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
Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom
Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’
Emma Jane Unsworth: ‘I blush when I think of Miranda July’s All Fours. I became a changed woman’
The author of Slags on Patricia Highsmith, Judy Blume and her lifelong reaction to Yeats
The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; The Incandescent by Emily Tesh; Land of Hope by Cate Baum; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett
Gunk by Saba Sams review – boozy nights and baby love
The Send Nudes author’s follow-up conveys a profound message about the insufficiency of the nuclear family