Better than Wuthering Heights? The Brontës’ novels – ranked!
As Emerald Fennell’s film sparks debate, we celebrate the pioneering brilliance of the siblings’ work
London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship
The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK
Howl by Howard Jacobson review – a tragicomic portrait of a Jewish man’s despair
A suburban headteacher navigates antisemitism in Gaza-outraged London in Jacobson’s latest novel
Jürgen Habermas obituary
Philosopher and social theorist who advocated a new direction for German thought after the horrors of Nazi rule
Readers reply: which are more like life, novels or films?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers what’s ‘realistic’ in what we read v what we watch …
Shahrnush Parsipur: ‘The women of Iran will cause the fall of the Islamic Republic’
As her banned 1989 novella, Women Without Men, is published for the first time in the UK, the Iranian author looks back on a life of resistance and repression
Daisy Johnson: ‘I wasn’t a fan of David Szalay, but Flesh is a masterpiece’
The Booker-shortlisted author on a momentous teenage encounter with The Bone People, getting a buzz from Peter Høeg’s Miss Smilla, and trying to avoid The Lorax
Light and Thread by Han Kang review – a tantalising book of reflections
These essays from the Nobel literature winner open up her novels and offer beautiful imagery
Hooked by Asako Yuzuki review – follow-up to global hit Butter
A Tokyo high-flyer tries to befriend her favourite blogger in a novel that wears its aura of black comedy lightly, and its political statements more heavily
In Bloom by Liz Allan review – an electric debut of grunge and teen spirit
Four fatherless girls in a band set out to escape their deprived Australian coastal town, in a dark, raw tale of friendship and abuse
Big Nobody by Alex Kadis review – groovy and Greek in 70s London
A teenage girl dreams of escaping her controlling father, in this sparkling coming-of-age romp haunted by trauma
Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester review – a battle between millennials and boomers
There are sharply observed pleasures to be found in this black comedy of infidelity, revenge and intergenerational tension – but the plot is both implausible and predictable
Which are more like life, novels or films?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Vladimir author Julia May Jonas: ‘We’re imprisoned by our obsessions’
As her debut novel becomes a Netflix series starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall, the American author talks about comparisons with Lolita, moving on from #MeToo and problematic authors
A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello review – a profound exploration of the inner life
How are we to account for things that lie outside ordinary language? A woman’s emotions are precisely observed in a novel that brilliantly captures what it means to be human