‘We need to wake up’: what authors wish for Britain as a new chapter begins
Four writers reflect on 14 years of Conservative rule and share their hopes for the new political era under Labour
June 2023
Summer books: Zadie Smith, Ian Rankin, Richard Osman and others pick their favourites
Leading authors recommend the best recent books, from a forbidden love affair at the Western Front to a murder mystery set in Egypt
August 2022
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid review – a transformative tale
Book of the day
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid review – a hypnotic race fable
July 2022
Observer New Review Q&A
Mohsin Hamid: ‘When the political pollen gets high, I’m going to sneeze’
‘We risk being ruled by dangerous binaries’ – Mohsin Hamid on our increasing polarisation
April 2020
Top 10s
Top 10 novels about moving
From John Steinbeck to Annie Proulx, these books capture changing places as a state of mind as much as geography
August 2018
Top 10s
Top 10 books about Americans abroad
Mohsin Hamid: ‘It’s important not to live one’s life gazing towards the future’
February 2018
In brief: Folk, I Love You Too Much, Exit West – reviews
Zoe Gilbert’s debut is redolent of Angela Carter, Alicia Drake’s coming-of-age tale evokes adolescent loneliness, and Mohsin Hamid offers a powerful take on the refugee crisis
December 2017
Mohsin Hamid: ‘If you want to see what tribalism will do to the west, look at Pakistan’
The Booker-nominated writer tackles themes of equality, migration, and belonging that, he warns, should now be worrying us more than ever before
October 2017
Man Booker prize 2017: from Abraham Lincoln to Brexit Britain
What makes a Man Booker novel? Six shortlisted authors share their secrets
September 2017
Books blog
Surprised by the Booker shortlist? Don't judge the books, study the judges
George Saunders and Mohsin Hamid lead a daring Man Booker shortlist
Alex Clark
July 2017
Man Booker prize 2017 longlist – in pictures
Books blog
The Man Booker prize 2017 longlist: who should be on it?
May 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 novels about Pakistan
From Mohammed Hanif to Kamila Shamsie, and some names still unfamiliar to English readers, here is some of the best fiction about a nation set to turn 70 this year
March 2017
The Guardian Books podcast
Being a radical optimist with Mohsin Hamid – books podcast
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid – magical vision of the refugee crisis
