Books

Mark Kurlansky’s books on food and civilisation have gone viral on Instagram. If that sounds like something you enjoy, here

Five new books transporting readers across centuries, continents and imagined futures

Using literature, memoir, and ethnography, women’s stories challenge male-dominated narratives; they reclaim history by turning personal memory into a powerful

In this prison novella, translated from the Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan, the author refuses to validate men’s violence

As war and uncertainty grip Iran, three books — each from a different moment in the country’s history — revisit

In their birthday month, we look at the extraordinary oeuvre of two great Black artists. If Nina Simone confronts the

Writing on Muslim food reflects an inwardness, with recipes shaped by memory, ethics, and care

As readers mourn the passing of ‘Two-lee Sahib’, we read his books, ‘No Full Stops in India’ and others. The

In the centenary year of the great English art critic and writer, a look at a career spent insisting that