Features & interviews

The best non-fiction to read in 2024

From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile

<p>Fiction highlights for the year ahead including Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘lost’ novel and new titles from Stephen King and Emily Henry </p>

The best fiction to read in 2024

<p>Non-fiction about the moon, and Volodymyr Zelensky, along with fiction by Sigrid Nunez and Michael Cunningham are among January’s books</p>

The best new books to read this January

<p>The Independent writers pick the literature they can’t stop sharing </p>

Favourite books to gift: Indy newsroom make their picks

Reviews

<p>Broadway baby: Barbra Streisand revisits her life and career in ‘My Name is Barbra'</p>

Don’t rain on the parade of Barbra Streisand’s 992-page memoir

<p>Britney Spears, photographed performing in 1999, has written a memoir so breathtaking in its rage that you can practically see the spittle on its pages</p>

The Britney memoir is raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage

<p>The best of September’s book releases</p>

Books of the month, from Sebastian Faulks to Zadie Smith

<p>‘Tom Lake’ and ‘Cheri’ are also among the month’s recommendations</p>

Books of the Month, from Anna Funder to Richard Russo

Lists

<p>Lisa Taddeo and Saba Sams are two authors who have shed light on female desire </p>

Nine books that got women’s desire right

<p>Zadie Smith, Deborah Levy, Salman Rushdie, Prince Harry and Elliot Page will all release books in 2023</p>

The best books of 2023, from Prince Harry to Zadie Smith

<p>Cormac McCarthy and Ali Smith also make the list </p>

The 20 best books of the year, from Claire Keegan to Jonathan Coe

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