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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: 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
Anthony Cummins
Emmanuel Carrère on 10 years since the Paris attacks
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Marina Wheeler
Lady Hale’s rescue plan for the legal system
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Anthony Cummins
David Szalay: ‘If you want to be a proper writer, you have to deal with the sordid’
Wed 12 Nov 2025
Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively on the best children’s books of all time
Tue 11 Nov 2025
Penelope Lively
Why children’s books matter
Tue 11 Nov 2025
Anthony Cummins
Why David Szalay’s Flesh won the Booker prize
Mon 10 Nov 2025
Erica Wagner
Secrets of a Booker prize judge
Mon 10 Nov 2025
Richard Ovenden
How to survive an information crisis
Mon 10 Nov 2025
Hannah Rose Woods
Ferdinand Mount’s sentimental revolutions
Mon 10 Nov 2025
Ann Morgan
What to read to understand quests
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Fiona Noble
Young adult fiction of the month: spellbinding stories
Sat 8 Nov 2025
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Dog Days by Emily LaBarge
Sat 8 Nov 2025
Lynn Barber
The redemption of Anthony Hopkins
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Olivia Ovenden
The last days of Pasolini
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Vanessa Thorpe
Helen Garner: ‘Writers need to have their arse kicked around the block’
Wed 5 Nov 2025
Philippe Sands
Inside the mind of Serbia’s ‘Madam War Criminal’
Wed 5 Nov 2025
Alex Preston
Pussy Riot’s guide to Putin’s Russia
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Erica Wagner
The book of Margaret Atwood
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Andrew Anthony
Jonathan C Slaght: ‘I don’t like bears. They’re vindictive’
Sat 1 Nov 2025
Megan Nolan
Zadie Smith and Anne Enright: the art of paying attention
Fri 31 Oct 2025
