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Roth spent three decades as head of Human Rights Watch. His record of past victories is also a warning for the future
Saturday, 17 January 2026
Three books to make sense of the turbulent Latin American nation
The psychologist Evelyn Carter says we must reject the ‘false comfort’ of colourblindness
Friday, 16 January 2026
A new poem from the former makar of Scotland
Sunday, 18 January 2026
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk
Thursday, 15 January 2026
This Is Where the Serpent Lives is an excoriating epic of class and power on a family-run farm
Young heroes travel through time, battle natural disasters and resist the Nazis
The author on his love affair with Lennon and McCartney, and rediscovering his writing mojo
Knife-Woman, the first major biography of the sculptor, fails to capture her furious genius
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
The novelist says Departure(s) is his last book, and claims it’s a true story – but with Barnes nothing is certain
Saturday, 10 January 2026
Elizabeth McCracken and Lydia Davis offer their smart and pithy takes on demystifying the creative process
Friday, 9 January 2026
A new piece by the award-winning poet and author of physical
Sunday, 11 January 2026
Thursday, 8 January 2026
In Love With Love makes an impassioned case for the value of a much-maligned genre
Three books that explore the life, literary tastes and larkiness of the enigmatic starman
A moving and funny family memoir from The Observer graphic short story prize-winner
A new edition of this mysterious and immersive novel reminds us why it is one of the greatest ever written
Made in America shows that Trump’s brutish imperialism is nothing new
Wednesday, 7 January 2026
The Australian novelist on imaginary horse racing and why Tolstoy should have been arrested for War and Peace
The real and fantastical merge in this landmark collection from an idiosyncratic American master of the short story
Saturday, 3 January 2026
