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A new Sally Rooney, the return of le Carré's George Smiley, plus real-life revelations from Al Pacino and Salman Rushdie ... Guardian critics pick the year's best fiction, memoir, children's books and more ...

From delicious Singaporean street food to everything you've ever wanted to know about capers ...

Salman Rushdie's account of his near-fatal stabbing, a 360-degree view of Queen Elizabeth II and Al Pacino's rags to riches career are among this year's most compelling personal histories ...

From Sally Rooney's Intermezzo to Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings, Percival Everett's James and a host of inventive debuts - this year's highlights in fiction ...

The hugely popular author reveals his excitement at the release of his latest Stormlight saga, how he extracted himself from Amazon and why JK Rowling should have stuck to novels ...

From stories of queer artists reshaping the pop landscape to an insider's view of Tupac and Biggie, the highlights of a tuneful year ...

A human bone is discovered in a London gallery sculpture in this mystery narrated by actor Gemma Whelan ...

An indigenous epic, macabre short stories from Spain, Aztec adventures and more ...

Get lost in a fox's quest; plus snowman magic, a wily genie and cookery from around the world ...

As new national poet, the Gaelic speaker is looking at all of the languages spoken in the country, to see 'what we can learn between them'