Author Buzz | The Guardian book reviews | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/the-guardian-book-reviews/ Activity feed for the group, The Guardian book reviews. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:55:39 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 0b05cd8f3802f265210c44aef738933c Blog: Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/helen-fielding-launches-bridget-jones-prize-for-northern-comedy-writing Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:39 +0100 The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hilarious’Bridget Jones author Helen Fie […]

]]> 0 85a6e6ecdca83d7390487c39ef6d2104 Blog: Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi review – a mother’s secret past in the Iranian revolution from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/female-life-on-planet-earth-by-laleh-khadivi-review-a-mothers-secret-past-in-the-iranian-revolution Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:09 +0100 A woman living in California discovers her mother may have been a merciless enforcer of the Islamic revolution, in an intriguing novel of inheritance and […]

]]> 0 810b25b0f59766cbb29b007d5eff3a9b Blog: Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/22/canadian-publisher-boreal-ends-relationship-author-thelyson-orelien-over-ai Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:13:01 +0100 Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novelThe publisher of top-selling Haitian C […]

]]> 0 2deda7e1ec6718bd4da29c6eb275f80e Blog: ‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/it-feels-quite-frightening-readers-rush-to-snap-up-sally-rooney-books-as-stocks-dwindle-amid-palestine-action-ban Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:26:22 +0100 Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UKBooksellers have r […]

]]> 0 ae92e68330450993f84ce3308110fab0 Blog: New prize launches for books co-written with AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-france Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:59:34 +0100 After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the […]

]]> 0 59bd3b80905ea5c5dfb036a6bf21aa53 Blog: The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/the-mystery-of-what-befell-in-the-ditch-by-thure-erik-lund-review-is-this-the-greatest-living-norwegian-writer Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:04 +0100 Translated into English at last, this portrait of a man appalled by modernity and desperate to get back to nature is brimming with Nordic weltschmerzT-O-M. The […]

]]> 0 3e030468d6d832df29343b9116cba2cd Blog: On Another Planet They Can Save Me by Lieke Marsman review – an astonishing memoir of terminal illness from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/on-another-planet-they-can-save-me-by-lieke-marsman-review-an-astonishing-memoir-of-terminal-illness Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:04 +0100 Published four months after her death, the poet’s reflections on mortality are both agonising and profoundly life-affirmingThere are no atheists in foxholes, goes t […]

]]> 0 8390b3c0d6ecb0f3f980ccc7a5f40a21 Blog: Alone With a Book by Tessa Hadley review – an acclaimed writer’s cultural prescription from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/20/alone-with-a-book-by-tessa-hadley-review-an-acclaimed-writers-cultural-prescription Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:10:57 +0100 This collection of essays from the beloved novelist is full of gem-like insights on art and booksWhen Tessa Hadley was a child, someone gave her a copy of Lois […]

]]> 0 a39f2922c42d1402a095dbdc693cfab1 Blog: Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger review – does this sequel measure up to The Time Traveler’s Wife? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/life-out-of-order-by-audrey-niffenegger-review-does-this-sequel-measure-up-to-the-time-travelers-wife Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:14:29 +0100 More than two decades on, the passion that ignited Niffenegger’s debut has all but evaporated from this confused follow-upI run a reading workshop which begins w […]

]]> 0 555e6b7c2456a78ae448c3f3db820309 Blog: Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser review – the deep roots of a contemporary movement from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/anti-zionism-a-jewish-history-by-benjamin-moser-review-the-deep-roots-of-a-contemporary-movement Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:02 +0100 A biographer’s affecting account of prominent critics of Zionism, from Hannah Arendt to Nan Goldin“Everyone in America – at least as far as I knew – was a Zionist […]

]]> 0 ddab2b9d76d3a57f8e9d1abd6784d61e Blog: Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/isabel-allende-wins-premio-planeta-spanish-literary-prize-pseudonym Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:01:51 +0100 Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the SpiritsThe Chilean-American author Isabel Allende has won […]

]]> 0 9032172c0aba81ddf254ebb2678c0251 Blog: ‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/is-there-any-value-in-writing-a-story-in-a-time-of-chaos-novelist-elif-shafak-on-her-creative-crisis Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:25 +0100 The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novelFor a long time Elif […]

]]> 0 62ee4e4f206d9513e41fdd370d00314f Blog: ‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/as-byatt-british-library-literary-papers-archive Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:24:40 +0100 The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library […]

]]> 0 1750b02672ac53899a8ff0512688296c Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:48 +0100 The Heights by Ian Rankin; The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier; Murder Most Cryptic by Alys Cummings; The Deadly Inheritance of Everest […]

]]> 0 297412566b94a2868eb1641472cfc9ef Blog: John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/john-green-i-devoured-the-sweet-valley-high-books-in-the-1980s Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:57 +0100 The American author on being inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, coming late to Jane Austen, and the brilliance of Robert Penn WarrenMy earliest reading memory

I remember […]

]]> 0 870ce78dcdcebd4bd744868cbecaabdd Blog: Make Me Well by Xand van Tulleken – an eye-opening takedown of wellness myths from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/make-me-well-by-xand-van-tulleken-an-eye-opening-takedown-of-wellness-myths Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:53 +0100 The engaging TV doctor dismantles the spurious science behind modern day snake oils, from collagen to turmericWhen Xand van Tulleken set off on a journey into the […]

]]> 0 e7d10875d6d0e96be0818c518e2c6596 Blog: Lee Child backs launch of reading scheme to send prisons half a million books from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/lee-child-backs-launch-of-reading-scheme-to-send-prisons-half-a-million-books Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:01:44 +0100 The Jack Reacher author, the UK’s first prison reading laureate, said drive to improve literacy skills was a practical way to address reoffending and support r […]

]]> 0 eba4d71057fc856abd8b33e54ff9da28 Blog: Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/vermeer-by-andrew-graham-dixon-audiobook-review-a-sharp-and-authoritative-guide Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:14 +0100 The author offers intriguing insights into the way this Dutch artist worked, including fresh perspectives on The Girl With the Pearl EarringIn the decades after the […]

]]> 0 af5d54a23d8eca055e1cce6e606b1a39 Blog: The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/the-best-books-to-read-in-october-new-paperbacks-from-zadie-smith-thomas-pynchon-and-francis-spufford Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:32:23 +0100 Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from a time-travelling fantasy novel to an eclectic essay collection. Discuss what […]

]]> 0 55e3c5f6e9fb158b38a7f10b51b4683c Blog: Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/14/ply-by-hernan-diaz-review-pulitzer-winners-dry-vision-of-far-future-america Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0100 There are shades of JG Ballard in this tale of survival in a decaying metropolis, but big ideas and lengthy exposition crowd out the human dramaHernan Diaz’s last n […]

]]> 0 46070d1c473a4637d9184c0fa16d2564 Blog: Stories shortlisted for 4thWrite prize offer ‘a whole world in a few pages’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/shortlist-4thwrite-prize-revealed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:18 +0100 The six stories on the shortlist for the 10th year of the writing award run by 4th Estate and the Guardian and open to unpublished writers of colour are […]

]]> 0 3c4ad919f4bd77031443a18c86d499dd Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:17 +0100 Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn […]

]]> 0 80cbc8a8b99f635273bd4a26fe2d03f9 Blog: Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review – a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/rhapsody-a-manifesto-by-alice-oswald-review-a-history-of-the-spoken-word-from-homer-to-ted-hughes Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:11 +0100 A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural worldThe poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to […]

]]> 0 f4a43ae7975f2bc5c82de7cd4dd8c17b Blog: The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson audiobook review – a Caribbean child’s-eye view of 60s Bradford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson-audiobook-review-a-caribbean-childs-eye-view-of-60s-bradford Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:52 +0100 The author captures the comedy and cruelty in this tenderly written coming-of-age taleThis Women’s prize-nominated novel from Marcia Hutchinson is told from the p […]

]]> 0 9bcae217c35c31087961d0b304022007 Blog: What we’re reading: China Miéville, Sebastian Barry, Derek Owusu and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in September from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/what-were-reading-sebastian-barry-china-mieville-readers-and-derek-owusu-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-september Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:48:27 +0100 Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI was sideswiped by Giada Scodellaro’s Ruins […]

]]> 0 7f032a606c2e189aa6595b5febd3d407 Blog: Dodge City by Patrick deWitt review – a wild draft-dodging road trip from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/dodge-city-by-patrick-dewitt-review-a-wild-draft-dodging-road-trip Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:29 +0100 This tale of a 60s college dropout driving across the US to avoid being sent to Vietnam is committed to both readerly pleasure and literary artificeCanadian author […]

]]> 0 2fe1c50f83b127e598f323de48b1f86e Blog: Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prize from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/baillie-gifford-prize-shortlist-patrick-radden-keefe-matthew-sweet-london-falling Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:01:20 +0100 The acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew SweetFormer Baillie Gifford winner Patrick […]

]]> 0 f613772c580f50e75fe98fe1d954f9f5 Blog: Dèy by Edwidge Danticat review – motherhood and trauma in Miami from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/30/dey-by-edwidge-danticat-review-motherhood-and-trauma-in-miami Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:20 +0100 The first novel in over a decade from the acclaimed Haitian-American author lacks the power of earlier worksDèy, Edwidge Danticat’s first novel in over a decade, be […]

]]> 0 42fbb9beed2ce1f99b86e80d820a30ff Blog: The Fall of the West by Owen Jones review – a bracing history of the changing world order from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/29/the-fall-of-the-west-by-owen-jones-review-a-bracing-history-of-the-changing-world-order Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:57 +0100 A journalist charts a quarter century of geopolitical hubris and economic overreach Like many Britons born in the 1980s, the journalist and Guardian columnist Owen […]

]]> 0 7cfb7caa942830f123241d41f0498899 Blog: Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/29/stations-by-louise-kennedy-review-a-superb-follow-up-to-trespasses Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:55 +0100 This tale of broken hearts and broken people moves from the Troubles of 1980s Northern Ireland to an unforgiving London of squats and payphonesLouise Kennedy’s f […]

]]> 0 dbfc0c21c62c446e23fa0a8fb6263013 Blog: All the Wrong Moves by Anthony Scaramucci review – confessions of an ex-Trumper from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/15/all-the-wrong-moves-by-anthony-scaramucci-review-confessions-of-an-ex-trumper Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0100 The president’s former press secretary has learned all the right lessons, but how come it took him so long?The most interesting chapter in Anthony Scaramucci’s All […]

]]> 0 70a1b0f62a125ce0cfa9f8c7a01e9f2b Blog: The Rouse by China Miéville review – a mighty achievement from the ‘new weird’ author from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/15/the-rouse-by-china-mieville-review-a-mighty-achievement-from-the-new-weird-author Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:29 +0100 Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousnessChina […]

]]> 0 9ac784118189d234ca9de3a18007b1d4 Blog: Farewell to Eden by Sebastian Faulks review – conflict and compromise, from a veteran of the genre from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/14/farewell-to-eden-by-sebastian-faulks-review-conflict-and-compromise-from-a-veteran-of-the-genre Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:26 +0100 A returning British soldier is haunted by his time in Palestine in this panoramic epic set after the second world warSebastian Faulks’s latest book focuses on the m […]

]]> 0 99410a5d4553510449ab4e82ac53f223 Blog: End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts here from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/14/end-times-fascism-by-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-review-the-fightback-starts-here Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:25 +0100 A sharp analysis of the damage wrought by the reckless super-rich, and progressive toolkit for repairing itThe more power the radical rightwing nationalists of our […]

]]> 0 837a6eabaeed098561598c3d58e33dfd Blog: Tom Gauld on a new case for Hercule Poirot – cartoon from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/sep/13/tom-gauld-on-a-new-case-for-hercule-poirot-cartoon Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:05 +0100 Continue reading…

]]> 0 920ccaa58879ac94b5eca0575448ea83 Blog: Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/13/emily-st-john-mandel-when-half-the-electorate-disagrees-on-basic-reality-how-do-you-come-back-from-that Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0100 Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and […]

]]> 0 c35e53f3be174841acfa055120990981 Blog: AI will transform capitalism – but how? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/ai-will-transform-capitalism-but-how Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:02 +0100 Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it’s within our power to decide what that looks likeThe idea that autonomous, thinking machines may o […]

]]> 0 dfb56a835ed33a44acea216ffe16d9f3 Blog: Julia Donaldson: ‘Am I the Gruffalo Granny? Not really. I’m the mouse’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/julia-donaldson-am-i-the-gruffalo-granny-not-really-im-the-mouse Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:32 +0100 As she introduces the latest member of her Gruffalo family, Julia Donaldson talks about storytelling, loss and the worries that come with being Britain’s all-time b […]

]]> 0 86d25431c55d1576d91ee3348b5bce97 Blog: Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:28 +0100 She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on c […]

]]> 0 5e9970257cc21aea52c457809ae287e9 Blog: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:06 +0100 Massif by Garth Nix; Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan; An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino; Serenity […]

]]> 0 9cc262c2982ac54adb09ffaf55de9569 Blog: A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/a-thought-without-collision-by-adrian-duncan-review-a-brilliant-interrogation-of-philosophy-and-wonder Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:02 +0100 With a character inspired by Wittgenstein, this exploration of the mysteries of the universe draws on multiple philosophical traditionsFor several years I ran […]

]]> 0 b8154a69e1bf6a3736021bdfa4ea7a02 Blog: Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review – the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/11/taipei-story-by-rebecca-f-kuang-review-the-torture-and-hilarity-of-learning-chinese Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:24:43 +0100 An American Chinese student studies Mandarin in Taiwan, in this heartfelt journey of self-discovery and family secretsWhat is Taiwan? A former Japanese colony? A […]

]]> 0 f6667df1712abb789775c47a80ed96bf Blog: The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/10/the-eleventh-hour-by-salman-rushdie-audiobook-review-stories-with-levity-and-laughter Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:38 +0100 The author explores themes of legacy, mortality and loneliness in the first work of fiction since his near-fatal attackFive short stories and five readers make up […]

]]> 0 4bded77401d8786fd55a79e17876e8a5 Blog: All About My Mother by Rachael Stirling review – a joyous love letter to Diana Rigg from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/all-about-my-mother-by-rachael-stirling-review-a-joyous-love-letter-to-diana-rigg Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:03 +0100 Beautifully written by her daughter, this is a funny and intimate eulogy to the 60s star of The Avengers who went on to specialise in fierce, complicated womenThe […]

]]> 0 29381f0e8409156d764ec01505848882 Blog: What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind review – the case for embracing tech in the classroom from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/what-should-my-children-do-by-daniel-susskind-review-the-case-for-embracing-tech-in-the-classroom Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:01 +0100 A refreshingly optimistic book that asks us to grasp the educational opportunities of AI, rather than shrink from themIn 1979, the government asked Wilfred […]

]]> 0 70174124338c790cab86ad84dfad8ad2 Blog: ‘She blazed in and opened my eyes to the real world’: Readers remember Gloria Steinem from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/she-blazed-in-and-opened-my-eyes-to-the-real-world-readers-remember-gloria-steinem Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:26:19 +0100 To generations of women, the feminist campaigner was an inspiration, a fearless challenger of sexism and domestic violence. Guardian readers share memories of her […]

]]> 0 028b1a67f5320f2843f467c59e104af1 Blog: The Castle by Jon Ronson review – bizarre tales of modern masculinity from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/the-castle-by-jon-ronson-review-bizarre-tales-of-modern-masculinity Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0100 A journalist embarks on a wild goose chase that might – or might not – be informative about the male conditionRecovering from surgery at home in upstate New Yor […]

]]> 0 01f97e5f669030fd2fd6ce5a29696847 Blog: The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/08/the-newer-world-by-sebastian-barry-review-a-near-miracle-of-storytelling Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:29 +0100 The third in a loose American trilogy follows the epic journey of a formerly enslaved man in the aftermath of the civil warBut is not the story as good as the […]

]]> 0 360c3c98697304adca43fcb1f60fd697 Blog: Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson review – quirky postwar nostalgia from the Life After Life author from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/07/our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-review-quirky-postwar-nostalgia-from-the-life-after-life-author Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:11:29 +0100 There are glimpses of Atkinson’s subtle brilliance in this gentle noirish mystery set around the Festival of BritainIn 1951, in a desperate attempt to raise the s […]

]]> 0 a15a88d12479f52d9bd857c329efd367 Blog: Hawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of genius from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/07/hawking-by-graham-farmelo-review-the-dark-side-of-genius Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:26 +0100 A biography of the physicist recognises his achievements, but also reveals the selfish narcissist underneathWhen I wrote an unadoring review of Stephen Hawking’s f […]

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