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Parenting is represented in all its hilarious, moving and truthfully plodding detail, in the story of a mother and her two little boys ...

The life of the Brooklyn Bridge's chief engineer inspires this multifaceted novel ...

This corrective to our habitual emphasis on competition had me writing 'wow' in the margins again and again ...

With an adaptation of Night and Day hitting cinemas, the pioneering author's work continues to inspire audiences ...

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From dynamite debuts to must-read memoirs and magical children's fiction, here's our selection of this year's hottest holiday reads. Plus leading authors share their favourites ...

Leading authors including Sarah Waters, William Dalrymple, Bernardine Evaristo and Anne Enright reveal their perfect holiday reading ...

The American author received 'thousands of rejections' over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel ...

The BBC's chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul - which she hopes will bring more attention to the Taliban's draconian treatment of women ...

Not With a Bang by Temi Oh; Tillinghast by Clare Cavenagh; Atomic Coffin by Benedict Anning; The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden; Bad Things Happen Here by Mark Morris ...