Tackling social issues with often grisly violence, you’ll need a strong stomach for these stories by authors from Han Kang to Stephen King, but they make an indelible impact
July 2022
Science fiction roundup
The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch; The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings; Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata and Old Country by Matt and Harrison Query
November 2020
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata review – a fizzing tale of alienation
Comfort exists on another planet for the heroine of this dark, explosive follow-up to Convenience Store Woman
October 2020
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata review – compellingly weird
Sayaka Murata: 'I acted how I thought a cute woman should act - it was horrible'
June 2020
10 of the best books set in Japan – that will take you there
This mix of great novels – featuring Murakami and Murata – uncovers the mystery of Japan in a way ‘documentarists about families living with robots’ never will
May 2020
A book that changed me
I thought I was too different to see myself in a novel – but Sayaka Murata got me
Naoise Dolan
The heroine of Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman gave me confidence in myself as an autistic writer, says Naoise Dolan
August 2018
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata – what is normal?
Book of the day
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata review – sublimely weird
