From online courtroom to information manipulation, social media has radically changed communication. Here are five books to help navigate it From Covid conspiracy theories to recent speculation...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/28/five-of-the-best-books-about-social-media
Author of sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem – newly serialised by Netflix – on ‘the greatest uncertainty facing humanity’ and how finding a secret copy of a Jules Verne novel inspired hi...
A secret history of machine intelligence, from 14th-century horoscopes to 1930s ‘plot genies’ for coming up with storylines Hark. The end is nigh. “In the industrial age, automation came ...
A bleak, brilliant moral maze of a novel about ethical dilemmas, from global poverty to the climate crisis In the middle ages, morality would be transmitted in images. Churchgoers would commonl...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/28/choice-by-neel-mukherjee-review-parables-for-our-times
Joining the Guardian columnist and Observer art critic are academics Tiya Miles and Noreen Masud, FT journalist Madhumita Murgia and poet Safiya Sinclair • Inside the shortlist choices with the...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/27/womens-prize-for-nonfiction-shortlist
More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer is also included Katsu, donburi and onigiri ar...
A riveting examination of the value we place on human life – from healthcare to hitmen At the start of May 2020, the New York governor Andrew Cuomo was under pressure to relax Covid restric...
A failing memory can be frustrating, but it may be a sign your brain is working exactly as it should Every day, people across the planet ask themselves this question, myself included. When we ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/25/the-big-idea-why-am-i-so-forgetful
This richly evocative tale – part of a project drawing on the work of long-forgotten contemporaries of Dostoevsky – bears repeated readings Everyone knows – even if they haven’t actuall...
The iconoclastic US author’s intellectually poised critique of minimalism boasts scintillating writing of breadth and power Becca Rothfeld is a dynamo. I had not come across her before pickin...
Survivors’ stories provide gritty testament to the moral confusion of life in the aftermath of atrocity in the Pulitzer-nominated Native American’s eye-opening second novel Tommy Orange , a...
The Palestinian author’s second novel in translation is an affecting portrait of one displaced family’s inescapable relationship with the past Huzama Habayeb’s evocative novel about a dis...
Three girlhood friends grow into the worlds of art, tech and activism and on towards a divisive, fascist-run nightmare in the American writer’s ambitious follow-up to The Leavers The first se...
A north London man of letters slides down the social ladder in the novelist’s pitch-perfect tragicomedy of manners whose cast list connects the capital’s many worlds, from a hip-hop-loving ha...
The Suede bassist and author on writing without a safety net, terrifying himself for his next novel and which of the Thursday Murder Club books – by his brother Richard – he likes best Mat ...
Daunting tales of how everyday algorithms are changing us What’s in the box? That’s the question almost everyone that Madhumita Murgia speaks to seems to be asking. If the “black box” o...
Spencer’s shocking and moving account of abuse at a boarding school combines righteous anger with therapeutic honesty Maidwell Hall school, Northamptonshire, 1972. The chief abuser is the hea...
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton; Moral Injuries by Christie Watson; The Hunter by Tana French; How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin; Every Move You Make by CL T...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/22/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup
Returning to her native soil, the historian unearths stories from the second world war, the days of the French revolution and the prehistoric era As far as English counties go, Sussex is not us...
Young women come together in Nevada for a tournament where ambition and self-expression clash with brutal reality For those of us who consider ourselves fans there is no sport quite so pure, s...
A work of investigative reporting whose very existence proves that the rich don’t always have the last word Tom Burgis is a “dishonest journalist” whose latest book is a “fucking pack o...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/21/cuckooland-by-tom-burgis-review-reputation-management
An urgent and persuasive warning about the toll of ‘phone-based childhoods’ At the start of the 2010s, rates of teenage mental illness took a sharp upward turn, and they have been rising ev...
The Nigerian author of Second Class Citizen wrote from real-life experience about the universal problems of poverty and oppression that could be the burdens of women everywhere Buchi Emecheta�...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/20/where-to-start-with-buchi-emecheta
The horror author on stealing from other writers, why she can’t stand pathos and how Mickey Mouse has inspired her new short-story collection Minihorror In Vienna, every second building looks...
The life and legacy of the British diplomat and Irish rebel executed for high treason The champion of Arabia never got to write the book, but gave Roland Phillips a title for his, a valuable b...
The pop star turned vicar and radio host on his new career as crime novelist, missing the clergy and why his books speak to the anxiety of uncertain times After being a pop star in his 20s (as ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/16/the-rev-richard-coles-a-death-in-the-parish-interview
The novelist talks about his hit debut There There, and the shocking historical discovery about his tribe that inspired his follow-up novel Tommy Orange was in Sweden, promoting a translated ed...
Farming adventures; tales from the set of The Sound of Music; King Arthur reimagined; unrest in near-future London and more ONE SWEET SONG BY JYOTI RAJAN GOPAL AND SONIA SÁNCHEZ, WALKER, £12...
The poet on being inspired by rappers, learning from Ursula K Le Guin, and the life-saving Leslie Feinberg MY EARLIEST READING MEMORY I was on the tube with my siblings when I was around sev...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/15/kae-tempest-i-used-to-read-david-icke-imagine-that
As the author prepares to publish a prequel to her bestselling novel Chocolat, she explains why she engages with real-life political battles too When Joanne Harris wrote Chocolat, her novel of ...
The Labour MP and party historian on why he worries for Keir Starmer, the decline of social democracy, and his love of Seamus Heaney Jon Cruddas has been the MP for Dagenham since 2001, and for...
The Iowa-born author’s winning novel Kick the Latch is typical of her practice of creating meticulously wrought work that deconstructs reality • Kathryn Scanlan wins Gordon Burn prize for n...
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some exciting new paperbacks, from an innovative Booker shortlisted novel to a study of friendship Continue reading...
First crushes, Rachel Greenlaw’s YA debut and the story of an improbable affair will make your heart beat faster this month The Heartstopper phenomenon has inspired an explosion of graphic ...
A show of inner strength; stone age family life; a brilliant guide to the brain; plus a whistlestop tour of queer history and more EVILTATO VS SUPERPEA BY SUE HENDRA AND PAUL LINNET, SIMON & S...
From Paul Murray’s brilliant tragicomedy to Barbra Streisand’s epic memoir, Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, politics, science, children’s books and more. Tell us about your...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/09/the-best-books-of-2023
From Anne Enright’s study of womanhood and youth to Rory Stewart’s insights into British politics, novelists and nonfiction writers reveal the books they will be giving as gifts – and the p...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/03/the-best-books-to-give-as-presents-this-christmas
Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000 Read an interview with the author of our No 1 book Read ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century
After two years of careful reading, moving backwards through time, Robert McCrum has concluded his selection of the 100 greatest nonfiction books. Take a quick look at five centuries of great wri...
After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has reached a verdict on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at his list Robert McCrum reflects on his...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/17/the-100-best-novels-written-in-english-the-full-list