The Guardian view on nonfiction by women: so much buried treasure
Books interview
Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Rural people are so angry they want to blow up the system’
Barbara Kingsolver wins the Women’s prize for fiction for second time
Maggie O’Farrell leads sales ahead of Women’s prize for fiction announcement
May 2023
This month's best paperbacks
This month’s best paperbacks: Jarvis Cocker, Barbara Kingsolver and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some intriguing new paperbacks, from an illustrated history of a rock star to Pulitzer prizewinning fiction
April 2023
The Guardian view on older artists: bridging history and personal life
Editorial: Their new works may be their last, but the contribution of these maestros are still making is invaluable to our world view
What we're reading
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April
Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
Three debut novels compete among Women’s prize for fiction shortlist
First-time novelists are joined by two former winners on the diverse list, as the six ‘ambitious and hard-hitting’ contenders are revealed
March 2023
Stormzy and Tracey Emin join Hay festival 2023 lineup
The UK’s best-known literary festival has a new CEO and promises ‘11 days of different’ as it unveils its full lineup featuring Richard Osman, Dua Lipa, Margaret Atwood and more
November 2022
Book of the day
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver review – Dickens updated
This powerful reimagining of David Copperfield follows one boy’s struggle to survive amid America’s opioid crisis
October 2022
The books of my life
Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Middlemarch is about everything, for every person, at every age’
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver review – Appalachian saga in the spirit of Dickens
August 2020
Poetry book of the month: How to Fly by Barbara Kingsolver – review
The novelist teaches lessons in miniature in this deft and entertaining collection
April 2020
Women's prize at 25: what it is like to win by Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman and more
Top 10s
Top 10 novels about unconventional families
December 2019
Books that made me
Thomas Keneally: ‘Does anyone write a good book at 83? Well, I think I have’
The Australian novelist on crying over a Dickens biography, laughing at Kathy Lette and the classic he is ashamed not to have read
October 2018
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver review – a tale of two Americas
From Darwin’s discoveries to the Trump era, a house in New Jersey is at the centre of this time-shifting study of social change
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver review – a powerful lament for the American dream
A crumbling house is a solid foundation for this striking, time-shifting tale of a nation adrift
Barbara Kingsolver: ‘It feels as though we’re living through the end of the world'
The author of The Poisonwood Bible is back with an ambitious novel charting the US in breakdown. She talks about the environment, victim-blaming – and being a hillbilly
July 2018
Book clinic
Book clinic: which modern novelists could rekindle my love of fiction?
From Barbara Kingsolver to Julian Barnes, our expert picks the best storytellers for someone who has given up novels for gardening
