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Kim Willsher
France’s far-right earthquake

Tue 27 Jan 2026

France’s far-right earthquake
Jeet Thayil
The Sunday Poem: Inheritance by Jeet Thayil

Sun 25 Jan 2026

The Sunday Poem: Inheritance by Jeet Thayil
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
When India was the seat of Islam

Fri 23 Jan 2026

When India was the seat of Islam
Anthony Cummins
The best debut novelists of 2026

Fri 23 Jan 2026

The best debut novelists of 2026
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from George Saunders to Jaipur literature festival

Thu 22 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from George Saunders to Jaipur literature festival
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha

Thu 22 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha
Anthony Cummins
George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil

Thu 22 Jan 2026

George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil
Tim Adams
Richard Flanagan: ‘Who do we love? How do we live? These questions haunt us’

Wed 21 Jan 2026

Richard Flanagan: ‘Who do we love? How do we live? These questions haunt us’
Tim Adams
Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’

Wed 21 Jan 2026

Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’
Olivia Ovenden
Confessions of a New England divorcee

Tue 20 Jan 2026

Confessions of a New England divorcee
Vanessa Thorpe
‘Make addictive algorithms illegal’, says world wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee

Mon 19 Jan 2026

‘Make addictive algorithms illegal’, says world wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee
Kathleen Jamie
Mineral

Sun 18 Jan 2026

Mineral
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Righting Wrongs by Kenneth Roth

Sat 17 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: Righting Wrongs by Kenneth Roth
Megan Nolan
The lost art of paying attention

Sat 17 Jan 2026

The lost art of paying attention
Carolina Unzelte
What to read to understand Venezuela

Sat 17 Jan 2026

What to read to understand Venezuela
Rutger Bregman

33 mins • S1, E1

Rutger Bregman
K Biswas
Will this book make you less racist?

Fri 16 Jan 2026

Will this book make you less racist?
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Hillary Clinton to the Beatles

Thu 15 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from Hillary Clinton to the Beatles
John Bew
Inside the White House situation room

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Inside the White House situation room
Lucy Popescu
Daniyal Mueenuddin and the making of 20th-century Pakistan

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Daniyal Mueenuddin and the making of 20th-century Pakistan
Tim Adams
Ian Leslie: ‘The Beatles are nice people to hang out with’

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Ian Leslie: ‘The Beatles are nice people to hang out with’
Stephanie Merritt
Love, loss and Salman Rushdie

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Love, loss and Salman Rushdie
Kitty Empire
Chapter books of the month: adventurers assemble

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Chapter books of the month: adventurers assemble
Laura Cumming
The fierce life of Louise Bourgeois

Wed 14 Jan 2026

The fierce life of Louise Bourgeois
Andrew McMillan
The Sunday Poem: burning car by Andrew McMillan

Sun 11 Jan 2026

The Sunday Poem: burning car by Andrew McMillan
Anthony Cummins
Julian Barnes’s search for an ending

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Julian Barnes’s search for an ending
Tim Adams
‘If you spend a lot of time with another creature, you sense another world’

Sat 10 Jan 2026

‘If you spend a lot of time with another creature, you sense another world’
Megan Nolan
Writers’ rules and how to break them

Fri 9 Jan 2026

Writers’ rules and how to break them
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Thu 8 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Caroline Crampton
A love letter to romance fiction

Thu 8 Jan 2026

A love letter to romance fiction
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from graphic novels to books on Bowie

Thu 8 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from graphic novels to books on Bowie
Killian Fox
The Crystal Vase by Astrid Goldsmith

Thu 8 Jan 2026

The Crystal Vase by Astrid Goldsmith
Alexander Larman
What to read to understand Bowie

Thu 8 Jan 2026

What to read to understand Bowie
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Gerald Murnane: ‘I think of my mind as a grassland or prairie’

Wed 7 Jan 2026

Gerald Murnane: ‘I think of my mind as a grassland or prairie’
Erica Wagner
The long history of American overreach

Wed 7 Jan 2026

The long history of American overreach
Blake Morrison
Pressed by Blake Morrison

Sun 4 Jan 2026

Pressed by Blake Morrison
Sophie McBain
The women who fought for justice over child custody

Sat 3 Jan 2026

The women who fought for justice over child custody
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Pelican Child by Joy Williams

Sat 3 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: Pelican Child by Joy Williams
Erica Wagner
Nonfiction to look out for in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

Nonfiction to look out for in 2026

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