The viral sensation was incapacitated by a stroke, necessitating a new way of expressing himself

The French author attempts to use fiction to demystify the life of Hitler’s architect and confidant Albert Speer

Whether braving gales on a night ferry or joining early risers at a bakery, Richards’ engaging book illuminates the nocturnal workings of the nation

Banned in Iran, Parsipur’s novel about a makeshift family of women is timely and human – and revels in the unexpected

This biography paints a compelling portrait of the artist from poverty to riches in life – and neglect to reverence in death

In the Guatemalan writer's audacious work of autofiction, a stay at a Jewish holiday camp morphs into Nazi role play

Stripe’s immersive memoir of her Yorkshire upbringing breathes in the smells – sweet and foul – of a lifetime’s experience

The late Rachel Cooke anthologises the experience of female relationships in all their complexity

The French author brings chaotic energy and leftist politics to this tale of ragtag revolutionaries

The novelist on the myths of the Middle East, the horrors and wonders of history, and life at a Madrid museum

Rosenberg was raised to believe the state of Israel was a ‘blessing’, only for years of human rights abuses to convince him otherwise

When a tumour was discovered in Chris Power’s abdomen, the oncologist’s book became indispensable

Against the backdrop of a stifling polluted Delhi, two sets of siblings go to war over family inheritances

Roth spent three decades as head of Human Rights Watch. His record of past victories is also a warning for the future

A new edition of this mysterious and immersive novel reminds us why it is one of the greatest ever written

The real and fantastical merge in this landmark collection from an idiosyncratic American master of the short story

A sophisticated, still-relevant story of a Palestine struggling for independence

This strange and fascinating digital missive, co-authored with Ilya Gridneff, is powered by a manic, metatextual energy

The Australian neuroscientist puts forward his case for how we might achieve eternal life – but without sweating the philosophical stuff

The 2025 Goldsmiths prize winner is a fitfully brilliant tale set in the art world that blends the arcane with the mundane and the uncanny