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Fiction

4 October 2024

  • Mean Streak by Rick Morton, The Burrow by Melanie Cheng, The Belburd by Nardi Simpson, Uses for Obsession by Ben Shewry, Juice by Tim Winton, The Deal by Alex Miller, Long Yarn Short by Vanessa Turnbull Roberts, Rapture by Emily Maguire, Dusk by Robbie Arnott

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    ‘Urgent’, ‘stunningly written’, ‘a feat of imagination’: the best Australian books out in October

    Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
  • Alan Hollinghurst.

    The books of my life
    Alan Hollinghurst: ‘I wrote letters to my schoolfriends in dwarfish runes’

    The author on the brilliance of Burroughs, Penelope Fitzgerald’s concise mastery, and a teenage obsession with Middle-earth
  • Stephen Fry poses for photographers upon arrival at the National Portrait Gallery Re-Opening on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in London. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

    Book of the day
    Odyssey by Stephen Fry review – a jaunty version of Homer

    The last in Fry’s four-book retelling of the Greek myths is relatable and full of humour

3 October 2024

  • ‘The Deal shows the reader both the furnace where artists are forged’ … Alex Miller, author of The Deal.

    Australian book reviews
    The Deal by Alex Miller review – the failure and the fire of an artist’s life

  • clothes on a washing line blow in the breeze, ringed by the flat horizon

    The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich review – a multifaceted rural tale

2 October 2024

  • Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon.

    Reese Witherspoon announces first novel co-written with Harlan Coben

  • Tim Winton

    Tim Winton: ‘I lived in the worst possible space for seven years. It knocks some paint off you, I can tell you’

  • ‘Henry is ensconced in a Soho cafe, trying to write a memoir’ in All My Precious Madness.

    All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – biting humour

  • Karl Ove Knausgård

    Book of the day
    The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgård review – a visionary epic

1 October 2024

  • Ross Raisin.

    Ross Raisin’s Ghost Kitchen wins 2024 BBC national short story award with dark gig economy tale – read it here

  • Attica Locke in Los Angeles on 23rd August 2019 pic © Dan Tuffs

    Thrillers of the month
    Crime and thrillers of the month – review

30 September 2024

  • Elias Khoury

    Elias Khoury obituary

  • A man sits at a desk with his hands together on the desktop.

    Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – one for the ages

29 September 2024

  • Makatea Island in French Polynesia.

    Playground by Richard Powers review – an electrifyingly beautiful tale of tech and the ocean

  • Drinkers in an east London pub, 1970s.

    Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey review – emotionally engaging city saga

  • Migrants standing together in a group.

    The Silence of the Choir by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr review – a masterly tale of African refugees in rural Sicily

  • Simon Russell Beale in Richard III in 1992.

    In brief: A Piece of Work; The Mighty Red; Jerusalem – review

28 September 2024

  • Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian posing for a portrait with trees in the background

    Books interview
    Stuart Murdoch: ‘I feel like this book will be the Trainspotting of ME’

  • Portrait of Daisy Johnson

    On my radar
    On my radar: Daisy Johnson’s cultural highlights

27 September 2024

  • Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter in His Dark Materials.

    Audiobook of the week
    Northern Lights by Philip Pullman audiobook review – a mesmerising reading by Ruth Wilson

    The actor narrates the first book in the author’s beloved His Dark Materials trilogy, giving a richly textured performance
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