Our team of critics have picked out their favourite titles of this year, including novels, histories, memoirs, biographies and more

In Book of Lives, the Canadian novelist talks about her writing and life, from being a bullied ‘flat-chested weirdo’ to losing her partner of 46 years

Everything you need to know about this year’s winner and his apocalyptically gloomy novels

The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers.

Weird vibes, eccentric characters, odd punctuation — it’s all here in Nicola Barker’s energising and exasperating novel, TonyInterruptor

Sam Tanenhaus in his biography, Buckley, chronicles the life of the combative conservative intellectual

Derek R Peterson in his revisionist history argues that the brutal dictator’s regime was built on genuine popular appeal

Our literary team pick the top British and Irish fiction of the past 25 years, from Sally Rooney and William Boyd to Zadie Smith and Douglas Stuart

Jennifer Dawson’s reissued 1961 novel, The Ha-Ha, draws on her own experience — she had a breakdown in her final year at Oxford and spent six months on a psychiatric ward

Inside Success and WeRBlighty have broken the law with their fundraising activities. So why are they are allowed to continue operating outside the capital's busiest railway stations?

Mark Galeotti in his excitable history, Homo Criminalis, shows the ways that the underworld shapes society, from Aztec cocoa bean counterfeiting to nefarious dealings on the dark web

Twenty years ago, the philosopher Harry G Frankfurt’s witty and influential essay, On Bullshit, was first published. Now reissued, it’s timelier than ever

In Roman propaganda it was a place of debauchery and child sacrifice, but in her new history Eve MacDonald shows that life in the ancient empire was surprisingly sophisticated

The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits is the story of a man who escapes his ‘C-minus marriage’ by taking an impromptu road trip across America

A quietly strong list includes novels by Claire Adam, Kiran Desai, Ben Markovits, Andrew Miller and David Szalay

As accusations around Raynor Winn’s bestseller come to light, our critic rounds up the greatest scams, hoaxes and frauds in publishing history

It took ten despairing years for Malcolm Lowry to get Under the Volcano published. But this tale of a British diplomat’s drunken progress in Mexico is heroic, fervid and funny

Drayton and Mackenzie, Alexander Starritt’s new novel, takes on the world of Oxbridge, McKinsey and tech bros with brio

You’ve booked your holiday destination — now pack a book to match. John Self picks a dozen titles with a vivid sense of place

In The Northern Bank Job, Glenn Patterson masterfully narrates the details of the infamous Belfast heist. But the bigger question, he argues, is why the thieves did it

Two brothers try to muddle their way to happiness in Lee Cole’s second novel, Fulfillment

The Olive Kitteridge author picks her favourite books, including classics by Virginia Woolf and Colm Tóibín

This Boy’s Life, a wry, friendly and witty childhood memoir, shows off the author’s talents

A folktale resurfaces among the slime and grime of Britain’s rivers in Mike Edwards’s debut, Riverskin

Shortlisted for the first Booker prize, From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams is a novel brimming with black humour and vivid description. It deserves its modern classic status

This satire of the Bright Young Things is Waugh’s best — even though nothing happens

Shortlisted for the first Booker prize, From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams is a novel brimming with black humour and vivid description. It deserves its modern classic status

Shortlisted for the first Booker prize, From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams is a novel brimming with black humour and vivid description. It deserves its modern classic status

The Lowlife, the vivid, atmospheric 1963 novel by Alexander Baron, deserves its status as a minor classic

The writer, who recently won the Pulitzer for his novel "James," talks Donald Trump, Mark Twain, and humor as a coping mechanism for today's times.

The writer, who recently won the Pulitzer for his novel "James," talks Donald Trump, Mark Twain, and humor as a coping mechanism for today's times.

Journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson reveal the inside story of the 46th president’s disastrous decision to run again for the White House in 2024

Plague, revolting peasants, uppity nobles and ‘petrified’ genitals … In Sceptred Isle, Helen Carr portrays a country in perma-crisis

The bestselling author of Miss Austen and The Elopement talks about Austenmania, wicked stepmothers and cigarillos

Plague, revolting peasants, uppity nobles and ‘petrified’ genitals … In Sceptred Isle, Helen Carr portrays a country in perma-crisis