Jerry Brotton takes an intriguing look at the cardinal directions and what they tell us about the Earth and its inhabitants
Flawed characters and toxic chemicals are woven together in Louise Erdrich’s story of three families in a Dakota farming community
The Nobel laureate cements her reputation as one of the great storytellers of our age
Brigid Schulte makes a convincing case for a drastic overhaul of the way we earn a living
The author charts her decades-long quest — via co-working hell — to a bolt-hole above a mews house
Alan Moore starts a five-part series set in the capital, plus a mixed-bag 1970s anthology and a lavish Michael McDowell reissue
Whether you’re looking to impress friends with leatherbound classics, or conjuring up a witchcraft reading room, Ultimate Library can help
Historian Keith Lowe takes a rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism
Three new books on the US look at the Clinton decade, the rise of conspiracies and the existential threat of November’s presidential election
His first collection was a poignant tribute to the London community in which he grew up; his second is about partying. What’s behind the Nigerian-British writer’s change of tune?
The business of femtech, taming artificial intelligence, and personal efficiency for the 2020s
The Irish writer’s keenly intelligent new novel swaps her formidable female leads for two brothers summoned together by grief
Diarmaid MacCulloch’s thrilling book explores the complexities and contradictions of biblical scholarship and its changing interpretations
An uneven collection of writing by the Spanish filmmaker veers from deep personal reflection to cartoonish absurdity
Sonia Purnell’s supremely enjoyable biography views the socialite’s life through a new and sympathetic lens
Judges of the £30,000 annual prize select the year’s most compelling and enjoyable title
The author has turned his back on Fancy Coffee Places and started working in less salubrious establishments — and the words flow
An international study of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa
A travel writer is drawn into a world of espionage from Congo to the eastern bloc in this portrait of a vanished era
Some big names missing from a final six that includes the largest number of female authors in the fiction prize’s history
Exciting first novels cover themes from America’s racial divide to writing as therapy — and riding to the rescue in the Iraqi desert
‘Want’, an anthology of sexual fantasies collected by Gillian Anderson, and Helen King’s scholarly ‘Immaculate Forms’ continue the boom of sex-positive books by female writers
France’s most famous and controversial writer on Trump, Ukraine and what he believes lies behind the rise of the far right
On the 50th anniversary of her bestselling novel La Storia, we remember a writer inextricably linked to Italian political history
The author’s latest book, inspired by the intimate diaries kept by his mother, Elaine, is arguably his most mature novel yet
