‘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
A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi review – a fable about self-mythology
This gloriously absurd Prague-set tale, in which one woman is split into seven selves, is a wild ride
Abi Daré wins the inaugural Climate fiction prize
Daré accepted the £10,000 prize for her latest novel, And So I Roar, the follow-up to her bestselling debut The Girl with the Louding Voice
Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick review – hope at the end of the world
An evocative debut charts the journey of a group of travellers as they seek refuge in the wake of an unstoppable pandemic
‘Eerie gem’ of an unearthed Graham Greene story published in Strand Magazine
A ghost story – unusual subject matter for the late author of political thrillers – features alongside little-known Ian Fleming story
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong review – heartbreak and hope
The follow-up to On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a tale of precarity and connection in smalltown Connecticut
Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth review – a riotous roadtrip
Two sisters reckon with their past selves and the muddles of midlife in a comic tale of secrets, desire and ferocious loyalty
Nevermoor’s Jessica Townsend on frantic fans, her fantasy smash hit – and feeling ‘gutted’ by JK Rowling
The latest book in Townsend’s bestselling children’s series is out amid a surge in anti-trans rhetoric. But she remains committed to making sure her millions of readers all ‘know they have a place in Nevermoor’
Given up on reading? Elif Shafak on why we still need novels
Recent studies suggest we’ve fallen out of love with reading – but the more chaotic our times, the deeper is our need to slow down and read fiction
‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous made him a literary superstar. Now the Vietnamese American author is exploring his working-class roots in an ambitious follow‑up