Hal Ebbott’s powerful debut novel shatters our expectations when the comfortable world of two families is blown apart in one reckless moment
In Maria Reva’s road-trip novel, mail-order brides serve an unlikely purpose, and Russia’s invasion blows apart the divide between fact and fiction
The promise and the perils of the new nuclear age; Russia’s post-Soviet capitalist free-for-all (and its sanctions-dodging); the lasting influence of 1960s counterculture; a history of Italy’s militant Red Brigades; an inside story of the successes and failures of Britain’s CEOs; new novels by Claire Adam and Susan Choi; behind the scenes with the director of Pompeii — plus Alex Clark’s selection of audiobooks
The novelist draws on Japanese-Korean history to create a restless, leisurely and capacious work that takes in a sweep of periods and places
Desmond Elliott Prize winner Claire Adam creates the illusion of real life on the page in the story of a middle-aged Londoner searching for her adopted daughter
What’s in a name for an unborn child? Plus tales of troubled teens; walking across England; and journeying to the stars
The author’s latest novel is a chilling portrait of manipulation and menace within the cloistered world of an elite boarding school
Alexander Starritt’s best novel yet follows the lives of two entrepreneurial graduates against a backdrop of the 2008 crash to Covid and beyond
Nell Stevens’ tale about a young forger of masterpieces explores authenticity in art and love with echoes of Daphne du Maurier
Writers are responding to earthly anxieties but looking to the skies as a place of creative freedom — and a reflection of our planet’s fragile beauty
Supernatural happenings in civil war England and the American South; wild rides on the racecourse and the crypto rollercoaster; plus a nightmare New York dinner party
FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them
James Lovegrove and Suzi Feay select their best mid-year reads
James Lovegrove selects his best mid-year reads
Maria Crawford selects her best mid-year reads
Ángel Gurría-Quintana selects his best mid-year reads
Barry Forshaw and Adam LeBor select their best mid-year reads
Alex Clark selects her best mid-year listens
The writer’s rich first novel features a multitude of characters centred around a question of consent
The bestselling author’s ninth novel is a 1980s-set tale of love, human limits and a Nasa mission gone awry
A new crop of novelists are breathing fresh life into a form as old as time
This monumental novel set in an impoverished ceramics village during Mao’s political and social upheaval has finally been translated into English
Anjet Daanje’s first novel in English is a powerfully vivid portrait of two people dealing with their changed lives after the first world war
Francesca Maria Benvenuto’s moving, thought-provoking debut follows the misfortunes of an adolescent in juvenile prison
Compelling new books by Augustine Sedgewick and James Bloodworth explore the myths and history of the male role and the influence of the ‘manosphere’ on today’s culture
