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
This prose work from the Nobel literature winner opens up her novels and offers 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
António Lobo Antunes’s exhilarating novels forced Portugal to confront its darkest moments
With an exacting modernist style and the courage to address fascism and colonialism head on, Lobo Antunes’s writing is a deluge of unforgiving truths in lush prose
The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski review – a delicious comfort read
A decaying gothic mansion tells the story of the family who once lived there, in this pitch-perfect debut of disappearances, betrayal and despair
The Manningtree Witches review – Ava Pickett’s gripping follow-up to Tudor hit 1536
The targets of the infamous 17th-century ‘witchfinder general’ narrate a powerful play based on AK Blakemore’s novel
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley audiobook review – a topical time-hopping romance
Actor Katie Leung narrates this genre-bending debut in which an Victorian Arctic explorer is catapulted into our brave new world
Department of the Vanishing by Johanna Bell review – brilliantly, terrifyingly plausible
In this wild little miracle of a book, an Australian government office is tasked with cataloguing the casualties of the Anthropocene
Bob Carr, ‘a masterpiece’ and a horny queer fantasy: the best Australian books out in March
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on