Honey by Imani Thompson audiobook review – a darkly entertaining campus thriller
Racial and gender politics are woven into a clever tale of murder and morals at Cambridge
Long Wave by Daisy Johnson review – a sublime novel of motherhood and loss
Covering three generations, this tangled story of secrets, childhood, abandonment and care might be her best work yet
Queenie Is Working On It by Candice Carty-Williams review – a smart sequel to a breakout bestseller
Queenie’s ticking biological clock drives her chaotic misadventures in this sage and funny follow-up
No God But Us by Bobuq Sayed review – a buzzy and political queer love story
Two gay Afghan men find each other in Istanbul, in a much-hyped debut that fails to sustain the killer energy of its opening act
I had fallen out of love with fiction. Now I’m back in its arms – and relishing every minute
Novels were starting to seem like a thing of the past for me, until I found a book I couldn’t put down. Is there anything better, asks Zoe Williams
Raveheart by Graeme Armstrong review – ravers rebel in a Scottish political satire
A veteran techno DJ embarks on a campaign of civil disobedience in this passionate and at times hilarious tale of underground resistance
Father Alberto and the Flying Girl by Timothy X Atack review – a fable of medieval madness
A parish priest cares for the mentally afflicted in an absorbing tale that combines antic comedy with serious moral themes
Home is where the art is: the rise of the epic domestic novel
Writing about home life doesn’t have to be humdrum argues the author of Natural Disaster – just look at world-spanning ambitious works such as Ducks, Newburyport and All Fours
Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’
As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San Francisco Bay
Night Swimming by Sharon Kernot review – a sharp, sexy and tremendously satisfying thriller in verse
As in Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask, the form is perfectly suited to the story: of a sleep-deprived woman unravelling as she’s haunted by her past
Jane Yolen obituary
Author who wrote more than 400 books for adults and children and was praised for her inventive retellings of fairytales
Dooneen by Keith Ridgway review – uncanny visions of dark times in Dublin
Ireland is trembling with nascent social unrest in this labyrinthine tale of one man’s homecoming
‘Beautiful and terrifying’: the best American LGBTQ+ books, chosen by Samuel R Delany, Kaveh Akbar, Eileen Myles and more
From 20th-century classics to little-known treasures, queer authors share their favorite books about LGBTQ+ life
Kin by Tayari Jones review – a haunting tale of motherlessness
Two friends, united by their missing mothers, come of age in segregation-era America, in a cautionary tale about the limits of love
‘Grand and intimate’: Miles Franklin shortlisted novels grapple with profound questions of our time
Six writers in running for $60,000 prize, including first-time nominees Randa Abdel-Fattah, Steve MinOn, Konrad Muller and Sean Wilson