Author of sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem – newly serialised by Netflix – on ‘the greatest uncertainty facing humanity’ and how finding a secret copy of a Jules Verne novel inspired his career
Survivors’ stories provide gritty testament to the moral confusion of life in the aftermath of atrocity in the Pulitzer-nominated Native American’s eye-opening second novel
Soon-to-be ex-wives kill time in Reno in an evocative period tale; a TV writer ponders beauty and attraction in a nuanced romance; and a woman uncovers her family history through gardening with her mother
Three girlhood friends grow into the worlds of art, tech and activism and on towards a divisive, fascist-run nightmare in the American writer’s ambitious follow-up to The Leavers
A north London man of letters slides down the social ladder in the novelist’s pitch-perfect tragicomedy of manners whose cast list connects the capital’s many worlds, from a hip-hop-loving hacker to a wealthy activist
The Suede bassist and author on writing without a safety net, terrifying himself for his next novel and which of the Thursday Murder Club books – by his brother Richard – he likes best
Are we living through the end times? Dorian Lynskey contemplates the books and films that turn our fears into entertainment, and asks why each generation is so drawn to the idea that they will be the last