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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
Alex Preston
Fiction to look out for in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

Fiction to look out for in 2026
Erica Wagner
Nonfiction to look out for in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

Nonfiction to look out for in 2026
The Sunday Poem: Green by Josephine Balmer

Sun 28 Dec 2025

The Sunday Poem: Green by Josephine Balmer
Martha Gill
Libraries are essential to help us navigate the world

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Libraries are essential to help us navigate the world
Ben Okri
Scratching the Sky

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Scratching the Sky
Naomi Alderman
Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025

Thu 25 Dec 2025

Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025
Killian Fox
Portrait of the artist as a Hollywood icon

Wed 24 Dec 2025

Portrait of the artist as a Hollywood icon
Olivia Ovenden
Anne Enright: ‘I’m constitutionally averse to misogyny’

Wed 24 Dec 2025

Anne Enright: ‘I’m constitutionally averse to misogyny’
John Self
William Maxwell’s great American novel

Tue 23 Dec 2025

William Maxwell’s great American novel
Erica Wagner
The downfall of David Walliams can only be good news for children’s books

Sat 20 Dec 2025

The downfall of David Walliams can only be good news for children’s books
David Barnett
In search of the ghosts of Christmas past

Fri 19 Dec 2025

In search of the ghosts of Christmas past
Caitlin O'Kane
What to read to understand wit

Fri 19 Dec 2025

What to read to understand wit
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Patricia Lockwood to Henry Kissinger

Thu 18 Dec 2025

What to read this week, from Patricia Lockwood to Henry Kissinger
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Lord by Soraya Antonius

Thu 18 Dec 2025

Paperback of the week: The Lord by Soraya Antonius
Tom Gatti
The 25 best books of the century so far

Thu 18 Dec 2025

The 25 best books of the century so far
John Bew
The world according to Henry Kissinger

Thu 18 Dec 2025

The world according to Henry Kissinger
Lyse Doucet
The sisterhood that saved Afghanistan’s female judges

Thu 18 Dec 2025

The sisterhood that saved Afghanistan’s female judges
Ian Thomson
The great Italian escape

Wed 17 Dec 2025

The great Italian escape
Anna Leszkiewicz
Patricia Lockwood: ‘We’re due a return of weird literature’

Wed 17 Dec 2025

Patricia Lockwood: ‘We’re due a return of weird literature’
The best food books of 2025

Sun 14 Dec 2025

The best food books of 2025
Underhill by Lavinia Greenlaw

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Underhill by Lavinia Greenlaw

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