita Shaw, University of East London; Edward Sugden, King's College London; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Jane McBride, University of Galway; Orlaith Darling, University College Dublin; Sarah Annes Brown, Anglia Ruskin University, and Scarlett Baron, UCL

These are the ten books that made the most lasting impression on our expert reviewers

‘Depicts a rich world of feeling’: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck. Booker Prize Foundation

May 22, 2024

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker prize – a chaotic love at the end of times

Edward Sugden, King's College London

A richly wrought tale of love found at the fag end of a republic wins the 2024 International Booker.

International Booker Prize shortlisted books. International Booker Prize

May 13, 2024

International Booker prize 2024: six expert reviews of the shortlisted books

Helen Vassallo, University of Exeter; Anne Whitehead, Newcastle University; Edward Sugden, King's College London; Hyunseon Lee, SOAS, University of London; Lucyl Harrison, University of Hull, and Rafael Mendes Silva, Trinity College Dublin

Six brilliant novels from around the world but only one can win.

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