Two for two? Stella prize winner Evelyn Araluen nominated again for second poetry collection
The Rot is nominated for the $60,000 prize for Australian women and non-binary writers, alongside books by Geraldine Brooks and Miranda Darling
My Lover, the Rabbi by Wayne Koestenbaum review – as fierce and strange as anything you’ll read this year
With echoes of Balzac and Proust, this tale of obsessive love evokes the dangers and delights of forbidden desire
Upward Bound by Woody Brown review – extraordinary debut from a non-speaking autistic author
This garrulous, charming story of a young man stuck in a daycare centre for disabled adults offers a vital insider’s perspective
The Hair of the Pigeon by Mohammed Massoud Morsi review – an epic tale of a refugee’s journey
The Egyptian-Danish-Australian journalist’s second novel spans continents, following a Palestinian teen as he comes of age during the Syrian civil war and is forced into exile
Into the Wreck by Susannah Dickey review – an immersive exploration of grief
Set in County Donegal, the poet’s polyphonic third novel wittily explores the fragile dynamics of a family navigating the loss of a father
Life of Pi author Yann Martel: ‘I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts… then I started getting ideas’
The Life of Pi author Yann Martel explains why his new retelling of Homer’s Iliad offers the ideal antidote to the age of Trump
Sororicidal by Edwina Preston review – a tale of two sisters tinged with danger
The author deftly captures the intricacies and subtle violence of a sibling relationship. As both girls age, our sympathies shift again and again
The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley review – the laureate of bad relationships
Riley has always skewered cruelty with shattering exactitude. What’s new in this story of two old friends in London is the delicacy she brings to moments of tenderness
A feud ‘straight out of Succession’, a rental thriller and an ‘absolute ripper’: the best Australian books out in April
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
Under Water by Tara Menon review – love, loss and a longing for the ocean
This debut about female friendship and environmental fragility set after the 2004 tsunami in Thailand is strong on grief, but the storytelling remains uneven
‘Hope, insight and burning humanity’: 2026 International Booker prize shortlist announced
The six finalists include Marie NDiaye and Yáng Shuāng-zǐ alongside Daniel Kehlmann’s second nomination for the £50,000 prize
Transcription by Ben Lerner review – a stunning exploration of technology and storytelling
Ranging from quantum mechanics to eating disorders to the nature of fiction, this is a breathtaking interrogation of family, connection and memory
Lázár by Nelio Biedermann review – a Hungarian epic from a 22-year-old author
The fortunes of a single family are entwined with the turmoil of the 20th century in this ambitious, gothic-inflected debut
‘Serve, smile, procreate’: Yesteryear author Caro Claire Burke on the rise of the tradwife
As her dark debut about a tradwife who wakes up in the past is made into a film by Anne Hathaway, the novelist explores the sinister truth behind the barefoot influencers
‘I was in the pit of despair’: Non-speaking autistic novelist Woody Brown on his journey from write-off to writer
As a child, Brown was underestimated, infantilised and dismissed by specialists and teachers. Now 28, he has written an acclaimed debut novel set in an adult day care centre that gives people like him a voice