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From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories Plus our pick of paperbacks and children's fiction ...

From novels and short stories, to biography and history, leading authors recommend their favourite recent books and the ones they can't wait to dive into ...

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates; A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor; Death of a Diplomat by Eliza Reid; Actually, I'm a Murderer by Terry Deary; Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston ...

The TV presenter and author on discovering the beauty of Charles Dickens and why John Fowles put him off writing for 30 years ...

Is giving an artist a one-star review an act of abuse? An influential theatre critic finds out in this smart story of #MeToo-era revenge ...

A former music journalist's exploration of how we listen is informed by her life-changing experience of motherhood ...

The 27-year-old's prizewinning debut, Glasgow Boys, is a coming-of-age novel about the friendship between two boys who have grown up in the care system ...

In this frank, exposing memoir, Jong-Fast reflects on her dysfunctional upbringing as her family falls apart ...

Income from audiobooks reached a record £268m in 2024, according to figures from the Publishers Association ...

To soundtrack those long, lazy afternoons try Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's torrid love affair, a real-life pirate of the Caribbean or Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot ...