We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
The MP’s first novel is set in the Westminster of Francis Bacon but, not coincidentally, acts as a reflection on contemporary crises
Five original tales from the celebrated author on loss, grief and self-doubt
The divisive novelist bends time and space in this moving, feminist tale set in a sidelong version of the 18th century
History’s lessons on the rise and fall of empires; four women who fought totalitarianism with their minds; the Finnish nation-builder who compromised with the Nazis; Russia’s haunted hinterland in the Caucasus; politics and an elegiac new novel by Ann Patchett — plus Adam LeBor’s round-up of thrillers
A thoughtful, elegiac tale that celebrates the ordinary joys and anxieties of first love, family and fateful choices
Narrated by two women, Idra Novey’s novel urgently examines the messiness of love, separation and class divisions
A counterfactual thriller in which Islamic Spain sends explorers to the Americas conjures half-obscured reflections of real history
An entertaining riposte from the ‘Cold Mountain’ author on love, loss and violence during the Great Depression
A Brazilian story of sisters battling with patriarchy and rural poverty
Mark O’Connell sets out to get inside the mind of notorious murderer Malcolm Macarthur in this queasily brilliant book
A page-turner about the conspiracy of silence and corrosive nature of skeletons in the closet
An affecting story of a man finding a haven in film to escape his traumatic past
Emily Perkins explores the reality behind the facade in a seductive story of power, privilege and personal rebellion
The impressive follow-up to ‘Harlem Shuffle’ brings depth and complexity to familiar characters — not least New York City itself
A Nordic noir novel from Iceland’s prime minister, an exuberant thriller set in 1950s India and more
A picaresque tale of an Anglo-Iraqi outcast asks who gets to belong in Britain
The new work from the Granta Young British Novelist compels with its macabre story and free narrative style
Megan Nolan’s follow-up to ‘Acts of Desperation’ is full of brilliantly drawn characters and subtle psychological insights
The fates of varied characters are left hanging in a timeless, intimate collection from a master of fiction
Plus a military take on ‘The Martian’ and wonderful weirdness in Lapland
A compulsive portrait of plagiarism, literary envy and the pressures on young writers in the social media age
The ‘Skippy Dies’ author returns to gripping form with a funny, sad story of Irish family life
New editions of the Italian writer’s classic novel and ‘A Love Affair’ underline his enduring status in 20th-century fiction
Memorable characters and a strain of burlesque comedy swirl through this story spanning the life of a retired librarian
A futuristic pilgrimage in a divided land, a tale of erotic obsession from a Granta best young novelist and more
UK Edition