Michael Rosen: ‘My comfort read? Great Expectations’
The author on his obsession with James Joyce, an early love of German folk stories and the comforts of Charles Dickens
The Every by Dave Eggers review – big tech is watching you
This dystopian Silicon Valley sequel is witty, but the satire is underpowered
Wild Place by Christian White review – ‘Satanic panic’ thriller leans on tired tropes
The Clickbait co-creator’s latest crime fiction explores moral panic and malevolent forces in small-town Australia, but is let down by crudely drawn characters
Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić review – a life displaced
This autobiographical novel about a family’s flight from the war that tore Yugoslavia apart considers boyhood, family and endurance
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett review – a reckoning with loss
The American author’s memories of her parents and her early years as a writer are recalled in a collection of warm and affectionate eulogies
Top 10 books about Calcutta
From Jhumpa Lahiri to Amit Chaudhuri, these novels and histories portray a teeming, paradoxical city – and its diaspora – that is a world unto itself
Too much bosom: why The Wheel of Time is far from ‘great for women’
Rosamund Pike, who stars in Amazon Prime’s forthcoming take on Robert Jordan’s fantasy series, says his female characters are role models. Really?
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles review – an all-American road trip
Two teenagers pursue a stolen car in this folksy 50s-set novel from the author of A Gentleman in Moscow
Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love by Huma Qureshi review – a fine debut
In this first collection, sweetly domestic stories are complicated when characters confront hidden wounds
Bill Nighy to narrate Terry Pratchett’s footnotes in new Discworld recordings
The actor will bring Pratchett’s ‘personal commentary’ to life in a star-studded re-recording of all 40 Discworld audiobooks, featuring narrators from Indira Varma to Andy Serkis
In brief: The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism; The Manningtree Witches; The City of Mist
An impassioned polemic from John Barnes; historical fiction with contemporary relevance; and a parting shot from Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi review – all aboard the mystery train
A couple’s romantic journey turns into a trip of a different sort in this dazzling if inscrutable novel
Wilbur Smith obituary
Bestselling author of adventure novels with African settings such as When the Lion Feeds and The Sunbird
Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love by Huma Qureshi review – tales of everyday tragedy
Young women of Pakistani heritage struggle to connect with their partners and mothers in an evocative and striking collection
Bed-hopping, martinis and self-loathing: inside Patricia Highsmith’s unpublished diaries
From her carefree 20s and countless affairs, to literary success and later-life bigotry and rancour, the author’s extraordinary diaries reveal a woman determined to chart her own course