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  • Patrick Freyne

    Essay
    ‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51

    Patrick Freyne
  • M John Harrison.

    Book of the day
    The End of Everything by M John Harrison review – near-future visions from an SF master

    Michel Faber
  • Lil Nas X in a silver beaded bodysuit and mask with white pearls and jewels covering the face

    Biography books
    Flamboyance by Jack Parlett review – a serious study of the spectacular

    John-Baptiste Oduor
  • Little Girl reading a BookLittle girl reading a simple picture book.

    Book of the day
    A British Childhood by Frank Cottrell-Boyce review – are we raising a bookless generation?

    Joe Moran
  • The Tuscan hills in Villa Coco.

    Fiction
    Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer review – fun in the Tuscan sun

    Christobel Kent
  • A woman in a New York City diner at night.

    Essay
    ‘Far right groups prey on it’: Olivia Laing on the weaponisation of loneliness

    Olivia Laing

What to read

  • *100Novels

    100 best novels
    The 100 best novels of all time

  • Book jackets

    This month's best paperbacks
    The best books to read in May: new paperbacks from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg

  • Book covers.

    What we're reading
    What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May

  • A tropical island in Bora Bora, with green mountains and palm trees viewed across calm blue water under a cloudy sky

    Biography books
    The Traveller by Andrea Wulf review – an 18th century explorer far ahead of his time

    Nick Bartlett
  • Brian Dillon.

    Autobiography and memoir
    Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out

    Blake Morrison
  • George Michael performing in 1988.

    Biography books
    Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George Michael

    Alexis Petridis
  • The Gherkin in the City of London.

    Economics
    The Common Good Economy by Mariana Mazzucato review – how can Labour really turn things around?

    Heather Stewart
  • Melissa Albert

    Fiction
    The Children by Melissa Albert review – intriguing fairytale of creativity’s dangers

    Sam Leith
  • Anthony Joseph.

    Poetry roundup
    The best recent poetry – review roundup

    Rishi Dastidar
  • A priest in clerical clothing reads from an open book in a church with atmospheric light streaming through gothic windows

    Fiction
    Dominion by Addie E Citchens review – Women’s prize-shortlisted portrait of patriarchy’s horrors

    Emma Loffhagen
  • Illuminated restaurant signs and storefronts line Curry Mile in Manchester at dusk, with cars passing in front

    Fiction
    Wimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan Salam review – an electric debut set on Manchester’s Curry Mile

    Sana Goyal
  • Ban Ban’s Bakery by Elena Hiroko Magee

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • Lost Robot 38

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • The Wonder by Tom Percival.

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • The Good Deed Dogs by Emma Chichester Clark.

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
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A Day Out In History

  • Battle Abbey

    English Heritage
    From Stonehenge to Whitby Abbey: 40 fascinating historical sites in England to visit this summer

  • Garden front of Osborne House, summer residence of Queen Victoria, Isle of Wight

    Romantic retreat
    Explore Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s Osborne

  • Lewis and Richard Edwards-Middleton took their children for a day at Stonehenge.

    Historic Days
    ‘Our son thought: what if I actually move the stone?’: unlocking the mysteries of Stonehenge with a family visit

  • Stonehenge aerial

    Gallery
    From neolithic ancestors to Arthurian legend: how English Heritage sites tell the nation’s story

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  • Translator Lin King, left, and author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

    Interview
    ‘I refuse to be a second-class citizen in my own land’: Taiwanese International Booker winner Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

    Emma Loffhagen
  • Doireann Ní Ghríofa in front of the boarded up psychiatric hospital.

    Interview
    ‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression

    Alex Clark
  • Author Jem Calder by Kat Green

    Interview
    ‘I don’t know what could top that’: debut author Jem Calder on being discovered by Sally Rooney

    Ella Creamer

Regulars

  • Virginia Evans.

    The books of my life
    Virginia Evans: ‘I loved books about things that can’t exist’

  • Elia Barbieri - The Guardian Saturday - 6th June 2026 - Should we ditch the idea of three square meals PRINT

    Big idea
    Should we ditch the idea of three meals a day?

  • Hu Anyan wearing a backpack rides a bicycle with a blue front basket on a tree-lined street

    Audiobook of the week
    I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan audiobook review – a grim life in China’s gig economy

  • Carol Rumens

    Poem of the week
    ‘She made Mondays something to look forward to’: readers pay tribute to Carol Rumens, Guardian’s Poem of the week columnist

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  • Maggie O'Farrell.

    Essay
    Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Fiction comes from what you don’t know’

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    Feature
    ‘I am very serious about being silly’: children’s illustrators on the art of storytelling

    Stuart Heritage
  • Writer Jilly Cooper sits at a desk with a typewriter, papers, and a mug in a book-lined room.

    Ranked
    From racy riders to romantic rivals: Jilly Cooper’s best books – ranked!

    Zoe Williams

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