Death in the countryside
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, the youngest winner of the International Booker Prize, discusses grief and memory.
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The coming avalanche: why the pandemic has shaken the book world
This year, 210 titles were held back until September, causing chaos for publicity teams and bookshops, and leaving authors disappointed.
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David Mitchell’s Utopia Avenue: a band Bildungsroman in the Swinging Sixties
The novel begins in 1967, in the clubs of London's psychedelic music scene, as the band find their groove amid…
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Daisy Johnson’s atmospheric horror novel, Sisters
The Booker-shortlisted author's second novel captures the pull of an obsessive relationship.
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The economic argument against insecure, low-paid work
In his new book, Gene Sperling shows how paying living wages and giving people agency over their lives can create…
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Illusions of grandeur: writers in awe of their own conjuring tricks
The latest novels by Graham Swift and Daniel Kehlmann take the conceit of literature as "rough magic" about as far…
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NS Recommends: new books from Helen Macdonald, Vincent Bevins and Loyd Grossman
Macdonald's Vesper Flights, Bevins's The Jakarta Method and Grossman's An Elephant in Rome.
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Jonathan Sacks’s vision of community
In his new book Morality, the former chief rabbi lays out his thoughts on populism, identity politics and the decline…
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