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Double bank holiday equals double reading time: we round up the best new books coming to a bookshop near you in May 2022
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We say: lay in a batch of crème eggs, get out in that spring sunshine, and start reading
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March's best books are united in an originality of thought, a precision of language, and the ability to steal your afternoon
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February's best books balance light with dark and share a rare perspicacity about human relationships
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Our pick of the best new books, January 2022, which includes hotly anticipated novels from prize-winning authors, dazzling debuts and lens-shifting non-fiction
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Culture Whisper's resident bookworm Madeleine Feeny rounds up her favourite new books of 2021
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2021's best gift books: from cookery to gardening, fashion to interiors
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As we hurtle towards the end of 2021, the last of the year’s major titles hit bookshops as they start to gear up for Christmas
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It’s October, which means autumn leaves, black opaques, Halloween parties … and a reading list worth staying in for
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From the new Sally Rooney to an undiscovered Simone de Beauvoir novella, September 2021's best new books
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Dreaming of blue skies and Mediterranean heat? Dive into our July books round-up
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Race, privilege, ambition, LGBTQ+ rights and identity: June 2021's best books tackle the big topics
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Our pick of books published in May travels from Italy to Ireland, Paris to rural Punjab and features new novels from some of today’s finest writers
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As the UK reopens for business, the scope of our April books roundup reflects the broadening of our horizons as we adjust to life post-lockdown
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With publishers usually releasing their most promising debuts at the start of the year, look forward to promising new voices alongside works from literary heavyweights
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Listen up: consume great literature on the go with our guide to getting into audiobooks. From how to download them for free, to the best titles and most inspiring narrators
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In Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney delves into the complex relationships between a new set of friends and lovers
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Contributing editor Chinasa Chukwu speaks candidly with Otegha Uwagba about her new essay Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods
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We meet the pair behind TfL’s poetic noticeboards and find out about their new book: All On The Board: Inspiring Quotes from the TfL Underground Duo
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This season’s crop of food-focused books captures our reflective mood, with essays and anthologies making a strong appearance alongside traditional recipe books
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Combining today’s most urgent themes with a dash of escapism, our pick of the best new book titles should see you through to January
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'Books choose their readers, not the other way around. I believe that booksellers are the matchmakers,' said Cecelia Ahern. Well, we've tracked down the matchmakers
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People of colour have been telling their own story for generations, and they tell it better than anyone else. Here are some of the books that illustrate that story
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From Elena Ferrante’s follow-up to her internationally acclaimed Naples trilogy to a new memoir by Caitlin Moran, here’s what we’ve read this month
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A new series of free e-books celebrates women writers who wrote under male pseudonyms by re-publishing historic titles with the correct names
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From bright new writing talents to blissfully escapist murder mysteries, we round up the best new books to get lost in
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From inevitable heavyweights to intriguing debuts, we round up the most readable books from the 2020 Man Booker Prize long list
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We chat to bestselling authors, Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, about their new children's book, Clean Up!, a story that tackles pollution
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We chat to YA author and publisher Abiola Bello about diversity in children's books and the publishing industry
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Summer holiday or not, there are still plenty of reasons to load up on new books and spend sunny days reading
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These fantastic children's books feature diverse characters and are written by underrepresented authors, so children can see themselves and their world reflected on the pages
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Here's some thrilling lockdown news for youngsters: JK Rowling's new book, The Ickabog, is released in instalments online from now until July