The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy review – flimsy extravaganza needs deeper thought
The madcap sci-fi tale is retold on a lavish scale, complete with in-show merch, but it never really blasts off
The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly review – horror, humanity and Dr Asperger
The reader grapples with fascism and complicity through the eyes of a mute autistic girl being treated during the second world war
£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migration
The Artist by Lucy Steeds wins Waterstones book of the year
The debut novel took the top prize while The Café at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please was named children’s book of the year
Service by John Tottenham review – comic confessions of a grumpy bookseller
Working in a bookshop while failing to write a novel, the narrator admits to being a ‘living cliche’ in this bitter black comedy
The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgård review – can this sprawling epic deliver on its promise?
In the fourth volume of the occult Morning Star cycle, a Faustian pact haunts a misanthropic artist who finds miraculous success
‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side
With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light
‘I knew I was doing something I shouldn’t’: Karl Ove Knausgård on the fallout from My Struggle and the dark side of ambition
The Norwegian author on his autofictional epic, moving to London, and the psychopath at the heart of his new novel
Sophie Hannah: ‘I gave up on Wuthering Heights three times’
The crime writer on actor Frances Farmer’s life-changing story of survival, her favourite self help and discovering Agatha Christie’s alter ego
Liars by Sarah Manguso audiobook review – livid tale of marriage gone awry
Rebecca Lowman narrates a superb, claustrophobia-inducing plunge into a relationship descending from bad to worse
The Hiding Place by Kate Mildenhall review – an edge-of-your-seat thriller that skewers the middle class
A group of friends buy an abandoned mining town in this satisfying crime novel with a satirical twist
Jeeves Again review – new Jeeves and Wooster stories by celebrity fans
This collection of new short stories about Bertie and his valet pays homage to the genius of PG Wodehouse – just in time for Christmas
Marina Lewycka obituary
Award-winning author whose novels, including her debut, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, united comic skills with serious themes
The Dinner Party by Viola van de Sandt review – a formidable debut
An intimate soiree builds to a horrific climax in this visceral novel about a young woman tasked with hosting a meal for her fiance
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft
The author of The Employees goes back to 17th-century Denmark for an intensely poetic portrait of everyday sorcery and female solidarity