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Luke Kennard, Sophie Ratcliffe and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments ...

The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great - but the story feels overwritten and underfelt ...

This portrait of everyday life in an Istanbul neighbourhood buffeted by change has far wider relevance ...

This 'nonfiction thriller' takes us through exactly what would happen if Nigel Farage won his dreamed-of majorityFor some years now, mainstream British politics has revolved increasingly obsessively around the question of how to stop Nigel Farage.

The Northern Irish writer explores music and family, memory and duty in this stunning collection of sharply observed tales ...

Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon's Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder ...

New HarperCollins study finds that daily reading for pleasure among five- to 17-year-olds fell from 39% in 2012 to 25% in 2025 ...

An ex-offender searches for meaning and beauty in the second novel from the spoken-word performer ...

Vivid, tactile details make Lutz's biography a beautifully textured and convincing read ...

At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she 'sometimes' reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner ...