Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran review – a damning indictment of Australia’s refugee policy
The Miles Franklin winner has somehow created a novel that feels warm and generous even when provoking feelings of discomfort and shame
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru review – art monsters
From the galleries and squats of 90s London to Covid-era New York, a tale of fame and fallout
Story by Rod Serling, Twilight Zone creator, published after 70 years
Daughters of TV great write introductions to First Squad, First Platoon, a story of war in the Pacific released by Strand Magazine
Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna review – a love letter to London under pressure
The precarity and dreams of thirtysomething Londoners are adroitly explored in this tender portrait of contemporary queer life
The Guardian view on YA literature: an adventure for teenagers, a comfort blanket for adults
Editorial: A new survey revealing that three-quarters of readers of books for teens are over 18 has one message: read anything you like – but read
Sufferance by Charles Palliser review – a well-crafted, slow-burning novel
The Quincunx author’s sixth book, the story of a family in crisis under an tyrannical regime, is exquisitely plotted and satisfying
Glass Houses; The Paris Trilogy; How to Build Impossible Things – reviews
Love, class and Welsh nationalism fuel a menacing literary romance; Colombe Schneck’s meditations on womanhood and teenage pregnancy are electrifying; and an elite craftsman is full of great advice
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud review – an epic novel of life and death in 1950s Trinidad
Four women tell of the rise and fall of a notorious real-life mobster in this evocative second novel from the Costa prize winner
‘My favourite book of the year so far’: the best Australian books out in May
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
Rebecca F Kuang: ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’
The author of bestseller Yellowface on her agent’s fears about publishing the novel, the joys of a social media purge and being a workaholic who gets bored easily
‘I can say things other people are afraid to’: Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump
At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House
‘It really isn’t good enough’: crime novel of the year award criticised for entirely white longlist
Authors including Dreda Say Mitchell, Harriet Tyce and Sarah Pinborough have expressed disapproval of the Theakston Old Peculier award – one of the UK’s most prestigious crime-writing prizes
Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan review – heartbreak in war-torn Sri Lanka
Shortlisted for the Women’s prize, this epic account of a country and a family torn apart combines the intimacy of a memoir with the urgency of reportage
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review – a seriously fun sci-fi romcom
A bureaucrat in near-future London finds love with a Victorian Arctic explorer in a thrilling debut that takes a deep dive into human morality
Paul Auster obituary
Author of The New York Trilogy who conjured up a world of wonder and happenstance, miracle and catastrophe