Books

James Robertson obituary
Writer, thinker and champion of green economics, monetary reform and new ways of looking at employment
Ed Mayo
06, Dec, 2023 @8:49 PM

Keats scholar finds that Roman police investigated poet before death
Official records show that the English poet’s landlady alerted Rome’s authorities to the 25-year-old’s illness months before he died from tuberculosis
Ella Creamer
06, Dec, 2023 @5:05 PM

Five of the best sport books of 2023
Elton John scores, Ronnie O’Sullivan delivers on cue, and ‘Bazball’ takes off in the year’s finest sportswriting
Emma John
06, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

Murdered journalist Dom Phillips’ unfinished book to be published in 2025
How to Save the Amazon: Ask the People Who Know will be completed by writers and environmentalists thanks to a grant from the Whiting foundation
Ella Creamer
06, Dec, 2023 @1:04 PM

Five of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2023
From the ocean bed to the stars and the multiverse, five novels to transport you
Adam Roberts
06, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM

Five of the best food books 2023
From life-changing recipes to a Caribbean journey: five mouthwatering favourites
Rachel Roddy
06, Dec, 2023 @7:30 AM

Best poetry books of 2023
Fresh takes on ancient Greece, Shakespeare and true crime are among this year’s standout collections
Rishi Dastidar
05, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

Best ideas books of 2023
From psychology to AI, pandemics to popular culture, we survey the bigger picture
Steven Poole
05, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM

Best crime and thrillers of 2023
A splendidly tricksy locked-room mystery, a fortune teller in Georgian high society and Indian mobsters make this year’s list
Laura Wilson
05, Dec, 2023 @7:30 AM

‘If only Harry were next in line, said a source close to Harry’ – Omid Scobie’s Endgame, digested by John Crace
The book that charts the royal race row has finally made it to British shores. Our parliamentary sketch writer assesses the damage
John Crace
04, Dec, 2023 @5:52 PM

Five of the best romance books of 2023
A bittersweet tale of young love, hotly awaited American fantasy, Jilly Cooper’s latest romp and more
Jenny Colgan
04, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

Poem of the week: from The Wrong Person to Ask by Marjorie Lotfi
A precisely observed picture of two young children caught up in a war zone – Gaza
Carol Rumens
04, Dec, 2023 @10:21 AM
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