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Books

  • ‘Forced the decisions on to authors’ … PEN America

    News
    Writers withdraw from PEN America literary awards in support of Gaza

  • Making its power felt … China

    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 people
  • Sunjeev Sahota

    Book of the day
    The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev Sahota review – the political is personal

    Sam Byers
    This story of a man running to be union leader in a small Derbyshire town explores grief, guilt and ideological divides
  • A screengrab from the trailer for "Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell"

    Biography books
    Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life by Richard King review – Village voice

    Sukhdev Sandhu
  • A stranded whale

    Fiction
    Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor review – a debut with dark undercurrents

    Jude Cook
  • Author Ana Paula Maia, who has won the Republic of Consciousness prize. *Crop out poorly photoshopped arm

    News
    Charco Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘gut-punch’ novel

  • Liz Truss

    Liz Truss
    Ten Years to Save the West review – shamelessly unrepentant

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What to read

  • Composite image of best paperbacks April 2024

    Paperbacks
    This month’s best paperbacks: Anne Enright, Sarah Bernstein and more

  • Making its power felt … China

    Five of the best
    Five of the best books to understand modern China

    • Read on

      100 best novels of all time
      From The Pilgrim's Progress to True History of the Kelly Gang

    • Books of the century so far

      The 100 best books of the 21st century

    • Composite for the 100 best nonfiction books of all time list

      100 best nonfiction books of all time
      From Naomi Klein to the Bible – the full list

Non-fiction reviews

  • Salman Rushdie.

    Memoir
    Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love

    Blake Morrison
  • Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life Richard King AR_8.1

    Music books
    Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick

    Kitty Empire
    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
  • Rooftop Beatles<br>30th January 1969: British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg's film documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, England. Drummer Ringo Starr sits behind his kit. Singer/songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) stands behind them. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images) white;format landscape;male;musical instrument;audio equipment;equipment;Music;Pop;Songwriter;Drummer;Guitarist;Film; P/BEATLES/1969;The

    Music books
    All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines review – from best man to muckraker

    Tim Adams
    In this ‘director’s cut’ of their 1983 book, which Paul McCartney burned, a former Beatles employee and a music writer appear preoccupied with stirring up scandal around the band’s split
  • International Friendly - England v Belgium<br>Soccer Football - International Friendly - England v Belgium - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - March 26, 2024 England's Jude Bellingham, Ivan Toney and Jarrod Bowen line up alongside mascots before the match REUTERS/Carl Recine

    Politics books
    Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story by Caroline Lucas review – the Green MP’s alternative vision

    Sunder Katwala
  • Cleveland Cavaliers James slam dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers during their NBA basketball game in Los Angeles<br>Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James slam dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers during their NBA basketball game in Los Angeles November 11, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES)

    Memoir
    There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib review – hoop dreams and home truths

    Raymond Antrobus
  • Zeinab Badawi, presenter of BBC World News, behind the desk in the World studio, 05/08/2008. (Photo by Jeff Overs/BBC News &amp; Current Affairs via Getty Images)

    History books
    An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi review – an insider’s take

    Simukai Chigudu
  • Reflection of a woman's face i

    Autobiography and memoir
    A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton review – anatomy of hypochondria

    Fiona Sturges
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Fiction & poetry reviews

  • A lightning strike over a church in Santorini, Greece.

    Thrillers of the month
    Crime and thrillers of the month – review

    Alison Flood
  • Lionel Shriver.

    Fiction
    Mania by Lionel Shriver review – we need to talk about stupidity

    Anthony Cummins
    The US author’s novel about a cancelled lecturer in a parallel dystopia that prizes ignorance is missing her usual verve
  • The author David Nicholls, sitting at a table.

    Fiction
    You Are Here by David Nicholls review – love is in the fresh air

    Alex Preston
    The One Day author’s new will-they-won’t-they tale, about two divorcees who find themselves walking the Lakes and Pennines, is a great comic novel – and superb on the landscape
  • Anoushka Warden.

    Fiction
    I’m F*cking Amazing by Anoushka Warden review – a filthily frank, funny and moving debut

    Bidisha Mamata
  • Niamh Mulvey

    Fiction
    The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey review – a deft saga of Ireland’s evolution

    Hephzibah Anderson
  • Rupert Thomson.

    Fiction
    How to Make a Bomb by Rupert Thomson review – a stark study of male rage

    Caleb Klaces
  • spooky house

    Science fiction roundup
    The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

    Lisa Tuttle
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Children's and YA books

  • Terrible Horses, by Raymond Antrobus and Ken Wilson-Max. PR pics from Walker Books - with words removed

    Children's book reviews round-up
    Picture books for children – reviews

    Imogen Carter
  • I’ll See You in Ijebu, illustrated by Diana Ejaita

    Children's book 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
  • Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dasnes

    Children's book reviews round-up
    Young adult books roundup – reviews

    Fiona Noble
    First crushes, Rachel Greenlaw’s YA debut and the story of an improbable affair will make your heart beat faster this month
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Interviews

  • ‘There is something ghostly about being adopted. A set of tiny details is not much to make into a whole person’ Jackie Kay.

    Poet Jackie Kay
    I could have been brought up by Tories!

  • Sunjeev Sahota<br>Booker prize nominee Sunjeev Sahota at home. Author of 'Our Are the Street,' ''China Room,' The Year of the Runaways,' and his latest novel 'The Spoiled Heart.'

    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
  • Percival Everett in his studio in LA March 11th 2024

    ‘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 preaching to the choir
  • Author Michael Magee for Q &amp; A, New Review, Trafalgar Square area, Central London, 18/03/2024. Sophia Evans for The Observer

    Michael Magee
    There’s a disbelief at how I’ve ended up

  • Holly Jackson.

    ‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’
    Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author

    Lucy Knight
  • Helen Garner<br>Helen Garner author portrait

    Helen Garner
    People would give me death stares in the street

    Rachel Cooke
  • ‘Like a rock star’ … Liu Cixin

    Liu Cixin
    I’m often asked – there’s science fiction in China?

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Regulars

  • Marian Keyes.

    The books of my life
    Marian Keyes: ‘Books have one shot to impress me and if you miss, you miss’

  • A wand pointing at a top hat with atoms coming out of it

    Big idea
    The big idea: are we about to discover a new force of nature?

    The wealth of emerging evidence suggest that physics may be on the brink of something big
  • Expertly mined human treachery … Patricia Highsmith.

    Where to start with
    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
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