Former PM’s first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameron’s memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair book Liz Truss’s book about her 49-day stint as prime minister sold 2,228 copies in t...
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Philip Pullman will help choose this year’s winners of award set up in memory of the keen young writer who died aged 13 in 2021 The Martha Mills young writers’ prize has opened for entries ...
An ungrammatical egg; a demystifying approach to death; 10 new poets to read aloud; and a stunning gothic mystery MY MOTHER’S TONGUES BY UMA MENON, ILLUSTRATED BY RAHELE JOMEPOUR BELL, WALKE...
The British-Ghanaian author on having his mind blown by Malorie Blackman as a child, the allure of John Williams’s Stoner and why Zadie Smith made him want to write MY EARLIEST READING MEMOR...
A social and economic revolution observed through the lives of four women in their 30s Yuan Yang, the former Financial Times China correspondent, has written an engrossing new book that meticu...
Broadcaster Richie Brave, whose ancestors were enslaved, says organisers should be ‘asking themselves some questions’ The Radio 1Xtra host Richie Brave has said the Booker prize should cons...
From James Baldwin to Sarah Waters, writers have been telling rich, nuanced LGBTQ+ tales for decades – here are some good titles to try Cinema listings seem to be stacked with films about que...
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This multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortune It’s often said that good luck is the result of good planning: you make your own. But ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/25/real-americans-by-rachel-khong-the-lottery-of-life
Jailed since the first intifada, Abu Srour charts a deeply personal journey through the conflict that has defined his life Attempts to end the violence in Gaza have focused on the exchange of ...
A woman searching for solitude runs into her sisters in this brilliant, brainy tale The Alternatives begins with a lecture on geological destruction. Olwen Flattery, a thirtysomething academi...
The fortysomething turned her wildest fantasy – about running off with a boyband member for hot sex in fabulous locations – into a bestseller. As it hits the screen, Lee talks about writing s...
The exhilarating story of an art fraudster’s downfall, by his former friend and partner In 2020 Inigo Philbrick was arrested by the FBI on the Pacific island of Vanuatu and brought to Manhatt...
A midlife couple take a hike through the Lake District in this witty and likable crowd-pleaser David Nicholls enjoys a bit of structural scaffolding. In his debut, 2003’s student romance Sta...
His uncensored journals disclose a messier, more sexual, complex figure – and reveal much about the process of writing In the late summer of 1917, following the first signs of the tuberculosi...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/24/diaries-by-franz-kafka-review-caught-in-the-act
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...
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...
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
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 former PM’s whingeing, unintentionally hilarious and scapegoating rant about the economy-crashing disaster of her time in No 10 is best read as a cautionary tale of hubristic zeal Three p...
A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disaster Enter the Faber/Observer/Graphica graphic short story prize 2024 ...
A promising first novel takes a jazzy, improvised journey with a young woman who has a sudden loss of hearing A good test of a writer is to take a high concept and stretch it. In The Hearing Te...
While the author’s account of the 2022 murder attempt is a courageous defence of free speech, it is also shot through with self-regard, making it a sometimes hard book to admire Twelve weeks ...
The novelist and critic on finding inspiration in her Twitter timeline, why she found the middle-aged man in her new book easier to write than his daughter, and how she learned her craft through ...
The Essex Serpent author on astronomy, her new novel Enlightenment and how her strict Baptist upbringing made its mark For weeks, Sarah Perry has been petitioning the heavens for a clear evenin...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/20/sarah-perry-the-essex-serpent-enlightenment
He performed at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding and was offered an MBE before he turned 30 – but the writer is ready to head in a more radical direction Who is George the Poet? A f...
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
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...
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...
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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
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...
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from acutely observed novels to a laugh-out-loud memoir Continue reading...
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...
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...
We would like to hear about the books you’ve particularly enjoyed this month As part of The Guardian’s “what we’re reading ” series, we would like to hear about the books you’ve par...
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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 ...
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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...
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