From PG Wodehouse’s ‘peerless’ Anatole to John Lanchester’s merciless Tarquin Winot, a novelist chooses her favourite kitchen creations
July 2021
Books that made me
Michael Lewis: ‘I didn’t believe in ghosts until I read Neil Gaiman’
The author on his envy of Philip Pullman’s world, imitating Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and struggling with Don Quixote
November 2020
John Lanchester: 'I started writing Capital in 2006 assuming a crash was about to happen'
The author on watching the global financial crisis in real time and writing a nonfiction book to avoid ruining his novel with too much knowledge
October 2020
Reality, and Other Stories by John Lanchester review – horror for the digital age
Books interview
John Lanchester: 'We should treat reading more like sex and drugs'
December 2019
Fights, food and fall outs: why Christmas is a gift to novelists
Best books of 2019
All-nighters and sideways ideas: readers' books of the year
October 2019
Further reading
Rich rewards: the best books on how banking rules the world
From a psychological study of city bankers to the ‘delusion of thrift’ in John Lanchester’s novel Capital, Grace Blakeley shares her favourite titles on the power of banks
August 2019
Impossible times for political novels
Letters:Peter Taylor-Gooby and Doug Sandle respond to Dorian Lynskey’s article on the death of the political novel
July 2019
Not read them yet? A cheat's guide to the 2019 Booker prize longlist
Handmaid's Tale sequel leads 'exacting' 2019 Booker prize longlist
June 2019
Best books of 2019 so far
The Guardian Books podcast
Hay festival special with Pat Barker, John Lanchester, Max Porter and more – books podcast
May 2019
Author of dystopian climate crisis novel is 'deeply optimistic'
John Lanchester tells Hay audience people have ‘a moral obligation’ not to despair
February 2019
Am I the only one who’s terrified about the warm weather?
Jonn Elledge
The UK’s unseasonal weather feels like a sign that something is horribly wrong, says Jonn Elledge, assistant editor of New Statesman
January 2019
The Wall by John Lanchester review – ‘The Others are coming’
From Brexit to migration, this masterly climate change dystopia explores contemporary fears with a blend of realism and metaphor
Book of the day
The Wall by John Lanchester review – dystopian fable for our time
The Capital author’s latest novel imagines a fortress UK walled in concrete and patrolled by young conscripts. All too plausible…
John Lanchester: ‘Walls were coming down around the world – now they are springing up’
His last novel Capital skewered the property bubble, now his latest The Wall imagines Britain barricaded after environmental catastrophe. Lanchester talks about refugees, Brexit – and optimism
December 2016
Christmas chaos in literature, from Emma to Adrian Mole
Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums – review
