fiction

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: ‘Nothing like you’ll expect’
Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: ‘Nothing like you’ll expect’

Eleanor Catton’s long-awaited follow-up to The Luminaries is brilliantly written, but not nearly scathing enough

Brutes by Dizz Tate review: Disrupting the ‘missing girl’ trope
fiction

Brutes by Dizz Tate review: Disrupting the ‘missing girl’ trope

A bunch of misfits are dealing with the disappearance of a friend, and the messy business of being teenagers in Dizz Tate’s original debut

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol
novel

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol

Nicole Flattery’s debut novel puts her teenage misfit protagonist at the heart of the action in the Warhol studios, where she is drawn into his increasingly surreal world

Top 5 books about mystics and mysticism, chosen by Victoria MacKenzie
into the mystic

Top 5 books about mystics and mysticism, chosen by Victoria MacKenzie

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery
Books

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery

Advertisement
The Mountain in the Sea review: Ray Nayler’s ‘refreshing approach’ to alien first contact
debut novel

The Mountain in the Sea review: Ray Nayler’s ‘refreshing approach’ to alien first contact

Owlish review: ‘No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire’
Novel

Owlish review: ‘No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire’

Top 5 books about children and nature, chosen by CC Harrington
Books

Top 5 books about children and nature, chosen by CC Harrington

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres
fiction

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres

Cursed Bread review: ‘A world of surreal happenings’
fiction

Cursed Bread review: ‘A world of surreal happenings’

The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon’s novel spans decades and continents
historical fiction

The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon’s novel spans decades and continents

Top 5 books with odd couples, chosen by Simon Mason
recommended

Top 5 books with odd couples, chosen by Simon Mason

Really Good, Actually review: ‘A much-needed breath of fresh air’
unromantic comedy

Really Good, Actually review: ‘A much-needed breath of fresh air’

Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London
LGBTQ+

Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London

The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis’s return to form
Fiction

The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis’s return to form

Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
black humour

Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
review

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive
Books

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
Books

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
review

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

Advertisement
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: ‘Deliciously good’
Book review

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: ‘Deliciously good’

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: ‘Dreamlike and unsettling’
Book reviews

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: ‘Dreamlike and unsettling’

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: ‘Hopepunk’ novel imagines a positive future for humanity
Book reviews

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: ‘Hopepunk’ novel imagines a positive future for humanity

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Book reviews

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher