The Latest Breaking News on Books

The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen

Ibrahima Balde’s desperate journey to find his brother should make for essential theatre, but this production lacks the emotional intensity of the book

From Marx to Piketty, a sprawling but marvellously lucid overview of capitalism’s naysayers

Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End

Alternate political realities are compellingly explored in this sinister vision of a children’s home – but the echoes of Ishiguro are just too strong

All children and families should have access to high-quality books that are ‘representative of the contemporary UK’, a report says.

The 12 short stories, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, follow the lives of ordinary women living in southern India

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more than 30 years, chronicling the everyday lives and struggles of women in southern India

Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 award

Despite a busy schedule of international travel and campaigning, former President Joe Biden repeatedly offered to testify at his son Hunter's trial in June 2024.

Late-night hosts discuss CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book on Biden’s mental decline, and Trump attacks Taylor Swift on Truth Social