Lies told and truths hidden give compelling life to fiction and memoir by authors from Maggie O’Farrell to Ocean Vuong and Claire Keegan
November 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 books about losing faith
Authors from Jeanette Winterson to William Shakespeare tell stories of people doubting not just God but everything that gives their life meaning
March 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 world-spanning novels
Writers from David Mitchell to Graham Greene and Rachel Kushner tell stories that seek out interconnectedness, testing and pulling at the idea of nationhood
April 2021
Women’s prize for fiction shortlist entirely first-time nominees
Top 10s
Top 10 homecomings in fiction
February 2021
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi review – seeking solace in science
Book of the day
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi review – a profound follow-up to Homegoing
July 2019
A black girl's reading list: 10 books to inspire and challenge
The authors of Taking Up Space, recent Cambridge graduates, list the books that have given them ‘permission to dream’
December 2018
My year of reading African women, by Gary Younge
Shamed by a gap in his reading, the Guardian writer vowed to read only fiction by African women in 2018. After 19 novels spanning Nigeria to Ethiopia, he shares what he learned
February 2017
The Guardian Books podcast
Reclaiming history with Yaa Gyasi and Chibundu Onuzo - books podcast
The authors of two buzzy new novels, Homegoing and Welcome to Lagos, explore ancient and modern stories of west Africa
January 2017
Book of the day
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi review – the wounds inflicted by slavery
Observer New Review Q&A
Yaa Gyasi: ‘Slavery is on people’s minds. It affects us still’
September 2016
National Book Foundation picks 'five under 35' new writers to watch
Authors including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Téa Obreht have drawn up a list of debut authors expected ‘to make a lasting impression on the literary landsape’
