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Whether you have none or several, brothers and sisters can be fascinating to read about. If you enjoy fiction that explores knotty sibling relationships, you’ll love these Booker-nominated novels

Discover some of the best sapphic love stories that have been nominated for the Booker and International Booker Prizes, with 10 intoxicating tales of self-discovery and seduction 

Authors and translators shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025 and 2026 tell us about the books they loved when they were young

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991, the third novel in Roddy Doyle’s comic Barrytown trilogy follows the adventures and misadventures of Jimmy Rabbitte Senior

As the winner of this year’s International Booker Prize is announced, here’s the lowdown on the triumphant book, its author and translator

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019, Olga Tokarczuk’s subversive, entertaining neo-noir is both gripping and thought-provoking, and anything but a conventional crime novel

The majority of publishers submitting books for the International Booker Prize are indies. We spoke to some of them about passion, risk-taking and the growing appeal of translated fiction 

Literary translator Sophie Hughes considers the benefits of fitting more fiction into your life, precisely when you think you can’t

Barbara Pym’s compassionate and funny novel follows four people in late middle-age with different eccentricities but the same problem: loneliness