Fiction
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The Forrest Gump star has turned his hand to short fiction with a collection of 17 tales, all themed around his passion for typewriters
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Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them
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Patricia Highsmith is involved with a married woman in this fascinating fictional biography of the late writer
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The darkness of the Greek legends chimes perfectly with the world’s troubled times, inspiring new novels, short stories and even a TV drama
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The author recalls her youthful dreams of a Turner prize victory and the run-in with doctors that led to her second novel
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A shoplifter falls for a Romanian immigrant in a beautiful collaboration from Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan
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A picaresque odyssey tracks changing attitudes towards sexual freedoms over the last 70 years and rages against the church
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George Saunders and Kathryn Heyman have novels out this month, alongside feminist polemics, Norse mythology, dating diaries and murder investigations
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The authors of two buzzy new novels, Homegoing and Welcome to Lagos, explore ancient and modern stories of west Africa
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An accomplished first novel that imagines the life, in 17th-century Amsterdam, of young servant Helena Jans van der Strom and her relationship with the philosopher
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A portrait of a fictional Airdrie rock group morphs into a haunting, hallucinatory vision of the early 80s
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A teenager struggles to come of age in a world of religious zealots and predatory teachers in this stark debut
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It’s not all raiding and looting – these stories and histories range from family dramas to political thrillers, not to mention man-eating trolls and bawdy gods
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15 February 1960: Bowen is remembered for novels like The House in Paris and The Death of the Heart, but she also wrote essays, radio broadcasts and reviews
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Author’s new novel series is set in London and Oxford and overlaps with hugely popular His Dark Materials
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The author of Sandman, Coraline and other cult hits joined us to answer your questions, on everything from Donald Trump to American Gods
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Nights at the Circus is rich with ingenious verbal invention, extravagant plot devices and eye-popping description. Perhaps a little too rich?
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A Hebridean poet’s secret past is unearthed in this intricate satire on Scottish nationalism
Book of the day Christodora by Tim Murphy review – solidarity in the shadow of Aids