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More than four decades after his Holocaust story Maus transformed the graphic novel genre, Art Spiegelman discusses Trump, the shadow of 9/11 and the rise of fascism in America ...

The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian; Claws Out! by Bella Mackie; Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang; Children of Wolves by Lawrence Osborne; Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth ...

The poet and novelist on the power of fairytales, being inspired by Frank O'Hara and the joys of Doris Lessing ...

Muse Betty Freeman sits at the centre of this sun-drenched book about art, eccentricity, and the spirit of Los Angeles ...

A magazine article about stolen gold sparks a culture war between a cast of politically polarised characters ...

The Scottish author focuses on gun culture and generational conflict in this darkly satirical tale about a great power in decline ...

The writer - who was also shortlisted in 2023 - has won the prize for her book When There Are Wolves Again, a speculative work of eco-fiction set in near-future Britain ...

A twentysomething Scottish couple care for their autistic son in the bleak follow-up to Only Here, Only Now ...

This joyous book takes readers on a literary adventure across 200 years of fiction, from Defoe to Zadie Smith ...

Family fallouts, failing marriages, sunburn, food poisoning ... from Deborah Levy's hypnotic and disturbing Hot Milk to All In, Claire Powell's all-inclusive nightmare, Leon Craig looks at the best novels about vile vacations ...