Nightingale by Laura Elvery review – Florence Nightingale inspires a luminous historical novel
Elvery’s prose is both sensual and brutal in this richly imagined account of war, memory and the life of history’s most famous nurse
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn audiobook review – a life-changing journey
Facing homelessness and incurable illness, a couple sets out on a 630-mile hike in this lyrical memoir read by the author
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey review – this dystopia could have been extraordinary
Alternate political realities are compellingly explored in this sinister vision of a children’s home – but the echoes of Ishiguro are just too strong
‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker prize
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
Albion by Anna Hope review – Succession-style infighting
The funeral of an English aristocrat sets the scene for a battle over inheritance, in an ambitious tale of empire and historical privilege
Margaret Atwood’s 10 best books – ranked!
Ahead of the author’s much anticipated memoir, we count down the best of her books – from climate dystopias to her world-conquering handmaids
The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien review – a dazzling fable of migration
The adventures of great voyagers echo across centuries as a father and daughter flee from flooding in near-future China
‘I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy’: one man’s quest to translate War and Peace into ‘bogan Australian’
Melbourne man Ander Louis has translated hundreds of pages of the 19th century classic line by line to include Ford Falcons, wankers and drongos
A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst… What should win this year’s International Booker?
A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the contenders
‘My sadness is not a burden’: author Yiyun Li on the suicide of both her sons
As her memoir of losing her sons is published, the author talks about radical acceptance, and how writing fiction helped her to prepare for tragedy
The Guardian view on the Moomins at 80: in search of a home
Editorial: Tove Jansson’s magical stories provide a message of tolerance, inclusivity and hope for today’s refugee crisis
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Never Flinch by Stephen King; The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex; Heartwood by Amity Gaige; The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster; The Search for Othella Savage by Foday Mannah
Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher wins Dylan Thomas prize with ‘audacious’ novel The Coin
£20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to story ‘tackling trauma and grief with bold and poetic moments of quirkiness and humour’
I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena review – a delicious tale of literary deception
An ambitious young writer tells a white lie to land a scoop in this dazzling debut interrogating the ethics of writers
Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway audiobook review – a new Smiley from le Carré’s son
Perfectly emulating the tone of his father’s spy novels, this cold war tale also benefits from Simon Russell Beale’s impeccable reading