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Hailed as the voice of a generation and a modern-day Charles Dickens, Zadie Smith is an astute chronicler of our times. But which of her works of fiction should you read first?
In the first volume of his Septology sequence, Jon Fosse presents us with a meditative portrait of an ageing painter – and his doppelganger
This Women in Translation Month, discover translated fiction from across the globe, as recommended by International Booker Prize-nominated authors
We asked the authors nominated for this year’s Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their longlisted works, and about their favourite books
The author of My Friends, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about the classic that inspired him to become a writer, and why he always returns to Proust
The author of Playground, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about his journey from physics to fiction, and the surreal book that showed him a novel ‘could make its own rules’
The author of Creation Lake, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, discusses her fascination with prehistory, and the writer who established a new set of language rules
The author of Enlightenment, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, shares the childhood memory that inspired her latest book, and her admiration for the ‘faultless’ novel by J.L. Carr
The author of Headshot, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about the personal experiences that inspired her novel and the shapeshifting power of Virginia Woolf
The author of This Strange Eventful History, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, discusses the need to tell the stories of worldviews that have vanished, and five books she would describe as ‘perfect’
