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Alien spaceships, parallel worlds the Israeli writer's seventh collection is vast in reach, yet grounded in the bewildering absurdity of modern life ...

It's easy to dismiss holiday novels as pulpy, but relaxing with a book you enjoy has huge health benefits. Here's how to read yourself happy this summer ...

A compulsive new history suggests the crimes of Ted Bundy et al were - at least partly - down to the air they breathed ...

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments ...

A drunk old man's report of sighting an angel opens on to much broader mysteries ...

Mental health services are under undeniable strain, but this account by a former nurse fails to ring true ...

Stretching from Indiana to North Korea, the US writer's sixth novel is a study of absence, alienation and affection in a family rocked by tragedy ...

Strange as it may seem, it's hard to refute the arguments for truly universal suffrage ...

The Hideous Kinky author has always drawn inspiration from her own experiences. Now her sister Bella is writing her own version of their childhood. Does fact or fiction come closer to the truth, she asks ...

From Van Gogh's starry skies to the nocturnal workings of Louise Bourgeois and Patricia Highsmith, sleepless nights have long inspired heightened creativity. Could those artistic impulses actually help us to sleep?