Dèy by Edwidge Danticat review – motherhood and trauma in Miami

The first novel in over a decade from the acclaimed Haitian-American author lacks the power of earlier works

Cherise Saywell wins national short story award for ‘tender’ tale of a child facing violence – read an extract here

The Edinburgh-based writer takes £15,000 prize for Ditto, a ‘beautifully told’ story about domestic abuse in a small Australian town

Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses

This tale of broken hearts and broken people moves from the Troubles of 1980s Northern Ireland to an unforgiving London of squats and payphones

Range by Dorthe Nors review – an astrophysicist at odds with reality

In the Danish writer’s latest novel, an eminent scientist withdraws to the countryside

‘I’d like to explain why I was such a monster back then’: six writers on the apologies they wish they’d made

From making life hell for a young teacher to doubting the motives of a caring foster mother, Olivia Petter, Derek Owusu, Annie Lord and other writers repent for past bad behaviour

‘We left Ireland because there wasn’t work – and we wanted to get the hell away’: Trespasses author Louise Kennedy

Her Troubles-set debut became a hit TV series starring Gillian Anderson. Now the novelist has returned to her teen years for a follow-up. She talks about her journey from chef to author, and how her cancer diagnosis inspired her to write

The Guardian view on the 2026 Booker shortlist: what it takes to be a man

Editorial: All the contenders for this year’s prize are a reflection of the crisis in masculinity

Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley; The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett; Cold Sunset by William Boyd; The Occidental Book of the Dead by T Geronimo Johnson and The Last Tenant by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty review – Big Little Lies sequel shoots for high drama but fails to deliver

At 400-plus pages, Moriarty’s follow-up is too long and offers too little reward, with menopause, vaping teens and even a stalker failing to raise the stakes

Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel review – alternate visions of post-crisis America

Is the price of stability necessarily the loss of freedom? Two possible future worlds are linked in the new novel from the author of Station Eleven

‘Why no female lead characters this year?’: The Guardian’s book team answered your Booker questions

This year’s shortlist for the Booker prize was announced last night. Our books editors answered your questions about the contenders, the judges and literary fiction

John Green got an astronomical following from his books. What came next? ‘I’m still competing for clicks’

Returning with his first-ever adult novel, the bestselling author reflects on fame, YouTube and his brother’s AI controversy

The Complex by Karan Mahajan review – a superb family saga set in Delhi

At once a grand sweep through history and a domestic novel of petty squabbles, this tale of corruption and betrayal is packed with drama

I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize

I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world