Fiction
Two Hours by Alba Arikha review – an impassioned tale of how life pummels and reshapes us
Navigating the extreme gap between a woman’s life and the one she imagined for herself, the writer’s third novel is concise, rigorous and heartbreaking
John Self
18, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv
The first in a series of crime mysteries by Ukraine’s most famous writer has a rattling plot and a torrent of enjoyable absurdities
Luke Harding
18, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM
In brief: Four Shots in the Night; The Kellerby Code; Masquerade – review
The gripping real-life story of the murder of a spy; a funny and chilling debut in hock to the Ripley books; and the definitive biography of Noël Coward
Alexander Larman
17, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Three doctors’ enduring bond is put to the test in former nurse Christie Watson’s thoughtful first thriller, while Abigail Dean dissects a school shooting in a month littered with big hitters
Alison Flood
17, Mar, 2024 @8:30 AM
The Rev Richard Coles: ‘I think my CV looks like the work of a fantasist’
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
Tim Lewis
16, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM
Tommy Orange: ‘My whole family has had problems with addiction, including myself’
The novelist talks about his hit debut There There, and the shocking historical discovery about his tribe that inspired his follow-up novel
Alex Clark
16, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM
Romantasy, AI and Palestinian voices: publishing trends emerge at London book fair
Future publishing priorities also included sustainability, neurodivergent protagonists and new retellings of Greek mythology
Ella Creamer
15, Mar, 2024 @6:32 PM
Kae Tempest: ‘I used to read David Icke. Imagine that’
The poet on being inspired by rappers, learning from Ursula K Le Guin, and the life-saving Leslie Feinberg
Kae Tempest
15, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood review – a quiet novel of immense power
This story of a woman retreating from the world to a convent in New South Wales considers guilt, forgiveness and human connection
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
15, Mar, 2024 @7:30 AM
Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting wins inaugural Nero book of the year prize
Irish author’s ‘suspenseful and linguistically astonishing’ fourth novel praised for its ‘great wit and humanity’ by judge Bernardine Evaristo
Ella Creamer
14, Mar, 2024 @7:30 PM
Five of the best books inspired by classic novels
It’s unsurprising that literary inspiration comes to writers – here are those who have taken homage to new heights
Sophie Ratcliffe
14, Mar, 2024 @2:39 PM
The Painter’s Daughters by Emily Howes review – Gainsborough’s girls
The spooky duality of private and public faces is explored in this compelling historical debut about the artist’s children
Imogen Hermes Gowar
14, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM
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