Our pick of the best new releases
A gripping history of a working-class family, a puckish Peter Carey, and our books of the year
A gripping history of a working-class family, a puckish Peter Carey, and our books of the year
In “Game of Thrones”, a wall is a moral presence – and Robert Macfarlane’s favourite character
Was he “beyond psychiatric help” or the most significant English author of the past half-century?
Geert Mak’s journey through America, which captures a nation in decline
Three bright ideas that have become powerhouses of literacy and creativity
Never mind the plot – Jules Verne’s vision of the deep still delights
A Colombian novel of corrupted innocence is published in English more than 30 years after it was written
Outside France, very few people had heard of the new Nobel laureate in literature. He turns out to be excellent
