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Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley set for film of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club
Chris Columbus will direct film adaptation of Pointless presenter’s bestselling mystery book about a group of septuagenarian sleuths Three of the four leading roles in the film adaptation of ...
Against Landlords by Nick Bano review – valuable ideas for how to solve Britain’s housing crisis
In this flawed but powerful book, a housing lawyer argues that an abundance of private landlords, not a dearth of homes, is to blame for the miseries of ‘generation rent’ Wouldn’t it be w...
PEN America cancels 2024 awards after authors drop out over Gaza
Dozens of nominated writers had withdrawn from consideration by literary and free-expression organization The writers group PEN America canceled its 2024 annual awards on Monday, just a week be...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/22/pen-america-awards-gaza
The big idea: what if dreaming is the whole point of sleep?
Rather than being an optional extra, dreams might be vital to our functioning Exposed, the undulating surface of the brain is shimmering and opalescent, punctuated with arteries and veins. Give...
Poem of the week: Ars Poetica, XI by Mary Jean Chan
A fresh spin on the sonnet, this subtle contemplation of art, love and language makes the poem into a home ARS POETICA, XI This is the myth of love’s tenderness: that it only heals and cann...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/22/poem-of-the-week-ars-poetica-xi-by-mary-jean-chan
Choice by Neel Mukherjee review – twisty tales of morals
A publisher and his authors debate the balance of power between reader and writer in a novel comprising three long, loosely linked tales Early in the UK-based Indian writer Neel Mukherjee’s n...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/22/choice-by-neel-mukherjee-review-twisty-tales-of-morals
Moederland: Nine Daughters of South Africa review – my ancestors’ role in the horror of apartheid
Cato Pedder, great-granddaughter of South African PM and white supremacist Jan Smuts, uses her family’s legacy to unearth stories of women that shaped, and were shaped by, a troubled nation O...
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud review – tales of a Trinidadian gangster
The troubling allure of a real-life gangster is vividly captured in tales from the women who fell for him Boysie Singh was a Trinidadian bogeyman. “Behave yourself,” mothers would warn thei...
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Spy by Ajay Chowdhury; A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray; The Kitchen by Simone Buchholz; The Innocents by Bridget Walsh; The Grand Illusion by Syd Moore ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/19/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup
Amor Towles: ‘When I reread Ulysses I found it insufferable. Don’t @ me’
The American author on being paid to read in his teens, the allure of graphic novels and the brilliance of Iris Murdoch THE BOOK THAT MADE ME WANT TO BE A WRITER When I was in first grade livin...
Bald by Stuart Heritage review – hair today, gone tomorrow
An unexpected twist on the grief memoir sees the Guardian writer chart the five stages of male-pattern baldness It takes Stuart Heritage almost 30 pages to summon the courage to write about his...
Five of the best books to understand modern China
From a poetic memoir of social repression to a study of the lasting impact of the Cultural Revolution – these titles are a good place to start if you want to know more about the country and its...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/18/five-of-the-best-books-to-understand-modern-china
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor review – a debut with dark undercurrents
In this haunting and restrained novel, a young woman sets out to escape the confines of a Welsh island The remote coastal or island location has become something of a cliche in recent literary ...
Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life by Richard King review – Village voice
An icon of New York’s downtown music scene is brought vividly to life in this tapestry of archive and oral history In 1966, when he was 15 and growing up in Iowa, Arthur (known then as Charle...
The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev Sahota review – the political is personal
This story of a man running to be union leader in a small Derbyshire town explores grief, guilt and ideological divides On the release of his third novel, 2021’s Booker-longlisted China Room ...
Adventures in Volcanoland by Tamsin Mather review – fire and brimstone
A magical scientific exploration of volcanoes, and how they’ve shaped both nature and human destiny Volcanoes are the homes of gods, language tells us – across most of Europe, people who ma...
Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – shamelessly unrepentant
The former PM’s account of her time in office is unstoppably self-serving, petulant, and politically jejune “They didn’t seem to understand,” writes Liz Truss on page 250 of this unstop...
Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey review – apocalypse now
A history of our obsession with the end of days – and the culture it has inspired Why do we obsess about the end of the world as we know it? The answer may seem obvious: it’s happening. Cov...
The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya review – sun, sex, scenery and family guilt
A playwright brings unresolved memories to the stage in this clever study of art, dysfunction and generational difference Jo Hamya’s first book, Three Rooms , was a polemical novel about midd...
Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton review – breathing new life into old texts
How one teacher wrestles meaning and relevance from classics of English literature It is a truth universally acknowledged that the books you studied at school are the ones that stick with you f...
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
An unreliable narrator keeps her husband and readers guessing; the welcome return of burned-out cop Jake Jackson; a multilayered family thriller; and a disturbing boarding school secret We don�...
Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love
A book its author ‘would much rather not have needed to write’ ranges far beyond his attempted murder and recovery 10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife A couple of nights bef...
Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick
He played cello for Allen Ginsberg, nearly joined Talking Heads and was sampled by Kanye West. Now the singular, genre-spanning Russell has the exhaustive study he deserves A secret hero of the...
Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve always been in labour movements – but I’m critical of identity politics’
The Booker shortlisted novelist on writing his first significant non-working-class character, the literary critics who inspired him and why he’s not on Facebook Continue reading...
Poet Jackie Kay: ‘I could have been brought up by Tories!’
The writer, who was adopted as a baby by Scottish communists, on her life in protest, facing racism in suburban Glasgow, and why her late parents are at the heart of her new collection The Scot...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/13/poet-jackie-kay-i-could-have-been-brought-up-by-tories
Where to start with: Patricia Highsmith
Thanks to Netflix’s moody adaptation, Ripley, there’s more awareness of Highsmith’s skills as an expert writer of guilt, ambivalence and moral dilemmas at odds with reality American novel...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/10/where-to-start-with-patricia-highsmith
Michael Magee: ‘There’s a disbelief at how I’ve ended up’
The Belfast novelist on moving between memoir and fiction in his prize-winning debut, turning down a spot on Granta’s best young British novelists list and why Lords of the Rings was his ‘gat...
‘I’d love a scathing review’: novelist Percival Everett on American Fiction and rewriting Huckleberry Finn
His work triumphed at the Oscars, but the Booker-shortlisted author isn’t interested in acclaim. He talks to the Guardian about race, taking on Mark Twain and why there’s nothing worse than p...
This month’s best paperbacks: Anne Enright, Sarah Bernstein and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from acutely observed novels to a laugh-out-loud memoir Continue reading...
Picture books for children – reviews
Bashful cats and lonely ponies stalk the pages of this month’s choices Whether slinky and serious or delightfully daft, cats tend to make great picture book stars. They may often excel as wit...
Helen Garner: ‘People would give me death stares in the street’
The novelist and nonfiction writer on her love of courtroom drama, the trials of cancel culture and why she wouldn’t have been a good psychoanalyst Helen Garner was born in Geelong, Australia...
‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’: Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author
The YA novelist talks about her early love of Tomb Raider, true crime and fangirling the cast of the BBC adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder A few minutes into our conversation, best...
Liu Cixin: ‘I’m often asked – there’s science fiction in China?’
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...
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
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...
Young adult books roundup – reviews
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 ...
The 100 best books of the 21st century
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
The 100 best nonfiction books of all time: the full list
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...
The 100 best novels written in English: the full list
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