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Book review: Tracing a civilisation
Simon Schama's beginning is Egypt. But it is not the beginning of patriarchs and prophets.
Book review: Becalmed in a time of great change
British writer Margaret Drabble is beloved by generations of readers, especially women.
Book review: Doctor Sleep
Bring me all the Stephen King novels in the land. Yes, all of them. I know, I know. I'll build a new bookcase. I'll buy a bigger house.
'It's good to be slightly crazy'
Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo talks to Jake Kerridge about his latest Harry Hole novel and his fascination with what makes ordinary people do evil things.
Book review: We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo was born in Zimbabwe, a year after the country gained independence from British rule.
Book review: The Signature Of All Things
From the author of Eat, Pray, Love comes a remarkable new novel - a total deviation from Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 bestseller, although just as likely to become a chart-topper.
Lucky break
Talent and hard work are important but chance plays a big part, economist Tim Harford tells David Larsen.
Book review: Let the games begin
Consumer Alert: this novel has nothing to do with the Olympics - except for one thing I'll mention later.
Book review: Constance
Based in New York, British writer Patrick McGrath has published seven novels and two short-story collections.
Book review: Max Gate
In fictionalising Thomas Hardy’s life, Damien Wilkins discovers some outrageous truths, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.
Book review: The Virgin And The Whale
He's a contender, Carl Nixon. He's an acclaimed playwright, has won significant awards for his short stories and he's come close with his novels, too
Breaking out of his own prison
It took a hellish long time for best-selling writer Matthew Quick’s overnight success to come, he tells David Larsen.
Book review: Frederick's Coat
Johno Ryan is doomed, it seems. He's barely out of short pants when his father and his grandfather sit him down and explain that their family are criminals: that's what they do.
After the silence
A family’s story can be far more tumultuous than any blockbuster, as Linda Herrick discovers in a conversation with author Lloyd Jones.
Book review: The Sound Of Things Falling
People who read a lot of novels develop certain discriminations.
Book review: <I>The Travel Book</I>
Unless you're a gazillionaire signed up for one of those trips into space, your next holiday is somewhere inside these pages.