Kate Atkinson
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Audiobook of the week
Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson audiobook review – tales of fantastical mundanityPaterson Joseph reads short stories of talking animals and ghostly revelations that weave into a melancholic, askew chimera of magic and quotidian woes
Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson review – a mixed bag of stories
The end of the world is repeatedly visited in this playful collection set in an alternative England
Top 10s
Top 10 female spies in fictionWomen’s role in espionage, largely written by women, leans less on explosions and more on perception, nuance and explorations of sacrifice – though they still kick ass
Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson review – food for thought but such small portions
While brimming with ideas, the Life After Life author’s 11 interlinked stories aren’t given the legs they need to resonate
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson review – thrills, spills and gone girls
Book of the day
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson review – exuberant nightclub saga
Seven big-hitter books for autumn 2022, from Maggie O’Farrell to Cormac McCarthy
It’s going to be a vintage autumn for fiction, with new novels from some of our finest writers. Here’s our essential guide
Once more with feeling: why time loop stories keep coming back
From Groundhog Day to Russian Doll, fiction in which characters replay their lives have great appeal – especially now, when a slew of time-travel novels are set to be released
The Guardian view on Jack Reacher: enduring appeal
Editorial: A new TV series shows the laconic hero dispatch the bad guys with balletic ease. If only real life were like that
Books that made me
Jojo Moyes: ‘I frequently don’t finish books. I feel it’s mean to name them, though’The novelist on her love of telling stories, early reading trauma and laughing out loud mid-air
Top 10s
Top 10 books about new beginningsFrom Virginia Woolf to Lorrie Moore and Diana Wynne Jones, fresh starts provide an endless source of inspiration for fiction
Fearless, free and feminist: the enduring appeal of Jack Reacher
From Kate Atkinson to Haruki Murakami, the fast-paced Jack Reacher books have a host of obsessive fans. As a new thriller is released, we investigate the magnetism of Lee Child’s antihero
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The 100 best books of the 21st century Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson review – the return of Jackson Brodie
The melancholy private detective is back for a tale of sordid crimes on the Yorkshire coast, with a sprinkle of postmodernism
Kate Atkinson: ‘I live to entertain. I don’t live to teach or preach or to be political’
After the success of Life After Life and A God in Ruins, the novelist shares why she is enjoying writing more as she gets older – and the return of detective Jackson Brodie
Book of the day
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson review – Jackson Brodie’s backKate Atkinson returns to her wry crime fiction in a dark, sharp tale of exploitation
In brief: The Pact We Made; Transcription; Hiking With Nietzsche – review
A fascinating debut explores the life of a young Kuwaiti woman and Kate Atkinson’s MI5 spy revisits her war years
Kate Atkinson calls authors reviewing their peers a 'callous art'
British novelist who recently published latest book Transcription says she tries not to read bad reviews
The Guardian Books podcast
Kate Atkinson on her new novel, Transcription – books podcastTranscription by Kate Atkinson review – second world war spying hijinks
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