Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading rates
Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in attempt to widen access to quality fiction
The End of Everything by M John Harrison review – near-future visions from an SF master
This bleak but brilliant tale of enigmatic alien entities and slow social collapse exposes the terrifying insecurity of life right now
Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer review – fun in the Tuscan sun
The Pulitzer-winning author of Less has crafted a breezy confection of fish-out-of-water wit, insecurity and self-discovery set in an Italian paradise
Readers’ top 100 novels of all time
After authors and critics chose their top 100 novels, we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here are the titles that made your list – topped by a new entry at number 1
Move over Middlemarch! Readers’ top 100 novels
After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels of all time, we asked readers to choose their favourites. Thousands of votes came in from around the world ... which books did you choose that were missing from the original list, and what has pushed George Eliot off the top spot?• See the top 100 here
Best Australian books out in June: a buzzy novel, gripping nonfiction and an extremely unusual debut
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
The Children by Melissa Albert review – intriguing fairytale of creativity’s dangers
In her first novel for adults, the YA author explores the dark side of writers who fictionalise their children’s lives
The Ruiners by Ellena Savage review – a playful and subversive take on Great Expectations
In her sharp and intellectual first novel, the author finds tragic comedy in socialism, inequality and the flawed ways we connect as the world burns
Dina Nayeri: Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hiding
The Persepolis author understood us and translated us for the world. We have lost our most eloquent spokesperson
Dominion by Addie E Citchens review – Women’s prize-shortlisted portrait of patriarchy’s horrors
The violence of male entitlement is embodied in the charismatic son of a Mississippi pastor, in a sharp portrait of cruelty and inheritance
Maureen Duffy obituary
Poet, playwright and novelist who fought hard for gay rights and the welfare of her fellow authors
James Ellroy: ‘It’s satanic to me, the dependency people have on computers’
The outspoken crime novelist talks about his provocative new book, his hatred of technology and why the film adaptation of LA Confidential is a ‘turkey’
Wimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan Salam review – an electric debut set on Manchester’s Curry Mile
Written in breathless multilingual prose, this coming-of-age meets state-of-the-nation novel is an incredible literary performance
My Only Boy by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – a darkly funny near-future dystopia
A surprising romance is set against a backdrop of climate crisis, political instability and corporate corruption in this bleak but witty novel
I devoured classic novels as a teenager. In a world of distractions, can I relearn how to read them?
In less than a decade, surrounded by screens, I lost my ability to read some of the best books ever written. But, inspired by the Guardian’s 100 best novels list, I was determined to get it back