The bestselling author’s short-story collection introduces a beguiling cast of chancers, cheaters and cosseted husbands
Impressive recent arrivals include chauvinism in rural Ireland, Gen Z internet addiction and Kit Marlowe’s life reimagined
Rachel Khong explores the burdens of parental love in a saga that follows three generations of a family from China to the US
‘His self-containment and solitude had caught her eye, but it was his disapproval that seduced her.’ A story about art and money, containment and escape
Canadian Chekhov who compressed the epic complexity of the novel into just a few pages
Nicolas Padamsee’s subtle, satirical debut smartly explores the reasons frightened teenage boys become dangerous men
A thrilling examination of wealth and privilege during the pandemic — and a sharp dissection of the inner workings of the art world
The continuation of the Eilis Lacey saga is a moving, magnetic story of middle age and the pain of migration
Camilla Läckberg takes us back to her Christie-style Swedish village while Abir Mukherjee’s surprising move into blockbuster thrillers pays off
Swiss writer Ariane Koch’s debut novel offers a witty, folkloric perspective on immigration and identity
Kaliane Bradley’s time-travel novel moves and amuses with its mix of science fiction, romance and history
The writer and filmmaker rewrites the sex novel with a provocative exploration of sexuality in perimenopause
A modern makeover for Fleming’s spy and a reissue of a classic actioner — but little relief after the gulag
Modern writers are breathing new life — and fresh ghosts and monsters — into a genre that reflects on real-world nightmares
Corporate hypocrisy and the futility of hard graft are skewered in this novel on working culture in a fictional superstore
A novel about the building of the canal and the people whose lives were changed
A story of the lives and loves of four people in contemporary Essex broadens out into a dazzling exploration of science and religion
Michael Donkor’s story of a Black English teacher whose parents struggle to understand his sexuality is subtle and illuminating
The Booker nominee’s finely plotted new novel focuses on post-industrial politics in northern England, and also a great deal more
Rupert Thomson’s exceptional novel makes co-conspirators of his readers in the story of a history professor’s mid-life breakdown
This globe-hopping new novel is a bold study in human connection
Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s amnesiac narrator pieces together past and present in a radiant translation by Philip Roughton
Palestinian author Huzama Habayeb’s bittersweet love-letter of a book meshes the personal and political to moving effect
With immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing, some of the most thrilling fiction out there is being created in game form
The bestselling writer’s latest tale, You Are Here, will make you feel terrific
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