Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
Big Swiss book cover
Comic novel

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?
Monsters book cover
Problematic art

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw
Illustration of a pink orchid
Nature

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw

Martin Amis: 'The past gets bigger but the future shrinks'
Martin Amis at the The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, in October 2010.
from the archive

Martin Amis: 'The past gets bigger but the future shrinks'

Top 5 Books featuring carnivorous plants, chosen by Natasha Calder
Venus fly trap plant
Horror plantlife

Top 5 Books featuring carnivorous plants, chosen by Natasha Calder

How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world
the other renaissance illustration
History

How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review: A dance between the cracks 
Fiction

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review: A dance between the cracks 

19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories
fiction

19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories

Davina McCall’s Menopausing crowned Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2023
Davina McCall with co -author Dr Naomi Potter win Book of the Year at The British Book Awards 2023 ceremony, at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London.
Awards

Davina McCall’s Menopausing crowned Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2023

What photo wallets tell us about the history of photography
Illustration of woman taking photo
Cultural history

What photo wallets tell us about the history of photography

Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
Assorted book covers
British Book Awards

Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading

Top 5 books about portal adventures for under-12s, chosen by Ben Miller
Ben Miller leaning against a bookcase
Children's books

Top 5 books about portal adventures for under-12s, chosen by Ben Miller

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway review: A visionary piece of speculative fiction
Titanium Noir
Fiction

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway review: A visionary piece of speculative fiction

The Funeral Cryer review: Subtle examination of social expectations in rural China
Funeral Cryer cover
Fiction

The Funeral Cryer review: Subtle examination of social expectations in rural China

Human Sacrifices review: As brutal as the name implies
Human Sacrifices cover
Short stories

Human Sacrifices review: As brutal as the name implies

Top 5 books on Restoration Britain, chosen by Jack Jewers
Charles II in robes
British history

Top 5 books on Restoration Britain, chosen by Jack Jewers

From feral to floof ball: The incredible evolution of cats
Illustration of a cat shaped sofa
Evolution

From feral to floof ball: The incredible evolution of cats

Patricia Wants to Cuddle review: Spine-tingling moments of mystery
Patricia Wants to Cuddle cover
Fiction

Patricia Wants to Cuddle review: Spine-tingling moments of mystery

Generations on, making peace with the trauma of my past
A typewriter and a photo of a German in Nazi uniform
Generational trauma

Generations on, making peace with the trauma of my past

Top 5 poetry collections on climate change, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
Climate change: Arid landscape beside a field of flowers
tackling crisis

Top 5 poetry collections on climate change, chosen by Rishi Dastidar