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The Observer
The best children’s books of 2025
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Writers recommend: the best books of 2025
Thu 27 Nov 2025
The Observer
The Observer’s books of the year 2025
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Tom Gatti
What to read this week: a Christmas books special
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Jenny Erpenbeck: ‘I’ve seen a whole system collapse and fade away’
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Alice Hunt
The double life of George Downing
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Val McDermid
What to read to understand winter
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Imogen Carter
Picture books of the month: where the wild things are
Sat 22 Nov 2025
Howard Jacobson
Milan Kundera in the age of censure
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Chris Power
Paperback of the week:Â On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle
Thu 20 Nov 2025
Kitty Empire
Is Taylor Swift a great poet?
Thu 20 Nov 2025
Alex Clark
Jeanette Winterson’s story factory
Wed 19 Nov 2025
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Jeanette Winterson to Taylor Swift
Wed 19 Nov 2025
Jude Rogers
TS Eliot’s 20th-century nightmare
Tue 18 Nov 2025
Jade Cuttle
Digging for the dead
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Anthony Cummins
Confessions of a reluctant bookseller
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Simon Winchester
What to read to understand the weather
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Rowan Moore
The houses that England built
Sat 15 Nov 2025
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Blinding by Mircea Cărtărescu
Sat 15 Nov 2025
