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
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
‘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
Five of the best books about eating
From a pioneering 1940s ‘gastrography’ to a recent novel about a real-life 18th-century French peasant cursed with an appetite to eat just about everything