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Every Holly Jackson Book, Ranked—From 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' to 'Not Quite Yet'

If you love Netflix's adaptation of her debut hit series, there's so much more worth reading.

Marie Claire · May 25

‘I want to bury it under a roundabout!’ Kim Noble on his unusual approach to promoting his graphic novel

The unsettling performance artist, who has made some electrifying stage shows in his time, is taking a leap into literature with an eye-opening book, In Pursuit of a Wonderful Nothing. Quite a hard sell, he thinks

The Guardian - UK · May 25

Whistler by Ann Patchett review – a saccharine story of reunion

A woman’s encounter with the stepfather she hasn’t seen for decades leads to a revived bond – but is it all too perfect?

The Guardian - UK · May 25

Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal

Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking’s papers in which he lamented that his son had ‘little initiative’

The Guardian - UK · May 23

What is missing from the Guardian’s 100 best novels list

Letters: Readers share their reflections on the best works of fiction in English, and ask whether popularity or lightheartedness disqualified books from consideration

The Guardian - UK · May 22

Fashion capital Paris was 'epicentre' of Epstein network, new book claims

France has launched two probes into the Jeffrey Epstein affair, looking at potential crimes committed in the country or involving French nationals tied to the late American sex offender. The author of a new book tells RFI how Paris, as a fashion capital, provided a "reservoir" of the very young…

Radio France Internationale · May 22

Keeping my dead wife’s books safe for our son helped me let go of guilt

Reading with him, I am reminded of the world of words his mother and I shared. I no longer feel so overwhelmed

The Guardian - AU · May 22

Roddy Doyle: ‘When you’re a Dublin writer, you’re inevitably asked about Joyce, and it’s tedious’

The Booker prize-winning novelist and screenwriter shares the tune he’d want played at his funeral and why he’d have a couple of pints with Charles Dickens but not three

The Guardian - AU · May 22

“I lost my virginity to Talk Show Host... I lost my virginity to the intro of Talk Show Host”: Harry Styles pays a very personal tribute to Thom Yorke as the Radiohead frontman is honoured at the Ivor Novello awards

There were also wins for Jacob Alon, Lola Young and Kae Tempest

MusicRadar · May 22

Maggie O’Farrell on how her many near-death experiences led to the writing of Hamnet: ‘Almost dying reconfigures you’

Author initially had hesitations about writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning adaptation of her 2020 novel

The Independent UK · May 22