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Books

  • Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson in the 2015 film adaptation of Brooklyn.

    Book of the day
    Long Island by Colm Tóibín review – happy ever after?

    Clare Clark
  • A sevengill shark in the Great African Sea Forest.

    Science and nature books
    Amphibious Soul by Craig Foster – natural narcissist

    Charlie Gilmour
  • Internet love in My First Book.

    Fiction
    My First Book by Honor Levy review – extremely online

  • Ian Penman.

    News
    Ian Penman’s ‘glittering’ book about Fassbinder wins Ondaatje prize

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What to read

  • Composite image of best paperbacks May 2024

    Paperbacks
    This month’s best paperbacks: Richard Osman, Rebecca F Kuang and more

  • Alice Munro

    Five of the best
    Five of the best Alice Munro short stories

    • 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

  • A cat at the Paphos archaeological site.

    History books
    Cypria by Alex Christofi review – island records

    Steven Poole
  • A helicopter carrying Taiwan flag flies over a military camp in 2021.

    History books
    The Struggle for Taiwan by Sulmaan Wasif Khan review – dire straits

    Charlie English
    How superpower rivalry and diplomatic failures have turned the island into the world’s riskiest flashpoint
  • Prince performs live in California in 1985.

    Essays
    Like Love by Maggie Nelson review – music, passion and friendship

    Lara Feigel
    Vibrant essays from the author of The Argonauts touch on art, inspiration, and many of the central dilemmas of our times
  • FILES-FRANCE-ITALY-ECONOMY-US-VIRUS-EU-HEALTH<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 19, 2019 US economist Joseph Stiglitz takes part in a press conference on the theme "Taxes on multinational companies : a revolution for tomorrow ?" in Paris. - Stiglitz judged in an interview with AFP that the European Union should have adopted a device comparable to its mega-stimulus plan since the debt crisis in 2010 and warned against a return to austerity policy. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP) (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)

    Economics
    The Road to Freedom by Joseph Stiglitz review – against Hayek

    Gavin Jackson
  • Identical twins Celia and Mamaine Paget.

    Biography books
    The Quality of Love by Ariane Bankes review – delicious portrait of the Paget twins

    Rachel Cooke
  • Diane Abbott (centre) and other MPs in 1987.

    Politics books
    The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the legacy of the radical left

    Joe Moran
  • george the poet, hands together, looking up

    Autobiography and memoir
    Track Record by George the Poet review – Black artistry and home truths

    Michael Donkor
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Fiction & poetry reviews

  • Borders are fenced and patrolled in The Other Valley.

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

    Lisa Tuttle
  • Migrants board a smuggler's boat near Dunkirk, in an attempt to cross the English Channel.

    Fiction
    Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten review – a madcap satire on the refugee crisis

    Yagnishsing Dawoor
    A nurse battles to give a dead Somali refugee a dignified burial as the English police set out to retrieve his body and cover up their crime
  • gallery pictures

    Fiction
    Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru review – art monsters

    Sandra Newman
    From the galleries and squats of 90s London to Covid-era New York, a tale of fame and fallout
  • London is sweltering in Evenings and Weekends.

    Fiction
    Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna review – a love letter to London under pressure

    Madeleine Feeny
  • Rowland Bagnall

    Poetry book of the month
    Near-Life Experience by Rowland Bagnall review – the time traveller’s life

    Kate Kellaway
  • Ingrid Persaud, author of The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh.

    Fiction
    The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud review – an epic novel of life and death in 1950s Trinidad

    Lucy Popescu

  • Fiction
    Sufferance by Charles Palliser review – a well-crafted, slow-burning novel

    John Self
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Children's and YA books

  • Detail from The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found by Jordan Lees.

    Children's book reviews round-up
    The best new chapter books

    Kitty Empire
  • The Magic Callaloo by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Sophie Bass.

    Children's book roundup
    The best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
    An ungrammatical egg; a demystifying approach to death; 10 new poets to read aloud; and a stunning gothic mystery
  • 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
    Bashful cats and lonely ponies stalk the pages of this month’s choices
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Interviews

  • OBserver Books<br>Author pic - Deborah Levy photographed at Gokyuzu restaurant, in Green Lanes, N4.

    Deborah Levy
    Writing and swimming help each other

  • Colm Tóibín.

    ‘This is much more intimate’
    Colm Tóibín on writing a sequel to Brooklyn, 15 years on

    The Irish author on the follow-up to his bestselling novel, being blanked at the Oscars and the joys of giving up drinking
  • Ponomarenko in Kyiv’s Independence Square

    ‘I have my iPhone, X and a brain in my head’
    Ukrainian journalist and social media star Illia Ponomarenko

    Ahead of the publication of his raw account of the Russian invasion, the reporter talks about capturing the conflict in real time – and when the war will come to an end
  • Kaliane Bradley

    ‘It was just so much fun’
    The Ministry of Time author Kaliane Bradley

  • Margaret Atwood

    ‘I can say things other people are afraid to’
    Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump

  • R. F. Kuang - Portraits - Boston MA - 21 Mar 2023<br>Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.

    Rebecca F Kuang
    I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion

  • Moses McKenzie is an author of Caribbean descent and grew up in Bristol, where his first two novels were set. His debut, An Olive Grove in Ends which Moses wrote at the age of twenty-one, was shortlisted as a Guardian Novel of the Year 2022. His second novel, Fast by the Horns will be published in spring 2024. Moses McKenzie is photographed in Nottingham, England.

    Moses McKenzie
    Reading Ulysses my first thought was, man’s taken a lot of drugs

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Regulars

  • Leïla Slimani.

    The books of my life
    Leïla Slimani: ‘Salman Rushdie’s books made me feel I could become a writer’

  • Elia Barbieri - The Guardian Saturday - Big Idea - 11th May - Do we need to reimagine progress -01

    Big idea
    What does progress look like on a planet at its limit?

    Putting endless growth above our wellbeing and the environment is no longer viable
  • Franz Kafka.

    Where to start with
    Where to start with: Franz Kafka

    Inscrutable bureaucracy and monstrous insects may not sound immediately appealing, but once you’re lost in Kafka’s world you won’t want to escape
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You may have missed

  • flowers

    Should plants be given rights?
    What new botanical breakthroughs could mean

  • Paul Auster.

    Paul Auster remembered
    A literary voice for the ages

  • Photo of Franz Kafka on his grave at the New Jewish Cemetery, Prague.

    Franz Kafka
    What we learn about Kafka from his uncensored diaries

  • Olivia Laing garden for Books

    Safe haven or symbol of injustice?
    What our gardens tell us about the world we live in

    Olivia Laing
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