Research finds reading books has surged in lockdown
Survey of 1,000 people reports time spent with books has almost doubled, with thrillers and crime the favoured genres
Stanley Johnson lands book deal to republish virus thriller
The Virus, first published in 1982, will be reissued this summer after the PM’s father shrugged off accusations of cashing in on the coronavirus crisis
What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott review – breakup thriller
A Japanese man is paid to seduce a married woman
Extraction review – hokey, high-octane action thriller
Chris Hemsworth plays a super-tough mercenary on an all-guns-blazing mission to rescue a crime lord’s kidnapped son
In Brief: On Chapel Sands; Nobody Will Tell You This But Me – reviews
A gripping memoir by Laura Cumming along with a touching tribute to a Brooklynite grandmother
Got 150 hours? Great audiobooks to listen to on lockdown
From Ian McKellen reading Homer to Bill Bryson on the body, these audiobooks can expand your horizons, even when you can’t go out
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Murders linked to fictional killings, a bereaved parent seeking justice, marital tension spilling into obsession, and a strange disappearance in Sweden’s midsummer
Book clinic: Which thrillers and crime fiction will keep my teenager hooked?
From Agatha Christie to Anthony Horowitz, writer Peter Swanson recommends the best of classic and modern
Your coronavirus reading list: reader suggestions to bring joy in difficult times
From Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to Robert Macfarlane’s nature rambles, here are just some of your recommended reads for when things get tough – like a 14-day quarantine
Independence Square by AD Miller review – the orange revolution unpeeled
The former Moscow correspondent delves into Ukraine’s recent history for this classy thriller
Clive Cussler obituary
Prolific author of fast-paced thrillers, including Raise the Titanic!, featuring the adventure hero Dirk Pitt
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor review – intense and inventive
A remarkable murder mystery set in horror and squalor
The Invisible Man review – Elisabeth Moss brings murky thriller to life
A reliably committed lead performance ignites a mostly enjoyable, often timely, take on the HG Wells story that falls apart in the final act
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Boy meets girl in the woods, a wedding turns bloody, and two cold cases come dramatically back to life
Waiting for Anya review – soapy second world war melodrama
Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp stars in a gorgeous-looking but unemotional adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel