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  • Daljit Nagra.

    Poetry roundup
    The best recent poetry – review roundup

    Fiona Sampson
    Yiewsley by Daljit Nagra; Mer de Glace by Małgorzata Lebda; The Intentions of Thunder by Patricia Smith; Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar; Dark Night by St John of the Cross, translated by Martha Sprackland
  • Katie Kitamura.

    The books of my life
    Katie Kitamura: ‘Almost every writer changes my mind – that’s the point of reading’

    Katie Kitamura
  • Portia Elan.

    Book of the day
    Homebound by Portia Elan review – a Cloud Atlas-like puzzle-box novel

    Beejay Silcox
  • Sarah Wynn-Williams.

    Audiobook of the week
    Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams audiobook review – the insider story that Meta tried to stifle

    Fiona Sturges
  • Covers of A Place of Greater Safety, Jesus Christ Kinski, and Flashlight

    What we're reading
    What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

  • Aerial view of Galata tower and Istanbul city.

    Book of the day
    From Life Itself by Suzy Hansen review – Turkey in the age of Erdoğan

    Sami Kent
  • Martina Hefter.

    Fiction
    Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review – a hit in Germany that falls flat in English

    Dina Nayeri

What to read

  • Paperback trail April

    This month's best paperbacks
    The best books to read in April: new paperbacks from Katie Kitamura, Benjamin Wood and Mick Herron

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    2025 in Culture
    The best books of 2025

  • Covers of A Place of Greater Safety, Jesus Christ Kinski, and Flashlight

    What we're reading
    What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

  • Lena Dunham

    Autobiography and memoir
    Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects

    Hannah J Davies
  • The London skyline from the Thames Barrier, London.

    Society books
    The Asset Class by Hettie O’Brien review – the hidden hand of private equity

    Caroline Knowles
  • Artist Paul Thek with his wax sculpture installation ‘Death of a Hippy’ in April 1968.

    Biography books
    The Wonderful World that Almost Was by Andrew Durbin review – the queer artists who shaped New York cool

    Chloë Ashby
  • Siri Hustvedt and Paul Auster at home in Brooklyn in 2020.

    Autobiography and memoir
    Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review – life after Paul Auster

    Sukhdev Sandhu
  • Elizabeth Strout

    Fiction
    The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters

    Claire Adam
  • Albertine Clarke

    Fiction
    The Body Builders by Albertine Clarke review – a compelling debut of mental meltdown

    Jude Cook
  • Chloe Aridjis

    Fiction
    The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis review – one of the boldest writers at work in English today

    AK Blakemore
  • Jay McInerney.

    Fiction
    See You on the Other Side by Jay McInerney review – the clumsy finale of a classic New York series

    Marcel Theroux
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    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • The Wonder by Tom Percival.

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • The Good Deed Dogs by Emma Chichester Clark.

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
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    Children's book roundup
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    Interview
    ‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’

    Philip Oltermann
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    Interview
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