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

The US writer on being switched on to romance by Sally Rooney, the magic of David Mitchell and the joy of Jean-Paul Sartre ...

Can we experience something bigger than ourselves in the midst of busy, humdrum lives?

The first novel from the Send Nudes author moves from a Brighton club to baby feeding ...

A young shrimp fisher's horizons are broadened by the arrival of a stranger in this atmospheric Booker-listed tale ...

Having fled the strictures of her Mennonite upbringing, the Canadian author searches for meaning in her older sister's death: 'She taught me how to stay alive'

This unusual debut explores the inner life of a woman in an insular American religious community ...

A meditation on loss, literature and the unspoken, from one of Canada's most admired writers ...

A novel of interlocking stories captures the ordinary lives and interior worlds of Cuban exiles seeking sanctuary in Miami ...

From Stravinsky to Donna Summer, the story of connections that enriched music - in both directions ...