The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters
The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by trauma
‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’
The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains why
Newly released letters reveal JD Salinger’s wariness over ‘second-rate reviewers’
Exclusive: Author asked to remove reference to his ‘Jewish-Irishness’ from book jacket of The Catcher in the Rye
The Body Builders by Albertine Clarke review – a compelling debut of mental meltdown
A young woman’s dissociation from reality and her road to recovery are vividly rendered in this striking novel
David Malouf will always be one of the world’s great writers. I will always be grateful to him
Malouf’s astounding talent was to remain lucid and attentive in his language, while imbuing his worlds with a sensuality that was subtle but deeply felt
Mantle by Romy Ash review – an exquisitely wild and exhilarating vision of the near future
Thirteen years after her celebrated debut, the author returns with a bizarre, evocative work that merges science and the surreal
Double Indemnity review – leaden drama turns crime classic into a very cold case
James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edge
David Malouf, Australian author of Remembering Babylon and Ransom, dies aged 92
Acclaimed Brisbane-born writer was known for his work exploring his own childhood, great myths and colonial Australia
Susan Choi and Lily King shortlisted for Women’s prize for fiction
The US writers join four debut authors in demonstrating ‘the complexity and beauty of the female experience’, said chair of judges Julia Gillard
The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis review – one of the boldest writers at work in English today
This fable-like novella about technologies of illusion and a life-changing friendship in Mexico City is enchanting
See You on the Other Side by Jay McInerney review – the clumsy finale of a classic New York series
The bright young things of 1992’s Brightness Falls are now in their 60s in this verbose, clunky novel that seems more interested in lifestyle than inner lives
From Manifesto to Mr Loverman: Bernardine Evaristo’s best books – ranked!
From the secret gay life of a British-Caribbean man to that controversial shared Booker win, the author has blazed a trail across the literary landscape. Here are seven of her top titles
The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard
The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work
Son of Nobody by Yann Martel review – Life of Pi author discovers a long-lost poem from Troy
An epic poem about the Trojan war is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it in this ambitious, structurally problematic novel
My Phantoms author Gwendoline Riley on winning $175,000: ‘It was unimaginable. I felt overwhelmed.’
Renowned for her darkly funny novels exploring failed relationships, the writer has been awarded the Windham‑Campbell prize for a body of work. She explains why it will change her life – if not her outlook