Find out how we compiled our list of the 100 best novels published in English – and nominate your favourites ...
A countdown of the greatest literature ever published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?
An awe‑inspiring investigation of the untamed places and inhospitable environments in which life – besides humans – finds a way ...
The Booker winner’s epic tale of gay love and loneliness in the Hebrides charts an uneasy homecoming against a backdrop of repression ...
Comic book writer and co-creator of Marvel’s avenging antihero the Punisher ...
Poet, poetry editor and writer of the Guardian’s long-running Poem of the Week column ...
From Naomi Ishiguro to Jess Atwood Gibson, more children of high profile writers are becoming authors themselves. Parents and their literary offspring discuss the pressures of measuring up ...
Letters: Readers take issue with an article that advocated ditching hardback books in favour of paperbacks ...
Rumens, whose column ran for nearly 20 years and developed a loyal readership, died this week aged 81 ...
An erudite account of the foundation of the state and its subsequent moral and political decline ...
Her philosophical approach to therapy has become a global phenomenon, and inspired a new book. Could a session with her change Sophie McBain’s life?